From Jess's course link:
I had a mistake in an equation I wrote on the blackboard today, when I wrote an equation for the electric power lost to resistence in a wire. Of course, I said that you don't have to know that equation... But I left out the square on the current. So here is the correct equation, which you still don't need to know...
And, I love this guy's policies!
Cheating:. Two years ago I flunked two students who were talking to each other on the final exam. (They said that they were only discussing how to spell a word.) I consider that very light punishment. In the future, I am determined not to be so lenient.
Half of the homework grade will be based on the quality of the writing. Imagine that you are briefing the U.S. President on an issue that you consider important. Your essay should be a pleasure to read! You will lose credit if you have more than one mispelling, or have any error in grammar (run-on sentence etc.). If English is not your primary language, please state your primary language at the beginning of the email.
A fundamental requirement is that you must come to lectures. Absence will be excused if email is sent to me before the missed lecture, and if it contains a reasonable excuse (e.g. you were killed in a terrorist incident, you have to be away to compete in a sporting event, or your boy/girl friend had to be picked up at the airport). Don't make up excuses; if you do, and I find out, you will get an F in the course.
The fact that Rush and O'Reilly have a large audience is terrifying.
I had a fun moment this morning. I was drowsing in bed listening to the radio, and some asshole was talking about the "surprise upset" and I just yelled out "It's not a surprise, people are PISSED". It amused me so, I started laughing and actually got out of bed on time (as opposed to the perpetual hitting of the snooze button, aka The Tool of Satan)
The fact that Rush and O'Reilly have a large audience is terrifying.
But at least both of their audiences have declined recently.
I quite like Al Franken, as it turns out. But there's Randi Rhodes and Sam Seder with every bit as much vitriol as anything I've ever heard on the right.
I feel exactly the same. I don't like the Randi Rhodes and Sam Seder shows at all, but Franken is pretty good.
Vortex, I could see individual races described as upsets (at the beginning of the year, who'd have thought Webb had a chance?). Not the general result as a whole.
I feel exactly the same. I don't like the Randi Rhodes and Sam Seder shows at all, but Franken is pretty good.
I haven't listened to Air America since leaving NY, but I liked Randi Rhodes, even though her schtick got tiresome after awhile. Al Franken gets much better guests though. Sam Seder didn't bug me half as much as Janine Garofalo, who tended to rant blindly, sad to say.
Vortex, I could see individual races described as upsets (at the beginning of the year, who'd have thought Webb had a chance?). Not the general result as a whole.
I think that they were talking about Webb.
Hmm. Cheap Chinese across the street? Slightly more pricey and distant but very excellent Thai? Sandwich? Salad? Must decide before brain shorts out.
I don't think the level of vitriol can be compared without taking into account the relative level of influence the vitriol has. The insano-extreme left is widely acknowledged by everyone to be insane and extreme, but Bill O'Reilly is taken seriously by a frighteningly large number of people. I'd bet good money that the vast majority of Americans have no idea who Randi Rhodes is (I'm not even sure I do), but Ann Coulter is a best-seller.
