Well, it was grown in Hawaii.
Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.
'Never Leave Me'
Natter 39 and Holding
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.
Lee - Sep 25, 2005 9:34:32 am PDT #771 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
erikaj - Sep 25, 2005 9:44:44 am PDT #772 of 10002
I'm a fucking amazing catch!--Fiona Gallagher, Shameless(US)
Oh...somebody else buys Cosmic Catnip. It was always the Beast's fave. But I think it would have to be Colombian to cost that much.
sarameg - Sep 25, 2005 9:56:06 am PDT #773 of 10002
But it's not so bad, as NASA has yet to discover Bureaucracy Thread technology.....
That's what YOU think.
I got fed really good food last night. And then got to babysit the chef's kids, a 2 year old and a 3 year old. It was fun. Then I got to hang out and chat with the parents when they returned. It was nice.
My brother's life, however, is much more interesting. Yesterday, he got paid $200 to drink beer at 7 am and then watch over some guy's mother-of-all-tailgate setups (huge plasma tv, couches, etc) And then the guy gave him a ticket to some primo seat at the game, because someone else came by hang out at the setup. Oh, and they outfitted him in a (whatever UA's team is called) shirt so he wouldn't be killed by rabid fans.
My brother doesn't even like football.
Today, he took his car out to a racetrack and set his brakes on fire, got 2 black flags and came within a foot of crashing into a barrier. He's loving life and flying SO HIGH on adrenaline as of 10 minutes ago (he called me while driving home, because if he tells his wife about flames, boiling brake fluid, etc, she might have a heart attack. Then kill him.)
I'm amused.
Emily - Sep 25, 2005 10:21:27 am PDT #774 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Anyone around familiar with set theory and isomorphisms? I'd like to check a result.
Or linear algebra, for that matter? I don't remember it all that well.
Hil R. - Sep 25, 2005 10:34:22 am PDT #775 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Emily, I'm here, for another few minutes at least.
Emily - Sep 25, 2005 10:41:14 am PDT #776 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Ooh! Excellent! So tell me, is phi(A)=det(A) an isomorphism from the structure (2x2 matrices, +) to the structure (Reals, +)? It seems to me like it's not one-to-one, but I did want to be sure.
I will have other questions, mwahahah.
Hil R. - Sep 25, 2005 10:44:02 am PDT #777 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
So tell me, is phi(A)=det(A) an isomorphism from the structure (2x2 matrices, +) to the structure (Reals, +)? It seems to me like it's not one-to-one, but I did want to be sure.
It's not an isomorphism. You're right, it's not one-to-one; as a trivial example, any matrix where all four entries are the same will map to 0.
Ginger - Sep 25, 2005 10:50:37 am PDT #778 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Lily is so beautiful. She often appears to have an air of slumming royalty, amused at the antics of the little people.
Lee - Sep 25, 2005 10:55:58 am PDT #779 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I have an odd urge to make snickerdoodles, but am too lazy to look up a recipe and figure out if I have all the ingredients.
Emily - Sep 25, 2005 11:04:07 am PDT #780 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Diagonal matrices are invertible, right?