Comment on A teaser by D. Eppstein

Isn't it as simple as: look at the bounding box; some simplex within the box is full, so V = Omega(volume), but each line in the direction of the box's longest dimension has at most one maximal point.

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You know it is festival time in Arhus when…

1. [A big kitsch advertisement announce it from afar][1]
2. There are big tents throughout town.
3. The city is decorated with [underwear][2].
(The main theme of the festival this year seems to be women (see [here][3]), but maybe Womania in Danish means women underwear, who knows.)

4. [A line of women waiting to enter a department store][4] - only women are allowed in (well, they have to buy new clothing, now that the decrations are complete).
5. [These huge unsafe gas cylinders][5] are in fact completely safe beer kegs.
6. [Royal yacht is in town][6].

In my next blog entry: "Is it just disgusting, or is it beer?"

[1]: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/pictures/x/travel/06/08/31/all/1082h.html

[2]: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/pictures/x/travel/06/08/31/all/1084h.html

[3]: http://www.aarhusfestuge.dk/aarhusfestuge/festuge2006.nsf

[4]: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/pictures/x/travel/06/08/31/all/1093h.html

[5]: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/pictures/x/travel/06/08/31/all/1096h.html

[6]: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/~sariel/pictures/x/travel/06/08/31/all/1147h.html

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Handling rejection

Here is the ultimate rejection letter (this is old and you might have seen it before - I reject your complaints on the topic). Every once in awhile I fell like sending it to a PC that rejects one of my magnum [opera][1]…

_
Dear Admissions Committee:

Having reviewed the many rejection letters I have received in the last few weeks, it is with great regret that I must inform you I am unable to accept your rejection at this time.

This year, after applying to a great many colleges and universities, I received an especially fine crop of rejection letters. Unfortunately, the number of rejections that I can accept is limited.

Each of my rejections was reviewed carefully and on an individual basis. Many factors were taken into account - the size of the institution, student-faculty ratio, location, reputation, costs and social atmosphere.

I am certain that most colleges I applied to are more than qualified to reject me. I am also sure that some mistakes were made in turning away some of these rejections. I can only hope they were few in number.

I am aware of the keen disappointment my decison may bring. Throughout my deliberations, I have kept in mind the time and effort it may have taken for you to reach your decision to reject me.

Keep in mind that at times it was necessary for me to reject even those letters of rejection that would normally have met my traditionally high standards.

I appreciate your having enough interest in me to reject my application. Let me take the opportunity to wish you well in what I am sure will be a successful academic year.

SEE YOU IN THE FALL!

Sincerely,
Paul Devlin
Applicant at Large
_

From [here][2].

[1]: http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861635272/opus.html

[2]: http://www.collegiatechoice.com/myaccept.htm

URL: http://valis.cs.uiuc.edu/blog/index.php/archives/2006/07/27/handling-rejection/

[Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity] Comment: "Discrete integration?"

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Comment:
Something is weird.

I keep typing an inequality. But perhaps I just mean a (1+- epsilon) approximation to K.

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Comment on A simple proof? by Sariel Har-Peled

I fixed the link problem. It seems to be some problem with wordpress. A hack of apache avoids this…

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[Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity] Comment: "What I did in my spring vacation"

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Comment:
is this the big flat? where are the corns? :P

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Comment on Lady Lazarus by m

you can also catch her reading here:
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/outloud/plath.shtml][1]

[1]: http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/poetry/outloud/plath.shtml

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