http://slugwiki.mit.edu/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=18.238.6.193&feedformat=atomSlugWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:59:40ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.25.2http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=James_Houghton&diff=727James Houghton2005-12-16T04:14:17Z<p>18.238.6.193: </p>
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<div>(no relation to James Houghton, Senior fellow of the Haarvard Corporation)<br />
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James is your local gentlemen from Texas. Or England. No one really knows. James aided in building [[cocoa table]], among other projects.<br />
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| picture description=James has fancy ties.<br />
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| hometown=Houston, TX<br />
| course=16, 8<br />
| class=2008<br />
| date of birth=12/25/85<br />
| room=W411<br />
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[[Category: Slugs]]</div>18.238.6.193http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=16.0(1,2,3,4)&diff=57716.0(1,2,3,4)2005-12-14T02:22:00Z<p>18.238.6.193: /* Unified Engineering */</p>
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<div>==Unified Engineering==<br />
(16.01 + 16.02) + (16.03 + 16.04), the classes collectively known as unified, consist of 5 subsections, (Fluids, Thermodynamics, Materials and Structures, Signals and Systems, Computers and Programming) linked together by a common teaching staff and (somewhat) coordinated lectures.<br />
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It is the general belief of most students at the institvte that Unified is one of the most hard-core classes at MIT. Known to unified students alone, apparently, is the fact that it's really very easy, if you just approach it as 2 classes instead of one. <br />
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THe topics in unified tend to be glossed over, so that despite covering just about all subjects related to aerospace design, you dont go into enough depth to feel like you actually know anything.<br />
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The major advantage to taking unified as opposed to (2.001 + 2.005 + 6.001 + 16.05 + 6.003) is that the tests are on different days, and there is a small group of people who you can work with to do just about everything.<br />
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==Attempts to screw over students==<br />
Unified is technically listed as two subjects, which means that technically, one of those subjects can have a problem set the week before finals, and the other one can have an exam. <br />
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Also, as the class covers multiple discliplines, the "final exam" is really 2 independant exams, covering different material, in the same time slot. This can (and does) lead to the unfortunate possibility of having 5 different exams in two consecutive days. whoopee.</div>18.238.6.193http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Hosed&diff=1385Hosed2005-09-27T04:00:23Z<p>18.238.6.193: </p>
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<div>Hosed: (adj)<br />
When a certain quantity of work is required by the institvte, with a disproportionately less quantity of time to do it in. <br />
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<math>H=P*(W/t)</math><br />
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H=hosedness,<br />
P=Punting (distractions/hour),<br />
W=Work Assigned - Work Ignored (assignments),<br />
t=time(hours)<br />
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Example:<br />
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James has 6 unified problems due tomorrow, an n-question physics take-home quiz on thurdsay, and a 10 question relativity p-set due friday. He also has 2 physics p-sets from previous weeks to catch up on, (but will probably punt them so they are subtracted out)<br />
--><math>(W = 16+n)</math><br />
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James went hiking all weekend, in New York, and is currently writing an entry for the wiki. <br />
--><math>(P = 30d/h)</math> <br />
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James has approximately 20 minutes till he experiences mental meltdown for the evening <br />
--><math>(t = .3)</math><br />
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Thus:<br />
--><math>H = (30d/h)*(16+n)/(.3)</math> = about usual.<br />
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[[Category: MIT Slang]]</div>18.238.6.193http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Hosed&diff=1384Hosed2005-09-27T03:59:09Z<p>18.238.6.193: </p>
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<div>Hosed: (adj)<br />
When a certain quantity of work is required by the institvte, with a disproportionately less quantity of time to do it in. <br />
<br />
<math>H=P*(W/t)</math><br />
<br />
H=hosedness,<br />
P=Punting (distractions/hour),<br />
W=Work Assigned - Work Ignored (assignments),<br />
t=time(hours)<br />
<br />
<br />
Example:<br />
<br />
James has 6 unified problems due tomorrow, an n-question physics take-home quiz on thurdsay, and a 10 question relativity p-set due friday. He also has 2 physics p-sets from previous weeks to catch up on, (but will probably punt them so they are subtracted out)<br />
--><math>(W = 16+n)</math><br />
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James went hiking all weekend, in New York, and is currently writing an entry for the wiki. <br />
--><math>(P = 30d/h)</math> <br />
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James has approximately 20 minutes till he experiences mental meltdown for the evening <br />
--><math>(t = 20*60)</math><br />
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Thus:<br />
--><math>H = (30d/h)*(16+n)/(.3)</math> = about usual.<br />
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[[Category: MIT Slang]]</div>18.238.6.193http://slugwiki.mit.edu/index.php?title=Hosed&diff=1383Hosed2005-09-27T03:55:04Z<p>18.238.6.193: Hosedness, as a function of Punting</p>
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<div>Hosed: (adj)<br />
When a certain quantity of work is required by the institvte, with a disproportionately less quantity of time to do it in. <br />
<br />
<math>H=P*(W/t)</math><br />
<br />
H=hosedness,<br />
P=Punting (distractions/hour),<br />
W=Work Assigned - Work Ignored (assignments),<br />
t=time(hours)<br />
<br />
<br />
Example:<br />
<br />
James has 6 unified problems due tomorrow, an n-question physics take-home quiz on thurdsay, and a 10 question relativity p-set due friday. He also has 2 physics p-sets from previous weeks to catch up on, (but will probably punt them so they are subtracted out)<br />
--><math>(W = 16+n)</math><br />
<br />
James went hiking all weekend, in New York, and is currently writing an entry for the wiki. <br />
--><math>(P = 30d/h)</math> <br />
<br />
James has approximately 20 minutes till he experiences mental meltdown for the evening <br />
--><math>(t = 20*60)</math><br />
<br />
Thus:<br />
--><math>H = (30d/h)*(16+n)/(.3)</math> = about usual.</div>18.238.6.193