Tuesday. Meh.
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It's Yuri's Night tonight! I'm gonna drink some VODKA!
That sounds good. I'm just having the beer.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Beer for me as well. Soon going to a mate to watch Manchester United wipe the grass with Chelsea (hopefully) and to have a couple of beers (certainly).
Only vodka on Yuri's Night for me.
That's not true. But there will be a shot or two.
That's not true. But there will be a shot or two.
Google's home page logo today is a cosmonaut, in honor of Yuri Gagarin (sp?) becoming the first man in space 50 years ago today.
Wait a minute - today is also the 150th anniversary of Fort Sumter, and the start of the US Civil War. No Google love for a war that ended slavery in the US?
Google needs a pic of a Confederate cannon shooting down a Soviet rocket.
Wait a minute - today is also the 150th anniversary of Fort Sumter, and the start of the US Civil War. No Google love for a war that ended slavery in the US?
Google needs a pic of a Confederate cannon shooting down a Soviet rocket.
Yuri Gagarin is infinitely more important than Fort Sumter, sorry. One of them was one region's disavowed attempt to win the continuance of slavery, but is really a minor regional affair elsewhere. The other was a seminal moment in human history. The first time we dared to slip into the darkened void beyond our carbon spider's web, as a certain Bruce may have put it.
Yax
Ancient Mariner
Who's Next is an awesome, awesome album. Impressive in every regard. But apart from the awesome songs, what I find most intriguing is what a hassle Pete Townshend must have gone through with those analogue synths!
Just a random observation - I'm listening to said album for the first time and there's a lot more to The Who than My Generation and Won't Get Fooled Again.
Edit ( So I don't have to double post):
I just realized that I've been here on the board for five years. That's half a decade. Boy, time flies by. Soon I'll be in a wheelchair and who-knows what else will happen in 70 years.
Just a random observation - I'm listening to said album for the first time and there's a lot more to The Who than My Generation and Won't Get Fooled Again.
Edit ( So I don't have to double post):
I just realized that I've been here on the board for five years. That's half a decade. Boy, time flies by. Soon I'll be in a wheelchair and who-knows what else will happen in 70 years.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Hmmm, I registered only weeks after beginning as a PhD student. Four years later, I'm in the process of finishing that ...
An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar.
The first says, "I'll have a beer."
The second says, "I'll have one half of a beer."
The third says, "I'll have one fourth of a beer."
The bartender pulls out two bottles and says, "Fuck you guys."
The first says, "I'll have a beer."
The second says, "I'll have one half of a beer."
The third says, "I'll have one fourth of a beer."
The bartender pulls out two bottles and says, "Fuck you guys."
Travis The Dragon
AFTERGLOW!!!
Great one SMX! 
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
SinisterMinisterX said:
Excellent! I love math jokes.
... and convergent series.
national acrobat
Ancient Mariner
My favourite bar joke:
A blonde walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gave her one.
My favourite (and the oldest) maths joke:
Did you hear about the mathemetician with constipation?
He worked the log out with a pencil.
A blonde walks into a bar and asks for a double entendre, so the barman gave her one.
My favourite (and the oldest) maths joke:
Did you hear about the mathemetician with constipation?
He worked the log out with a pencil.
Dr. Eddies Wingman
Brighter than thousand_suns
Adding figures to a research paper. Adding figures? No hassle you may think. Yes, when you have to make the figures yourself, it is.
LooseCannon said:
You rock. What was the tweet?
As for me, I had a bizarre comparison in guided tours. Yesterday, I led a group of 20 adolescent tenth-graders. Today, I led a group of 10 40-year old, suit-wearing academics. Guess which group was the disciplined and polite one.