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[Haspen]

Or can't fathom the idea of people being named after countries.

Oh really?

[Shades]

Or can't fathom the idea of people being named after countries.

Being named after places is common, as is having a family name from a place. I admit to it being rarer with countries but it's not that uncommon.

Also random link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_named_after_people

[Jackrabbit]

Hey, I don't think it's uncommon or strange. I thought Rooster was surprised at someone being named after a country.

[Shades]

Hey, I don't think it's uncommon or strange. I thought Rooster was surprised at someone being named after a country.

Ahh, my apologies Jackrabbit

[JoshuaFH]

Where's the surprise? Alot of places were named after people, so why not the other way around?

[Mephansteras]

I spilled hot tea all over myself this morning.

[Vector]

...

You guys do know that I make up a lot of pseudonyms, right?  Also that I name people in themes (Rosewood, Aspen, Willow) and so on?  Sheez, I don't actually only make friends with trees.

"Professor Poland" is the internet-nickname for my favorite professor.  He has a ridiculously thick accent, and his lectures are almost 100% tangent.  He also happens to be a Polish count, and the most skilled mathematician in the department.  He's pretty amazing, other than the unfortunate instances in office hours when you go in for help with a problem and he decides it's more important to talk about Linux, music compression, linguistics, or the printing industry.  Other times, he just ends up spouting proofs at you for two hours while you listen helplessly.

My nickname for him in real life used to be "Count Bastard Analysis Professor," but it was a little bit long and the analysis course ended.  Now it's "Count Bastard Algebra Professor."  Much better.



I don't want to leave.  I want to stay here.  I like it here.  I think I might actually be able to make it through the year... maybe I could stay.

Somehow it's like "normal-me" has no knowledge of happy-me or sad-me.  What am I thinking?  I can't stay.  I have to go and learn how to be sane.

[Solifuge]

I had a Spanish Professor like that: Juan Redondo. He was of a more political and philosophical bent, though. We'd be talking about colloquialisms used in different provinces, when suddenly he'd start talking about how "Spain really isn't a country, but a loose confederation of separate cultures divided by stark geographical boundaries", which would progress into a discussion about the differences between regional and national culture, and then on to how he really much prefers France to Spain, and would rather be teaching us French since it's a "less sneaky language", and then we'd start talking about all the ways that Spanish "is a language of duplicity and implication", etc. etc.

Man was a nut, but I enjoyed his lectures.

Out of curiosity, what did the end bit mean? I'm not sure I follow you, but are you conflicted about leaving school? I can't really suggest what to do, since yours is a situation that's different than mine, but I can say that my time out of school made me more depressed, and made school harder to get back into, but it let me focus on a lot of areas of my life that were lacking, IE my social life, financial stability, and most importantly better understanding of my life interests and goals.

That could have been general maturity though, from life experience. I had a lot going on at that time outside of school that also played a big part... so I don't know.

I suppose you could do a cost-benefit analysis of staying vs. going, and then picking the option that works out to be better. Suitably logical, no?

[ToonyMan]

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You guys do know that I make up a lot of pseudonyms, right?  Also that I name people in themes (Rosewood, Aspen, Willow) and so on?  Sheez, I don't actually only make friends with trees.

"Professor Poland" is the internet-nickname for my favorite professor.  He has a ridiculously thick accent, and his lectures are almost 100% tangent.  He also happens to be a Polish count, and the most skilled mathematician in the department.  He's pretty amazing, other than the unfortunate instances in office hours when you go in for help with a problem and he decides it's more important to talk about Linux, music compression, linguistics, or the printing industry.  Other times, he just ends up spouting proofs at you for two hours while you listen helplessly.

My nickname for him in real life used to be "Count Bastard Analysis Professor," but it was a little bit long and the analysis course ended.  Now it's "Count Bastard Algebra Professor."  Much better.



I don't want to leave.  I want to stay here.  I like it here.  I think I might actually be able to make it through the year... maybe I could stay.

Somehow it's like "normal-me" has no knowledge of happy-me or sad-me.  What am I thinking?  I can't stay.  I have to go and learn how to be sane.

I tend to have a double thought system in my head.  One version will discuss something and the other will list problems with that plan.  Version one will then tell solutions to these problems and so on.

I really beat myself up mentally.

Oh, and some kid tried to ironically hump me when I was walking in the hall, it upset me in the inside.

[Jackrabbit]

Hey, I do that too, the whole: think of an idea, think of the bad points, think of how to deal with the bad point, and so on and so forth.

It just strikes me as commons sense to do that.

[ToonyMan]

It's pretty common Jack.

[Vector]

Yeah, I'm conflicted about leaving school.  On the one hand, I love mathematics.  On the other hand, going to school is killing me and/or driving me insane.  I kind of consider "not dying or being insane" more important than "Vector gets to go to class."  But dammit, I love this place.  It may be killing me, but I love it.

This may be the best decision I've ever made, but it's still tearing me up internally.  You see, on the "staying" side is "Mathematics, comrades from school (no close friends, but at least I have comrades), don't have to live with parents, cost to parents."  It's mostly the mathematics and the cost to my parents; I feel really, really bad for them.

On the "going" side is "be less crazy, get time to read books, learn how to cook reasonable food before I have to live by myself, time to become more mathematically mature so that school makes me less crazy, learn how to handle stress, talk to psychologist about being less anxious all the time, figure out moodswings.  Furthermore, restart semester next year in courses I'm interested in, rather than two applied-side math courses that were hiding in purity, a horrible course in linguistics, and Professor Poland's class (which is, of course, wonderful)."

There's no real reason to stay, other than the fact that it's a major lifestyle change for the next year or so.  I think I'll be okay.  I think it's the right idea.  I just wish I didn't have to make this decision.



And here's the solution... it may be a little bit difficult to read/follow, but it's all there.

Spoiler: Solution (click to show/hide)

In case you can't see that bit at the bottom, I think the Golem eats people.

[Neonivek]

It is almost as if the human mind is capable of taking a problem, coming up with a solution, and then test that solution to see if it makes sense.

[Jackrabbit]

It's pretty common Jack.

I'm just not sure why you see it as beating yourself up mentally. It's just a good thing to do.

[ToonyMan]

It's pretty common Jack.

I'm just not sure why you see it as beating yourself up mentally. It's just a good thing to do.

They're not on the same line Jack, they are separate.

Yeah, I'm conflicted about leaving school.  On the one hand, I love mathematics.  On the other hand, going to school is killing me and/or driving me insane.  I kind of consider "not dying or being insane" more important than "Vector gets to go to class."  But dammit, I love this place.  It may be killing me, but I love it.

This may be the best decision I've ever made, but it's still tearing me up internally.  You see, on the "staying" side is "Mathematics, comrades from school (no close friends, but at least I have comrades), don't have to live with parents, cost to parents."  It's mostly the mathematics and the cost to my parents; I feel really, really bad for them.

On the "going" side is "be less crazy, get time to read books, learn how to cook reasonable food before I have to live by myself, time to become more mathematically mature so that school makes me less crazy, learn how to handle stress, talk to psychologist about being less anxious all the time, figure out moodswings.  Furthermore, restart semester next year in courses I'm interested in, rather than two applied-side math courses that were hiding in purity, a horrible course in linguistics, and Professor Poland's class (which is, of course, wonderful)."

There's no real reason to stay, other than the fact that it's a major lifestyle change for the next year or so.  I think I'll be okay.  I think it's the right idea.  I just wish I didn't have to make this decision.



And here's the solution... it may be a little bit difficult to read/follow, but it's all there.

Spoiler: Solution (click to show/hide)

In case you can't see that bit at the bottom, I think the Golem eats people.

Hey I know those kind of problems, they're OK.