Quotes from Spring 1995

Instructor quotes

• The Proof of that is immediate from some sort of comparison principle that I never stated.--1-18-95
• That sure is mysterious isn't it?--1-18-95
• Showing this is tantamount to showing this... or vice versa, whichever it is.--1-20-95
• I'm going to give you two proofs of this for two reasons. 1) They are short, and 2) They're important because... well I don't know.--1-23-95
• Oh shoot, you're going to hate this too.--1-23-95
• To see this you just have to stare at the definition long enough.--1-30-95
• Let me draw a little picture, it won't take that long... Oh yes it will, let's skip it.--2-6-95
• So what does this lemma do for your life?--2-10-95
• Let me put it in a way that may impress you even more.--2-10-95
• And that's why I... well, so anyway, ....--2-15-95
• That's really bad, I can't think of a good letter to use.--2-22-95
• Does that make sense? So you chop it into small intervals and... nah, you know what I mean.--2-24-95
• Somebody asked me a question after class last time, but it had something to do with your homework so I won't talk about it until after your homework is due.--2-27-95
• If you want to show something is finite, be as crude as you can.--3-1-95
• Let me just suck up my gut and do it. I hate this lemma.--3-13-95
• If we haven't done it, we'll do it again.--3-17-95
• This plus this plus this minus this plus this, move this to the other side, equals this.--3-20-95
• I want to be like Mike, not Halsy.--3-22-95
• Halsy was a good mathematician, but... well never mind.--3-22-95
• Markov Inequality or Chebvechev Inequality... that's another one of those things I would like to let the Russian fight out among themselves.--3-24-95
• So there's the Markov Inequality and it's so simple that it's not hard to believe that 150 people came up with this thing at the same time working independently.--3-24-95
• For the first time in 4 years I have ended a proof when it is time to go.--3-24-95
• I seem to be detecting that there is a lack of enthusiasm for discussing the homework.--3-27-95
• By these two things you get to conclude that by some previous thing.--3-27-95
• To do this you have to solve that. I don't want to do that because it may lead to some embarrassment.--3-29-95

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• "... Not C, and I'm not talking about Germans here."--1-11-95
• [The next class period after one in which many mistakes were made.] "Sorry I missed class on Monday. I hope my brother did an adequate job."--1-25-95
• Thus ends the reading of the handout.--1-25-95
• The excitement on your faces doesn't quite match up with the exciting nature of this material.--1-27-95
• Welcome back to another exciting hour of digital circuits.--1-30-94
• Come back Wednesday and hear me say something.--1-30-94
• Have you ever been so mad at someone that you wouldn't talk to them? [Silence (some laughter)] What? Are you all mad at me?--2-24-95
• Have you ever been so mad at yourself that you quit talking to yourself?--2-24-95
• [Pointing to parts of a circuit] He does... She does... It does... --3-6-95
• If you tried that you'd probably be kicking yourself, assuming you're flexible enough.--3-17-95
• Does anyone else find it ironic that it is "severe weather awareness week" in Indiana and this is possibly the best week of weather we will have all year?--3-17-95

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• You put the monkey on special feed. This special food is no food.--1-19-95
• Kossyln is a smart guy. You should read his books because he is smart not because of what is in his books.--1-26-95
• I used to do research on this, but fortunately I stopped.--1-26-95
• I can't say I believe his work, but it doesn't really matter. You should read it anyway.--2-14-95
• There is something in my textbook for my undergrad psych class. They say there are 3 theories of color and they are all right. It's hard to imagine a funnier or stupider thing.--2-23-95
• Helmholtz was a wonderful guy. He had a theory for everything, and all his theories have been wrong.--2-23-95
• At this stage they determined that all this crap that Gibson produced was wrong.--4-4-95
• I see that people are tired. I am too.--4-13-95

Student answers

Problem #2: Strategy: ... 3) Pray answer will mysteriously appear here.

Problem #3: Strategy: Flip a quarter, if it lands on heads the output = 1. If the quarter lands on tails the output = 0. The year of the quarter does not in any way affect the outcome of the results. Ha Ha!