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Article #4546Re: Top 10 List (was Re: Another Cute Math Joke)
From: SCOTT I CHASE
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 23:31
Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1992 23:31
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In article <1992Oct3.165309.20134@morrow.stanford.edu>, COWAN@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu (Paul L. Cowan) writes... >In <1992Oct2.123755.22685@ulrik.uio.no> jarleb@athena.uio.no writes: > >: TOP TEN EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING THE MATH HOMEWORK > >These are great! Does there exist a similar list for physics? >After all this is sci.physics. If there is one (in the FAQ?) please excuse >this modest attempt: > > TOP TEN EXCUSES FOR NOT DOING THE *PHYSICS* HOMEWORK Which reminds me of a list that I compiled some months ago:" TOP TEN THINGS PHYSICISTS DO 10. Argue about how best to trigger the oscilloscope 9. Play with slinkys 8. Write software that will never be used again 7. Calculate overhead for Federal grant proposals 6. File unread preprints 5. Try to teach physics to spouse 4. Reboot 3. Listen to Bill Wattenburg, late night on KGO 2. Complain about the compiler And the #1 Think that Physicists Do: 1. Calculate Chi-Squared -Scott -------------------- Scott I. Chase "The question seems to be of such a character SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV that if I should come to life after my death and some mathematician were to tell me that it had been definitely settled, I think I would immediately drop dead again." - Vandiver
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!ames!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!csa3.lbl.gov!sichase From: sichase@csa3.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Top 10 List (was Re: Another Cute Math Joke) Date: 4 Oct 1992 15:31 PST Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA Lines: 36 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4OCT199215310158@csa3.lbl.gov> References: <18SEP199212001491@csa2.lbl.gov> <92264.143958CCB104@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Sep24.181917.18396@newstand.syr.edu> <1992Oct3.165309.20134@morrow.stanford.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.254.198 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41