Number Two

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When it comes to standardized testing and bubble sheets, we're always looking out for Number Two.

I Cannot Tell a Lie ... Or Can I?

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If he secretly can tell a lie, all bets are off.
Maybe he didn't cut it down, but then who is George taking the fall for?
Was he cutting backroom deals even at this early age?

Mathematical Vaudeville

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Mathematical Vaudeville isn't dead! It's just reached its limit!
Theoretically, of course.

Just remember, if you want to get to Carnegie Hall, you won't get there in theory!

Happy Valentine's Day, All!

I let a holiday slip past me. Oh, well. Things keep staying busy and there hasn't been time to put something together -- that and the fact just about all modern technology in my school has been acting a bit wonky for the past couple weeks. So, more stuff to do at home, and less time for stuff I want.

Which is just as well, I guess, because the only thing I would have had time to finish and upload for yesterday or today would've been a lame joke about pencils. (Don't worry, you're not seeing it tomorrow, either. No promises about Monday.)

In the meantime, I wanted to stop by and wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day (or even a "Happy St. Valentine's Day"), and I'm happy that you stop on by.

Pants

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Actually, pants levels don't increase for older men. The older men shrink down below the pants level.

New Largest Prime Found

In honor of the newest largest prime -- and largest Mersenne prime -- ever found, here's a comic from 2008.

The alt-text is out of date now.

That Moment When ...

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That *one* moment. Not the first of many such moments!

Seven hundred and fifty comics. This one had to be all me and not about what fictitious students might have done.

Second Half

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Another "ripped from the classroom" story.

There were more words than would fit into balloons but would still fit into one minute, cautionary tales for those who were succeeding, what could happen if they didn't touch the football for 90 minutes or touch their notebooks for 90 days and then suddenly realizing that a sure thing was slipping away from them.

The running commentary was real, though edited for space, as was the closing thought.

Super Bowl XLVII

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Oddly enough, 2 and 8, while bad, are not the worst numbers to have ever had in Super Bowl history. But since there are only 55 combinations (assuming you don't care which team has which number, which you probably do), and there have only been 46 games with 184 quarters, the empirical data doesn't really tell us a lot, nor will it help us to predict the likelihood of a safety occurring. (And multiples are Right Out!) Meaningless information. Except, maybe, that 7-0, 0-0, and 3-0 are really good to have. No surprises there.

i.e., "past performance is indicator of future results"