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Could have been worse. If you had been at a conference on algebraic geometry, you might have been the mathematician who started talking about blowing up points
by cperciva 10y ago
Could have been worse. If you had been at a conference on algebraic geometry, you might have been the mathematician who started talking about blowing up points on the plane while in the security line up...
- Frogolocalypse 10y agoAnd algebra is an arabic word after all. No good can come of that.
- pjc50 10y agoYou can do algebra on a plane, but don't do algebra on an aircraft: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/ivy-league-economist-interrogated-for-doing-math-on-american-airlines-flight/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/iv... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/italian-mathematician-taken-off-flight-after-fellow-passenger-al/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/07/italian-mathemati...