Re: Another Weekend Longread

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Despite the fact that football is the only reason I've heard of the guy, my reaction when he announced his retirement was "Thank God".


Posted by: Walt Someguy | Link to this comment | 12- 3-17 11:03 AM
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I wonder if he's ever talked to Frank Ryan, the '60s Browns quarterback who earned tenure at Case Tech in Cleveland while an active NFL player (applied math, IIRC, including teaching during the season).


Posted by: snarkout | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 6:23 AM
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The 2016 Ravens are the 1960s Browns anyway.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 6:27 AM
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That's the problem with America. People blow their money on booze or women or graduate education in mathematics, so they don't have anything to invest.


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 6:43 AM
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I'd just like to say "Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation." Fanciful sci fi technology names got nothing on Math.


Posted by: JP Stormcrow | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 7:30 AM
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Once upon a time, I did stuff that dealt with centroidal voronoi tessellations!


Posted by: heebie-geebie | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 12:11 PM
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6: That was the original first line of "Like a Rolling Stone"


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 12:49 PM
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7: But as Dylan got to know heebie better, he decided to emphasize her stylishness over her mathematical prowess.


Posted by: peep | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 12:52 PM
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Don't call me cute! I'm FASHIONABLE!


Posted by: five year old heebie | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 1:10 PM
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You wasted the time machine pass on that?


Posted by: Moby Hick | Link to this comment | 12- 4-17 1:12 PM
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