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Oct. 12, 2009, 7:18 p.m.

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//during open house Stein: Hey, look! A parent! I almost forgot! It's Open House today! Thiagu, is that your dad? Thiagu: Yes Stein: Well, Mr. Thiagu, we're doing exponential growth right now. Follow? *no response* Well, Thiagu what do we get? Thiagu: Umm... //after getting the answer Stein: So you say to yourself-- *all but Thiagu's dad say self* Okay, Thiagu, you really need to talk to your dad about this class.

#659

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Oct. 12, 2009, 7:21 p.m.

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Stein: So I had been teaching across the room from Walstein. I brought up the Wikipedia article on Heaviside, and Walstein looks up and says, "Hey! That's my birthday!"

#673

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Oct. 14, 2009, 12:52 p.m.

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Whitacre: We don't take lives. But you're tempting me with the math!

#679

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:39 p.m.

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Whitacre: You know how to tell if someone's stupid? They keep doing the same thing and think it's gonna be different. It's called gambling!

#684

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:43 p.m.

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Whitacre: Socrates turned philosophy inwards and hit's been bad since then!  Don't take it in college!  It's like Math, only worse!"

#686

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:45 p.m.

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//talking about jade burial suits in China Whitacre: That fist reminds me of my grandmother's. When I was a kid, I remember it coming around all the time and going POW!

#690

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Oct. 14, 2009, 7:48 p.m.

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//in China, servants are buried with their masters Whitacre: Always read the fine print! "'Your manager dies, you go with him!' Oh, that doesn't sound so good!"

#721

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Oct. 20, 2009, 7:48 p.m.

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Whitacre: If you can eat cardboard and turn it into food, you're doing good. The closest we get is that we'll all live in a cardboard box down the road.

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Oct. 20, 2009, 7:51 p.m.

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//talking about the Ten Commandments Whitacre: Wasn't there something about coveting thy neighbor's ass and all that stuff?

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Oct. 22, 2009, 8:47 a.m.

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//talking about how Washington supposedly threw a dollar across the Potomac Whitacre: See, that's how you know a kid is stupid: they throw money instead of rocks. I'd just be on the other side and go, "Hey, kid, do it again!"