tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post3264520060093038404..comments2023-06-20T02:06:52.150-06:00Comments on Alethiography: The EndTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-77393416814261869552010-05-14T16:36:33.329-06:002010-05-14T16:36:33.329-06:00Thanks! I'm excited.Thanks! I'm excited.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-30082294538402925062010-05-14T16:23:45.700-06:002010-05-14T16:23:45.700-06:00Congratulations, Tam!! Good luck in graduate schoo...Congratulations, Tam!! Good luck in graduate school.Susan Williamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-12112946067337808652010-05-13T22:13:30.158-06:002010-05-13T22:13:30.158-06:00Ouch, that would be painful. Fortunately, I don&#...Ouch, that would be painful. Fortunately, I don't think I made any significant errors going into or taking this exam.<br /><br />I like the consultant joke both because it is true (that is how consultants act), and consultants are <i>right</i>.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-44819558947079547572010-05-13T21:04:41.968-06:002010-05-13T21:04:41.968-06:00Yeah, I think this is very different since the fun...Yeah, I think this is very different since the fun continues in the fall. It's more like leveling or something rather than reaching the end.<br /><br />Hah, nice consulting joke - I've definitely been in that position before, where "2" represents some number between 1 and 3 (if not between 0 and 10). I would often respond to a question like what is 2+2 with the objection that the question assumes a level of precision that is unwarranted.<br /><br />I don't know if this actually was my last final exam in my BA program, but it feels like it now - the public finance final for which we had to write a long essay on a book that was never brought up in class on the reasonable (but note: unwarranted!) assumption that college seniors were capable of reading the syllabus, seeing that the book was required reading, and acting accordingly. Being unable to write an essay on this unfamiliar book brought my course grade down to a B+, which was irritating.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15376389949707679077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-41903682783850420692010-05-13T18:46:42.145-06:002010-05-13T18:46:42.145-06:00Debbie - ouch!
OK, just for you Ryan, two more. ...Debbie - ouch!<br /><br />OK, just for you Ryan, two more. The first is courtesy of my grandfather this afternoon.<br /><br />*********<br /><br />A boy from the country leaves home and goes off the college. When he comes home for break, his pa says, "So, son, what do you study up at that thar school?"<br /><br />"Math," he says.<br /><br />"Well, talk some math then," says the father.<br /><br />"I don't know, Pa. You don't know any math."<br /><br />Smack! The father smacks the son right across the mouth. "Now you see here," he says. "I'm payin' for that fancy school, and I want you to talk some math."<br /><br />"OK, OK," says the boy. "Pi r squared."<br /><br />Smack! His pa hits him again. "Now listen, boy. Everybody knows <i>pie are round</i>. Cornbread are square!"<br /><br />*********<br /><br />OK, this one is a consulting joke more than a math joke, but it still works (and I do work for a consulting firm).<br /><br />Ask a mathematician what 2+2 is, and she'll say 4.<br /><br />Ask an engineering what 2+2 is, and he'll say 4.0.<br /><br />Ask a consultant what 2+2 is, and she'll say, "Well, it's 3 for low values of 2, and 5 for high values of 2."Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-17817888656520841172010-05-13T18:23:19.936-06:002010-05-13T18:23:19.936-06:00I missed my last final. I showed up for my aftern...I missed my last final. I showed up for my afternoon test and it turned out it was in the morning. (The prof let me take a make-up, which, unlike the original, was all essay and included material for both halves of the semester. I had only made a B- on the midterm, but I had talked to the professor and studied differently and thought I made a B on the final. Instead I made a D which, averaged with my B-, came out to a D+.) I'm sure none of this is happening to you, though, so congratulations!<br /><br />Neither side of my family is big on college degrees. I'm definitely the black sheep in getting some early on. My mom may be catching up, though.Debbienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-13114461625877624222010-05-13T17:32:16.791-06:002010-05-13T17:32:16.791-06:00My math joke repertoire has just doubled in size. ...My math joke repertoire has just doubled in size. :-)Lee Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362840947090456877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-11723027255637308472010-05-13T16:04:01.742-06:002010-05-13T16:04:01.742-06:00Ha. You never know.
Speaking of math jokes invol...Ha. You never know.<br /><br />Speaking of math jokes involving grapes, I like this one:<br /><br />What do you get when you cross an elephant with a grape?<br /><br />Elephant grape sin theta. <br /><br />After this joke you ask, "What do you get when you cross an elephant and a mountain climber?"<br /><br />The other person says, "Elephant mountain climber sin theta?"<br /><br />You then say, "No, you can't do it because the mountain climber is a scalar."Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079829842465164437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27945613.post-20159392042357364762010-05-13T16:00:01.070-06:002010-05-13T16:00:01.070-06:00Question: What is purple and commutes?
Answer: an...Question: What is purple and commutes?<br /><br />Answer: an Abelian grape.<br /><br />I doubt that will be on your final, but just in case.<br /><br />Good luck.Lee Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362840947090456877noreply@blogger.com