TheDumbBlonde: Perhaps, but Cambridge is the superior school.

Quite right. Oxford's a dump.



/Hull for the win

Dr Devinder Singh was in police custody following the death of his colleague Steven Rawlings

but which was Dr Singh and which was Mr Rawlings ???

I am honestly not surprised it was an Indian professor that murdered him, every Indian tutor and lecturer I've ever had always looked about two paces from snapping. Must be their whole "dog eat dog" education mentality.

Granted, I do Computer Science and anyone that teaches it is more apt to fall asleep than kill someone.

Guess I haven't read all that many Daily Mail articles, but in this one the irrelevant crap just jumped out......someone needs to attends newswriting classes.

I approve of this method for remediating tenure for crappy professors.

It's been a while since I saw or heard the use of "straight up", subby.

Terrified Asexual Forcemeat: It's been a while since I saw or heard the use of "straight up", subby.

Not sure if that's compliment or criticism there.

In other news, that was greenlight #100. Not shabby for a fark liter, if I can boast for a minute.

You mean the University at Oxford...or Ole Miss?

That is how they do it at the UU.

Count_0: That is how they do it at the UU.

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Came to make UU reference. Leave happy.

Please let them work this in to the Big Bang TV show ----

Raj wipes out the rest of the cast in a argument over darkmatter and string theory -- The End

( on a side note I personally would want to see the Theoretical physicist who came up with " the great infinite negative sea " Tortured . something about that all electrons were suppose to fall in to it because of entropy, and the reason they have not was "the infinite sea" was full , at that point I tossed the book across the room and pledged my life to see that man driven from the realm of civilized men to live out his life on an uncharted island eating larvae and coconuts , but I think he is dead already , and forgot his name , and tossed the book so that whole revenge thing kinda got swallowed up by lazyness procrastination and apathy .

What ever --- Big Bang Theory Sucks!

That's University of Oxford, subby. You'll get yourself stabbed using the wrong order.

Pffft, amateur (new window)

Otherwise mild-mannered geologists used to swear at each other while arguing over plate tectonics. Careers hung in the balance.

doglover: Again, no. I used to major in physics and I've met a lot of scientists over the years. Astronomers and chemists were the weirdest.

I'm pretty sure high-energy folks could give them a run for their money.

Magic_Button: I personally would want to see the Theoretical physicist who came up with " the great infinite negative sea " Tortured . something about that all electrons were suppose to fall in to it because of entropy, and the reason they have not was "the infinite sea" was full , at that point I tossed the book across the room and pledged my life to see that man driven from the realm of civilized men to live out his life on an uncharted island eating larvae and coconuts

Not only that, he came up with these pseudo-mathematical functions that aren't really functions and even thought there was some sort of parallel matter that could destroy regular matter. Real kook.

Don't piss off the sikhs.

Moriarty?

They already knew that...

ANd nobody bothered to pat down that dude's ZZ Top beard for possible weapons or poisons?

SomethingToDo: That's University of Oxford, subby. You'll get yourself stabbed using the wrong order.

Nope, it's Oxford University to old members. Actually, it's just Oxford or Oxon.

/if you're asking, yes.

Seventeen years in academia, and I can attest that grudges and slights--real or perceived--can get out of control. I once had a colleague who refused to speak to me for years because, as he finally told me when I asked, "When I was denied promotion, you were not sufficiently outraged."

Well now. There you have it. I just feel sorry for his wife.

I didn't attend Oxford, but have been there for work related things, and the intensity (and eccentricity) there is off the charts.

Also, I was told there would be no math. . .

You don't fark with Oxford, you don't fark with Sikhs, and you don't fark with the motherfarking Comma

doglover: Have you ever read anything by Fienman about his time working on the bomb? He committed HIGH TREASON because he was bored. But he luckily knew the only guy who could turn him in and talked him down.

It's spelled "Feinmann".

/Sorry, pet peeve.

Leonor Watlin thread?

/Bus driver did it.

Nice try Islam, this is not the guy that created the baseball glove. America and baseball rules! (and Knibb high football)

b0rscht: cyberbenali: Pffft, amateur (new window)

Something a little more recent:

Amy Bishop (new window)

Mostly academics just carry deep grudges for years and years (if not decades) and take any opportunity they can to screw with people when they have the chance. At least that's what I've seen - and it's mostly the do-nothing douchebags who stopped doing research 20 years ago.

As they say, the fights are so vicious in academia because the stakes are so low.

I don't remember hearing about that incident. Thanks.

The fall-out from the Concordia shooting was widespread. Some of his allegations (fiscal irregularities and authorship conflicts) were founded and I'm sure that didn't scratch the surface (3 presidents since 2007 and 5 vice-presidents in 5 years is suspect).

In fairness, Fabrikant still makes news headlines every couple of years or so. Despite his incarceration, he publishes his opinions through intermediaries (his wife and son supposedly). Have a look in the comments (new window). It's narcissism at its finest.

Anecdote is of course not the plural of data.

True, but I was told there would be no math. :-)

TheDumbBlonde: DammitIForgotMyLogin: It's always nice to see one's old college in the news.

Perhaps, but Cambridge is the superior school.

That was a rather insensitive remark. Not everyone can get into Cambridge. You may have hurt his feelings.

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This all could've been prevented if everyone carried guns, amirite?