He should have picked on someone his own size.
That narrows the field a bit.
I'm very sorry if she tipped off anyone about your cunningly concealed herd of cows.
Simon ,'Safe'
What Happens in Natter 35 Stays in Natter 35
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Cashmere - Jun 06, 2005 8:22:14 am PDT #9629 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
-t - Jun 06, 2005 8:22:27 am PDT #9630 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
the Abstract Algebra and differential equations were for high school. Middle school teachers only need Algebra (er... concrete algebra? I kind of thought algebra was abstract in and of itself) and calculus through integrals. Doesn't that make you feel better?
A little. Very little.
Abstract algebra:algebra::algebra:arithmetic, in abstraction. once you've mastered that 2+2=4, and 2+x=4 -> x=2 and x+y=4 describes a line in the (x,y) plane, you can start talking about what you can say about a set if you know that it' elements are closed under some operation * and don't have the commutative property. That sort of thing. Fun, in a fairly mind-blowing sort of way that I'm not sure should be readily available to high school students.
JZ - Jun 06, 2005 8:27:46 am PDT #9631 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
t hearts Rick to pieces
Emily - Jun 06, 2005 8:28:31 am PDT #9632 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I thought that was number theory, though.
I guess I should know this stuff, huh? I'm pretty bad at taxonomy, to be honest with you. Maybe History of Math will help with that?
Connie Neil - Jun 06, 2005 8:31:20 am PDT #9633 of 10001
brillig
Connie, my dad has one that I don't think he uses anymore. Want me to see if he wants to sell?
Certainly, I'd be very grateful. I have to stop making elephant jokes about Hubby now.
-t - Jun 06, 2005 8:38:08 am PDT #9634 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Number Theory is more concretely about numbers and how they behave while Abstract Algebra deals with elements that have certain properties that may or may not be illustrable with numbers. Most of what I remember from Number Theory had to do with primes, but I didn't have a very good professor.
And History of Math helps with a lot of things, I found.
We've got a good thunderstorm going, power threatening to go out, and I am alone in the office. Good thing the computer is on an UPS.
shrift - Jun 06, 2005 8:43:32 am PDT #9635 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
This is the day that never ends. My cranky goes to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
msbelle - Jun 06, 2005 8:44:23 am PDT #9636 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Someone will be over right away to take care of that.
Can you see if Danny Masterson is available?
outside, not as hot or sticky as I feared.
msbelle - Jun 06, 2005 8:47:38 am PDT #9637 of 10001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ita, Best Buy and Circuit City have them online, so I assume they'd have them in store also.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 06, 2005 8:54:35 am PDT #9638 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Timelies! Aaand that's about all I got. "Not bad for a Monday" is about all today has going for it.
At least the instant summer has abated slightly. I just can't deal with summer when it gets dropped on me like an anvil. Especially when I'm trying to get a whirlwind trip to Maine in, so I'm stuck for 5 hours in my car w/out ac.