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[DGuller]

What was the consensus?

My consensus was that changing a tire by yourself is stupid and dangerous in NYC.  Plus, this time I was covered for a free change.  If the first guy would've found the lug nut key, I would've been on my way quicker, and with less crush injuries, than if I attempted to change the tire myself.

[HVC]

Peters explanation is more convincing

[garbon]

What was the consensus?

My consensus was that changing a tire by yourself is stupid and dangerous in NYC.

Anyway, if one has money, why would one ever want to change their own tire?

[DGuller]

What was the consensus?

My consensus was that changing a tire by yourself is stupid and dangerous in NYC.

Anyway, if one has money, why would one ever want to change their own tire?

The only reason to change a tire yourself is if you're out there somewhere in the wilderness, and there is no one to get to you.  If I find myself in that situation, then I guess I'll have to read the relevant chapter in the owner's manual a couple of times, and get the tourniquets ready.

[garbon]

What was the consensus?

My consensus was that changing a tire by yourself is stupid and dangerous in NYC.

Anyway, if one has money, why would one ever want to change their own tire?

The only reason to change a tire yourself is if you're out there somewhere in the wilderness, and there is no one to get to you.  If I find myself in that situation, then I guess I'll have to read the relevant chapter in the owner's manual a couple of times, and get the tourniquets ready.

[garbon]

I've heard of countries giving A, B, C, D, & F, I've heard of countries giving 0-100, countries giving 0-20, etc., but I have never before heard of a country handing out E's.

Yeah what is an E? Effort?

[Josephus]

Apparently a Blue Jays baseball game went 18 innings a few days ago. Just the thought of it puts me to sleep.

[Admiral Yi]

We give out 12, 10, 7, 4, 02 (passed), 00 (failed), and -03. Supposedly this corresponds better with the ECTS scale than our earlier 13-scale (13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 03, 00)

WTF

[Liep]

We give out 12, 10, 7, 4, 02 (passed), 00 (failed), and -03. Supposedly this corresponds better with the ECTS scale than our earlier 13-scale (13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 03, 00)

WTF

Yeah, apparently it's after the American scale. A(12), B(10), C(7), D(4), E(02), Fx(00), F(-03)

[merithyn]

Yeah, apparently it's after the American scale. A(12), B(10), C(7), D(4), E(02), Fx(00), F(-03)

Except that we don't have an E or an Fx.

[PDH]

Yeah, apparently it's after the American scale. A(12), B(10), C(7), D(4), E(02), Fx(00), F(-03)

Except that we don't have an E or an Fx.

Fx is channel 22.

[merithyn]

God, I hate math.

Working on a C++ exercise that requires we include the formula to work out the dew point based on getting the temp in F and humidity. We have to convert the temp to C, calculate the dewpoint, then convert the temp back to F. The program works fine... my math is completely fucked up.

[Iormlund]

Programming is a bit of an odd choice if you hate math.

[katmai]

Programming is a bit of an odd choice if you hate math.

She's a woman, so you expected her to use logic?

[DGuller]

Programming is a bit of an odd choice if you hate math.

Computer science is only a branch of applied mathematics.