Recent content by gmax137
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Collection of Lame Jokes
No doubt, the tactical screwdriver bits are "machined from billet"- gmax137
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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Books vs Screens for Learning
Off hand I would suspect that the vast majority of teachers (and students) don't really know how to teach (and learn) "using computers." I could be wrong about that: I'm so out of date that Jimmy Carter was president during my most recent classroom activity. Teachers have been lecturing...- gmax137
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- Forum: STEM Educators and Teaching
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Collection of Lame Jokes
Best part of the sandwich?- gmax137
- Post #23,881
- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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Books vs Screens for Learning
In other words, one-on-one dialog between student and teacher. The student beer bar in Williamstown is called "The Log" Regarding books vs. screens, my feeling is "books" are better. But that might be because that's how I learned. I think they said similar about whiteboards: "Chalk on a...- gmax137
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- Forum: STEM Educators and Teaching
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Weird News Compilation
I never would have guessed that 'communication towers' were that tall.- gmax137
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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Bidet attachment not fully functioning
Maybe you need to be seated for the power wash to function? A lockout to prevent spraying the bathroom.- gmax137
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- Forum: General Engineering
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Programming Jokes: Lame, Science & Math Jokes!
Maybe ...Economics, Design... ?- gmax137
- Post #474
- Forum: General Discussion
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Weird News Compilation
Many years ago a friend took his 1970 Chevelle SS through a car wash. The previous car had lost its radio antenna to one of the brushes. It slapped the side of the Chevelle, whack whack whack whack... ruined the paint job. Not a happy camper...- gmax137
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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High School Potato paradox
It isn't paradoxical if you have ever boiled sap to make maple syrup. The raw sap is 2 or 3 percent sugar, depending on the tree. If you start with 40 gallons of sap, and boil 20 gallons off, the sugar content doubles (!) to a whopping 5 or 6 percent. The final syrup is near 70 percent sugar...- gmax137
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- Forum: General Math
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Today I Learned
I'd like to see the overlaps, perhaps a Venn diagram.- gmax137
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games
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How effective is nuclear propulsion?
well, that tears it! No space operas without warp drives :rolleyes:- gmax137
- Post #15
- Forum: Nuclear Engineering
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Undergrad Comparing ##a^b## and ##b^a##
I love threads like this. Thank-you, @PeroK !- gmax137
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- Forum: General Math
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Collection of Lame Jokes
Wasn't George Carlin a DJ there?- gmax137
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- Forum: Fun, Photos and Games