Today in one of my math classes, the professor was defining the division algorithm for polynomials: if f and g are polynomials, then there exist polynomials p and r, with either r = 0 or deg(r) < deg(g), such that f = p*g + r.

He wanted to use the letter q for "quotient" instead of p, but thought that it would get confusing because it would look ( Read more... )

There was a job fair today, so I spent some of last night (technically this morning) looking at the websites of the companies that would be represented. That way I could see who was looking for what, decide which booths to visit and which to avoid, etc ( Read more... )

I use Microsoft Outlook to read my Purdue e-mail, so I get a little preview of the messages before actually reading them.

So what does it say about me when I delete all my spam but almost open the one that includes the words "Russ Feingold law" and "Supreme Court"?

One of my orders from InterLibrary Loan came in yesterday, and I picked it up after class today. Unfortunately, it's due back October 5 (technically, midnight October 6), and it can't be renewed.

So I have until then to read this.

I so wanted to take a nap today....

I can now say that peanut butter on your hamburger is a... unique dining experience.

The best thing to happen to me this week was getting mugged.

( My second filk song )

In Hebrew class on Friday, we were practicing having conversations (although not very well because the teacher would usually have most of the conversation for us). Anyway, at one point one of the students is asked some question, I forget what, and his response is "I don't have any friends ( Read more... )

I just had the notion of getting a tattoo of Tattoo, and all the "Who's on First"-type conversations that might ensue from explaining it.

I don't know how long the recent Sluggy Freelance storyline has been going on, but I only noticed now that the probe-happy aliens are named after the people on the A-Team.