TUESDAY MARCH 14 (03.14) IS PI DAY -- When Math Geeks, Students & Quants Can Have Their Pi and Eat It Too NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2006--It's Pi Day because the date is 3/14 -- the first three digits of Pi. It's celebrated across the United States by Math nerds, students, teachers and professors, from elementary school to university, and even die-hard … [Read more...] about Another Geek Pride Day!
Caught in an endless loop…the ISA Umbrella Organization
Fifteen Years Later, It's Deja Vu All Over Again! Walt, I thought I got hit in the head and woke up repeating my life from 15 years ago when I read your blog. Luckily, the web has lots of good content so I used it to confirm that we were repeating life from 15 years ago. I'm refering to the minutes of the May 13, 1991 ISA Board meeting (shortly after my 26th … [Read more...] about Caught in an endless loop…the ISA Umbrella Organization
About criticism of ISA…
I've been privately advised that there are people in ISA's management, both staff and volunteer, who are very upset at me for taking what they see as "shots" at ISA. Frankly, they can be as upset as they want. The day I stop arguing for a better ISA, one that better serves its members, and its stakeholders, is the day I finally come to the conclusion that the organization is … [Read more...] about About criticism of ISA…
More from the Oil Sands Conference
For a complete change of pace, the next speaker was Gerald Liu, speaking as an ISA member. He really works for Syncrude but hadn't had time to clear his presentation with the corporate hoodoos in charge of such things. Gerald provided a provocative theory on why control valves fail often. His presentation will be an article in an upcoming CONTROL magazine issue, and just let me … [Read more...] about More from the Oil Sands Conference
ISA Call for Papers for EXPO 2006
ISA has once again issued its call for papers for the technical conference in Houston. I am posting it below to give everybody the opportunity of providing a response to the call. ISA paper sessions have suffered greatly over the past ten years, mostly from non-attendance and the fact that real authorities don't want to give papers at ISA any more. There are a number of reasons … [Read more...] about ISA Call for Papers for EXPO 2006
