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• #384 + (−3)/5 - [ Report ]

  The Lin Alg Book: Of course, Fig. 1 does not explain <i>why</i> the rotation occurs.  The secret to the rotation is hidden in the real and imaginary parts of a complex eigenvector.
  Later in The Lin Alg Book: Finally, we are ready to uncover the rotation that is hidden within a real matrix having a complex eigenvalue.
  Eric: Woohoo!
  Will A.: So I see.  We have to get special enough to learn the mystery.
  Callie: It's like hazing, with eigenvalues!

  Tags: math

• #383 + (+24)/24 - [ Report ]

  // From a Webster's Pocket Computer Dictionary, copyright 1997
  "The good news is that most of the things you expect from a computer are achievable. The not-so-good news is that like any fine romance you have to work at it. Fortunately, romance with a computer is simpler than with a human because computers are so much more predictable."   

• #382 + (−10)/14 - [ Report ]

  car: malloc() is a party and a half!
  berkhahn: is free() the other half?
  car: yes.  yes it is.      

• #381 + (+49)/51 - [ Report ]

  Dr. Dell: Ampere, like Gauss, had to die so that we may have his law.

  Tags: dell physics

• #380 + (+124)/132 - [ Report ]

  // During comparative religion
  Mr. Lamb: Look! Little rubber finger puppets of all the different Hindu deities. *waggles puppet-clad fingers*
  Amy: Oh, my god...
  Mr. Lamb: Exactly!

  Tags: lamb religion

• #379 + (+20)/20 - [ Report ]

  // Mr. Bagden explains how noise reduction works in headphones through sound waves
  Mr. Bagden: So that's how noise reduction goggles work.
  ...
  Mr. Bagden: I think that's one of the better things I've said today.

• #378 + (+3)/9 - [ Report ]

  Mrs. Schmid: ...And they were talking about Pink Floyd and I'd never heard of it so I asked, "Is that an upper or a downer?"

  Tags: schmid

• #377 + (+210)/226 - [ Report ]

  Michael: It's the best thing since sliced breast!
  Will: Sliced breast?
  Brian: He made a verbal typo.
  Will: Dude, it's called a Freudian slit.
  Will: Slip. Damn.

• #376 + (+4)/36 - [ Report ]

  // Cory is eating in Calc class
  Cory: There's not enough mushu for these pancakes!
  Mr. Torbert: I thought that was a figure of speech, but then I turned around and saw mushu and pancakes.

  Tags: torbert

• #375 + (+36)/40 - [ Report ]

  Mr. Forbes: You don't train dolphins. You tell them what to do once, and they may or may not do it, depending on whether they feel like it or not. Kind of like TJ students.

  Tags: forbes tj

• #373 + (+20)/20 - [ Report ]

  // Strong walks in during Comp Arch, sees Ankur playing Bomberman, stares.
  Strong: You can't even hit Alt-Tab in any _reasonable_ amount of time!

  Tags: strong

• #372 + (−15)/15 - [ Report ]

  // twinofhugin is male.
  twinofmunin: how many hysterectomies have YOU had?
  twinofhugin: seven.
  twinofhugin: it's a persistent uterus.    

• #369 + (−11)/11 - [ Report ]

  SirQuackingston: kurjano sounds kool
  SirQuackingston: haha, that wasn't even intentional
  SirQuackingston: I meant to say cool, interesting....

• #367 + (+7)/9 - [ Report ]

  "Communication is a road best traveled carefully, a dictionary in one hand and a machete in the other." -Qualms101   

• #366 + (+8)/22 - [ Report ]

  // A debate on the true secret weapon of D&D.
  JB: Horse?? HORSE??? Dragon. Horse.... Dragon!
  BRJ: All right, all right. But pound for pound--
  JB: What, like a one-pound horse and a one-pound dragon?
  [silence]
  DK: *chomp* TWO-pound dragon!   

• #365 + (+13)/17 - [ Report ]

  // During a snare drum lesson
  Brett: ...and if you do that, your roll will be so beautiful you'll want to, like, slice cheese with it or something.
  Brett: ...
  Brett: Wait...
  Brett: That doesn't make any sense.   

• #364 + (+18)/18 - [ Report ]

  // On poking people
  Mr. Leaf: If it's from Jamaica is it a pokemon?

  Tags: leaf

• #362 + (+26)/26 - [ Report ]

  Darren: It's cool that you understand another language fluently.
  Sarah: Not really, don't you know any others?
  Darren: Well, I can understand ebonics?
  Sarah: Wait, what's that? Can you learn it? Do they teach it here? Are there pals?!
  Tim & Connie: Are you serious?
  Sarah: What?
  Darren: It's the way some black people talk.
  Sarah: I don't get it.

• #359 + (+35)/35 - [ Report ]

  twinofmunin: your handwriting is lamentable
  twinofhugin: my handwriting is valued by the NSA for its cryptographic strength 

• #357 + (+16)/18 - [ Report ]

  Staubs: I'm three-fourths evil!
  Druker: What's the other fourth?
  Staubs: Mostly English.

• #356 + (−3)/5 - [ Report ]

  // After the freshman lockin
  Josiah: I felt so stoned.
  Josiah: Then I realized that if I took what I felt, multiplied it by 365, added APs, and threw on a nalgene bottle, that would be Deason.
  ...
  Josiah: Almost.

  Tags: andrew_deason

• #355 + (+11)/11 - [ Report ]

  mineapostasy: the way to a man's heart is through his wireless card

• #354 + (+12)/18 - [ Report ]

  // About the Freshman Lockin
  TheDanTran: well good to hear you had a good time
  TheDanTran: in a caffeinated stupor
  TheDanTran: playing HL
  TheDanTran: ...
  tubaplayer152: head crabs are scary as hell at 3AM

  Tags: dan_tran jack_breese

• #353 + (+9)/13 - [ Report ]

  // Discussing the book "Bimbos of the Death Sun", which has absolutely nothing to do with either Bimbos or Death Suns.
  Eli: Umm... Paige has it. Next time you see her, hit her up for 'Bimbos'.
  ...
  Logan: That did not sound right.
  Eli: I never said that!   

• #352 + (+28)/30 - [ Report ]

  // Logan is explaining how he could create giant insects
  
  Logan: Next, I would give them a closed circulatory system and add lung sacs near their necks, because the current position of the heart and lungs prevents them from...
  Josh: BREATHING FIRE!   

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