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Flan
Posted on 03-06-08 03:10 AM, in Too many anime avatars Link | Quote | ID: 79822


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Posted by pieguy1372
I don't watch anime. >:

EDIT: What do you have to type in to get the angry emoticon?! :O

You cut your wrists.

Flan
Posted on 03-06-08 06:01 AM, in Countdown to 1000! Link | Quote | ID: 79837


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negative fifty-five, no, fifty-six away.

Flan
Posted on 03-09-08 06:41 AM, in I want an Arwing. Link | Quote | ID: 80022


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I don't really care.

Flan
Posted on 03-16-08 01:07 PM, in A clarification (rev. 2 of 03-16-08 01:09 PM) Link | Quote | ID: 80446


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A geodesic can mean either:
(a) a point whence curve Q fulfills |Q'| = c, c is nonzero positive.
(b) more commonly, a curve which has property (a) for all points.
For surfaces, we can also state a geodesic curve as one with acceleration perpendicular to the surface at every point, ie, linearly dependent on the unit normal vector.

So a proof that isometries are geodesic-preserving then.

Let's assume a geodesic curve E in surface M, and an isometry f from M to N, which maps E to fE. Then it follows that at every point on E, the tangent vector is defined and constant. For brevity, I'm defining T = E', fT = fE'. And T should read T(p), or "T at point p", but again, brevity.

|T| = c^2 (The square is just for convenience)
T.T = c
D(T.T) = D(c), the Ds are exterior differentiation
2(T'.T) = 0, ie, E'' . E' = 0

In plain English, the acceleration vector is perpendicular to the tangent vector, which lies in the tangent space of M (at point p, obviously). And if we apply the isometry f, then fT'.fT = 0, fT.fT = d, ie, |fT| = d^2. fE is a geodesic.

QED.



Flan
Posted on 03-16-08 09:16 PM, in A clarification Link | Quote | ID: 80456


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Posted by Pac
arbe: win

Thank you for your constructive posts.

Flan
Posted on 03-19-08 12:36 PM, in Where's George? Link | Quote | ID: 80637


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Stop defiling currency.

Flan
Posted on 03-21-08 07:00 PM, in When is it spring? Link | Quote | ID: 80739


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It's sunny, as always. =\

Flan
Posted on 04-06-08 12:26 AM, in 1-letter Swap Link | Quote | ID: 81525


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Tram

Flan
Posted on 04-06-08 03:17 AM, in IWBTG Link | Quote | ID: 81528


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Posted by blackhole89
I kind of stopped playing after reaching The Guy.

Which makes it line up with my long list of games I played up to the final boss/-sequence and then forgot about.



Yeah, I did that with Summon Night 2.

Flan
Posted on 04-29-08 05:23 AM, in fear it Link | Quote | ID: 82513


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Fibonacci sequence?

Flan
Posted on 05-07-08 10:40 AM, in So THIS is ACMLM's board. Link | Quote | ID: 82978


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Posted by blackhole89
...while I clenched my teeth over every subject I had to abandon when passing from the (dictated-schedule) 10th grade into the (partially selectable schedule) 11th grade in order to suffice the maximal number of lessons a week constraints.

Sure, there were some subjects I would have loved to abandon, but all of those were compulsory.

Yeah, I sort of felt like this in HS. First two years were pretty annoying, third was fun, but last year was awesome. Especially physics. I had Japanese all four years though.


Flan
Posted on 05-08-08 02:02 PM, in So THIS is ACMLM's board. Link | Quote | ID: 83107


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Not really, at public universities you can shave off most general requirements, and take whatever courses or graduate in two years or so; at private universities, you'd probably have most interesting classes anyways.

Another note, although partially a byproduct of my interests, specific classes without buzzwords in their title, eg general equilibrium theory, generally seem to be interesting, although the low requirements imply deadbeats who need credit to graduate and other such people might be taking the course. My safe suggestion is to check out the textbooks and professor as well.


Flan
Posted on 05-13-08 06:41 AM, in Oh hey guys. Link | Quote | ID: 83499


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I have I am ecstatic about the extreme efficacy of BibTeX. However, life is dismal and the future is bleak, the present agonizing.

Flan
Posted on 05-14-08 02:00 PM, in Weight Loss Super Large to Small GO! Link | Quote | ID: 83620


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Posted by blackhole89
I caught a severe stomach-affecting flu variation a while back and wound up spending three days straight vomiting up every single breadcrumb I consumed. In the process, I went down from 158lbs to 147lbs (I'm 6'5" tall).

Does that count as a weight loss story?


Regarding your pictures, in the light of commonly abound stories of diets and the like actually not being effective at all, I'm surprised how well it seems to have worked for you, and what optical effect just 20 pounds apparently have.

I have the stomach flu and wonder what the inversion of a stomach looks like.

Flan
Posted on 05-16-08 04:50 AM, in Oh hey guys. Link | Quote | ID: 83733


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Posted by Arbe
fuck off

there, i said it. just fuck off.

Took you long enough, didn't it?

Flan
Posted on 05-26-08 04:18 PM, in Computer-eating ants Link | Quote | ID: 84192


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This seems like a good thing, i.e. efficient decomposition of electronics without the hazard and expense of expensive disposal.

Flan
Posted on 05-26-08 10:43 PM, in HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL/ALASTOR/KYOUJI OR WHATEVER YOU WANT Link | Quote | ID: 84215


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Posted by Arbe
Since no-one else noticed. Happy birthday. Maybe now you're 20 you'll stop abusing your powers~

Drinking age is 21 in the US. =\

Congratulations on successfully advancing one more year.

Flan
Posted on 05-29-08 12:50 PM, in HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL/ALASTOR/KYOUJI OR WHATEVER YOU WANT Link | Quote | ID: 84369


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If such a thread was my only celebratory announcement on my birthday, I would hang myself.

Flan
Posted on 05-29-08 12:52 PM, in Computer-eating ants Link | Quote | ID: 84370


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This is another reason to go from liquid cooling to a full-blown moat, incidentally.

Flan
Posted on 05-30-08 01:32 AM, in board2 Town Square: Typos leave me bothered Link | Quote | ID: 84414


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Posted by Grey Mario
You people are a disgrace.

You've never tasted a decent burger until you've grabbed a Whopper Jr with a double order of king-size fries.

Learn how to cook, you slob.
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