June 2010 | wodeces

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Moria

Someone should really bring them a ladder and remind them to build the Endless Stair *first* next time.

Monday, June 28, 2010

3x9

Handy exam trick: when you know the answer but not the correct derivation, derive blindly forward from the givens and backward from the answer, and join the chains once the equations start looking similar. Sometimes the graders don't notice the seam.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Raptor Fences

If at least one person has a nightmare about being swarmed by hundreds of mouse-sized dromaeosaurids, my work will have been done.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Toot

This is also one of only five identified situations in which a vuvuzela is actually appropriate.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Public Opinion

News networks giving a greater voice to viewers because the social web is so popular are like a chef on the Titanic who, seeing the looming iceberg and fleeing customers, figures ice is the future and starts making snow cones.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Interdisciplinary

Replace the pendulums with history students and you'll qualify for a grant!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Dependencies

The prereqs for CPSC 357, the class on package management, are CPCS 432, CPSC 357, and glibc2.5 or later.

Monday, June 14, 2010

Southern Half

Also, if you read his speech at Rice, all his arguments for going to the moon work equally well as arguments for blowing up the moon, sending cloned dinosaurs into space, or constructing a towering penis-shaped obelisk on Mars.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Phobia

Oh God, the tornado picked up snakes!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Swimsuit Issue

Parents: talk to your kids about popup blockers. Also, at some point, sex. But crucial fundamentals first!

Monday, June 7, 2010

Book Burning

Of course, since their cautionary tale was reported in a print newspaper, no one read it.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Study

Volunteers needed for a study on transmission of urushiol from digital contact with thin strips of fibrous cellulose pulp.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Worst-Case Scenario

To get serious analyses of hurricanes and oil slicks, see Jeff Masters' blog. To get serious discussions of worst-case scenario thinking, see Bruce Schneier's blog. To get enough Vitamin D, don't read any blogs and go outside instead.