Friday, April 13, 2001

Oh, incidentally, I've added a link on each quiz page for you to request a review of the quiz for veracity (if not spelling).

posted by FlyingSheep @ 6:03 PM 0 comments

Time to update the folks playing along with us at home - there are two weeks (that's 12 hours, 10 classes, evenly divided between Probability and Lie Algebras) remaining in the semester. There will not be a final in Probability (although there will be some non-as-time-consuming problem set or equivilant), and the final situation in Lie Algebras has not yet been established.

Of course, that does leave the qualifying exam in Algebra. I have done roughly 1/3 of the research I feel is necessary. Maybe a little more. I have held practive exams on these sections with both examiners. It only remains to finish the next section (which is almost done, and accounts for another third of the material) and present it to each examiner (hopefully this will be done next week) and then delve into Galois Theory (the final 1/3 of the exam).

I hope your Good Friday the 13th is going well. Have an excellent Easter. Time for Simpsons.

posted by FlyingSheep @ 6:02 PM 0 comments

Monday, April 09, 2001

Non-chalance. Casual lack of concern. That's why people shave their heads or color their hair, or wear pants that are 15 sizes too big. So that they can look non-chalant about it and thus appear cool. Cool, casual, calm, and collected.

So, once everyone's wearing pants around their ankles, how can you look non-chalant about being the same as everyone else? Well, then you have to do something more aextreme. Try putting a safety pin through your nose, and then shrugging when people ask you about it.

"It's a mere flesh wound" - Monty Python

posted by FlyingSheep @ 6:50 PM 0 comments