Comments on: Thanks, Columbus http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/ Because all the cool names are taken Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:14:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Laura Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:03:05 +0000 http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/#comment-378 I totally thought I owned each and every 8.02 exam only to discover that I got 70s or 80s on all of them. What usually happened was that I drew a simplified diagram in step 1, forgot my Gaussian surface was a cylinder and not a sphere, did the entire thing perfectly with the wrong shape, and then lost 20 points. It freaking sucked. But you kick my ass in 3.091, apparently, so don't worry about it. Just remember: all hail, pass/fail! I totally thought I owned each and every 8.02 exam only to discover that I got 70s or 80s on all of them. What usually happened was that I drew a simplified diagram in step 1, forgot my Gaussian surface was a cylinder and not a sphere, did the entire thing perfectly with the wrong shape, and then lost 20 points.

It freaking sucked.

But you kick my ass in 3.091, apparently, so don’t worry about it. Just remember: all hail, pass/fail!

]]> By: zoogies http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/comment-page-1/#comment-377 zoogies Mon, 09 Oct 2006 09:17:29 +0000 http://ebroder.net/2006/10/08/thanks-columbus/#comment-377 Days off? What is this strange phenomenon?! It's brilliant! You guys should introduce this concept to the Caltech administration! Days off? What is this strange phenomenon?! It’s brilliant! You guys should introduce this concept to the Caltech administration!

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