"Average statewide SAT scores dropped for the FOURTH YEAR IN A ROW."

"The average SAT score for Georgia students this year was 1453."
...
Graphic: "This year: 1453"

"This was SEVEN POINTS LOWER than LAST YEAR."

Graphic: "Last year: 1450"

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* headdesk *

Using each of the following n x n matrices in turn, regard C^n as a C[x]-module: find all C[x]-submodules of C^n, and find a generating set which is as small as possible (C is the set of complex numbers; I can't type it with the bar it should have ( Read more... )

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS, BITCHES!!!!

My thoughts on this summer's most-anticipated horror movie behind the cut:
( Splice )

C and I are at a party. Rafi's neighbor (who is all of ten, maybe) examines C and myself. "You two married?" she inquires. C assures her we are not. "Oh," she says, "you're in college."

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I have quite a collection of old-school Playboy magazines. While they fall quite a bit short of the internet in terms of porn (I mean, please), they are a fascinating look at popular culture in a time gone by. If you're interested, I've transcribed a couple of the movie reviews from March of 1970 verbatim below.

Cheers!

( OHMSS and MASH )

Why does the name Luca Scala sound so familiar? I know he's a math prof at UChicago, but why does his name ring a bell?

Obviously, I want you to try to do these without the internet ( Read more... )

Matthey McGrory passed away at the age of 32, and, according to Wikipedia, he was 7'6" tall, and had studied law at Widener University. He is featured in the movies "House of 1000 Corpses" and "The Devil's Rejects", both of which were written and directed by Rob Zombie ( Read more... )