Hmm. Well, I can think of a few times when I'd label the horizontal axis with y, usually when it's something in the middle of a problem with several variables. Just starting out by picking y to represent the independent variable seems a bit weird, though I'd bet there are a few fields where that's the convention. (That last bit is mostly because, whenever I've complained about any sort of weird notation, someone in the department has been able to name a field where that's the conventional notation.)
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Apr 15, 2005 6:01:00 pm PDT #6193 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Eddie - Apr 15, 2005 6:09:45 pm PDT #6194 of 10001
Your tag here.
Yummy: DQ Heath Blizzard
Emily - Apr 15, 2005 6:12:28 pm PDT #6195 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
(That last bit is mostly because, whenever I've complained about any sort of weird notation, someone in the department has been able to name a field where that's the conventional notation.)
Yeah, that's what I'm hedging against. But no, he seemed to be graphing only two variables... well. Actually, god only knows what they mean for him to be doing. But he drew a two-axis graph and then they did a close-up on him writing a y next to the horizontal line. Eh, it doesn't matter. Just weird, was all.
Strix - Apr 15, 2005 6:16:10 pm PDT #6196 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Susan:
Yeah, 1987 was my sophomore year of h.s., and I was the slave of peach shirts from Ups N Downs, the most slammin' boutique in the mall.
I look GHASTLY in peach, and I think the year of peach is when I started to defy trends that make me look bad.
Of course, I still bought the black sweater with the giant multicolored parrot on the back and paisleys on the front, AND a Swatch tshirt AND jeans with giant caggage roses on them.
But my junior year I discovered black, and my senior year slutty colored bras. Much better.
Thankfully, I have always, ALWAYS eschewed neon.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 6:19:35 pm PDT #6197 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The post office web site should tell you which is which.
It didn't say anything obvious. So I went to the largest one near me. Which has a really not obvious sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 listing the 13 SoCal post offices open past 7.
I thought about it for quite a while, and put my $32 in the mailbox anyway and came home.
We'll see.
Sadly, I was hardly the only one there, and not all of them noticed the sign.
If only I'd seen your post before I left, and maybe I'd be over hooking up your phone.
And you can't prove anything different.
Strix - Apr 15, 2005 6:23:38 pm PDT #6198 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think you should be able to PayPal the IRS.
§ ita § - Apr 15, 2005 6:24:10 pm PDT #6199 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think you should be able to PayPal the IRS.
You are very right.
tommyrot - Apr 15, 2005 6:27:50 pm PDT #6200 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
You should also be able to gamble on the amount you owe at the IRS website. And you should be able to get your refund in porn.
ION, I just saw Sarah Vowell give a reading. I now have a new secret celebrity girlfriend.
Strix - Apr 15, 2005 6:30:23 pm PDT #6201 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
LOVE Sarah Vowell! I plan on using some of her essays in my putative classes next fall (please Employment Gods, knock on wood.)
Emily - Apr 15, 2005 6:31:47 pm PDT #6202 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
What are you gonna be teaching, Erin?