You win this one, CSA!

Today, as I was looking over my structural analysis notes, I remembered the aged wisdom of my professor, "No computer ever has or ever will have any more intelligence than Stone Mountain."

Brilliant!

Today in Fluid Mechanics, I learned how wrong I can be about someone. I had once thought my professor to be a strange and humorless man; however, a remark he made today changed my opinion of him completely. When discussing how the units of speed are unimportant as long as they are all the same (that is when talking about Froude Number Models) he said: In fact, it wouldn't matter if they were knots, meters per second, miles per hour, feet per second or "light years per fortnight" Something about absurdity makes me so happy.

High Hopes

Today in Fluid Mechanics, I learned that when modeling a blimp in a wind tunnel we can ignore the effects of air compression due to the flow...or so I thought. The professor said we can ignore these effects, "unless we have a supersonic blimp." Now, I know he was the one who thought of it, but I think I have a real investment potential here. Our country wants a fast and stylish way to get around the air, and let's face it, airplanes are so pre-9/11. What is more badass than breaking the speed of sound in giant advertisement, I mean, what's the worst that could happen in attaching several jet engines to a blimp?

Arachibutyrophobia

Today in Fluid Mechanics, I learned that other people also mistake my professor in his words. My professor was discussing modeling, specifically verifying the similitude of prototype and the model, when he brought up the Cauchy Number, which is unimportant to my entry so unexplained it shall remain. Now, anyone in their right mind would clearly hear the word "Cauchy", but Sara, because of her nut allergy, i suppose though it's not wholly clear, hears "Cashew". So I'm not sure of the meaning behind a cashew number, but she too is now on the terror watch list.

Wolverines

Today, when I was watching TV, I learned that wolverine cubs are born with white fur and progressively get darker as they age. Imagine if that happened to humans, or at least if the opposite didn't happen. I would like to apologize for that unwarranted attack. Actually on second thought, I rescind my apology.

Aloha

Today in MSE 2001, I learned that my professor (you know, the one on the CIA watch list) is even more dangerous than previously imagined. Not only does she have surveillance of every acre of the Earth, she readily shares the world's deepest secrets without provocation from terrorists or liberals. I'm only repeating what she said today because I can't sleep knowing that I know this and you will not: "I don't know if you guys have ever been to Hawaii or know about the geography, but... ((shows us this picture)), then quickly, nay, slyly changes the subject to something regarding her business trip or something. The point is, and I don't want to speculate here, but it appears Hawaii is a series of islands, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Well, I don't really know what to do now, but I feel dirty.

Tele-porto!

Today in MSE 2001 I learned that my professor, much like Hiro, has the ability to bend space-time. Since our class is an hour and a half, she gives the class a very short break, in the range of 55 seconds to 2 minutes, somewhere roughly midway through class. At 10:25, she announced, "I usually like to take a break before 10:30, but recently I have been taking it around this time, so let's take it now." And I thought that her unbridled access to clips (see Tuesday's post) was scary. God help us.