Colloquium Bingo
(via Obscure and Confused Ideas)
Next time you are bored in a colloquium talk, why not play this fun little bingo game?
While most of that card is univerally applicable, some of it seems more geared towards philosophy. Anyone got some good maths and/or computer science ones? Or, heck, some other subject? I'll have a bash at this:
Computer Science:
* Speaker reads slides to audience
* Audience member checks email on wireless connection
* Speaker flashes 20 slides of graphs with no discussion of the experiment design
* Speaker discusses the one case where their algorithm is superior but neglects to mention that it is slaughtered in every other case
* Audience member suggests that their pet theory would provide a better solution, citing jargon and chanting letters like HMM, FPGA and CSP
Maths:
* Speaker writes in tiny illegible handwriting
* Audience member proof reads their latest paper
* Audience member states that the problem has already been solved but neglects to mention that the solution uses different hypotheses, a different construction and came on the back of a cereal box
A very easy modification yields a fun drinking game...
Next time you are bored in a colloquium talk, why not play this fun little bingo game?
While most of that card is univerally applicable, some of it seems more geared towards philosophy. Anyone got some good maths and/or computer science ones? Or, heck, some other subject? I'll have a bash at this:
Computer Science:
* Speaker reads slides to audience
* Audience member checks email on wireless connection
* Speaker flashes 20 slides of graphs with no discussion of the experiment design
* Speaker discusses the one case where their algorithm is superior but neglects to mention that it is slaughtered in every other case
* Audience member suggests that their pet theory would provide a better solution, citing jargon and chanting letters like HMM, FPGA and CSP
Maths:
* Speaker writes in tiny illegible handwriting
* Audience member proof reads their latest paper
* Audience member states that the problem has already been solved but neglects to mention that the solution uses different hypotheses, a different construction and came on the back of a cereal box
A very easy modification yields a fun drinking game...