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[fresh_42]

I had a friend who went into his oral topology exam at a professor, who had been known for his conservative opinion. I think he even had a seat in the local city council. His party translates to the GOP in US or the Tories in UK. As he came back and we asked him about his grade, he said "only sufficient". Well, we answered, you must have known everything. As he asked why, we referred to the pin on his jacket with the symbol of the youth organisation of the socialists (aka Democrats in US, Labour in UK).

 

[WWGD]

Mate of mine and I always said it to each other before our exams. Usually in English, though. The sailor's blasphemy ("For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful") was another favourite.

Yes, sorry, I was trying to show-off the two-three phrases I know in Latin, but "E Pluribus Unum" did not make sense, and, in Trump's days, it is not true any more, and neither is the " Give me your poor, huddled masses..." ( Statue of Lberty). More like: " We got in first, you get the hell out". Can't think of how to translate that to Latin.

 

[jim hardy]

Can't think of how to translate that to Latin.

My Latin class was sixty years ago..There's GoogleTranslate... but I'm not fluent enough anymore to check them

 

[fresh_42]

Yes, sorry, I was trying to show-off the two-three phrases I know in Latin, but "E Pluribus Unum" did not make sense, and, in Trump's days, it is not true any more, and neither is the " Give me your poor, huddled masses..." ( Statue of Lberty). More like: " We got in first, you get the hell out". Can't think of how to translate that to Latin.

I have a nice one for you. A variation of Descartes which someone scrabbled on the toilet door. However, I think it is not kids proof.

 

[WWGD]

There's this website " Topology Atlas"http://at.yorku.ca/cgi-bin/bbqa . As if it were Scrabble, I am renaming it " Topology At las(t) " .

 

[WWGD]

I have a nice one for you. A variation of Descartes which someone scrabbled on the toilet door. However, I think it is not kids proof.

Maybe not, but I would think it would intimidate anyone to see that Germans do graffitti in Latin when most here can barely handle English sentences.

 

[Ibix]

Yes, sorry, I was trying to show-off the two-three phrases I know in Latin

"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" is about the only one I can rattle off off the top of my head. Also the Ankh-Morpork City Watch motto, "Fabricati Diem, Pvnc", which means "To Protect and Serve", according to Pratchett.

I have a nice one for you. A variation of Descartes which someone scrabbled on the toilet door. However, I think it is not kids proof.

"I think I am thinking therefore I think I am"?

 

[fresh_42]

"I think I am thinking therefore I think I am"?

That one, yes, but not with to think.

 

[WWGD]

[QUOTE="Ibix, post: 5947123, member: 365269... "Fabricati Diem, Pvnc", which means "To Protect and Serve", according to Pratchett.
"I think I am thinking therefore I think I am"?[/QUOTE]

Thanks for translating that one, I would have thought you were quoting Clint Eastwood: " Do you feel lucky, Pvnc "?

 

[WWGD]

That one, yes, but not with to think.

Still, what is this, a Grad school dropout writing graffiti in Latin? Do they also write graffiti about, e.g., attempted solutions to Navier-Stokes?

 

[fresh_42]

Still, what is this, a Grad school dropout writing graffiti in Latin? Do they also write graffiti about, e.g., attempted solutions to Navier-Stokes?

No. Only a few nasty rhymes about professors.

 

[Ibix]

Thanks for translating that one, I would have thought you were quoting Clint Eastwood: " Do you feel lucky, Pvnc "?

Make my day, pvnc, I think. In very doggy latin.

Still, what is this, a Grad school dropout writing graffiti in Latin?

I read that someone wrote "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la gare" on the walls of Balliol College Oxford once. "It's magnificent, but it's not the station", a rather clever pun on the French Marshal Bosquet's comment on the Charge of the Light Brigade.

 

[WWGD]

No. Only a few nasty rhymes about professors.

Are you one of them ( student rhymers, professor "victim" )?

 

[WWGD]

Make my day, pvnc, I think. In very doggy latin.
I read that someone wrote "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la gare" on the walls of Balliol College Oxford once. "It's magnificent, but it's not the station", a rather clever pun on the French Marshal Bosquet's comment on the Charge of the Light Brigade.

It has what the French would call an " I don't know what" , doesn't it ;) ?

 

[fresh_42]

Are you one of them ( student rhymers, professor "victim" )?

Nope. But I vaguely remember that I had another one in mind, but I didn't leave it there.

 

[WWGD]

Nope. But I vaguely remember that I had another one in mind, but I didn't leave it there.

So, how about giving the exclusive for PF ( In Latin, or some other obscure language -- meaning anything other than English ) ?

 

[fresh_42]

So, how about giving the exclusive for PF ( In Latin, or some other obscure language -- meaning anything other than English ) ?

No names, please. The more as in this special case I've played cards with this professor since on many occasions.

 

[Psinter]

College.

(Couldn't find the source artist )

 

[WWGD]

College.

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(Couldn't find the source artist )

I think their name should be enough ;). No need to find the artist.

 

[fresh_42]

I think their name should be enough ;). No need to find the artist.

At least the problem is finite.

 

[WWGD]

At least the problem is finite.

Finitely defined, or a finite task?

 

[WWGD]

Hey Freshmeiter,
Can you define non-isomorphic Hilbert space structures on the same set/space, say R^n? Just a lead, to not be too "non-random".

 

[fresh_42]

Finitely defined, or a finite task?

Finitely defined. Whether it's of finite execution time is how fast one can check a single case, because it's competing with our astonishing birth rate. Rabbits? What a bad joke!

Hey Freshmeiter,
Can you define non-isomorphic Hilbert space structures on the same set/space, say R^n? Just a lead, to not be too "non-random".

I don't know, how about function spaces with different measures for square integrability?

 

[Psinter]

Here's a random thought on screen protectors. Are they even worth it? I don't know if I should get a screen protector for my phone. For the last few years all my experiences with screen protectors have been bad. They lose touch sensitivity. I also noticed it takes more than one year for my phones to get screen scratches without protectors. For which I'm wondering if I should maybe give it another chance.

I don't know how some folks manage to scratch their screens. I heavily use my electronics devices and that has never been a problem for me. Maybe they purposely put grains of sand on their fingers and then use their phones. I also don't understand how they let them fall and pretty much crack it the first time. My cellphones and tablet have fallen a lot, but I've never gotten a cracked screen or a cracked edges. Even when a tornado destroyed my place and my phone spent a little more than 2 days submerged in water and at least 50lb of debris, I managed to salvage it. After drying it for 3 days, it turned on fine, it worked, and there was not a single scratch on the screen. It was not waterproof by the way. It was a cheap Galaxy. It had no case protector, nor screen protector. Yet not a single scratch on the screen. Just a few white pixels, but you have to hold it at an angle to even notice the white pixels. Otherwise it is not noticeable. I am being honest when I say that I don't understand how some folks manage to destroy their phones by a single fall. Mine always seem to be quite resistant despite my heavy use and bad treatment towards them.

So I was thinking about the worthiness of screen protectors.

 

[WWGD]

Here's a random thought on screen protectors. Are they even worth it? I don't know if I should get a screen protector for my phone. For the last few years all my experiences with screen protectors have been bad. They lose touch sensitivity. I also noticed it takes more than one year for my phones to get screen scratches without protectors. For which I'm wondering if I should maybe give it another chance.

I don't know how some folks manage to scratch their screens. I heavily use my electronics devices and that has never been a problem for me. Maybe they purposely put grains of sand on their fingers and then use their phones. I also don't understand how they let them fall and pretty much crack it the first time. My cellphones and tablet have fallen a lot, but I've never gotten a cracked screen or a cracked edges. Even when a tornado destroyed my place and my phone spent a little more than 2 days submerged in water and at least 50lb of debris, I managed to salvage it. After drying it for 3 days, it turned on fine, it worked, and there was not a single scratch on the screen. It was not waterproof by the way. It was a cheap Galaxy. It had no case protector, nor screen protector. Yet not a single scratch on the screen. Just a few white pixels, but you have to hold it at an angle to even notice the white pixels. Otherwise it is not noticeable. I am being honest when I say that I don't understand how some folks manage to destroy their phones by a single fall. Mine always seem to be quite resistant despite my heavy use and bad treatment towards them.

So I was thinking about the worthiness of screen protectors.

Wow, tell that story to one of the phone companies, seems like it would make a great commercial -- and sorry to hear that.
How about the absurdity of putting phones in one's back pocket? A small planned "accident" , a quick hand, and the phone is gone. Or phone drops and it is not so easy to tell. Doesn't seem to make sense.

 

[WWGD]

Neither Ernest nor Julio's children inherited their fathers Gallo's humor.

 

[Psinter]

How about the absurdity of putting phones in one's back pocket? A small planned "accident" , a quick hand, and the phone is gone. Or phone drops and it is not so easy to tell. Doesn't seem to make sense.

Indeed. I wouldn't put my phone on my back pockets. It really makes no sense unless one has no front side pockets.

 

[Psinter]

Here's another random thought:

People are not as good-looking as in their online shared pictures, nor as ugly as in their driver's license photo.

 

[WWGD]

Indeed. I wouldn't put my phone on my back pockets. It really makes no sense unless one has no front side pockets.

I don't mean to get too heavy on this, but to me this agrees with the claim that cognition is largely social, i.e., people do things and express beliefs largely based on what they see around them; what the views are of their friends/circle , and not so often based on their independent evaluation of facts.

 

[StoneTemplePython]

I've got one phone in my (back?) pocket, and the other one's hailing a taxi cab giving a high five.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, I just saw a woman who was around 7' tall. This one not wearing heels, unlike most of the other 6'+ women I have seen -- they can put the phones in their back -pocket, it will be too high up for most.

 

[WWGD]

I've got one phone in my (back?) pocket, and the other one's hailing a taxi cab giving a high five.

Not sure I get it. Are you referring to pocket dialing?

 

[StoneTemplePython]

Not sure I get it. Are you referring to pocket dialing?

Was trying to weave in lyrics from the song -- "Hand in my pocket".

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It sounded more clever before I finished my coffee

 

[rootone]

My Gf needs a strong double expresso to start her day/
I'm Ok with just regular coffee.

 

[Borg]

If there was a spammer on the forum, it's hard to say how most people would react but I like to think that I would charge after him and click the Report button.