So I've been reading a lot of math books lately. Not textbooks, but paperback books about mathematicians that are part history, part gossip, and part lay-person's illustrations of the math they were doing.
Yesterday, on the bus to work, I came across this brainteaser that apparantly caused quite a fuss about fifteen years again among popular mathematicians.
It goes like this:
So you're on Let's...
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Yesterday, on the bus to work, I came across this brainteaser that apparantly caused quite a fuss about fifteen years again among popular mathematicians.
It goes like this:
So you're on Let's...
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cat:
I miss you. 
sliggy:
I would switch, in most cases, that is the hint from Monty or the host in general that you didn't pick the right answer. Regis used to hint all the time on Who Wants to be a Millionaire if the contestant chose the wrong answer. 
Seems like it's time for an update--but nothing's really up, so here's the first 1,000 words of so of the memoir I'm working on from my time in England.
Constructive criticism is more than welcome.
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On the night before September 11th, I split an eight ounce of psychedelic mushrooms with Jim R*****, an acting major at DePaul who Id been sleeping with on and...
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Constructive criticism is more than welcome.
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On the night before September 11th, I split an eight ounce of psychedelic mushrooms with Jim R*****, an acting major at DePaul who Id been sleeping with on and...
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ladymaze:
Expensive. Very, very expensive. (Not for me specifically...just in general. A very...upscale...mall.)
I still haven't had a chance to read this. I will. I promise. I just have a few things to get done before I can devote the time and concentration to it that it deserves.
I still haven't had a chance to read this. I will. I promise. I just have a few things to get done before I can devote the time and concentration to it that it deserves.
serenity_star:
vixennyx and i bartend at club 30 west. actually...now i've been doing the waitressing thing a little more than bartending.
on a side note: i finally got in to SGchicago. after ALLL this time!
on a side note: i finally got in to SGchicago. after ALLL this time!
So I'm tossing around the idea of applying to be an SG. Which is hardly monumental, but I thought I'd share.
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Edited to add that my day, despite being productive (I wrote all morning, resized some photos of my paintings so that I can print them for a real live portforlio, and mailed a painting that I sold to a very nice boy in...
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Edited to add that my day, despite being productive (I wrote all morning, resized some photos of my paintings so that I can print them for a real live portforlio, and mailed a painting that I sold to a very nice boy in...
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daweenis:
Yes Jude Law should be addressing the Congress later this week to announce his new dictatorship....shhhh...it's a secret.
Yes movies...sometime soon me thinks...nice SOBER movies (for me)
Yes movies...sometime soon me thinks...nice SOBER movies (for me)
gentledom9:
maybe time for not only the SG set to be done , but also a new job...... only getting 13 when you should get 20....
Sucks
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Sucks
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Shit, man, Ohio's gettin' the smack down from me. Who the hell is this Badnarick cunt? Or Peroutka, for that matter? (OK, never mind about them. I was doing crapppy math. They don't really matter. Bah)
So I went to court this morning. Nothing to write home about--I had a little chat with an assistant to the State's Attorney. She told me the case is...
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So I went to court this morning. Nothing to write home about--I had a little chat with an assistant to the State's Attorney. She told me the case is...
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prendick:
You;re right to keep the orb with you...(interoretation alert) when I looked at is with my wife It looked like a knot hole in a fence that we were looking through...and the orb is no red...so the title is interesting.
That's all for now. Thanks for the invite!
That's all for now. Thanks for the invite!
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I read all about C's and M's and just go about my merry way, whistling and thinking I'm smart. Duh.
amstar:
My imagination is totally colour-based, I love it. I see everything in my head in a combination of hues.
Meditation is usually yellow and blue - basic sun and sky/sea. Yellow is a combination of heat, warmth, calm, it draws all the bad out. Blue is sanity, peace, it sweeps in and puts the good stuff back together in me. Blue is my favourite colour (or, since I need to write Americanese pretty soon, favorite color).
White is the breath I draw in, I exhale black. Orgasms are magenta
Hey, I'm a weirdo.
Meditation is usually yellow and blue - basic sun and sky/sea. Yellow is a combination of heat, warmth, calm, it draws all the bad out. Blue is sanity, peace, it sweeps in and puts the good stuff back together in me. Blue is my favourite colour (or, since I need to write Americanese pretty soon, favorite color).
White is the breath I draw in, I exhale black. Orgasms are magenta
Hey, I'm a weirdo.
Okay, riddle me this, Batman:
First off, how is it possible that the parts cost to repair a bike that lists for $1795 can be over $3000?
And second, how fucking high do you have to be to do three grand worth of damages in four days?
First off, how is it possible that the parts cost to repair a bike that lists for $1795 can be over $3000?
And second, how fucking high do you have to be to do three grand worth of damages in four days?
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imagoldfish:
holy shit dude. and even more, if you just stole a scooter, it's probably because you thought it was kind of cool, right? so why wouldn't you take better care of it?
so fucking bizarre.
i'm so sorry.
so fucking bizarre.
i'm so sorry.
ladymaze:
*hugs*
*kisses, too*
*kisses, too*
They found her!!!! Apparently she's pretty junked up, but I get to see her soon. They pulled someone over, ran the VIN and it came up stolen (duh). They're "grilling him" as we speak and are going to try to press felony charges (wow!). I'll be sure to update as the story unfolds.
Update: 12:22am. They're bringing her over right now. The guy who was...
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redheaddevil:
Whoa, you are super lucky to have gotten her back! Good news. Hopefully she'll be good as new in no time, and I hope you get some money back!
danhazelton:
wow, that sucks........ stumbled across your profile and got to read a very intresting story though. i had my car stolen a few months after i moved out of my parents house at 19, then a few months after that my house got robbed. so i feel for you. get all the crack money and fix her up better than new.
Well, the last 48 hours plus have been a complete emotional rollercoaster. I woke up on Sunday morning to find my scooter gone, which to a certain degree I knew was an inevitability since I dont live in the best neighborhood ever and Ive had to park it on the street for the last couple weeks. I used to keep it under the stairwell inside...
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nerdboy2345:
that totally fucking sucks. and hear i was hoping for my bike to get stolen so i can get a new one (i do have full insurance).
sorry to hear that.
how is moh: rising sun? my friend at work was going to let me borrow it, he beat it already
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sorry to hear that.
how is moh: rising sun? my friend at work was going to let me borrow it, he beat it already
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ladymaze:
Drat. Sucks that we can't match our schedules up! *sigh* But Saturday, for sure and certain. Hang in there, sweet thang.
My scooter got stolen. That is all.
No, wait, there's more:
Video games are a lot less fun with the sound turned off.
And I can't sleep.
No, wait, there's more:
Video games are a lot less fun with the sound turned off.
And I can't sleep.
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signalnoise:
ah! that sucks about your scooter! what happened?!?
daweenis:
That completely is crap sweetie. F4ckin' lowlifes who need to enrich themselves by taking, in effect, your time and hard work. It is an evil, evil trait of some human beings to in any way feel no shame in taking something that is not theirs. I just don't understand it....sorry
Huzzah!!! I got a job!
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punkadixon:
Hey, that was really cool of you to post a poem I figured you would actually email it. I especially liked the last image of the dog 'soaring' around the corner.
This job must be keeping you from updating your journal.
no huzzah for that.
I figured you would actually email it. I especially liked the last image of the dog 'soaring' around the corner.
This job must be keeping you from updating your journal.
no huzzah for that.
ladymaze:
So.....details on how the job is going!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gimme gimme, now now now!
Well, life rumbles on, day after beautiful day.
It seems at this point that I am rich in love but poor in money. And while it is of course love that keeps the worls spinning around, money helps when you don't want to starve. So if you have the chance, please send me good gobs of luck and keep your fingers crossed for my first...
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It seems at this point that I am rich in love but poor in money. And while it is of course love that keeps the worls spinning around, money helps when you don't want to starve. So if you have the chance, please send me good gobs of luck and keep your fingers crossed for my first...
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_sarah_:
Great big gobs of greasy, grimy gopher... um, luck.
signalnoise:
good luck. (is it all right if i send my good luck in neat little cubes instead?)
No more whining. Today slummy is taking the day off of work and we're going to go to IKEA. (yeah, fuck off, I've seen Fight Club too. Bite me.)
Also, I am finally getting my poetry manuscript together to send out to publication contests. I have exactly 48 pages right now, which is the minimum for a lot of them. Others want 60, so I...
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Also, I am finally getting my poetry manuscript together to send out to publication contests. I have exactly 48 pages right now, which is the minimum for a lot of them. Others want 60, so I...
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vicedriver:
good luck on the manuscript!
if i had more $$, i would be your patron
though there are only so many poems you can write about computers
i love me some ikea too
it's actually only like 5 minutes from my parents house
i went there last christmass-time
and it was a total madhouse
it freaks me out when there are so many people in the store that you can feel the floor shake
have fun with decorating
later....
if i had more $$, i would be your patron
though there are only so many poems you can write about computers
i love me some ikea too
it's actually only like 5 minutes from my parents house
i went there last christmass-time
and it was a total madhouse
it freaks me out when there are so many people in the store that you can feel the floor shake
have fun with decorating
later....
ladymaze:
May I read some of your poems? I'll trade you...you can read some of mine, too.
Had fun this weekend...that restaurant was a good idea, hon. I
Mediterranean food.
Had fun this weekend...that restaurant was a good idea, hon. I
Mediterranean food.