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[RobM]

This is a detail of the robot from my MoonsRise picture from a few years ago.

An ASIMOV exCom (expeditionary companion)

Autonomous Scientific Investigatory Mobile Operations Vehicle

 

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[RobM]

For CDC 160 – Here Comes the Money

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[frostjon361]

Very nice. Good job there.

[RobM]

Thanks! Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply; my replies weren’t posting for some reason.

[RobM]

Doktor Verhangnis and his homunculunk Sigi (diploma edited with much assistance from Mad Jack)

Doktor Verhangnis & Sigi

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[Mad Jack]

Ah, der olle Ulli. Nett… 😉

Hope you don’t mind getting a few unsolicited but well-intended corrections from a German speaker:

– Verhängis (fate/doom) is written with dots above the a (sounds like the e in “welcome”). I know it’s hard to write that with an english keyboard, so here’s the ASCII Code for it: Press and hold ALT and type “0228”.
– The diploma should read “Polytechnikum” not Polytechnischen …

I can’t read the rest since the writing is too small in this resolution, but I think there are more spelling errors – if you want, I can proofread it for you. As always: No harm meant! 😉

[RobM]

Thanks for the offer Mad Jack. I’m sure I made mistakes. Here is the text.

Das Rektorat der
Liechtenstein Polytechneschen
In Anerkennung der erforderlichen studiengang verleiht auf
Ulli Verhangnis
der Grad der
Doktor der Physik
zsammen mit allen Rechten, Privilegien und Auszeichnungen di dzu gehoren
uunter dem Seigel der Liechtenstein Polytechneschen gegeben

Thanks again.

[Mad Jack]

Hmmm, do you have the original English text for it too? Because the German text doesn’t really make much sense (I guess some words got literally lost in translation). Also: You don’t get a doctor’s degree in physics by just passing a course of studies – first you need to do research in a specialist field for about 3 to 7 years and then you have to produce a dissertation <span id=”result_box” class=”” lang=”en”>in which the research activities and their results <span class=””>are described.</span></span>

Thus a real diploma would read more like this:

http://www.zahnaerzte-wiedikon.ch/uploads/ck_editor/files/Sandra/Doktordiplom.jpg

or this:

http://www.orthopaediepraxisbeimeisenwerk.ch/resources/Doktordiplom.jpg.opt836x1144o0,0s836x1144.jpg

 

[RobM]

The University Council of
Liechtenstein Polytechnic University
on the nomination of the graduate council
have conferred upon
Ulli Verhangnis
who has proved his ability by original research
in physics
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
with all the rights and privileges thereto pertaining
under the seal of Liechtenstein Polytechnic University
this eleventh day of June in the year
nineteen hundred and twenty-one

Thanks

[Herr D]

The easiest way around knowing the real wordage on a diploma is to declare that it’s honorary or on the way or that it’s a substitute for the real document, which was verified but documented lost in a well-known catastrophe. Preferably one caused by the recipient anyway. I love docs like that. Sigi looks ready to say: “Yo! I’m the product of the junk/Albus made me-the punk!/For us being homunc / ulus lays down the funk / so jus’ HIT IT!” [beat box through hidden extra mouth]

–sorry. Nice work, man.

[Mad Jack]

Literally translated:

Das Kollegium der
polytechnischen Universität von Lichtenstein
verleiht auf Vorschlag der Abschluss-Fakultät
Ulli Verhängnis
der seine Fähigkeit durch originäre Forschung
in Physik bewiesen hat
den Titel eines Doktor der Philosophie
mit allen damit verbundenen Rechten und Privilegien.
Unter dem Siegel der polytechnischen Universität von Lichtenstein
an diesem elften Tag des Juni im Jahr neunzehnhundertzweiunzwanzig.

Loosely translated (and imo more correct):

Der Vorstand des
Poyltechnikums Lichtenstein
ernennt

Ulli Verhängnis
(insert birthdate here)

aufgrund seiner originären Forschung
auf dem Gebiet der Physik zum

Doktor der Philosophie

mit allen damit verbundenen Rechten und Privilegien.

Lichtenstein, den 11. Juni 1922

[RobM]

Thanks, Mad Jack. I’ve corrected the diploma as you suggested and edited the post with the new image.

[RobM]

A quickie I whipped up for flavor on a Lodestar Compendium entry. There are two new entries in case anyone is intereested http://www.heromachine.com/forums/topic/robms-sentinels-comic-covers/page/8/

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[djuby]

Great!

[djuby]

RobM wrote:

This is a detail of the robot from my MoonsRise picture from a few years ago. An ASIMOV exCom (expeditionary companion)

<p class=”wp-caption-text”>Autonomous Scientific Investigatory Mobile Operations Vehicle</p>

This is really well executed and quite beautiful.

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