Summarized at VerizonMath. For the full impact first watch this video and then listen to this recording.
In response they got this:
from xkcd.
Via Cosmic Variance.
A deficit of clue at Verizon
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A bad dream
Fun fact: Decades from now, with school a distant memory, you’ll still be having this dream.
It is true for me: I left grad school in 1976. Allowing for trivial variations, this is still one of my two most frequent nightmares.
Out of the past
(Also let your mouse hover over the image for the title text!)
More of the weekend
Today’s big event was a big change from yesterday’s: I helped staff a table for Gaeltacht Minnesota at St. Paul’s Day of Irish dance (An opportunity to help out and yet avoid Tuesday’s drunken mob scene). I don’t think I contributed much beyond moral support: MR and SH were both present most of the time, and being extroverts jumped in long before I could think of something to say whenever some visitor came by. However, I enjoyed it anyway.
A follow-up from yesterday: At the museum we saw another family from church. I talked to one of them after today’s service. His company does some work for the museum, which apparently was overwhelmed by the public response to Make: Day there. Also, they had many more requests for exhibits than they could accomodate. There may be another Make Day soon.
Old pleasures rediscovered
Happy Pi Day!
See the official site.
Happy Birthday!
To mdlbear. Have a good one!
Monday Night Irish Class, March 9, 2009
Irish Class, March 9, 2009
Rang Gaeilge, 9ú lá mí Márta 2009
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Listening exercise (a dialog)
Our cousins, the chimpanzees
Good news: They are like us — They can plan for the future.
Bad news: They are like us — They demonstrate this by stockpiling and fabricating weapons.
Planning of the Apes: Zoo Chimp Plots Rock Attacks on Visitors
Over the years, Santino’s operation has become increasingly sophisticated, Osvath says, progressing from simple gathering to fabrication. He has been observed chipping away at the concrete rocks on the island with his hands to sculpt dessert plate–size discs to launch at zoo visitors.
A practical tip about volunteer work
When you decide to serve on a committee that meets in the evening, make sure that a strong majority of the members are people that have to get up and go to work the next morning.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 