Mind you, they seem to think it's a problem testing an understanding of integral calculus
Well, I suppose it is, just a really trivial example.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
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.
Gudanov - Jun 07, 2005 8:58:53 am PDT #59 of 10001
Coding and Sleeping
DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 8:59:14 am PDT #60 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
[silly me, fearing the cereal.]
"Don't fear the cereal" was originally going to be the title of Blue Oyster Cult's biggest hit. Then they realized the Grim Reaper was potentially more terrifying than Captain Crunch. True story.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 9:00:34 am PDT #61 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Romeo and Juliet are eating cereal in harmony
Scrappy - Jun 07, 2005 9:01:22 am PDT #62 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
It IS fun, especially the patient yet deeply tortured expression on the pup's face as she suffers the whole process, including pleading looks over her shoulder as, horrors!, the warm water is poured over her.
JohnSweden - Jun 07, 2005 9:02:01 am PDT #63 of 10001
I can't even.
Slashdot's take on the Spam-a-lot Tony wins:
Monty Python's SPAMalot Wins 5, no, 3 Tony Awards
Emily - Jun 07, 2005 9:02:50 am PDT #64 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
I think, -t, (among other things, I think that I can't start a line with your name) that your calculations leave out the fact that it starts from 100 rather than from 0, so to both your triangles need to be added little rectangles, like so:
0.5(0.5(500)) {triangle} + 0.5(100) {teensy rectangle} + 6*300 + 0.5(1(500)) {triangle} + 1(100) {little but not teensy rectangle} = 125 + 50 + 1800 + 250 + 100 = 2325
I think that I also left that out the first time I computed it, so let that be a lesson to me.
amych - Jun 07, 2005 9:03:59 am PDT #65 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jon, loving you and FAQWife even more post-update. Awww.
katefate - Jun 07, 2005 9:04:57 am PDT #66 of 10001
Frail my heart apart and play me a little Shady Grove
Loving the horror-cereal-dog-washing mathiness, but alas, my students are here.
Smooches all around.
t drive-by tacklehug for DX while sneaking out the back door
DavidS - Jun 07, 2005 9:05:11 am PDT #67 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jon, loving you and FAQWife even more post-update. Awww.
I too am gooey with the schmoop, not unlike a molten chocolate dessert of pure love.
tommyrot - Jun 07, 2005 9:06:07 am PDT #68 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think, -t, (among other things, I think that I can't start a line with your name) that your calculations leave out the fact that it starts from 100 rather than from 0, so to both your triangles need to be added little rectangles, like so:
Which is why I took the average. Which basicly is chopping the triangle parts in half and rearranging them to make rectangles.