Pariah Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 42, I thought. Or was it 7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Or 99. That was Gretzky, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 42, I thought. Or was it 7? I thought you would suggest..."3". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I thought you would suggest..."3". Nope, that was somebody else... And math never gets to play god. Because 'When math tries to describe reality, it can't be precise. And when math is precise, it isn't describing reality." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nope, that was somebody else... And math never gets to play god. Because 'When math tries to describe reality, it can't be precise. And when math is precise, it isn't describing reality." Is the second paragraph a quote from someone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Just me paraphrasing... "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein Edit because my fingers are dyslexic when caffeine deficient. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Just me paraphrasing... "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein Cool cheers. Agree with Albert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Cool cheers. Agree with Albert. Me too. But I was a physicist, so I may have a bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Me too. But I was a physicist, so I may have a bias. I'm a Platonist-Thomist -- well I identify with them -- so I don't have a professional bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
procyon Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I make no such pretense. I have many things that I favor. Chocolate. Naps. Caffeine. Did I mention naps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Naps are for WEAKLINGS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I make no such pretense. I have many things that I favor. Chocolate. Naps. Caffeine. Did I mention naps... I love naps too. I have one every day. Probably why I can be up at 4 am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Naps for the afternoon bus commute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 Meanwhile, the collaborative superdraft is in the final round. Much more interesting than I had hoped. Too bad Stuff Happened that made me go AWOL for a few days during the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 We could go AWOL? Why didn't anyone tell me this? ( ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 You're AWOLified grom the get-go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 The notion of PWOL is mildly amusing. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 PWOL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 The notion of PWOL is mildly amusing. I call that "First Period". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 PWOL?Present WithOut Leave, as opposed to Absent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 20, 2015 Report Share Posted April 20, 2015 "Claration from everyone, if everyone is here!" --Inofficial RSAF order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Memo to students re: lab write-ups: When your measurements seem to have generated garbage results ... that is the time when you most need to set out in greatest detail the measurements themselves and how you got them. Omitting the measurements means all I can grade you on is the obvious garbage you quote as a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Tittering or scowling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Scowling. Bad grades are revenge for making me work harder in trying to figure out what was going on in your head when you made the garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 21, 2015 Report Share Posted April 21, 2015 Don't -- it's a mess in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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