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  • Birthday 04/20/1984

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    http://web.bryant.edu/~srk2

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    MA
  • Interests
    reading, programming, math, cello, animals
  • College Major/Degree
    Bryant Univeristy, Information Technology & Mathematics
  • Favorite Area of Science
    Neuroscience
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    undergrad research assistant, computational neuroscience. going for a PhD after I graduate
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    student, software developer intern

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  1. No. For example, Dartmouth College in NH, US grants masters and doctoral degrees. Dartmouth is even one of the better schools in the US (and a member of the ivy league), but it keeps its "College" title for historical reasons. Most colleges in the US grand up to masters degrees, but not doctoral. My school recently changed its name from College to University just so that international students would not be confused.
  2. The general rule of thumb is to always put the / at the end of the URL. Some (bad) sites even require this. When you leave it out, it basically makes the server do a little more work. http://www.blah.com/stuff/'>http://www.blah.com/stuff/ http://www.blah.com/stuff where stuff is a directory that contains a file: index.html If I type the first URL, the server looks in the directory 'stuff' for a file 'index.htm[l]' (or others, depending on the server configuration) If I type the second URL, the server first checks to see if 'stuff' is the name of a file in the top directory, it will find that it is a directory and then it looks in the directory stuff for the file 'index.htm[l]' So, you are helping the server out a bit by telling it that stuff is a directory and that it should look in there for a default file. Really, it's not a big deal, but it is a good habit to include the trailing /. .htm and .html can be used interchangeably. The .htm extension comes from the limitations on file names on the old DOS systems. The .html extension was the original extension for HTML documents. Most die hard UNIX/Linux folk (including myself) prefer the .html extension.
  3. Because I am bored at work, here are the calculations. Volumes: [math]v_{nickel} = 1.95mm\times \pi \times 10.6mm^2 \approx 688mm^3[/math] [math]v_{dime} = 1.35mm\times \pi \times 8.96mm^2 \approx 340mm^3[/math] Value/Volume: [math]r_{nickel} = \frac{5}{v_{nickel}} \approx 0.007 cents/mm^3[/math] [math]r_{dime} = \frac{10}{v_{dime}} \approx 0.029 cents/mm^3[/math] [math]r_{dime} > 2 \times r_{nickel} [/math]
  4. Strangely, you seem to think ethical behavior should be defined by the rules of natural selection? Really think about all of the implications of this line of thought... Now who's "playing God"?
  5. Has anyone here gone to graduate school (or know anyone who has) for computer science? I am doing the big search now and would appreciate any suggestions about programs. I am mainly interested in a few lines of research: brain science, AI, and robotics. But, I am open to other facets of computer science research. If you have heard, experienced, or read anything positive about a specific program, I would like to hear about it. Thanks! P.S. Here is my current school list (in no particular order): Brown University University of Massachusetts - Amherst University of Maryland - College Park Dartmouth College Rochester University University of California - Davis Yale University University of Wisconsin - Madison Penn State
  6. Six Flags will have it in 10 years
  7. Extreme survivors at work.
  8. I'm not sure "wigger" is a good synonym for "chav". In the US (where I believe that term was coined), the word means "white n*gger". Which really means a white (usually male) person who dresses like a ghetto-type rapper.
  9. Creationist AND Windows advocate...
  10. Most of the slang is the same for the ones you mentioned (except that I didn't know a word for hitching a ride on the back of a bike). Some other slang that exist in MA, US: rubber band = elastic water fountain (for drinking) = bubbler sub/sandwich = grinder adj: very (as in "very hot") = wicked shopping cart/basket = carriage
  11. Not possible with straight water. Although, I have see diesel cars run on vegetable oil with a few modifications.
  12. What I was getting at is: as the ship's velocity approaches the velocity of light, its mass will approach infinity and so will the force required to propel it. I blame my imprecise wording. Depending on what one considers "significant," the answer is yes or no.
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