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Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Perkins - i just got over a case of conjunctivitis. If i hadn't already scoured my entire house and laundered everything not stapled down i would share some of the virus with you. My advice: go around touching doorknobs, then your eyes.
Perhaps someone might find this interesting: Take a Second Shot at Understanding Math
Mathematics tends to bisect people into either fascination or annoyance. If you're in the latter camp, or actually like math but can't quite get a hold of it, a Cornell professor is blogging a kind of re-introduction to math for adults.
Great. New Guy is out today, and I forgot to ensure he gave me explicit prep for the meetings he wants me to cover. One I can wing, one I've never been to before, and I have no idea what they'll want from me.
I knew he'd forget to give it to me of his own volition, but he was busy when I left yesterday, and it totally slipped my mind.
I have no idea what they'll want from me.
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Some kind of duck-related dance?
Homey don't dance.
At work.
Is that the math column in the NY Times? I read the first one and thought it was pretty good.
Is that the math column in the NY Times?
Yeah.
The best introduction to numbers I’ve ever seen — the clearest and funniest explanation of what they are and why we need them — appears in a “Sesame Street” video called “123 Count With Me.” Humphrey, an amiable but dim-witted fellow with pink fur and a green nose, is working the lunch shift at The Furry Arms hotel, when he takes a call from a room full of penguins. Humphrey listens carefully and then calls out their order to the kitchen: “Fish, fish, fish, fish, fish, fish.” This prompts Ernie to enlighten him about the virtues of the number six.