Ten percent of nothing is -- let me do the math here -- nothing into nothing, carry the --

Jayne ,'Serenity'


Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam  

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.


Kat - Jun 03, 2009 5:20:26 pm PDT #22667 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kat, believe it or not, my daughter's counselor is suggesting that she do the honors transfer program at the JC near us because it's less stress than a 4-year, she can knock out her remaining classes in one year and transfer as a junior so

I think this may be true in a non-recession, no budget cuts, easy to get into classes at a CC time, but it's just not true now. One of the valedictorians' sister has been doing the 2 year program at Valley CC for 3 years now. And she also graduated at the top of her class? Why? Because she can't get into the classes she needs.


sarameg - Jun 03, 2009 5:58:56 pm PDT #22668 of 30000

HOT DAMNED! I warned the folk about possible delays. Data came in early. But head guy got his data already. Everything worked. I get gold stars for catching the glitch and that the glitch didn't matter!


dcp - Jun 03, 2009 6:00:10 pm PDT #22669 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Yay, sarameg!


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 6:44:09 pm PDT #22670 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Nice going, sara!

Oh, Sue! I have one episode left to listen to in How to Think about Science. I can't swear I was paying attention to every moment, but it has been fascinating so far. I can't believe they dealt with morphogenetic fields--I thought those were sci fi.

Interesting stuff.

20-odd down, 1 to go.

I'm bouncing around the BBC site and subscribing to random things that won't last. But being home most of the day--even the vaunted US TV lineup gets boring once you've watched all of the NCIS/CSI episodes, and L&O is hit and miss.

It's just occurred to me how clumsily I bounded my prime number algorithm in the programming test. I am such an idiot. Someone should take away my Computer Science degree. But I did make sure to tell them I coded for a web-based discussion board, and NSM with the number crunching.


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 6:47:18 pm PDT #22671 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Fruit smoothie:

I would totally name a son of mine Gaël. I love watching him play. His face is so open, it's hard not to get caught up in his emotions. But there's pretty much no one I will root for over Federer. I want him to stack up as many records as possible, and him going for 20 straight Slam semifinals (next highest is 10--commentators opine we won't see the like again in our lifetimes. But they're old) is definitely a record I wanted to see him make. And in the 19 semis he's made, he's won 16 of them. They're talking so much more nicely and awestruckly about him now that Nadal is out (yesterday's news, not today's match).


Sue - Jun 03, 2009 7:02:57 pm PDT #22672 of 30000
hip deep in pie

ita, I listened to them over the fall, so I've forgotten more than I remember about those podcasts but they are always fascinating. David Cayley, always does interesting documentaries for the program Ideas, which is not just about science.


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 7:05:22 pm PDT #22673 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'll have to look Ideas up in general then. He's very bright and thoughtful. He paraphrases all this confusing stuff very well. String theory indeed.

Thanks for the rec!


Sue - Jun 03, 2009 7:06:34 pm PDT #22674 of 30000
hip deep in pie

I've screwed myself. I booked Clio's tooth extraction for tomorrow, forgetting that it was the season finale of Movie Night. I have been desperately trying to not watch the last episodes of State of Play all week, even though I have the DVDs. Now I think I will miss movie night to tend to Clio. And I have to bring them the DVDs and I haven't seen the last three episodes! I am tempted to stay up very late and watch them.


Sue - Jun 03, 2009 7:10:57 pm PDT #22675 of 30000
hip deep in pie

Ideas: [link] Podcast is on iTunes.


§ ita § - Jun 03, 2009 7:13:49 pm PDT #22676 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Score!