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