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foolish_m0rtalWHY am I in class? It's not even something interesting like Digital Logic Design.
SYSTEMS. Right now it's all about how just because you weight something greater, it doesn't mean it's more important. Apparently you have to use the Marginal Rates of Substitution (MRS) to figure out
Hey, I have three cows and four aliens.
How many cows am I willing to give up to gain one more alien?
Or something like that.
The thing is, you use MRS to determine weights. But you use WEIGHTS to determine MRS.
What IS this mindfuckery? It seems really similar to marginal utility, and that's Econ class from last year. Right now I feel like they're roasting the teams that bothered coming to class the day before freaking THANKSGIVING BREAK.
Oh yeah, great incentive to come to class.
They've been talking for about an hour, and I don't know whether they've really said anything....
Subsequent conversation between one of my group members and me:
SYSTEMS. Right now it's all about how just because you weight something greater, it doesn't mean it's more important. Apparently you have to use the Marginal Rates of Substitution (MRS) to figure out
Hey, I have three cows and four aliens.
How many cows am I willing to give up to gain one more alien?
Or something like that.
The thing is, you use MRS to determine weights. But you use WEIGHTS to determine MRS.
What IS this mindfuckery? It seems really similar to marginal utility, and that's Econ class from last year. Right now I feel like they're roasting the teams that bothered coming to class the day before freaking THANKSGIVING BREAK.
Oh yeah, great incentive to come to class.
They've been talking for about an hour, and I don't know whether they've really said anything....
Subsequent conversation between one of my group members and me:
2:25 PM me: why did I come to class? Not even paying attention...
2:26 PM H: I only came in hopes that my kindle was here...
me: aww
what kind of books do you have on the kindle?
2:27 PM H: Lets see... Thus Spake Zarathustra and 352 sff books
2:28 PM me: haha, niice. Heinlen?
H: All of it
2:30 PM me: What's your favourite sci-fi book/series/author right now?
2:32 PM H: Favorite author is Matthew Stover
although his books are offputtingly violent for most people
me: I've heard of Stover but haven't really read any of his stuff. I'm reading Robin Hobb right now.
2:33 PM H: The one about the assassin/bastard?
me: yup. FitzChivalry
H: How far are you in it?
me: I'm at the Farseer's trilogy right now. I'm really excited for Liveship Traders
2:34 PM H: Oh, have you ever read anything by Jim Butcher?
me: Dresden Files? YES
H: SO GOOD
2:35 PM me: Yeah! Everyone else is like, "Oh, it's the other wizard called Harry" WRONG-O! It's completely different
Did you ever watch the series on sci-fi?
2:36 PM H: No, I've still got Battlestar Galactica to go through before I go there
me: ahh, classic or reimagined?
H: the more recent one. I actually didn't know there were two
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2:42 PM me: yeah, there's this great fight going on between the two fandoms. I genuinely think most people watch BSG Classic just for the lulz, because it's seriously cheesy. How far are you in the series?
H: I haven't started yet. I just recently finished up Angel, so that's why I'm behind
2:44 PM me: I see. I watched first season while staying here over the summer. I'm probably going to get Torchwood from the library today or something.
H: Good call. I might actually go for Torchwood first now that I think about it
2:45 PM me: oh great, now it's a DVD race
2:49 PM H: I was just gonna find it online
2:53 PM me: after seeing Twillight on the Best Books list too, I have less confidence in the people voting for these things
2:54 PM H: Yeah... people suck sometimes
2:56 PM me: How about most of the time?
2:57 PM H: Especially when they have opinions (especially positive opinions about twilight)
2:59 PM me: a pity we've done away with the witch burnings in this day and age...
3:00 PM H: A pity things with vampires are getting lumped together
3:01 PM me: One of the reasons I like The Historian, by Elizabeth Costova. Dracula's just EVIL....and likes to read...
Actually, most of the book is people running around to different countries doing research.
Yes, I really AM as strange in real life as I am on the internet- are you even suprised?
Yes, I really AM as strange in real life as I am on the internet- are you even suprised?
