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Cops 6: The More You Pay, The Faster We'll Come!

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burd said:
I have three second or third hand brushes with MIT.

A first cousin I really do not know well graduated from there.

I have a close friend whose brother in law was a astro-physics wunderkind who was a tenured professor there at a very young age and was in the running for a Nobel in physics. I found he had zero personality, and his own sister described him as a complete jerk.

I had a short but pleasant conversation with a another dad when I was visiting schools with my daughter while she was still in HS. He was with his daughter and we were doing the tour thing at Columbia or Williams, I think. A nice friendly guy, completely without pretense, which was very refreshing compared to many parents making those visits. We straggled at the back of the group and talked about family a little. When he described his son, who was accepted at MIT, just shrugged and smiled as if he couldn't really understand it, and said: "He sees math."

Our daughters probably both got perfect or near perfect scores on parts of their ACT and SATs, but not in math, and I'm pretty sure he was as math-challenged as I and was plainly candid about it.

You're lucky to have that gift, dx. But I gotta ask: How can a guy as smart as you be dumb enough to be a gopher hockey fan? And if it's a quarky answer, don't bother.
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Thanks for sharing.


Ha. Because my safety school was the second or third best chemical engineering school: Minnesota. ;)

I almost applied to the other science and engineering mega schools like cal tech, cal, etc. But only wanted MIT or Minnesota in the end.

Honestly, the first year I started watching gopher hockey was the 01-02 year. That kind of moved the needle as well.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Thanks for sharing.


Ha. Because my safety school was the second or third best chemical engineering school: Minnesota. ;)

I almost applied to the other science and engineering mega schools like cal tech, cal, etc. But only wanted MIT or Minnesota in the end.

Honestly, the first year I started watching gopher hockey was the 01-02 year. That kind of moved the needle as well.
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I dont seem to recall that season. I remember the Ralph opening and then I dont recall any college hockey being played until a few years later. ;)
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
I dont seem to recall that season. I remember the Ralph opening and then I dont recall any college hockey being played until a few years later. ;)
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Was that the year a Nodak brought Minnie back from 25 years of obscurity?
 
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Math sucks, and that's not just because I was an average math student jealous of the people who pulled a 30+ on the math part of the ACT and could breeze through their calculus homework. In my experience, the people who are really, really good at math are often sociopaths (this is not meant as an ad hom towards you, dx). They get all excited about the numbers, and have little to no concern for any consequences.

That's why I was a lit and vocab guy, and to this day, a language nerd.

Anyway, isn't this the cop outrage thread? :p
 
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My older son scored (1490?) on his PSAT and with nearly identical scores for Math and R/W. He also scored a perfect TOEFL his Freshman year (now a junior) while the younger (sophomore) scored a perfect TOEFL this fall. The younger is about a 1/4 step behind the elder in math but works his *** off to close the gap.

They should score solid TOEFLs mind you (Test of English as a Foreign Language is a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities) but there are typically only 2-3 perfect scores in the country annually and there are plenty English born students living in Manila taking the same test. Not bad I think.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
Math sucks, and that's not just because I was an average math student jealous of the people who pulled a 30+ on the math part of the ACT and could breeze through their calculus homework. In my experience, the people who are really, really good at math are often sociopaths (this is not meant as an ad hom towards you, dx). They get all excited about the numbers, and have little to no concern for any consequences.

That's why I was a lit and vocab guy, and to this day, a language nerd.

Anyway, isn't this the cop outrage thread? :p
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;)

I get excited about the numbers. Sometimes I even take a step back and surprise myself. But my fiancée will be the first to tell you I’m also a very sentimental person as well. I care about more than the numbers.

But I get what you’re saying. I’ve seen them as well.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
;)

I get excited about the numbers. Sometimes I even take a step back and surprise myself. But my fiancée will be the first to tell you I’m also a very sentimental person as well. I care about more than the numbers.

But I get what you’re saying. I’ve seen them as well.
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I love numbers, hence my love of gambling. But like dx, also sentimental.
 
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I will say that when it comes to math, statistics were my spirit animal. I legit aced that class with the right instructor. I'm sure Rube can relate to me on the odds with blackjack, poker, etc. ;)

EDIT: When I got to applied stats, my semester project was an analysis of whether or not NHL goalies really belonged in the Hall of Fame.
 
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FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I will say that when it comes to math, statistics were my spirit animal. I legit aced that class with the right instructor. I'm sure Rube can relate to me on the odds with blackjack, poker, etc. ;)
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Oh God, yes.

So, there are 3 doors... ;)

I still get people asking why I bet INTO an open-ended straight flush draw after the flop...
 
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Fighting Sioux 23 said:
I dont seem to recall that season. I remember the Ralph opening and then I dont recall any college hockey being played until a few years later. ;)
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If you remember the Ralph opening then you remember enough for it all to make sense :D
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Minneapolis police selling “cops for trump” shirts for the trump rally this week.

Can’t imagine why people aren’t feeling more love for police.

http://m.startribune.com/minneapoli...an-on-uniforms-at-political-events/562372802/
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This is what is messed up. The populace (MSP/StP core population) is asking for MORE cops. Downtowns are hurting b/c of recent crime. The shirts are due to a recent ruling of trying to remain neutral in politics, which (to me) says the wrong cops are in in employ. They need true unbiased cops.
 
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The Rube said:
This is what is messed up. The populace (MSP/StP core population) is asking for MORE cops. Downtowns are hurting b/c of recent crime. The shirts are due to a recent ruling of trying to remain neutral in politics, which (to me) says the wrong cops are in in employ. They need true unbiased cops.
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You will never have a truly unbiased group of policemen, sheriffs deputies, state troopers, or any of the penumbra of agencies. You can only ask that they not show their support in any official capacity or shirts such as what's being printed.
 
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St. Clown said:
You will never have a truly unbiased group of policemen, sheriffs deputies, state troopers, or any of the penumbra of agencies. You can only ask that they not show their support in any official capacity or shirts such as what's being printed.
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I know, I know. I guess going out of their way to print these shirts (and honestly, it wouldn't matter the name on the shirt, it's going out of their way to show a bias) instead of at least trying to appear neutral is what bothers me.
 
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