My doc's office requires payment of my copay when I check in, but she takes cash/checks/credit cards.
Look, you got a little stabbed the other day. That's bound to make anyone a mite ornery.
Mal ,'Ariel'
Natter 46: The FIGHTIN' 46
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.
ChiKat - Aug 08, 2006 10:51:08 am PDT #1419 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Polter-Cow - Aug 08, 2006 10:57:36 am PDT #1420 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
The family of French mathematician Sophie Germain -- inventor of "Germain primes," i.e., double a Germain prime and add 1 to get another prime number
Interesting. But hey! You can't invent primes! They're already there!
And, damn, she sounds pretty awesome for someone we've never heard of.
Emily - Aug 08, 2006 10:58:44 am PDT #1421 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So who here has heard of Sonya Kovalevsky?
She's on pretty much every "Women in mathematics" poster you'll run into (something about which I have mixed feelings), but I hadn't heard of her before that.
Jessica - Aug 08, 2006 10:59:22 am PDT #1422 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
French mathematician Sophie Germain
Ooh, hers are the primes at the center of the proof in Proof.
-t - Aug 08, 2006 11:00:09 am PDT #1423 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
So who here has heard of Sonya Kovalevsky?
::Raises hand::
But it was in a class focusing on women in the history of math. I wish I still had all my notes from then, I don't remember much.
Allyson - Aug 08, 2006 11:00:40 am PDT #1424 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Why the mixed feelings, Emily?
You know, if women weren't held under the boot of the patriarchy, I'm certain our advances would have brought us to a place where I'd now be driving a hover craft. Friggin' patriarchy. I WANT MY HOVERCRAFT.
sarameg - Aug 08, 2006 11:02:18 am PDT #1425 of 10001
Here you go, Allyson: [link]
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Allyson - Aug 08, 2006 11:02:59 am PDT #1426 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
At least it was linked by chick.
aurelia - Aug 08, 2006 11:05:31 am PDT #1427 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Hi. I'm back.
I have no flying car.
Allyson - Aug 08, 2006 11:06:40 am PDT #1428 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I have no flying car.
Because of The Man, aurelia. Only because of The Man.