Pariah Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 3 hours ago, Old Man said: Also, to answer your second question, 5g of dry ice will produce 5g of CO2 when sublimated. Pariah => <= Old Man Actually, that would at least demonstrate that the students understood the idea behind conservation of mass.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2018 6 hours ago, Cancer said: Next time I teach that class, I'll do another version of that, involving liquid nitrogen istead of dry ice, since a good-size spill of LN2 is easy to imagine in a lot of labs. 6 hours ago, Cancer said: At the university, of course, there's LN2 in ... well, perhaps most labs, so doing that calculation would be directly applicable to lab safety. Nothing wrong with assignments that address two important topics simultaneously. You know, the more I think about that, the more I like it. Forget dry ice. I'm officially all in on liquid nitrogen now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yeah, the dry ice one isn't so funny all of a sudden. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted July 31, 2018 Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yeah, I heard about that one last night. Not far from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 I hadn't heard about that. That's awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Got home from a week-long family vacation this morning at 6:30 a m. Taking the physics Praxis exam tomorrow. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 19 minutes ago, Pariah said: Got home from a week-long family vacation this morning at 6:30 a m. Taking the physics Praxis exam tomorrow. Wish me luck. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 "May random factors operate in your favor." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 May that last revision be exactly what you need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 6 hours ago, Pariah said: Got home from a week-long family vacation this morning at 6:30 a m. Taking the physics Praxis exam tomorrow. Wish me luck. Be lucky, or die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 7 hours ago, Pariah said: Got home from a week-long family vacation this morning at 6:30 a m. Taking the physics Praxis exam tomorrow. Wish me luck. I would wish you luck however my GM has a way to mess around with the interpretations of any wishes I make -- hense they backfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Well, I took the Praxis this morning. It became obvious pretty quickly that I hadn't reviewed E&M thoroughly enough, and I may be one of the few examinees to score higher on quantum mechanics than on Newtonian mechanics. Overall, however, my raw score was 168 out of 200. If my adjusted score is in that neighborhood, that puts me at the top end of the average score range. In any case, it should be good enough to pass. And that's all I really need. Considering that we spent all night Tuesday driving and that I went to bed yesterday at about 7:30 a.m., I feel okay with how things turned out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Well done! And no doubt your skill with quantum mechanics will'fhtagn Azathoth nw r'luhnyth sgn'wahl sll'ha gotha. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 So the final question for you is, what grade does this guy get? Pariah and Logan D. Hurricanes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 I think he gets an A. I mean, you can only report the data you get, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 17 minutes ago, Cancer said: So the final question for you is, what grade does this guy get? The last line is my favorite, since I majored in Physics and CS like a lunatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 So, what is harder to understand quantum mechanics or legal documents (which I rarely get more than 2 paragraphs in without feeling my brain trying to pretzel itself) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Old Man said: The last line is my favorite, since I majored in Physics and CS like a lunatic. I feel like this answers pretty much every question I've ever had about you. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 42 minutes ago, Badger said: So, what is harder to understand quantum mechanics or legal documents (which I rarely get more than 2 paragraphs in without feeling my brain trying to pretzel itself) Legal documents, without question. QM is based in mathematics. It may not be mathematics that any given person can understand, but the logical foundation is there. Legal documents? I'm not convinced the same holds true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 5 hours ago, Badger said: So, what is harder to understand quantum mechanics or legal documents (which I rarely get more than 2 paragraphs in without feeling my brain trying to pretzel itself) 1. Taxes 2. Health Insurance 3. Legal Documents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 3, 2018 Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 8 hours ago, Badger said: So, what is harder to understand quantum mechanics or legal documents (which I rarely get more than 2 paragraphs in without feeling my brain trying to pretzel itself) Legal documents are always written to be as incomprehensible as possible to the person who didn't write them, with the side intent to get a more favorable meaning (for the writer) when a good opportunity presents. Quantum has rules that aren't what you're used to, but the rules (1) aren't subject to change and (2) weren't constructed to enable the other guy to screw you over in a new way at his convenience. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 One week from right now, I'll be in a faculty meeting. This summer has gone by way too fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 Yeesh. For me the deluge is 6 weeks away plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 I have to say that's one part of the job I don't miss, that final rush. Mostly because I had no idea what I was doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted August 6, 2018 Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 Open house is tonight for the wife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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