February 2012
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“In that future day when the earth shall be honey-combed with scores of tunnels...”
– “New York Has Seven Levels of Transit”, New York World, March 14, 1909.
Well, they nailed the last bit.
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“Education is what, when, and why to do things. Training is how to do it. In...”
– Richard Hamming, The Art of Doing Science and Engineering (via maxistentialist)
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Antara: I wrote "SMD" on julia's notebook during developmental bio today in giant letters
and she's like whispering
"what does that mean?"
"it means 'so much derp.'"
"wow, I'm not THAT derpy."
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January 2012
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Textbook talks about things going on "across the...
You might still have a bit of country to go across there.
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Told.
Activist type, in a computer lab: [going on loudly and at length about university politics and referring to conservatives as "neo-fascist pigs" and insisting on his right to be loud and abrasive because it's a public space]
Girl: It's a quiet study space, and you're being disruptive.
Activist type: No, it's a democratic space --
Girl: All right, then we'll have a democratic vote. Raise your hand if you want this conversation taken outside.
Rest of lab: *raises hands*
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In Queens, We Have a Love-Hate Relationship with... →
In some areas, there are large gaps in the numbers. For example, 69th Avenue in Oakland Gardens is immediately followed by 73rd Avenue and more dramatically, in South Ozone Park 133rd Avenue is followed by 149th Avenue- a jump of 16 numbers in one block.
As if skipping numbers isn’t confusing enough, how about repeating numbers? The complaint most often heard about the borough’s street system is...
“One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that...”
– W.E.B. Du Bois (via auntada)
