User talk:Ashley Rhoades

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— Kam D. Dahlquist 19:03, 30 January 2013 (EST)

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Ashley, I answered your question on my user talk page. — Kam D. Dahlquist 19:50, 24 January 2013 (EST)

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You asked: "Dr. Fitzpatrick:

Do you know any funny math jokes?

Ashley Rhoades 01:28, 22 January 2013 (EST)"

My answer: Funny? not many. lotsa "groaners." I always liked farside cartoons, and now I read xkcd pretty regularly. Let's see. here's a couple.

A pair of engineers are riding around in a hot air balloon, and they get lost. Searching for help, they see a crowd in a nearby field, and they maneuver close enough to talk. They yell down "Hey, where are we?"

A long conversation ensues amongst the group, and after quite a time, one of the ground group yells up "You're in a hot air balloon."

One engineer says to the other "just our luck. mathematicians." The other says "how do you know," and the first responds, "three reasons.

1. They took forever to answer. 2. The answer was perfectly accurate. 3. The answer was absolutely useless."

Another has a group of engineers and a group of mathematicians sitting near each other on a train trip. The engineers note that the mathematicians only have one ticket among the group members, and they ask about it. The mathematicians say "we have worked hard to optimize our cost, and we have a traveling algorithm that only requires one ticket. You'll see."

At some point in the trip, the conductor calls "Tickets!" from up the car. The mathematicians run together to the bathroom and enter together. When the conductor knocks on the bathroom door, the mathematicians slide the ticket under it. The engineers, impressed, take note of this occurrence.

On the trip back, the two groups are again sitting together, the engineers proudly displaying their one ticket. The mathematicians remark that they have improved their algorithm, needing no ticket now. Hmm... so, the conductor calls for "Tickets!" and the engineers scramble to the loo. Soon as the door closes, the mathematicians follow, one of which knocks on the door and says "Ticket!"

Ben G. Fitzpatrick 13:51, 3 February 2013 (EST)

Week 2 Journal Feedback

• Thank you for submitting your assignment on time.
• You did a nice job of presenting and discussing your results.
• In future discussions, please make sure you list all the parameter values and initial conditions of your simulations.
• What kinds of things would you want to know about the yeast to improve the model?

Ben G. Fitzpatrick 01:13, 4 February 2013 (EST)