Comments on: Sister Mary and Sunday evening scrawl http://nonbreakingspace.com/scrawl/sister-mary-and-sunday-evening-scrawl/ a digital expression of an analog impulse Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:21:33 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: EllenS http://nonbreakingspace.com/scrawl/sister-mary-and-sunday-evening-scrawl/comment-page-1/#comment-1517 EllenS Fri, 08 May 2009 12:58:56 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/?p=1599#comment-1517 Sorry - I've only been half functional this week. <br><br>Yes, the "Mathy" is within context of talking about matrix population but in my role of "data b!tch" within a data warehouse department, it gets used to talk about how an attribute might be stored in the warehouse. Some night when you have insomnia, call me and I can discuss linear algebra or data warehousing until I hear zzzzz's on the other end of the phone. I am very aware that what interests me does not interest people with even a smattering of normality to them.... Sorry – I've only been half functional this week.

Yes, the “Mathy” is within context of talking about matrix population but in my role of “data b!tch” within a data warehouse department, it gets used to talk about how an attribute might be stored in the warehouse. Some night when you have insomnia, call me and I can discuss linear algebra or data warehousing until I hear zzzzz's on the other end of the phone. I am very aware that what interests me does not interest people with even a smattering of normality to them….

]]> By: howard http://nonbreakingspace.com/scrawl/sister-mary-and-sunday-evening-scrawl/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 howard Mon, 04 May 2009 23:11:32 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/?p=1599#comment-1480 I know a lot of folks who say "sparse", <br>though most of them are at least a decade out of high school. <br><br>That said, mathy? Really? I know a lot of folks who say “sparse”,
though most of them are at least a decade out of high school.

That said, mathy? Really?

]]> By: EllenS http://nonbreakingspace.com/scrawl/sister-mary-and-sunday-evening-scrawl/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 EllenS Mon, 04 May 2009 20:04:27 +0000 http://nonbreakingspace.com/?p=1599#comment-1476 I use sparse, but I'm a "Mathy" and consider it part of that part of my vocabulary. When I use the word I usually get the same stares of death as when I use other "Mathy" words. <br><br>When I am in full airhead mode and forget to shut the math brain off, I get all "dichotomy this" and "partition that" and get all sorts of glazed eye responses. I use sparse, but I'm a “Mathy” and consider it part of that part of my vocabulary. When I use the word I usually get the same stares of death as when I use other “Mathy” words.

When I am in full airhead mode and forget to shut the math brain off, I get all “dichotomy this” and “partition that” and get all sorts of glazed eye responses.

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