AllergicToEverything's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T21:52:39ZRough (idea)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/RoughAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T21:52:39Z2001-07-19T21:52:39ZBack in <a href="/title/high+school">high school</a>, <a href="/title/somehow">somehow</a>, the word "<a href="/title/rough">rough</a>" wove its way into our slang. But, through some bizarre <a href="/title/glitch">glitch</a> in <a href="/title/linguistics">linguistics</a>, the word "rough" came to have two distinct meanings, which were <a href="/title/polar+opposites">polar opposites</a> from each other.
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Rough's original meaning in our slang, I believe, had a negative connotation. Synonyms: "<a href="/title/bummer">bummer</a>", "<a href="/title/no+good">no good</a>", "<a href="/title/ouch">ouch</a>", et cetera:
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<b>X</b>: I got a 60 on the <a href="/title/Algebra">Algebra</a> and <a href="/title/Geometry">Geometry</a> test.<br>
<b>Y</b>: That's rough, guy.
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<b>X</b>: I don't have enough cash on me to buy lunch.<br>
<b>Y</b>: Yo, that's rough, guy.
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<b>X</b>: I hear he doesn't have a date to the <a href="/title/formal">formal</a>.<br>
<b>Y</b>: Yo guy, that's rough.
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Of course, this negative connotation of "rough" existed outside of the sick, twisted world of our high school. Such responses might even make sense to an outside observer. (It wouldn't matter if <b>X</b> were male or female, by the way. If <b>Y</b> is a male, he'll say "guy" no matter what.)
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But somehow, some God-only-knows way, "rou<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Forever - One Reporter's Opinion (idea)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/Forever+-+One+Reporter%2527s+OpinionAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T20:24:52Z2001-07-19T20:24:52ZWell, if you're going to do a write-up with an obscure <a href="/title/pipelink">pipelink</a> reference, it's really not worth it if the node you point to isn't there. I tried pipelinking to "<a href="/title/Forever+-+One+Reporter%2527s+Opinion">Forever - One Reporter's Opinion</a>" in a recent w/u (the displayed text mimicking the <a href="/title/construct">construct</a>), but there was no "Forever - One Reporter's Opinion"!
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Uh, yeah. <em>AN</em>yway, "Forever - One Reporter's Opinion" is a song off <a href="/title/Mike+Watt">Mike Watt</a>'s collabororiffic "<a href="/title/Ball+Hog+Or+Tugboat%253F">Ball-Hog Or Tugboat?</a>". But it's more than that. An original version of that song, titled simply "<a href="/title/One+Reporter%2527s+Opinion">One Reporter's Opinion</a>", is a track from Mike's erstwhile band <a href="/title/The+Minutemen">The Minutemen</a>, from their post-punk <a href="/title/magnum+opus">magnum opus</a> <em><a href="/title/Double+Nickels+on+The+Dime">Double Nickels on The Dime</a></em>. And, of course, there's also no "<a href="/title/One+Reporter%2527s+Opinion">One Reporter's Opinion</a>" node. (<a href="/title/Heck">Heck</a>, <em>all</em> DNOTD songs should be noded, at least the <a href="/title/non-politcal">non-politcal</a> ones, at least the non-political ones on LP 1, as LP 2 is self-admitted "<a href="/title/chaff">chaff</a>" recorded only so they could have a <a href="/title/double+album">double album</a> on <a href="/title/SST+Records">SST Records</a> just like<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Dartmouth College (place)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/Dartmouth+CollegeAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T16:20:37Z2001-07-19T16:20:37Z<strong><u><big><a href="/title/Forever+-+One+Reporter%2527s+Opinion">Dartmouth - One Student's Opinion</a></big></u></strong>
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<li><big><a href="/title/History">History</a></big><p>
The <a href="/title/background">background</a> you'll see to the left is a more-or-less representational <a href="/title/cross-section">cross-section</a> of Dartmouth history. A couple of historical facts (trivia) should be noted:
Dartmouth is the <a href="/title/ninth">ninth</a> oldest <a href="/title/post-secondary">post-secondary</a> <a href="/title/institution">institution</a> in the nation, right behind <a href="/title/kiss+my+ass">Harvard</a> (1636), The <a href="/title/College+of+William+and+Mary">College of William and Mary</a> (1693), <a href="/title/fuck+you">Yale</a> (1701), <a href="/title/rich+snobs">Princeton</a> as The College of New Jersey (1746), <a href="/title/suck+my+cock">Columbia</a> as <a href="/title/King%2527s+College">King's College</a> (1754), <a href="/title/you+are+the+weakest+link...goodbye">UPenn</a> as College of Philadelphia (1755), <a href="/title/who+cares%253F">Brown</a> as College of Rhode Island (1764), and <a href="/title/Rutgers">Rutgers</a> as <a href="/title/Queens+University">Queens University</a> (1767). It is the last institution founded before the <a href="/title/Revolutionary+War">Revolutionary War</a>. Dartmouth sent more students per size of student body to the <a href="/title/Civil+War">Civil War</a> than any college in the <a href="/title/North">North</a>. <em><a href="/title/The+Dartmouth">The Dartmouth</a></em>, our student newspaper, is the oldest<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…The roots of apartheid (idea)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/The+roots+of+apartheidAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T09:18:34Z2001-07-19T09:18:34ZThat's right, kiddies. It's time for another <a href="/title/node+your+homework">node your homework</a> session from <a href="/title/AllergicToEverything">AllergicToEverything</a>. These are some notes I used for a solo <a href="/title/presentation">presentation</a> on <a href="/title/the+roots+of+apartheid">the roots of apartheid</a> in a <a href="/title/seminar">seminar</a> a couple terms back. The notes may be <a href="/title/disjointed">disjointed</a>, but they're informative. The primary (and almost exclusive) source is <a href="/title/Martin+Meredith">Martin Meredith</a>'s biography on <a href="/title/Nelson+Mandela">Nelson Mandela</a>. (In fact, the presentation was to actually summarize a <a href="/title/chapter">chapter</a> of the book.) <a href="/title/Enjoy">Enjoy</a> and <a href="/title/learn">learn</a>.
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History of <a href="/title/apartheid">apartheid</a> can be traced to <a href="/title/Boer+War">Boer War</a>.
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The Boers attacked the British using <a href="/title/guerrilla+warfare">guerrilla warfare</a>, a strategy the <a href="/title/Redcoats">Redcoats</a> were unprepared for. So basically the British’s only option to win the war was to <a href="/title/rape+and+pillage">rape and pillage</a> the Boer towns, deporting Boer men and putting women and children into actual <a href="/title/concentration+camps">concentration camps</a>.
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After the war, <a href="/title/Britain">Britain</a> tried to rescue her new colony’s <a href="/title/white+people">white people</a> from the mess she put him in, but it could only go so far.
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The English-speakers virtually ruled South<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Completeness Axiom (idea)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/Completeness+AxiomAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-19T07:51:28Z2001-07-19T07:51:28ZThe <a href="/title/Completeness+Axiom">Completeness Axiom</a> (of <a href="/title/mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="/title/natch">natch</a>) states that, if a <a href="/title/set">set</a> of <a href="/title/Real+Numbers">Real Numbers</a> has an upper bound, then it has a <strong>least upper bound</strong>, known as a <a href="/title/supremum">supremum</a>. Similarly it has a <strong>greatest lower bound</strong>, known as an <a href="/title/infimum">infimum</a>, if it has a lower bound.
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(A set N is bounded above if there exists a number M such that x ≤ M for all x ∈ N. N is bounded below if there exists M such that x ≥ M for all x ∈ N. A set is "<a href="/title/bounded">bounded</a>" (bounded above and below) if there exists a number M such that |x| ≤ M for all x ∈ N.)
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Note that the supremum (or infimum) need not be in the set. <a href="/title/For+instance">For instance</a>, if you have the set of all real numbers between 0 and 1, inclusive, 1 is the supremum and in the set. However, if you have all real numbers greater than zero but less than 1, 1 is the supremum and <strong>not</strong> in the set.
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My math prof at <a href="/title/Dartmouth">The D</a> explained that it's because of the Completeness Axiom that the Greeks didn't<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Indian Resistance In South Africa (idea)http://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything/writeups/Indian+Resistance+In+South+AfricaAllergicToEverythinghttp://everything2.com/user/AllergicToEverything2001-07-18T07:12:09Z2001-07-18T07:12:09Z<p align="center"><big><big><strong><u>Indian Resistance in <a href="/title/South+Africa">South Africa</a></u></strong></big></big>
<p align="center"><big><u><a href="/title/Brothers">Brothers</a> in Struggle</u></big></p>
<a href="/title/Indians">Indians</a> first emigrated from their homeland to South Africa in 1860. The first influx arrived in <a href="/title/Natal">Natal</a> to labor in the sugar fields. Then, from about 1872, merchants and traders began to immigrate into
the country. A <a href="/title/bourgeoisie">bourgeoisie</a> of teachers, nurses, and clerks began to develop in Natal around 1900. Though these diasporic Indians spoke different tongues and professed all three of the salient faiths of the
<a href="/title/Indian+subcontinent">Indian subcontinent</a> (<a href="/title/Hinduism">Hinduism</a>, <a href="/title/Islam">Islam</a>, and <a href="/title/Christianity">Christianity</a>), they found unity as “The Indian Community” in their new home, something they would not have been able to do in the old country. Though marked
tensions existed between the classes within the Indian Community, the Indians managed to co-exist “in relative harmony.” [1] However, until the mid-1940’s, despite both being socially and economically<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…