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ACTION is away: Can you feel it? Can you feel the rythm?
< 1074736748 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :no, not really < 1074737874 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I can feel it's 0400am local time and there's a maths lecture awaiting that starts at 0800. < 1074737952 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ouch. < 1074737979 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :not sure if sleeping now would do any good. < 1074738109 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :skip it! < 1074738209 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the lecture or the sleep? < 1074738254 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the lecture. < 1074738271 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :meh, but I've skipped most of the previous ones. < 1074738556 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :What's the lecture about? < 1074738590 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I'm not quite sure, since I've skipped most of the previous ones. < 1074738604 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think it might have something to do with integrals. < 1074738620 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :That's a pretty wide-ranging subject ;) < 1074738640 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :differential equations generally is another possibility. < 1074738662 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what year? < 1074738665 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sounds like what I'll be subjected to this semester... < 1074738706 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :first, just started this university stuff autumn-2003. < 1074738729 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :so with two semesters I think it's the "mandatory math course number 2". < 1074738734 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :oh < 1074738739 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that's what i'm taking too! < 1074738750 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :math 102 in my case < 1074738757 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :"Mat-1.402" here. < 1074738760 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Heh... Me too, actually... Due to two wasted years of studying Music at the university :) < 1074738766 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Mat1GB here. < 1074738768 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i think you can skip it ;) < 1074738796 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think I recall someone saying they talked about the Riemann integral last lecture. < 1074738808 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i probably failed a quiz today, mostly because i didn't know about it < 1074738813 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and i didn't even skip any lectures :| < 1074738825 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Riemann sums, maybe? < 1074738827 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You have lectures already? In Denmark, this month is all exams... My last exam was earlier today. < 1074738854 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :oh, riemann integral < 1074738884 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lectures started.. hm, monday this week? something like that. exams before that. < 1074738903 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Ah. Not so different after all, then. < 1074738904 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :they started on monday < 1074738910 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yet you say you skipped "most of them"? < 1074738925 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :math started earlier than the other lectures, for some reason I don't know. < 1074738930 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :last wednesday, that is. < 1074738947 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :so there have been wed, thu, fri, mon, tue and wed lectures already. < 1074738953 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :uh no 'mon'. < 1074738958 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :god < 1074738964 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that's a lot of math. < 1074738965 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :5, so I can say 'most'. < 1074738975 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :You can never have too much math :) < 1074738992 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i can, easily < 1074739004 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :when it interferes with sleep it's definitely too much < 1074739004 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Math is like... Glenn Gould playing Bach ;P < 1074739031 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Except people give you odd looks if you hum along to various proofs... < 1074739066 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yeah, two hours of lectures, four days of week. they made me attend this "more maths+physics than normally" group for some reason. < 1074739098 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :actually they just sent an invite which said "only 10% of new students get invited to this" so I foolishly accepted. < 1074739101 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :fizzie: evil! < 1074739127 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Taaus: wait, i'm trying to come up with a witty reply < 1074739136 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lament: Take your time ;) < 1074739147 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :"normal people" only have maths lectures tue, wed and thu. < 1074739166 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :(well, at least people studying cs here. wouldn't know about other people.) < 1074739227 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :damn, i can't do it. < 1074739232 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i'm shaken and disgusted. < 1074739240 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :you managed to insult both bach and math so horribly :) < 1074739253 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Haha! < 1074739321 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :are music courses really boring? < 1074739352 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Well... Some of them are nice... But the stuff about music history is very painful. < 1074739406 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :what are the nice ones? < 1074739418 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i just can't think of too many things about music to study full-time at university < 1074739438 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :The analysis and composition stuff is nice. And the practical courses are very cool too. < 1074739596 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :analysis... composition... < 1074739598 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION shudders
< 1074739622 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :sounds more like functions than music. < 1074739625 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :yes. < 1074739642 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :learning "composition" (of anything) in university is admitting defeat :) < 1074739667 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :eeh, the schedule thing implies I have 'stuff' tomorrow 0800-1800. that's 10 hours of staying awake "tomorrow". < 1074739696 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Sounds like fun. < 1074739743 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :and "analysis" of music... I wonder if they also have integration. < 1074739783 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Integrate the area between the alto and soprano in this chorale. < 1074739795 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :including a two-hour lecture of "t-121.100 introduction to user centred design", which consists of powerpoint slide shows with no "real text", only some really incomprehensible pictures and buzzwords randomly dropped on top of them. < 1074739795 0 :deltab!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that's what synthesisers are for < 1074739828 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :fizzie: are the notes available on the net? don't go there! < 1074739859 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :deltab: integrating between voices? 8) < 1074739863 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I think I'll try to take a two-hour break and try find something to eat during the lecture. the slides should be/appear in the net. < 1074740003 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's funny, they have auto-graded 'lecture questions' one needs to answer after the lecture in the interweb. so basically you just open the slides in one window, questions in another and find the answers there. I'm.. not sure I'm learning much about "basics in user interfaces, usability and user-centred product development", more like "vgrepping for facts in powerpoint slides". < 1074740132 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :uh < 1074740138 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that's what university education is all about. < 1074740264 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :at least the powerpoint slides don't use funky animated transitions here. in the 'signal processing systems' lectures they had applied an animated "slides in from the side of the screen" effect in each separate arrow of a rather large graph. < 1074740275 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :'whee see the arrow fly.' < 1074740346 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :nifty. when I grow up to lecture in a university, I'll use the sound effects powerpoint installation contains. I think there was a typewriter sound and a scifi-laser-gun-zzzap sound at least. < 1074740404 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i've heard a 'whoosh' effect used on a lecture. < 1074740420 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :(to accompany a flying arrow, no less) < 1074740426 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :whoa! < 1074740429 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :sounds neat. < 1074740454 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :that wasn't even a CS lecture. < 1074740632 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :seems I spend thrice as much time in typesetting the answers to these math exercise things in latex2e than I do in solving them. (that doesn't mean I'd solve them really fast, just that I spend hours in latexifying the solutions.) < 1074740843 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Mmmm.... TeX... Gotta love it. < 1074740940 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :I typeset'd the solutions to our "data structures and algorithms" course using the pseudocode-typesetting package used and published by clrs (cormen, leiserson, rivest, stein: introduction to algorithms) authors. < 1074740975 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :it's a latex2e package and available for download on the book's mitpress webpage. that was an unexpected (but happy) surprise. < 1074741393 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :hm. that's weird. I've been running aafire (aalib's ascii-fire-effect) on the console of my router box (because syslog looks boring and it's on the floor in the corner, so can't use the monitor for anything sensible), but lately it has started to freeze. < 1074741422 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the output ceases. ^c still stops the program, and when I re-run it it works fine, but only for few hours. < 1074741424 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Freezing fire... Interesting concept. < 1074741441 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :maybe it's out of fuel or something. < 1074741585 0 :lament_!~lament@h24-85-63-178.vc.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1074741585 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 54 (Connection reset by peer) < 1074741950 0 :fizzie!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :aalib output is relatively nice to look at when it's moving, but the frozen flame doesn't really look very impressive. < 1074742768 0 :lament_!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 110 (Connection timed out) < 1074745455 0 :lament!~lament@h24-85-63-178.vc.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1074758399 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :ended < 1074758400 0 :clog!unknown@unknown.invalid JOIN :#esoteric < 1074763208 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :"Money is the answer to everything (Ecclesiastes 10:19)" < 1074773466 0 :warpzero!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :
ACTION is back (gone 10:14:22)
< 1074806408 0 :lament!~lament@h24-85-63-178.vc.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric < 1074807604 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :The difference between gould and richter, for dummies: < 1074807622 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Direct it at yourself, then. < 1074807631 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Gould: "oh look, a melody line! oh, and here's another one! How _cuuuute_!" < 1074807657 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Richter: "two melody lines! Passion is overflowing me! Must play LOUDER!" < 1074807669 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :lol < 1074809350 0 :warpzero!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :i have no idea who those people are but lol < 1074809369 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Two famous interpreters of Bach's works. < 1074809370 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :well, one of them is a pianist < 1074809384 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :the other one sure hums a lot < 1074809399 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :That's lament's way of saying he doesn't like Gould :) < 1074809403 0 :warpzero!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :ah < 1074809407 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :actually i do! :) < 1074809441 0 :Taaus!unknown@unknown.invalid PRIVMSG #esoteric :Heh. < 1074811291 0 :lament!unknown@unknown.invalid QUIT :Read error: 60 (Operation timed out) < 1074813719 0 :lament!~lament@h24-85-63-178.vc.shawcable.net JOIN :#esoteric