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UPenn Professor Solving DiffEQ on Scratchpad Causes Plane to Return to Gate

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday May 08 2016, @11:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the I-can't-solve-DiffEq-with-a-computer dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

This just in from the front lines of the War on the Unusual:

University of Pennsylvania economics professor Guido Menzio was solving a set of differential equations on a plane departing the Philadelphia airport when the woman next to him surreptitiously passed a note to a flight attendant telling them she thought he was a terrorist because of the strange things he was writing on a pad of paper. The plane returned to the gate where he was questioned. At least this time the pilot had enough sense not to kick him off the flight.

Remember folks, if you see something say something!

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @12:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @12:26AM (#343361)

    You expect the average uneducated american to know the difference between greek and arabic?

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Monday May 09 2016, @02:54AM

    by hemocyanin (186) on Monday May 09 2016, @02:54AM (#343413) Journal

    No, but between paper and a bomb? yes.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @07:34AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @07:34AM (#343489)

      Paper covers bomb.
      Bomb smashes scissors.
      Scissors cut paper.
      None of these are allowed aboard the aircraft. 💣🎫💇

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday May 09 2016, @03:02AM

    by c0lo (156) on Monday May 09 2016, @03:02AM (#343416) Journal

    You expect the average uneducated american to know the difference between greek and arabic?

    Yeah, naah... it's all greek to me.

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