Just so you all know, I'm doing math to put off figuring out how to get a count of our faculty as of a date in the past. I'm not sure my brain's sufficiently present.
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 9:35:27 am PDT #102 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
juliana - Jun 07, 2005 9:36:05 am PDT #103 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
"Don't fear the cereal" was originally going to be the title of Blue Oyster Cult's biggest hit. Then they realized the Grim Reaper was potentially more terrifying than Captain Crunch. True story.
Monty Python's SPAMalot Wins 5, no, 3 Tony Awards
geeks out, dies laughing
DXMachina - Jun 07, 2005 9:36:19 am PDT #104 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I thought I had an answer but was wrong. Anybody?
My best guess would be f(c) = 4, assuming c = 2, but it's just a guess.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 9:36:35 am PDT #105 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.
I thought I had an answer but was wrong. Anybody?
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amych - Jun 07, 2005 9:37:21 am PDT #106 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Can you imagine the power of an infinite number of Theremins, bringing down defenses, shattering eardrums.
Somehow "piercing" and "woo-woo-woo" don't quite go together in my mind.
Hil R. - Jun 07, 2005 9:37:33 am PDT #107 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
The function f is differentiable on the interval 0 < x < 4. If f(1)=1 and f(3)=7, then for some 1 < c < 3, f'(c) must be equal to:
1, 2, 3, 4, or 6?
3. It's the mean value theorem: for some value on the interval, the slope must be equal to the average slope, which is (7-1)/(3-1) = 3.
JZ - Jun 07, 2005 9:37:40 am PDT #108 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Jon, that is just about the sweetest story ever. Even with the Tex Avery moments, just so damn sweet. Millions of congratulations all over again!
Nora Deirdre - Jun 07, 2005 9:38:33 am PDT #109 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
haha, I loved the Tex Avery moments.
amych - Jun 07, 2005 9:38:58 am PDT #110 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
But fate had other plans and now we have two anniversaries to remember.
I tend to get around this problem by just not remembering them.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 9:39:45 am PDT #111 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.
OK, there are an infininte number of functions that would fulfill that criteria. The function could be a straight line with slope of 2 3. If not, then say it is a function that has a slope of less than 2 3 for part of that interval. Then another part must have a slope of greater than two, and since it's differentiable then there must also be a point with a slope of 2 3 in there....