Today was my day to register for courses next semester. And things had gone well, up to a point. But then the registration system (BANNER) encountered an error when it came to registering me for the ancient freshman course of Physics 1. It claimed that I needed Calculus 2 as a corequisite... a class that I passed a year ago. So now I am in the ( Read more... )

How not to end Easter Sunday, the greatest day of the year ( Read more... )

There are times when I am embarrassed to be a student of Florida Tech, even with the great praise that it was given by Wernher von Braun and the fact that it is considered to be nearly equal to MIT in educational quality (although not nearly the same in raw prestige). Why, you ask? Because of advertisements like thisI'm at least glad that it was ( Read more... )

CHEMICAL SAFETY ADVISORY FROM THE DESK OF
EDWARD GERARD END III, ENGINEERDo NOT place tetrafluoroethane inside the caps of Sharpie brand permanent markers, unless you want the markers to explode violently when opened next, showering the vicinity with ink up to a radius of 2.5 feet. This has had notable side effects of permanently destroying ( Read more... )

It has been nineteen days since my last post in this journal of mine. What powerfully emotive and meaningful stories could I write here? What zany antics and shenanigans could I retell with a dramatic flair and pomp?

I could tell of the final completion of my impossible project after four weeks of insane labor. Or I could mention my incredible ( Read more... )

My 20th birthday was on Sunday. In addition to my handful of requested gifts, I also received, to my surprise, a Vieran flag from the president of The Viera Company. It really made my day. I would have already hung it up in my dorm, but there is really no wall large enough for it to fit. I'll save it for my apartment next year ( Read more... )

The vending machines seem to play a subtle yet crucial part in the life of everyone here at FIT. It is interesting the pure amount of drama that can be derived from them ( Read more... )

You scored as Socialist.

Socialist
75%
Green
67%
Anarchism
58%
Democrat
58%
Communism
50%
Republican
50%
Nazi
25%
Fascism
8%
What Political Party Do Your Beliefs Put You In?
created with QuizFarm.comThis was surprising to me. Green and Democrat don't surprise me too much up there, but Anarchism? And am I really that Socialist? Well, ideal socialism, I suppose, ( Read more... )

You know that you are in a technical institute surrounded by engineers when you are unable to leave your room because people are launching bottle rockets back and forth along the hallway outside, while calculating out the physics necessary to increase fuel efficiency, explosion strength, and accuracy.

To quote An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic (by Graham Priest), chapter 6 (Intuitionist Logic), section 6.2.1, sentence 2 ( Read more... )