I miss college sometimes. The parties, the chickys, the debauchery. Oh, yea, and, um, class, too. :)
Sadly, I had to go back to the old campus for a wedding (don't ask) last week. I have never felt so out of place in a place that used to be mine. Damn, seems like these kids just look so *young* now. John Galt wrote: > Man I hate you college kids. > > Well, to be honest, I'm just jealous as hell. > > I will probably start on my degree this fall, so it'll only be about a > decade until I'm done. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 12:23 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: How Tom Delay Stole Congress >> >> CS and Math. >> >> Where the two meet is still my favorite coding moment. I needed an LN >> function. CF only had a LOG function. So I wrote my own Taylor Polynomial >> routine to approximate the LN function. >> >> On 5/18/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Did you go to school for Math? Are you a fellow Math Geek? :) >>> >>> G Money wrote: >>>> Advanced Topics in Topology was the hardest class I took in my >> academic >>>> life. Very abstract, very hard to visualize. Really made me appreciate >>> the >>>> relative ease and straight forwardness of Diffy Q. >>>> >>>> On 5/18/06, Crow T. Robot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> Yikes. Topology. One of the worst classes I've ever had to take. >>>>> Well, maybe next to Abstract Algebra. >>>>> >>>>> G Money wrote: >>>>>> I remember learning in my advanced Topology class (high level math >>>>>> elective), that in certain topological spaces, 2+2 was undefined. >>>>>> >>>>>> Was a good lesson to remember: you have to define your space, before >>> you >>>>> can >>>>>> determine your facts. Or put another way, in some spaces.....2+2 >> just >>>>> might >>>>>> equal 6 :) >>>>>> >>>>>> On 5/17/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>>>> Dana wrote: >>>>>>>> do I get frustrated when people simply make the facts up, yes. Or >>>>>>> totally disregard them, yes. >>>>>>> Well, for my part, you've often accused me of ignoring facts but >> the >>>>>>> truth is I just don't interpret them as you do. Sometimes you seem >>> to >>>>>>> get frustrated because everyone doesn't agree that 2+2=6. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:207041 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
