Conversation I had yesterday with my lab partner:
Him: Well I'm off to Engineering Club.
Me: Ah, gonna build some bridges?*
Him: Yeah, last year we had this great bridge. The idea was to build a bridge that would collapse at a preset point.
Me: Stress testing?
Him: Yeah. Ours, of course, broke somewhere else.
Me: Was this for Statics?
Him: No, this was the...
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Him: Well I'm off to Engineering Club.
Me: Ah, gonna build some bridges?*
Him: Yeah, last year we had this great bridge. The idea was to build a bridge that would collapse at a preset point.
Me: Stress testing?
Him: Yeah. Ours, of course, broke somewhere else.
Me: Was this for Statics?
Him: No, this was the...
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ananael:
If they need a contest, they can play "fix Ananael's car the fastest" anytime they want to...
ananael:
Nothing specific or big, just have it in for maintenance and am beginning to realize how expensive a Beemer is to maintain, an "Ouch! Use lube, will ya'?" kinda' thang...
Well, well...a new semester. You all know what that means....
Right, less time on the Site and more time integrating electric fields across gaussian surfaces.
Or something like that. I am bummed about being away from the Site, but so ecstastic about field equations that I bought a huge dry-erase board to hang on the wall to do said equations.
Ah, the dualities of Life....
Right, less time on the Site and more time integrating electric fields across gaussian surfaces.
Or something like that. I am bummed about being away from the Site, but so ecstastic about field equations that I bought a huge dry-erase board to hang on the wall to do said equations.
Ah, the dualities of Life....
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enelysion:
Dude, a white board! thats awesome. When I own a house its gotta have 5 things: a pool table, beer and soda on tap, a saltwater fishtank in a wall, a giant bathtub and a blackboard. I love doing calculations on my walls with colored chalk...my roomate unfortunately doesn't appreciate it.
ananael:
Maybe we can make a tradition of meeting in the coffee shop on campus on Fridays, o great and busy one? 
Funny...after all this time, I finally just came to the realization that zazen practice is merely about sitting with nothing but yourself for company, which forces you to deal with yourself. The practice part comes in with having to learn to force yourself to sit there for longer periods of time, with nothing to distract you from you.
Whoa.
Whoa.
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pihka:
A good point. Maybe indeed thats what makes it scary. Me, Im usually too impatient with myself- hence I dont sit in zazen often at all. The couple of times that I actually made it past the "gawd I cant bloody concentrate" state were amazing though. But usually I find that the form of meditation that suits me best is a physical one- the budo arts work very well.
vielus:
Thanks man! I realy like it too... i guess that is a good think as it's kinda there to stay...
Dammit. The Intro To Topology book I checked out of the library has vanished and it's due tomorrow! Grrr.
I remember bringing it into the house and putting it on the coffee table, but then my roommate cleaned and now...nada.
I'm left with the theory that the book, B(T), which is obviously contained in the set of all literature, A(L), met an open...
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I remember bringing it into the house and putting it on the coffee table, but then my roommate cleaned and now...nada.
I'm left with the theory that the book, B(T), which is obviously contained in the set of all literature, A(L), met an open...
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vielus:
Good luck my brother! 
enelysion:
Hmm...Point particles can be tricky to find. My advice: Solve the time-dependent wave equation and this should at least give you a narrowed down field of probable location. That is, unless your subset isn't in Hilbert space. Then you're still screwed.
Aww...the Feynman Lectures On Physics boxed set arrived yesterday! I am a very happy nerd!!!!
Alas, however, I am going to rant:
*ahem*
The singular problem with studying physics, to me, is the fact that each time you learn a new concept, you get used to it, work with it, try desperately not to fail a final with it, and then they go and change...
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Alas, however, I am going to rant:
*ahem*
The singular problem with studying physics, to me, is the fact that each time you learn a new concept, you get used to it, work with it, try desperately not to fail a final with it, and then they go and change...
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vielus:
Um ok. so i got none of that...
But hay it sounds smart... mayhap ims tu gets an edjumakation... um...
But hay it sounds smart... mayhap ims tu gets an edjumakation... um...
vielus:
Um ok. so i got none of that...
But hay it sounds smart... mayhap ims tu gets an edjumakation... um...
But hay it sounds smart... mayhap ims tu gets an edjumakation... um...
Whew. Spent the last week with my parents visiting--seperately, since they don't get along--and this is the first real chance I've had to log on to the Site. Of course, logging on to find a new Pihka set made it worth it, but...whew.
In other news, I've gotten wind of a paid internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Just the thought of something like that...
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In other news, I've gotten wind of a paid internship at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Just the thought of something like that...
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saintbrat:
Just a quick note to get you in my comment sections, so I have a link to come read you again. Also a Physics major here in NYC but heading towards the HS teaching thing, not the explore the universe thing! Thanks for the heads up re Solstice.
So do you think light is really the vibration of another dimension, sort of the shaking of the actual true ether (space time stuff) or maybe another real dimension that transmits waves like water transmits the surf, or what?! I just cannot figure out how there is a electric field, and a magnetic field, but that they exist without any moving mass to generate them! Yet they are bent by gravity so there must be some mass, or does there? Arrgh, taking modern physics for the first time next semester, lots more fun the analyzing financial statistics!
So do you think light is really the vibration of another dimension, sort of the shaking of the actual true ether (space time stuff) or maybe another real dimension that transmits waves like water transmits the surf, or what?! I just cannot figure out how there is a electric field, and a magnetic field, but that they exist without any moving mass to generate them! Yet they are bent by gravity so there must be some mass, or does there? Arrgh, taking modern physics for the first time next semester, lots more fun the analyzing financial statistics!
ananael:
Squishy? Is that healthy? I don't think I've ever felt squishy, but if I did, I would probably see someone about it! Parents can in fact be cured with sufficent application of vodka, but squishy?...
The new Pihka set on the other hand, that I get completely!
PS - If you've still got this squishy thing by this weekend, I ain't comin' over, 'cause I don't want that to catch that!
The new Pihka set on the other hand, that I get completely!
PS - If you've still got this squishy thing by this weekend, I ain't comin' over, 'cause I don't want that to catch that!
So if you've been following the last few journals, you may remember that I mentioned that this Winter Break, I was going to check the Feynman Lectures On Physics V1 out of the library for a review. Oddly, both copies of the book in the entire county were checked out ahead of me--a day apart from each other and won't be due until near the...
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rybo:
those ups guys have a habit of being VERY slow....
evanx:
Break, what break? You just keep on learnin'! Learnin' gooder!
my head hurts...
my head hurts...
Just watched Return Of The King.
Wow.
Let me reiterate. Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Let me reiterate. Wow.
Wow.
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astrokreep23:
oh you and your understating....
vielus:
damn you, damn you.... i was to go... but then we were one ticket short... like the idiot i am, i said "no, no, you go. It's cool i'll just see it later."
what was i thinking...
what was i thinking...
Oh! My! God! I got my X-mas present early! Mara and Astrokreep23 gave me a handmade Vampire Hunter kit! It's in a wooden carrying case and comes complete with a wooden stake, a cross-shaped Holy Water flask and a Bible, all held in place by black velvet! The stake they hand-carved, stained and capped with leather and studs. They even made the box and handle!...
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ananael:
So?!?! Did you kill any vamps yet or what? If you're having trouble finding them, I hear they hang out at coffee shops during the day, when they're most vulnerable! That'd be a good time to give the Jack, or rather the stake a try.
pihka:
Uh-oh. Beware, vampires. Merry belated Yule as well- although I tend to think that festivities and holidays last about as long as we make them last. So its not that belated at all..
Merry belated Yule as well- although I tend to think that festivities and holidays last about as long as we make them last. So its not that belated at all..Ah...finals? Done. Cricket set? Awesome--yet another Aries, I admit I have a weakness.
It is now time to relax. I'm reading a novel by Chris Bunch--of Sten fame--and it is very good.
Soon, however, I will be checking Feynman's Lectures On Physics Vol 1 out of the library for the duration of Winter Break. Time to review some Newtonian mechanics, people! Mmmm...the Second Law...yet another...
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It is now time to relax. I'm reading a novel by Chris Bunch--of Sten fame--and it is very good.
Soon, however, I will be checking Feynman's Lectures On Physics Vol 1 out of the library for the duration of Winter Break. Time to review some Newtonian mechanics, people! Mmmm...the Second Law...yet another...
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ananael:
Relax? You don't even sleep in past 7am! Relax! Phhttttt!
evanx:
It seems that a sigh of relief has swep over SG....Finals - Done.
good good good
good good good
Jesus. Four of the five aforementioned exams down, one to go. Logic final tomorrow. Yum. My brain hurts. Owwwww.
Of course, the new Twwly/Noelle set makes it hurt less. I think we should all move to Canada....
Of course, the new Twwly/Noelle set makes it hurt less. I think we should all move to Canada....
enelysion:
Nice...i finished with finals last week... perfect score in calc of several variables II ! Go me. Good luck on your last final!
cricket:
thanks
You'll excuse me for a while. I have five exams in two--count 'em, TWO--classes in the next week.
See you on the other side....
See you on the other side....
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pihka:
I can so relate. :/ Even though for me its mostly just lots and lots of work these days. But still. Too much is too much whatever were talking about thats stealing our time...
lotus:
holy shit.