2008 Woodie Awards
Geek of the Week
Casey Downling, Freshman: Geology
By Satira Tajdin-Labib
9/10/07 - Features
[Oredigger]What is your best geek joke?
[Dowling] Three engineering students were walking down the street discussing what kind of engineer designed the human body. The First said; "A Mechanical engineer, look at the joints and tendons." The second replied; "No an Electrical engineer, look at the complexity of the nervous system." The last replied; "No, definitely a Civil engineer - who else would have run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"
What is the geekiest thing you have ever done?
For posters in my dorm, I took a bunch of USGS Topo maps and pieced together the continental divide from The Eisenhower Tunnel to Breckenridge.
What is the geekiest thing you have seen at Mines?
When my buddy and I were talking about water skiing, and he got into a huge debate with another guy on whether it was centrifugal or centripetal force that kept someone up in the water while skiing.
What's the coolest thing in Science?
The fact that we can never be certain about anything.
What is your favorite math "thing"?
Any problem that takes up a few pages, because it feels awesome when you solve it and get it right. It's horrible if you get it wrong though.
What is the longest consecutive time you have spent on the computer?
Actually, I'm still trying to figure out how to work my computer.
Do you consider yourself a geek?
Yep. I figured that out when I started snowboarding and realized I had just as much fun observing the mechanical aspects of the chairlifts as I did riding down the hill.
What's the whole deal with the pens in the front shirt pocket?
You never know when you're going to need to draw a good dot model.
[Dowling] Three engineering students were walking down the street discussing what kind of engineer designed the human body. The First said; "A Mechanical engineer, look at the joints and tendons." The second replied; "No an Electrical engineer, look at the complexity of the nervous system." The last replied; "No, definitely a Civil engineer - who else would have run a toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"
What is the geekiest thing you have ever done?
For posters in my dorm, I took a bunch of USGS Topo maps and pieced together the continental divide from The Eisenhower Tunnel to Breckenridge.
What is the geekiest thing you have seen at Mines?
When my buddy and I were talking about water skiing, and he got into a huge debate with another guy on whether it was centrifugal or centripetal force that kept someone up in the water while skiing.
What's the coolest thing in Science?
The fact that we can never be certain about anything.
What is your favorite math "thing"?
Any problem that takes up a few pages, because it feels awesome when you solve it and get it right. It's horrible if you get it wrong though.
What is the longest consecutive time you have spent on the computer?
Actually, I'm still trying to figure out how to work my computer.
Do you consider yourself a geek?
Yep. I figured that out when I started snowboarding and realized I had just as much fun observing the mechanical aspects of the chairlifts as I did riding down the hill.
What's the whole deal with the pens in the front shirt pocket?
You never know when you're going to need to draw a good dot model.
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