Flotsam & Jetsam

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01.23.2012
Note that these two concepts are pretty much exact opposites.

Note that these two concepts are pretty much exact opposites.

01.21.2012

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01.20.2012
Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your anti-piracy plan. The big content companies are TERRIBLE at doing both of these things, so it’s no wonder they’re not doing so well in the current environment.

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01.18.2012
This map exhibits remarkable structural features that delight topologists.
Rida Farouki on the Hopf map

01.17.2012

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01.16.2012

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12.26.2011

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12.22.2011
In the September 2008 meeting at which Paulson and Bernanke briefed lawmakers on the need for TARP, Bernanke said that if nothing was done, “unemployment would rise — to 8 or 9 percent from the prevailing 6.1 percent.” […] The U.S. jobless rate hasn’t dipped below 8.8 percent since March 2009.

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12.16.2011

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12.14.2011
“Get a little more clever”

A mug one of my students gave me. Apparently I say “…so we need to get a little more clever” a lot when explaining how to do tricky problems.

“Get a little more clever”

A mug one of my students gave me. Apparently I say “…so we need to get a little more clever” a lot when explaining how to do tricky problems.

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