| === erstazi_ is now known as erstazi | ||
| rmg51 | Morning | 10:45 |
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| JonathanD | Morning. | 11:25 |
| teddy-dbear | Morning peoples, dogs and turkeys | 13:10 |
| teddy-dbear | that was strange | 13:20 |
| teddy-dbear | my laptop just shut down for no reason | 13:21 |
| teddy-dbear | I was just looking at Rhythmbox then the next thing I was looking at a blank screen | 13:22 |
| teddy-dbear | :P | 13:22 |
| InHisName | morning | 13:45 |
| InHisName | teddy-dbear: dead battery ? | 13:46 |
| teddy-dbear | nope | 13:46 |
| teddy-dbear | plugged in | 13:47 |
| InHisName | power loss, --> dead fuse, dead PECO, dead squirel, etc.? | 13:47 |
| teddy-dbear | nothing like that | 13:53 |
| teddy-dbear | just on then off | 13:54 |
| ChinnoDog | overheat? | 13:56 |
| teddy-dbear | that's what I thought at first | 14:07 |
| teddy-dbear | temp seemed normal after reboot | 14:09 |
| ChinnoDog | Maybe it was just tired. | 14:42 |
| teddy-dbear | it's awake now :-D | 15:06 |
| mutantturkey_ | so there are a couple apartments listed near here | 15:15 |
| mutantturkey_ | http://goo.gl/maps/MpavC | 15:15 |
| mutantturkey_ | in that 6 block radius | 15:16 |
| mutantturkey_ | anyone ever been overthere and what thinks you? | 15:16 |
| mutantturkey_ | prices are okay, all the philly crime maps seem to have it relatively low | 15:16 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: can I get a few seconds for matlab? this one's easy | 18:59 |
| MutantTurkey | yaux=[0;lambda*counts]; | 18:59 |
| MutantTurkey | lambda is a integer, counts is a vector | 18:59 |
| MutantTurkey | but what is the [0; part? | 18:59 |
| waltman | the ; is how you separate rows in a matrix | 19:10 |
| waltman | You know that matlab is completely interactive, right? Just try these things out and see what they do! | 19:10 |
| waltman | Also that ; thing is one of the first things you'll learn in any matlab tutorial. | 19:11 |
| MutantTurkey | ok :p | 19:44 |
| MutantTurkey | should just learn matlab | 19:45 |
| waltman | It might be a good idea, seeing as how you seem to be using it every day :) | 19:47 |
| waltman | maybe I should just start charging you :) | 19:48 |
| ChinnoDog | hehe. There is good money in that waltman. | 19:55 |
| MutantTurkey | matlab tutoring | 19:56 |
| MutantTurkey | i've seen posters for it | 19:56 |
| ChinnoDog | Learn Matlab and you could have a second job MutantTurkey | 19:58 |
| jedijf | or do the first one well | 19:59 |
| waltman | I could supplement my postdoc salary! | 20:01 |
| waltman | I could have made a ton helping kids on the most recent matlab assignment in $boss's class. :) | 20:01 |
| ChinnoDog | Why didn't you waltman? Easy money. | 20:02 |
| waltman | It might've been a little awkward, seeing as how my labmate at the next desk is TA for the class... | 20:08 |
| ChinnoDog | That doesn't sound awkward. That sounds ideal. | 20:10 |
| MutantTurkey | JonathanD: I'm sorry I forgot to remind you... dell dimension lid? | 21:05 |
| JonathanD | ah | 21:05 |
| MutantTurkey | i'll try and do it sometime when you're at home | 21:05 |
| JonathanD | I'll look. | 21:05 |
| MutantTurkey | when is a good time for me to remind you? | 21:05 |
| JonathanD | I'll be home all day tomorrow. | 21:05 |
| MutantTurkey | great! | 21:05 |
| JonathanD | Except when I'm not. | 21:05 |
| MutantTurkey | heh | 21:05 |
| JonathanD | But I have off. | 21:05 |
| MutantTurkey | got it | 21:06 |
| MutantTurkey | drexel HR is the biggest pita of all time | 21:46 |
| MutantTurkey | always late with stuff, paperwork is always lost | 21:46 |
| MutantTurkey | it's costing me money. Not getting paid for 15 weeks causes me mental stress, looses me money and is probably illegal | 21:47 |
| MutantTurkey | every time i have to wait long periods to be paid is just time I could have spent investing my money | 21:47 |
| waltman | MutantTurkey: yeah, it is, as you kids say, teh suck | 21:48 |
| ChinnoDog | 15 weeks is a long time to not get paid | 21:50 |
| waltman | Speaking of Drexel, my boss got talked into doing "Jeopardy! Drexel Engineering Faculty Edition" next week. | 21:51 |
| waltman | "Faculty will square off in a battle of wits to answer freshmen engineering and general knowledge questions in a Jeopardy-style competition." | 21:51 |
| ChinnoDog | lol | 21:52 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: is there a link for that? | 21:52 |
| MutantTurkey | sounds awesome | 21:52 |
| waltman | "Hey, new $prof, we'd like you to play Science Jeopardy during Engineers Week." "No, you don't understand. I know lots about my tiny little field, but nothing about anything else." "Excellent! It'll be funnier that way!" | 21:53 |
| waltman | http://www.drexel.edu/engineering/news/archive/2013/DrexeltoCelebrateNationalEngineersWeek/ | 21:53 |
| MutantTurkey | ChinnoDog: yeah | 21:53 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: that's how i see a lot of professors | 21:53 |
| waltman | heh | 21:54 |
| MutantTurkey | extremely specialized, in their field for a long time, very focused | 21:54 |
| MutantTurkey | which is awesome for research, for teaching maybe not so much | 21:54 |
| ChinnoDog | The best teachers I had at DeVry were not career teachers. They were people that worked in industry and taught on the side or after they retired. | 21:55 |
| waltman | There's a big variation in the teaching skills of professors. | 21:55 |
| MutantTurkey | not just skill | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | but interest in teaching | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | they can be student oriented, or very research oriented | 21:56 |
| waltman | Right, research counts for more than teaching in lots of places. | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | like drexel | 21:56 |
| waltman | There are some really good teachers in the CS department. | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: who do you think is good? | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | j/w haven't taken any course | 21:56 |
| MutantTurkey | i'd like to take gaylords sysadmin course | 21:57 |
| waltman | Shoukoufandeh. Johnson. Salvucci. Schmidt. Popyack. | 21:58 |
| waltman | Gaylord seems like he'd be a good teacher | 21:58 |
| MutantTurkey | popyack seems cool | 21:59 |
| waltman | Breen's kind of boring, but he certainly knows his stuff. | 21:59 |
| waltman | Mongan's really good, too | 22:00 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: he admits to being boring | 22:00 |
| MutantTurkey | I think his phrase was "as long as you aren't the worst, drexel doesn't care" | 22:01 |
| waltman | I had a class with someone (no longer in the dept) who I'm pretty sure must have been the worst. | 22:01 |
| waltman | Shokoufandeh is an awesome teacher. | 22:02 |
| waltman | but what do you care? You're at Temple! | 22:03 |
| MutantTurkey | does Ko teach at all? | 22:03 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: lol yeah | 22:03 |
| MutantTurkey | maybe my masters? | 22:03 |
| waltman | Yes, but he was on sabatical in Japan. | 22:03 |
| waltman | Ko's good, too. | 22:03 |
| MutantTurkey | His poor students... i get the feeling they are overworked | 22:03 |
| waltman | oh, they definitely are | 22:04 |
| MutantTurkey | gabe looks like he's going to fall over | 22:04 |
| waltman | he works them harder than anyone else in the department | 22:04 |
| MutantTurkey | GABE IF YOU'RE HERE I AM NOT BEING MEAN IM JUST WORRIED | 22:04 |
| MutantTurkey | yeah but they're also good at what they do. | 22:04 |
| waltman | nod | 22:04 |
| MutantTurkey | they go to plenty of conferences, get a lot of papers out | 22:04 |
| MutantTurkey | paper mill | 22:05 |
| waltman | yup | 22:05 |
| waltman | paper mill? | 22:05 |
| waltman | not just lots of papers, but the top conferences, too | 22:05 |
| MutantTurkey | you know they joke about paper mills where ungergrads can get papers written for them for money | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | they are like a scientific research mill | 22:06 |
| waltman | I'm still not following | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | I think gabe and steve were in japan for a while | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | nevermind | 22:06 |
| waltman | I don't know what you're implying, but it sounds kind of insulting | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | hah | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | no | 22:06 |
| MutantTurkey | they are very efficient is what I am saying! | 22:07 |
| MutantTurkey | they are like a well oiled machine of churning out papers regularly and with high quality | 22:07 |
| MutantTurkey | that is the point | 22:07 |
| MutantTurkey | >.> | 22:07 |
| waltman | Oh, this is a new thing. Sun shining off of Crossings directly into my eyes. | 22:07 |
| MutantTurkey | do you face a window? | 22:08 |
| JonathanD | I went down in our lobby here a bit ago and the darn floor tiles blinded me. | 22:08 |
| MutantTurkey | wearing sunglasses in doors? Check | 22:08 |
| waltman | MutantTurkey: yes, sort of. | 22:19 |
| MutantTurkey | waltman: btw do people with masters write a thesis? | 22:19 |
| MutantTurkey | debating getting mine | 22:19 |
| waltman | MutantTurkey: yes. | 22:24 |
| MutantTurkey | and how long is it? a two year program? | 22:24 |
| waltman | I'm sure there's information about it on the department website. | 22:25 |
| waltman | Aren't you a freshman? Maybe you should focus on that? | 22:25 |
| MutantTurkey | Junior! | 22:25 |
| waltman | I've got to run for the train. Later. | 22:26 |
| MutantTurkey | good luck | 22:26 |
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