Monday, September 29, 2003

Oh, the Pain...


Sarah and I have recently figured out that she, Vikki and I are essentially one person stuck in three bodies. This is a very disturbing revelation, but one that seems to be very true. Last night at the 6.001 lab, we were working with Brett on 6.042 (evil math!) via Zephyr (Athena's version of instant messaging), and one of us would ask him a question, and he'd answer someone else. So then another one of us would respond to that. So we're interchangeable. Whoa, look, we're an equivalence relation. To proove this, we need to show three things: Ever element is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. Now, we are all reflexive, since I am myself, and Sarah is Sarah, and Vikki is Vikki. But we're also symmetric because talking to Sarah is just like talking to Vikki (or even me), at least with Brett, over Zephyr. And we're also transitive because if Sarah sends a message, and then Vikki sends a followup to the reply, and then I send something further questioning or clarifying afterward, it's quite the same as one person doing all the talking (okay, maybe that one's a bit of a stretch there). But anyway! We are an equivalence relation! (Heh, 6.042 is really getting to me...) We are really one person stuck in three bodies! I am very disturbed - especially since this means that because we're so dependent on each other, when we take our 6.042 test next week, each of us is only going to get a 33%. :P Ah, I lead such a sad existence.

Anyway, enough for the deep thoughts. I'm tired and there's no reason for me to stay up even later, writing silly pseudo-6.042 proofs. Yeah, I have no free time in my life, unless it cuts into my sleeping time. I'm amazed at how busy I am this year - I'm almost never in my room. I guess that's good since I can't study well in my room anyway. Better for me to be hanging out downstairs with my friends I guess. More productive, plus there's people to check answers with. ^_^ Blah, I haven't updated my website in forever and I feel really bad about it. I'm such a slacker.

- Flykyr Skysong

Current song: Motoi Sakuraba - Star Ocean the Second Story Arrange Album - Lavender
Current mood: Pseudo-intellectual

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