Parallell regndans

(det gjordes flera stora musikalfilmer under 50-talet)

The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props
The reviewers that mock you when you're down

The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops
The supervisor who always leaves town

The opening when your hopes are oh so high

The closing when the financing is dry

There is no science like hard science
Like no science I know (!)

Everything about it is concealing
Every cheat an audit will allow

When you aren't stealing that extra bow
There's no students like phd students
They smile when they are low

...

There's no science like hard science
If you tell me it's so
Traveling to a conference is so thrilling
Standing in the lab all-thru nights
Smiling as you watch the calendar filling
With teaching and all those petty fights

There's no students like phd students
They smile when they are low
Even with a turkey that you know will fold
You may be stranded out in the cold
Still you wouldn't trade it for a sack o'gold
Whatever the data will show
Whatever the data will show!
Will show!
Will show!

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Moment 22

Begreppet "vanishing moments" syftar på moment (väntevärden för varierande exponent) som blir, eller i alla fall går mot, noll. Olika graders Daubechies-wavelets har olika antal där. Riktigt vad man gör med språkändringar, i drivor, som man själv tycker är av tveksam kvalitet, är oklart. Förmodligen gör man det ena och sedan det andra. Jag tror mig ha kommit fram till att jag är måttligt road av rå köttfärs i alla fall. Kladdigt var ordet, sa Bill. Kladdigt, sa Bull. Dumbommar, sa Måns.