OT / Why we need to teach Science!!

bigpalooka · Post by **bigpalooka** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 9:51 am

In College (Engineering School) we took the courses Statics and Dynamics, the former studying bridges, buildings, stress and strain on stationary objects, and the latter being objects in motion. A year or two after I graduated they dropped the Dynamics requirement for all undergraduates in the interest of dumbing down the curriculum. The joke spread to other Engineering Schools that XYZ College teaches its engineering students how things stay put, but not how they move. A little embarrassing.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:25 am

After conferring with my fellow mods, I've decided to lovingly move this to the Pub where others can enjoy it, too.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:05 pm

Nanohedron wrote:After conferring with my fellow mods, I've decided to lovingly move this to the Pub where others can enjoy it, too.

I.D.10-t's noble work is now complete!

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:20 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:After conferring with my fellow mods, I've decided to lovingly move this to the Pub where others can enjoy it, too.
I.D.10-t's noble work is now complete!

Ah. Now I see it. Truthfully, I had no idea as I hadn't read the 2nd page, but we'll give him the credit. Takes the onus off of me.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 12:33 pm

Nanohedron wrote:After conferring with my fellow mods, I've decided to lovingly move this to the Pub where others can enjoy it, too.

He's drunk with new-found power. Just wait till he gets accussed of being a right-wing old boy....

Sigh. I checked out this thread, thinking it new and saw Zub's name. Though we crossed swords on occasion, I got a bit excited thinking he had come back...He always had an interesting item to add to the general wisecrackery.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:03 pm

The Weekenders wrote:He's drunk with new-found power.

And it's a piss-poor substitute for beer, I can tell you.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:43 pm

Nanohedron wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:He's drunk with new-found power.
And it's a piss-poor substitute for beer, I can tell you.

careful there...you'll be movin' it to the Poly/Con Forum next

...'at's the problem with this country...the beer.

Post by **Nanohedron** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:20 pm

Denny wrote:
Nanohedron wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:He's drunk with new-found power.
And it's a piss-poor substitute for beer, I can tell you.
careful there...you'll be movin' it to the Poly/Con Forum next

...'at's the problem with this country...the beer.

Fortunately for me I've got Surdyk's Liquors to bail me out on that one. A most international selection.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:08 pm

The Weekenders wrote:Sigh. I checked out this thread, thinking it new and saw Zub's name.

I admit, that was the point at which I looked at the date, as well.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:10 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
The Weekenders wrote:Sigh. I checked out this thread, thinking it new and saw Zub's name.
I admit, that was the point at which I looked at the date, as well.

And I. It's an old enough thread it hadn't made the transfer from the Whistle board to the so-called Pub.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:29 pm

I.D.10-t wrote:Remember, a pound, of feathers weighs more than a pound, of gold.
But an ounce of gold weighs more than an ounce of feathers.

(Hoping jim doesn’t find any grammatical errors in my post even though I had a 6.0 GPA* in college.)

*GPA adjusted for grade inflation.

Why are there commas after "pound?"

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:39 pm

Lambchop wrote:Why are there commas after "pound?"

My guess is that it is a subtle way of emphasizing that it's two different kinds of pound being compared.