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by seanc 17y ago
So as I was reading the article I clicked on a bunch of the papers, queuing them up for a later purchase decision. But they're all open! Yay Microsoft! So much for my long weekend...
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by seanc 17y ago
Comes down to a simple choice, Red. You gotta get busy living or get busy dying. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/
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by seanc 17y ago
I also once heard a stand up comedian, an immigrant to Canada with poor English, tell a story about how when telemarketers call he hands the phone to his children. "Here, practice your English."
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by seanc 17y ago
Once, by happy co-incidence, I had a telemarketer call at the same time a door-to-door salesman knocked. I just handed him the phone and said "Here, talk to this guy". Hilarity ensued.
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by seanc 17y ago
Especially if you drive a standard transmission. Staying off the brake makes a huge difference, and makes for less clutching as well. For bonus points, you can put the car in neutral while coasting, although some don't think that's safe.
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by seanc 17y ago
(Canadian Engineering graduates wear an iron ring) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring
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by seanc 17y ago
Can anyone find the original paper? The nrc doesn't seem to be hosting it any more.
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by seanc 17y ago
Aw, but triangles and circles are such a huge part of everyday life, one should understand them well for that reason alone. From as practical as hammering wood together to as abstract as noticing the sine curves of the seasons. And without
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by seanc 17y ago
"The world is made for people who aren't cursed with self-awareness." --(the character) Annie Savoy in the film Bull Durham
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by seanc 17y ago
Yeah, it seemed to me that the ability of his organization to rapidly process paperwork was more important to his bottom line than the bad-assery of stealing aircraft. Most of the time they just fill out the paperwork and go get the plane.
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by seanc 17y ago
Lots of good comments here, many of them all true at the same time. A marriage is a such a big commitment (10 times bigger if there are kids), that if there is something in your life more important than your marriage, it (probably) won't la
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by seanc 17y ago
A) You're thinking of the Foreign Legion. Go look it up. A few years of military service and you're in. B) When you get married you're making a very serious promise to share everything and build a life together. The state provided default
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by seanc 17y ago
Well okay, not nil. But the methane eventually oxidizes back to CO2, half life 7 years: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methane . Contrast with fossil fuels, which take a looooong time to get (permanently) back into the ground.
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by seanc 17y ago
Ah! I think you get it too. Although the greenest way would be to just let the grass grow and have a hayfield outside the building.
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by seanc 17y ago
The carbon emitted by the lawnmower came out of the ground, where it had been for millions of years. Net effect, more carbon in the atmosphere. The carbon in the goat methane comes from the grass, which took that carbon out of the air a fe
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by seanc 18y ago
OK, call me an old fart then. I did AP Calculus in '92, and ODE was certainly NOT on the list. I shouldn't be surprised I guess. After all, once upon a time Special Relativity was graduate level material. One more sign that the singularit
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by seanc 18y ago
Well, yes, putting the sarcasm below aside, I agree that this is Really Cool Stuff. Reminds me of the bit in Anathem when Fraa Erasmas teaches Barb about Hilbert Spaces because, dammit, he was ready, and why make somebody go through the pai
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by seanc 18y ago
Um, riiight. Are the kids doing differential calculus in high school now? Or is there another paper entitled "Ordinary Differential Equations for High School Students"?
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by seanc 18y ago
There is a whole class of financial planners who only work for rich people. They typically want you to have 500k net worth before they'll talk to you. They provide better advice for much less money that the retail mutual fund pushers at b