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10-01-10, 06:12 AM
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Here is my Calc III midterm. How will you do?
What is a directional derivative and how is it related to the gradient of a scalar function?
What is Green's Theorem? Why is it important?
Define dot (scalar) product and cross product without invoking a set of base vectors.
What is a Jacobian? What does it mean geometrically? Why is it important?
What is a directional derivative and how is it related to the gradient of a scalar function?
What is Green's Theorem? Why is it important?
Define dot (scalar) product and cross product without invoking a set of base vectors.
What is a Jacobian? What does it mean geometrically? Why is it important?
10-01-10, 06:13 AM
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I can't say I'm familiar with it (regardless of having worn them for the past 4 years), but it seems like my jersey is always the wrong size, even after ordering using the fit kit. Other that, that they are great.
10-01-10, 06:15 AM
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Grad--MS or PhD?
10-01-10, 06:23 AM
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One of my neighbors is the VP of Manufacturing for a relatively large company. You'd think I could at least leverage that enough to get an interview. They won't interview anyone who isn't a visible minority. Told him the same thing the last time he tried to get someone interviewed too, and that was a former coworker who was really good at his job.
WTF mate.
WTF mate.
10-01-10, 06:32 AM
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One of my neighbors is the VP of Manufacturing for a relatively large company. You'd think I could at least leverage that enough to get an interview. They won't interview anyone who isn't a visible minority. Told him the same thing the last time he tried to get someone interviewed too, and that was a former coworker who was really good at his job.
WTF mate.
WTF mate.
10-01-10, 06:47 AM
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TMonk, get on a Ph D track so you are at least paid. you can always leave early.
10-01-10, 06:49 AM
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This thread is devolving into P&R again.. But Al-Jazeera is now covering American Neo-Nazis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PsZwlv0Uk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8PsZwlv0Uk
10-01-10, 06:51 AM
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Cannibal TT in Cornwall NY a week from Sunday on 218, the winding and scenic road above the Hudson River from Cornwall to West Point. I think the course starts at the 218 gates in Cornwall, goes south to the Lee Gate @ West Point, then turns around northbound and finishes on the scenic overlook at the top of the hill half a mile south of the start. Great course (about 7 miles), I ride on that road often, somewhat hilly, fast descents. Hope they get enough participants to run that race (nobody is signed up yet). No TT bikes or aero bars or disc wheels allowed, regular road bikes.
also, have you ever crossed the stretch of limited highway between 7 Lakes Drive & 7 Lakes Road (the part involving roundabouts and a bit of the Palisades Parkway)? If so, in which direction?
Hanniballing is awesome: i think i can do a pretty good IAB
10-01-10, 06:58 AM
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you mean that hilly portion of 9W or the sketchy part of the parkway? if you had to traverse that parkway section, which direction would you suggest? Neither direction has any shoulders, apparently
Thanks.
in other news (w/o spoiling anything). U23 Road Race: WOW!
Thanks.
in other news (w/o spoiling anything). U23 Road Race: WOW!
10-01-10, 07:00 AM
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dude, have you ever ridden on 9W north of West Point? that road looks absolutely effing epic, though i doubt they'd allow bikes on it.
also, have you ever crossed the stretch of limited highway between 7 Lakes Drive & 7 Lakes Road (the part involving roundabouts and a bit of the Palisades Parkway)? If so, in which direction?
Hanniballing is awesome: i think i can do a pretty good IAB
also, have you ever crossed the stretch of limited highway between 7 Lakes Drive & 7 Lakes Road (the part involving roundabouts and a bit of the Palisades Parkway)? If so, in which direction?
Hanniballing is awesome: i think i can do a pretty good IAB
10-01-10, 07:00 AM
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both.
i've only ridden the parkway south. but have done so at least 100 times
i've only ridden the parkway south. but have done so at least 100 times
10-01-10, 07:03 AM
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9W north of the Bear Mtn Bridge and West Point isn't such a great road. There are places with little or no shoulder and places where the shoulder is very choppy, with cars blasting past you @ 60 mph. Happily, the traffic is generally pretty light on that road. 218 on the other hand is one of the coolest cycling roads I've ever ridden on.
10-01-10, 07:05 AM
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pcad & gary, thanks for the info. I really look forward to riding on that sketch part of parkway as part of a ride linking Bear, Harriman, and Skyline Drive
10-01-10, 07:10 AM
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Skyline Drive is a disconnect in that sentence if only because it is 30+ miles southwest of Bear Mountain; not really in the same immediate area, it would be difficult to encompass all those roads from NY City without riding a 130-150 mile loop. It's about 100 miles roundtrip just up to Bear Mtn and back from Manhattan, no?
10-01-10, 07:14 AM
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I can make that happen
You will love it, I had a blackberry since 2003, all flavors. They are complete ***** compared to the droid X and no more BES and licenses.
You will love it, I had a blackberry since 2003, all flavors. They are complete ***** compared to the droid X and no more BES and licenses.
10-01-10, 07:18 AM
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My kit is hincapie, I haven't used verge or champsys but had Voler and LG years prior. For me the hincapie stuff fits like it should, more like U.S. sizing instead of euro sizing. The quality is really good as well.
10-01-10, 07:40 AM
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You don't want to be a logger, it's a dead-end field. We've logged all the good trees and many of the not so good trees, and cutting down trees all day is one of the most dangerous jobs you can do.
Being a forester managing the forest might be better. But you need a degree and then you need to spend a bunch of years working low paying seasonal jobs for the USFS before you get a permanant job, or get really lucky and land one of the few jobs with a private forestry company. Humboldt's got a very good (and difficult) forestry school. But of all my friends who got forestry degrees, none are working in forestry now. Most of them are in IT.
My friend who lives in Eureka has a degree in forestry, actually. He works for CalTrans. I was thinking about it and I did take a bike there once, in 1987! I remember getting buzzed by logging trucks.
10-01-10, 07:51 AM
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There is a guy "over there" who says Treks don't break because they are overengineered. I think he is wrong.
10-01-10, 07:57 AM
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I just got my Hincapie kit (wore it 2x, once at home in a race, once at Interbike Lake Mead ride).
Size S shorts, M jersey. Fits similar to Champ and Verge. I like Verge a lot and the Hincapie is similar. Snug so it doesn't feel loose. Padding is a bit thicker than 2009 Verge.
The Hincapie super duper race jersey fits differently. I forget if they ran larger or smaller but I felt uncomfortable ordering it. On the team few if any ordered it. I got the normal jersey.
Currently I have size M Verge shorts (getting a bit loose), Size M Verge jersey (fine), Size L Verge jersey (loose).
cdr
Size S shorts, M jersey. Fits similar to Champ and Verge. I like Verge a lot and the Hincapie is similar. Snug so it doesn't feel loose. Padding is a bit thicker than 2009 Verge.
The Hincapie super duper race jersey fits differently. I forget if they ran larger or smaller but I felt uncomfortable ordering it. On the team few if any ordered it. I got the normal jersey.
Currently I have size M Verge shorts (getting a bit loose), Size M Verge jersey (fine), Size L Verge jersey (loose).
cdr
10-01-10, 08:03 AM
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I just got my Hincapie kit (wore it 2x, once at home in a race, once at Interbike Lake Mead ride).
Size S shorts, M jersey. Fits similar to Champ and Verge. I like Verge a lot and the Hincapie is similar. Snug so it doesn't feel loose. Padding is a bit thicker than 2009 Verge.
The Hincapie super duper race jersey fits differently. I forget if they ran larger or smaller but I felt uncomfortable ordering it. On the team few if any ordered it. I got the normal jersey.
Currently I have size M Verge shorts (getting a bit loose), Size M Verge jersey (fine), Size L Verge jersey (loose).
cdr
Size S shorts, M jersey. Fits similar to Champ and Verge. I like Verge a lot and the Hincapie is similar. Snug so it doesn't feel loose. Padding is a bit thicker than 2009 Verge.
The Hincapie super duper race jersey fits differently. I forget if they ran larger or smaller but I felt uncomfortable ordering it. On the team few if any ordered it. I got the normal jersey.
Currently I have size M Verge shorts (getting a bit loose), Size M Verge jersey (fine), Size L Verge jersey (loose).
cdr
10-01-10, 08:03 AM
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Was this directed at me?
10-01-10, 08:04 AM
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My Droid is back!
Thanks for the advice guys--I left it in a bag of rice all week, and this morning I plugged it in and it came back to life.
Thanks for the advice guys--I left it in a bag of rice all week, and this morning I plugged it in and it came back to life.