Just Another Problem With America September 10, 2008
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A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won’t cross the street to vote in a national election.
- Bill Vaughan
As if I needed more of a reason to vote. This quote is just so depressing but then when it gets worse when you stop to think about it and realize just how true it actually is.
A New Take on Purity June 12, 2008
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Best xkcd comic strip ever.
Finals and Work April 5, 2008
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Well the semester is winding down, I only have a few more test and then I’m “free”. Now that I think about it I have quite a few test to take actually. Two in Abstract Algebra, either one or two in Advanced Calculus 2, two in Managerial Economics, and one in French. None of these should be particularly difficult, but some count more than others so I will actually have to study.
Right now I am really looking forward to my REU. I still have to book a flight but that shouldn’t be a bit issue. Earlier today I received an email from the coordinator informing us about who was going to be in our groups as well as how we were to sign up for housing (which is provided free of charge). Interestingly there will also be other undergraduates participating in research in other natural science areas. If I am correct I believe that the email said that there would be somewhere around 200 undergraduates, and only 15 of us will be working directly with the mathematics department. Apparently we will be getting pain $800 minus taxes every fortnight.
While on the topic of money I think it is appropriate to mention that I might be teaching the discussion section for a Precalculus class next fall. I found this out on Friday after my Advanced Calculus 2 class. The professor talked to me and another sophomore, he wanted to know if we would be around next fall since the department was looking for more TAs to help teach discussion sections. He said that he would refer us to the person in charge in order to set up our interviews, which are just a formality according to him. It was mentioned that we would be getting paid but nothing much was said about this topic, and I’m fine with that.
It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but here is a video to accompany this post.
Linux in my Windows April 2, 2008
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A few days ago I tried to dual boot Windows XP and Ubuntu (a Linux distribution). At first I was just booting Ubuntu from the boot CD I had created, and things were running smoothly. Eventually the time came where I decided that I wanted to boot Ubuntu from the hard drive and not the CD. Well I started the process and things were running smoothly, me hitting next and Ubuntu doing what it does best (rocking). So I come to the end of the installation and when I restart my computer I realized that I had not partitioned my drive so that it would run BOTH XP and Ubuntu, but instead I had installed Ubuntu on the whole drive, which means no more Windows XP. This wasn’t all that bad since I was planning on replacing XP eventually in any case. However, problems arose once I realized that I was not being able to connect to the campus internet (they have some new long and stupid process which I believe is out to get Linux users). Thus for the weekend I didn’t have internet, I did however, have a lot of fun games that came with Ubuntu so I was entertained.
Yesterday I managed to get a copy of an XP boot and installation disk. So right now I am in the process of reinstalling all the applications I will need and all of my other hardware to work with XP again. So I have been frantically downloading things left and right.
Things I still need to get include;
a C++ compiler, Adobe Reader, WinTV, a few Firefox add-ons, and other minor things like anti-virus software.
In any case I shall be reattempting to dual boot XP and Ubuntu in a few days, wish me luck.
Let’s Get Some Shoes… March 20, 2007
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“What were you expecting? Condams?” If you know where that is from then you have been to youtube at least once in your life.
This post is for those of you who have been deprived of seeing the Shoes video on youtube. This is personally my favorite video, and I think that I watch it about twice a day.
It was not until a few days ago that I had learned that one of my friends had NEVER been to youtube. Honestly, how do you get accepted to Chicago and yet you have never been to youtube. Well luckily they have such wonderful friends. We just had to introduce them to the world wonder also know as youtube.
One last note: Lawrence and Will, I am making it your personal responsibility to make sure that this person (you know who I am talking about) never forgets that this video is out there.
PEOPLE WHO ANNOY YOU March 11, 2007
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No this post is not really about people that annoy me, but I should really make one for that topic in the future.
To stat things off here is the funny video from South Park. It remains funny no matter how many times you watch it.
Well onto a different topic. A few days ago I was looking at the list of math and finance classes that were offered here at UF. Some of the math ones were interesting, especially the ones on probability and differential equations. But, for the most part they all seemed quite dull based on the names. I am sure that if I didn’t also want to take finance classes many more of them would appeal to be bust sadly this is not the case. In the same manner not many of the finance classes sounded interesting. The ones that I would really like to take all had a long list of prerequisites. This is going to be a pain. The good news is that the class on risk management only has one prerequisite, and that is a class called Risk and Insurance. Which I probably would have taken anyway. After some thought I don’t think that I will double major (math and finance) or even get the minor in actuarial sciences. The main reason for this decision is that to double major I would only be able to take the minimum amount of math electives for the math major since the finance major has a lot of required classes. Also I am not sure that I would be able to finish the double major in four years (yes I sat down and tried to plan it out). The reason for not wanting the minor is kind of childish but still it’s a reason. There are just some classes that are required that not to my liking. For instance, the class STA4322 (Mathematical Statistics 2). In stead of taking this I would rather take the class on Probability Theory and the Stochastic Process.
Well now I’m just complaining. Nothing really major to report so I’ll get back to studying and programming.
