I'm giving a quiz on Monday, an exam review on Wednesday and an exam on Friday. There's no new material presented this week, so no prep time except for writing the exam--which'll be loosely based off the review (that I've already written). Also, I've somehow finished this week's homework for Imaging far ahead of schedule.
So...downtime in the middle-ish of the semester. It's like Spring...
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So...downtime in the middle-ish of the semester. It's like Spring...
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radiofrank:
...I sure as hell would have noticed if one of my instructors did something like that. And then I would have called the funny farm. 
So, the teaching gig is good. We just wrapped up systems of equations and I think I was able to rescue most of the students who had fallen over-board during that chapter. Time will tell.
I've begun doing preliminary research into my eventual thesis topic. As such, I just finished reading a paper on solutions to a high-order non-linear Schrodinger equation--a particular version of the...
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I've begun doing preliminary research into my eventual thesis topic. As such, I just finished reading a paper on solutions to a high-order non-linear Schrodinger equation--a particular version of the...
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radiofrank:
I can't say that I remember the name of that book off the top of my head, but I'm fairly certain that it's in a box in my basement. I will try to fish it out of there and pass the info along in the next day or two.
radiofrank:
...and to this date, I have NEVER heard of a better application for mathematics than that. 
Uploaded my syllabus to the class bulletin board this morning. Whew. Spent the rest of the day working up lesson plans for next week's classes. Also wrote my first quiz--which isn't even given until next Monday, but still....
I'll probably spend tomorrow and Monday working up lesson plans for Week 2. First class is Wednesday, 11:00 AM. I'm not nervous yet, but that'll probably pass....
I'll probably spend tomorrow and Monday working up lesson plans for Week 2. First class is Wednesday, 11:00 AM. I'm not nervous yet, but that'll probably pass....
radiofrank:
That's the thing, though - they didn't actually go up. For some reason that I can not fathom, those sets were not accepted. I'm just trying to make sure that they get seen so they will end up on the front page. I'm glad that you liked them, in any event.
How's the class coming along? Have you destroyed anyone yet?
How's the class coming along? Have you destroyed anyone yet?
radiofrank:
Aneurysms, eh?
Sadist.
Sadist.
Tonight was a double first degree down at the lodge. Since this is the first real degree work for this year's officer line, the various parts of the ritual were broken up among various members. The lecture, which is normally truncated, was given, in full, by an 85-year-old Past Master who recited all twenty-plus minutes of it flawlessly. It was awesome.
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rk:
I have to be honest, I have no idea what you're talking about in this blog entry.
I think I'm resigned to the fact that I'm getting older and that is just how existence is... but come 40 I might be singing a different tune.
I think I'm resigned to the fact that I'm getting older and that is just how existence is... but come 40 I might be singing a different tune.
radiofrank:
Ah, I see. That does indeed sound very interesting, especially with respect to how the speaker performed. I'd be extremely nervous in a situation like that.
As for my back...I'm not really sure, but it may have to do with the large pieces of lumber I helped my father with earlier in the week. I'm feeling a little bit better, so I hope that it will continue to improve over the next few days.
As for my back...I'm not really sure, but it may have to do with the large pieces of lumber I helped my father with earlier in the week. I'm feeling a little bit better, so I hope that it will continue to improve over the next few days.
I just wrote the bulk of my first syllabus ever. Kinda weird in a He-Man/Greyskull 'I Have The POWER!' sort of way.
radiofrank:
Good stuff. What course does your syllabus cover?
...and no, Gala won't be in Santa Barbara. You're just going to have to fly up here.
...and no, Gala won't be in Santa Barbara. You're just going to have to fly up here.
radiofrank:
...I should have known that you'd find a way to make it sound far more evil than it actually is.
I'm going to be away from the computer for the next three or four days--which will, of course, slow down the whirlwind of updates that is my over-abundant journal.
Still, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you. Be safe and enjoy the loot.
Still, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you. Be safe and enjoy the loot.
radiofrank:
I thought that you might like them. They are "flashbacks" from a BSG TV movie that aired earlier this month, and they are about a young Adama during the first Cylon war.
I hope that you had a good Christmas!
I hope that you had a good Christmas!
Graduation...I has it. (As of this morning!)
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pyromethious:
I ALWAYS got duddly moore confused with one of the beatles...I still refer to him as the actor that looks like a beatle!
radiofrank:
Thank you, good sir. Happy holidays to you as well.
...seeing as you're familiar with the original Battlestar Galactica, I thought that you might want to have a look at these:
...seeing as you're familiar with the original Battlestar Galactica, I thought that you might want to have a look at these:
Well, going into the home stretch. Last week of classes before finals.
Last week of classes before, essentially, graduation!
Next semester I start the applied math MS program. I've also been penciled in for teaching an intermediate algebra class and as the TA for a PDE class. (I'm extra excited about that last one since PDE theory is what I what I want to...
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Last week of classes before, essentially, graduation!
Next semester I start the applied math MS program. I've also been penciled in for teaching an intermediate algebra class and as the TA for a PDE class. (I'm extra excited about that last one since PDE theory is what I what I want to...
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radiofrank:
That's a little odd...but also quite amusing. We need a picture like that.
Then again, I read "Boltzmann" as "Holtzmann" and thought that you were working with foldspace and personal shields. We really need to go outside and get a life, eh?
Good luck with your finals!
Then again, I read "Boltzmann" as "Holtzmann" and thought that you were working with foldspace and personal shields. We really need to go outside and get a life, eh?
Good luck with your finals!
radiofrank:
Thanks! I thought that you might like them.
...I must admit, however, that I didn't really understand what you're trying to do. It's been way too long since I've dealt with anything close to that, haha.
...I must admit, however, that I didn't really understand what you're trying to do. It's been way too long since I've dealt with anything close to that, haha.
Well, as mentioned previously, our video, Einstein's Unfinished Symphony, didn't win but did place. Two separate people asked me about it today, which I thought was odd until:
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/25/0122218
So, yeah. I'm the author of the dialog in a video which Slashdot indirectly references with "best entries." Neat.
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/25/0122218
So, yeah. I'm the author of the dialog in a video which Slashdot indirectly references with "best entries." Neat.
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radiofrank:
Thanks. It's good to be back.
radiofrank:
Aww, jeez...you're far too kind.
You are one of the first people that talked to me around here, and that's not something I could ever forget - or thank you enough for. I'm glad that we made this connection and are still talking after all of this time.
You are one of the first people that talked to me around here, and that's not something I could ever forget - or thank you enough for. I'm glad that we made this connection and are still talking after all of this time.
Shaping up to be one busy semester (17 units apparently isn't supposed to be a cake walk--go figure). Still, I found out today that there is a chance that next semester--assuming all of my graduation paper work goes through on time--I may be starting my applied math Masters program by teaching an intro physics class.
I am happy.
I am happy.
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priapos:
Hi, just cruising the blogs of the Occult group members... It amazes me how many mystics hate math. I don't do the high-level stuff, but I consider the basics invaluable as mental training.
rk:
Thanks!
To all those people who feel that, for whatever reason, the world would be a better place without certain segments of the population in it:
"Without hesitation, they doomed millions to extinction and tens of millions to inhuman wretchedness in the mystical delusion of their divine mission. (They called if "history" instead of "divine.") Could one grant them this prerogative, even in principle, without justifying...
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"Without hesitation, they doomed millions to extinction and tens of millions to inhuman wretchedness in the mystical delusion of their divine mission. (They called if "history" instead of "divine.") Could one grant them this prerogative, even in principle, without justifying...
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lussie:
hey !! happy happy joy joy !!!
joyeux anniversaire!
joyeux anniversaire!
radiofrank:
Well said, good sir. Well said!
The details of the photo project will only come out once I've got everything in order. I have this tendency to jinx myself by saying too much without having anything to back it up. Ha.
The details of the photo project will only come out once I've got everything in order. I have this tendency to jinx myself by saying too much without having anything to back it up. Ha.
Well, the new semester has begun. Home stretch. Graduation in December. Fuck yeah!
Granted, I've got a freshman American Lit class (grad req) and a Postmodern Art Survey class (multicultural grad req) but they're nicely off-set by Computational Bioinformatics, Partial Differential Equations and History of Math.
Yes, I'm crazy but by mid-December I'll be certified crazy!
The only draw-back with my schedule is that I...
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Granted, I've got a freshman American Lit class (grad req) and a Postmodern Art Survey class (multicultural grad req) but they're nicely off-set by Computational Bioinformatics, Partial Differential Equations and History of Math.
Yes, I'm crazy but by mid-December I'll be certified crazy!
The only draw-back with my schedule is that I...
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lussie:
thanks !!!
i'm sure otter and octopus will be friends at the end...!!!
i'm sure otter and octopus will be friends at the end...!!!
radiofrank:
Yeah, it was pretty cool. I'm hoping that I'll get to go again.