Glad to be able to say I am at least potentially part of the solution here: took early retirement at 60. I can't claim it was entirely altruistic, though, nor can I guarantee that my departure provided a place for an ECR...
Sounds like a man for whom reading a book is a waste of time.
I agree with the conclusion, but I think this pays insufficient attention to the extent to which the marketing is aimed at the parents of said 17-year-olds. (I remember when a parent coming along to an open day was regarded as remarkable: now it's their absence that is unusual.)
If that fails, you could try a sharp intake of breath as you pause while passing randomly selected exam candidates when you're doing the rounds.
Are they compatible with republican-size Allen wrenches?
Tap dancing zombies omg yes.
Going to be a few people going home without their deposit.
I wonder if they're going to pass that degree...
I'll have one from the top row and three from the bottom row please, Carol.
Thank you for posting this and not 'Silver Machine'. Though I preferred
youtu.be/KDNlhR9-r4w?...
I hadn't really thought about it before, but that '1900s' thing made me realise: I think of the 1800s as the nineteenth century, and likewise the 1700s as the eighteenth etc. But I think of the 1900s as 1900-1909. I don't think it's just me.
I simply regard this as proof that not enough people know about the ankylosaurus.
Requiem for Whoever It’s time now to sleep for the long day is through, and bright shine the stars in memory of you, as you slip from this realm into another but still in our hearts, dear precious a) lover b) family member c) friend or d) business associate (please delete as appropriate). We will carry you with us, your sun will not set – after all, is there anyone here who could ever forget your a) thirst for adventure b) generous spirit c) good sense of humour or d) love of test cricket. You were unique; a one-off. But now sadly missed. You were cherished by all – for who could resist your a) infectious laughter b) pale blue eyes c) pencil moustache or d) powerful thighs.
You taught us so much about what’s right and what’s true, and I would like to think I’ve inherited from you your a) deep sense of justice b) pursuit of perfection c) devilish good looks or d) record collection. Without you this planet is a shabbier place. It’s empty and pointless. A profound waste of space. For cruel Death snatched you from us a) far too soon b) after a good innings or c) last Tuesday afternoon and so it is that we are gathered here together to pay our respects and say goodbye to whoever in this beautiful a) crematorium b) sacred site or c) suburban back garden in the middle of the night, and know that all of us here wish you the best as you begin your new journey a) to eternal rest b) to a heavenly realm of joy unalloyed or c) kicking and screaming into the void. Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘Requiem for Whoever’.
It’s one of my more tender, thoughtful poems, as I attempt to gain a small share of the lucrative funeral poetry market.
Excellent stuff!
I wonder how many of these have been sighted 'in the wild' (not as jokes).
Well, at least that confirms it wasn't just me who was out of the loop.
Love a triangle with all three internal angles 0.
You've got to love it when things are special cases of each other :-)
It's an expensive (in terms of the time, effort and skill required to do it) Roman knock off of Homer.
Strong "like tears in the rain" vibe...
I'm not sure how I feel about commercial sponsorship of Artemis missions, but I guess Tunnocks tea-cakes is ok.
Conjugate points are
(a) very cool,
(b) very interesting, and
(c) liable to make calculations much more awkward.
:-)
Ah, so you should recover an analogue of Gauss's law. Yes, that makes more sense. I can see it would involve quite a lot of sums though.
So presumably that's (isometric to) R^3 with the metric
ds^2 = dx^2 + dy^2 + (dz - (xdy - ydx)/2\)^2,
but what do you use for the gravitational interaction between two bodies? The obvious guess would be an inverse square law using the geodesic distance between the bodies, if that makes sense.
I should imagine you can guess my follow up questions.
Maybe it's his mother.
We never returned exams (I think you'd call them finals) as they happened after teaching finished. For coursework I generally provided worked solutions, and put feedback on the scripts, and invited queries during my office hour rather than spending class time on it (except for very common problems).
If it were me, I'd put the big heavy stones at the bottom for stability, and the smaller, lighter ones higher up so I didn't have to lift the big heavy ones so high.
But maybe that's just me.
I have to ask: what is nilgeometric gravity?
That's at least 4 times more than most articles get cited, though.
I'm still irrationally annoyed that 'brown' and 'burn' aren't related by this. Especially given that in Scots, 'burnt' can become 'brunt'.