Okay, but why do only second-degree polynomials yield parabolic curves?
Ahhh, Emily and Polynomials. That takes me back.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 6:12:13 pm PDT #266 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 6:12:35 pm PDT #267 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.
::wonders if "the vapors" is relatede to "vapor lock"::
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 6:14:03 pm PDT #268 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.
Okay, but why do only second-degree polynomials yield parabolic curves?
It has to do with the nature of conic sections.
No, really. I'm pretty sure one could prove this.
eta: or you could prove it from the definition of a parabolic curve and ignore the whole conic section thing, I think....
Jesse - Jun 07, 2005 6:14:21 pm PDT #269 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Which means it's hysteria and can be alleviated by the application by specially trained medical personnel of a vibrator, right?
That's totally my favorite Olde Tyme Remedy.
Thomash - Jun 07, 2005 6:14:59 pm PDT #270 of 10001
I have a plan.
Doing a quick run by to ask if anybody here has seen this show 'Fire Me, Please'?
I have never laughed so hard at the T.V. in recent memory!
Lilty Cash - Jun 07, 2005 6:15:54 pm PDT #271 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Jonathan on Blow-Out just said that he is hair.
I saw a rerun today in which he attended a staff meeting, after-hours, inexplicably holding a comb the entire time. He really is hair.
Steph L. - Jun 07, 2005 6:20:02 pm PDT #272 of 10001
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Which means it's hysteria and can be alleviated by the application by specially trained medical personnel of a vibrator, right?
That's totally my favorite Olde Tyme Remedy.
The neat thing? The remedy is still just as effective today.
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 6:23:13 pm PDT #273 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Well, tommyrot, if you run across a proof, let me know, would you?
sarameg - Jun 07, 2005 6:36:28 pm PDT #274 of 10001
Sara, we eat there next visit.
Oh hell yeah. I swear, I'm going to limit myself to at MOST once a week as I work through their menu.
Today, my mom bought me some salvia (though...not like anything I've ever seen! They look like alien plants. Freaky!) and a new ivy to replace the one I suddenly killed. That was fun.
I'm still a little leery of how I'm going to survive a whole week with them. I figure I'll work in some trips to mortgage people by myself and whatnot. And shoo them away sometimes.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2005 6:40:48 pm PDT #275 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
If you want a real old-timey disease, leprosy has staying power.