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An entry?? Oh wait, it's just quotes
In papers, the abstract gives a short summary of the whole paper in about 100 words. This summary is intend to help readers appraise whether they should read the whole paper or not. Since you audience is unlikely to flee after the first slide, in a presentation you usually do not need to present an abstract. However, if you can give a nice, ( Read more... ) -
To evil!
Your results:
You are Apocalypse
Apocalypse
57%
Magneto
56%
Mr. Freeze
54%
The Joker
52%
Riddler
50%
Dr. Doom
50%
Venom
47%
Dark Phoenix
45%
Lex Luthor
42%
Juggernaut
34%
Poison Ivy
33%
Green Goblin
30%
Mystique
30%
Kingpin
28%
Catwoman
21%
Two-Face
14%
You believe in survival of the fittest and you believe that you are the fittest.
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Happy new year!
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Friday quotes (I'm already a month late, what's an extra day)
I welcome the fact that Saddam Hussein has been tried by an Iraqi court for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed against the Iraqi people. He has now been held to account ( Read more... ) -
(belated) meme
(via robynjade13)
1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4.
Question: Why is it written "In the day that G-d created a man on earth" and not "in the day that G-d created man on earth ( Read more... ) -
Catching up
Sara and I drove up to Michigan Saturday morning for the break; this actually involved more adventure than one might think, because since we didn't want to leave the gecko home alone or board her for that long, we had to bring her with us. This takes a bit more effort than one might think, since you have to keep her tank at 75 degrees (and ( Read more... ) -
Eeeeek
This sort of thing absolutely scares the crap out of me. I'm always worried that no matter how much I check and test and debug, and no matter how paranoid I am, somehow something dumb like this will happen. And I'll have worked for 5 or 10 years on what amounts to nothing. I give this guy a lot of credit for promptly acting to correct his mistakes ( Read more... ) -
Doom doom doom doom
That's right, I'm hearing the doom song. Because I got my prelim scheduled. For exactly one month from tomorrow. This is going to be interesting ( Read more... )