What did I miss? In limerick form, please.
You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
Spike's Bitches 26: Damn right I'm impure!
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Polter-Cow - Oct 10, 2005 4:07:30 pm PDT #7634 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Oct 10, 2005 4:09:59 pm PDT #7635 of 10001
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
There was a poster named Cow
Who wanted updates - and how!
He grew quite irate
Because the hour was late
And everyone'd left for now.
libkitty - Oct 10, 2005 4:13:18 pm PDT #7636 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
There was various good news and sucky,
And vw bug was quite plucky,
Cool pictures were seen,
Some math turned me green,
Gothic Charm School clothing is ducky!
(What can I say, I'm crappy at limericks but couldn't resist the challenge. I think this works, but I'm not quite sure of the definition of ducky in this context. It rhymes, though!)
eta: Apparently, I'm crappy at formatting and seeing what post I'm in, too.
Polter-Cow - Oct 10, 2005 4:14:16 pm PDT #7637 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Bravo.
Has anyone ever interviewed with Kaplan before? They liked my audition enough, apparently. I have a twenty-minute phone interview in the next couple days, and I could really use a job that actually pays well.
Also, I totally cooked spaghetti with chicken on Saturday. Be proud of me.
libkitty - Oct 10, 2005 4:16:24 pm PDT #7638 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
Topic!Cindy - Oct 10, 2005 4:16:42 pm PDT #7639 of 10001
What is even happening?
There once was a husband named Pete
Who made Gothic Charm swag so sweet
That when P-C missed out
All he could do is shout,
"That stinks, like ass--sauteed in feet."
Emily - Oct 10, 2005 4:20:47 pm PDT #7640 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Don't suppose Hil's still lurking?
Hil R. - Oct 10, 2005 4:26:18 pm PDT #7641 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm here, Emily.
Emily - Oct 10, 2005 4:31:12 pm PDT #7642 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Yaaay! Ahem. Last question, I promise. Why is the group of permutations of {1,2,3,...n} non-abelian for n > 2? There doesn't seem to be anything in the chapter to give me an indication of why things are nonabelian -- just tells me that they are. And occasionally that it's lovely that they are (amusing, but not helpful).
(I'm having some musings about rotation composed with reflection being different the other way around, but nothing really concrete.)
Hil R. - Oct 10, 2005 4:34:20 pm PDT #7643 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
To show something's nonabelian, usually the simplest way is just to find two non-commuting elements. So, if n is greater than 2, then you know that, at the very least, it has (12), (13), (23), (123), and (132). If you try out a few combinations of those, you'll probably find a pair that doesn't commute.