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"Why is it useful? I don't know, that's why it's not used" -- on double indirect addressing
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Professor Tyson, EECS 370
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
And we thought he put it on the slide because he knew the answer....
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"I would never drink this flask. That would be stupid. But I'm not going to stop eating meat because it's tasty."
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Fetterley, Chem 167
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
Explaining his personal views on a flask of hydrogen sulfide and sodium hydroxide.
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"For those of you who play computer games, the game Half-Life is different than the chemistry half-life. I've played Half-Life and it's a lot more fun."
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Fetterley, Chem 167
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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"It hocks out a giant molecular lugey and spits out a bromine ion."
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Fetterley, Chem 167
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
As odd as the metaphor may seem, it worked for most of the students in the class.
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"You don't understand. I am flammable!"
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Fetterley, Chem 167
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
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This was in reference to the class wanting him to put more sodium into the flask of water.
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“‘Scalia, I just met a judge named Scalia.’”
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William N. Eskridge, Jr., Legislation
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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(Sung to the tune of Maria, from West Side Story.)
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"If you see Rhenquist at a cocktail party, just tell him you loved his opinion in Leo Sheep. And then watch: The Chief Justice will light up like a Christmas tree, or a decaying firefly.”
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William N. Eskridge, Jr., Legislation
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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"Congress, is like a flatulent dog. If you aren’t strict with it, it will destroy your carpet.”
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William N. Eskridge, Jr.,
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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(On the "flatulent" theory of statutory interpretation.)
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“Congress is like a backward child; you have to keep hitting them upside the head quite often."
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William N. Eskridge, Jr.,
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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(On the "flagellant" theory of statutory interpretation.)
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I'm probably going to get arrested for this . . .
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J. McGlew, Any course I've taken with him
Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
Said several times throughout the course, usually during discussions of any controversial topic.
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"I suppose you don't call them provisions in the Bible."
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Michael Graetz, Federal Income Taxation
Yale Law School, ,
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"Today's lessons: (1) Die as late as possible, (2) Have more income earlier and often, (3) Craps is the best game from the point of view of the player played properly."
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Michael Graetz, Federal Income Taxation
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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"Drug dealers still have to file a return. You can file a Fifth Amendment return. Needless to say that sometimes raises questions."
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Michael Graetz, Federal Income Taxation
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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On a citizen's legal obligation to pay income "from whatever source derived".)
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"This would be un-American, I'm afraid. It would be Canadian."
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Michael Graetz, Federal Income Taxation
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
(Speaking about possible health care regimes.)
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Talking about whether a virtual reality machine would truely make you happy...
"If I could live in a virtual reality machine for a weekend and could program whatever I wanted to achieve maximum pleasure, I can think of 10 programs I would make right now, only 8 of which include Angelina Jolie."
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Professor William FitzPatrick, Morality and Justice
Virginia Tech, ,
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
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"Are you on drugs?"
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Mr. Charnitski, Biology 9
Thomas Jefferson, Alexandria, Virginia
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
To a tired girl who'd been out sick a few days; he meant medicinal drugs, but it still sounded wrong...
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In this survival course, they told him that if he was dying of thirst, he should catch a baboon, force it to eat salt, and then release it and follow it to water. Anyone else see the problem with this?
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Dr. Gil-King, Physical Anthropology
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
For those unaquainted with baboons - your first problem is to catch the critter... and your second is to keep all your fingers during the process...
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[Professor draws straight horizontal line on the board] This is acceptable work. [He draws sin wave criss crossing straight line] This is your work. It goes up, it goes down, sometimes you do well, sometimes you do badly. Do you know what the average of this IS?!"
Student: "Mathematically, acceptable work."
Professor: Shut up. Don't take my models too seriously.
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--, Calculus 201
Lowell University, Lowell, MA
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
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Student: "If we do [certain approach], and it doesn't work, are we screwed?"
Professor: "No, [explains why it's ok]... unless you want to be screwed."
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George Heineman, CS4233: Object Oriented Analysis & Design
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
Well, the class was about 90% geeky male.
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Professor writes on board: "The limit as GPA approaches zero, is CompSci = Business Major. If you understand this, you should stay here. If you don't, you should go, and sign up for some business classes."
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, Calculus 102
Lowell University, Lowell, MA
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"If you were an assignment trying to be more helpful to a student, what would you do?" - Prof Carroll
"I'd do myself" - Bike John
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Carroll, Human Computer Interaction
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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submitted: February 12, 2003 |
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Student: "Do you grade on a curve?"
Professor: "No, a flat surface. Usually my desk."
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Dr. Spence, Microbiology Something
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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submitted: February 11, 2003 |
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Old tottering professor: "A bit is either TRUE or FALSE. It can't be both at the same time. For example, I am either here in this classroom, or I am not."
Student in front, a little too loudly: "In your case sir, I'm not so sure about that."
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Can't remember, CompSci 402
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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submitted: February 11, 2003 |
This was the same professor who went to four classrooms to find the room where he was giving a final, all the time muttering, "Where the hell are those damned students??"
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"Here are the evaluation forms for this class. I have one request. Last semester was the first class I ever taught. I took the feedback with me over the weekend and that was a big mistake. After reading what you thought about my teaching, I got drunk and considered suicide. So please, if I did ANYTHING right this semester, tell me."
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Rather not say, CompSci 355
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
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submitted: February 11, 2003 |
This is the professor who wrote all 32 bits of a 32 bit register operation on the board, to explain how AND works. Who had a 17 page final, with 7 mistakes on it.
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The Japanese are punctual, but not ridiculous about it. If you say, "Ohayo gozaimasu" and it is 12:01 pm, the Japanese will not come and shoot you. But the Germans are a different story. I had a friend who worked for Luftansa. On their schedule it said, "At 14:05 this plane will crash". My friends, that is too punctual.
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Dr. Chang, Japanese 102
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
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submitted: February 11, 2003 |
Explaining cultural differences in Japanese and apparently German.
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