Buffy ,'Beneath You'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
It was more "You are giant and keep accidentally stepping on me, so I'm going to hide by the people sitting on the couch."
That sounds quite reasonable to me.
I need to get over to campus today and get the last of my rec letters off my desk. sigh. don't wanna, but it's the only day I have a sitter this week.
I have achieved AC #1. ::does dance of cool air:: AC:Electric Boogaloo can wait until I've cooled off from AC #1.
Paging Hil! I need a mathematician! If I have an action figure with 32 joints, each of which has 5 different positions, how many distinct positions can the figure be placed into?
I say 3840.
Uhg, they're futzing with the ac (cycling it maybe?) because we keep getting waves of the old-balloon mildewy smell… May have to leave early.
I would guess that the action figure has a couple of dozen-billion-trillion distinct positions. Whatever that sort of number is.
Just got word that a friend in Chicago is going into hospice. She was diagnosed with pretty late-stage colorectal cancer a couple of years ago and she's gone through all kinds of treatment with varying degrees of success. Her bowel perforated this week and she's too weak for surgery so it's not looking good. According to our friend who has seen her she's quickly switching between completely unconscious and fully conscious and in pain but alert. Bob is going to try to get out there Saturday. All your good thoughts are appreciated.
Oh, I'm sorry, Lisa. Best thoughts to your friend.
If I have an action figure with 32 joints, each of which has 5 different positions, how many distinct positions can the figure be placed into?
That would be 32⁵, or 33,554,432.
That's so sad, Lisa. Many good thoughts in her direction.
I survived the interview. I think it went pretty well. There were several of those situational "tell me about a time..." questions that I am terrible at answering. Now, I think I need alcohol...once I get off work. Thanks for all the ~ma!
Tom, wow. I was quite wrong! Thanks!