Oh, also I'm kind of having trouble finding Web pages which talk about the whole idea of "different number systems" aside from just defining them. If anyone comes up with a good, not-too-complicated page about it, could you let me know? Or, for that matter, if you've got something you think should be said about the topic, also let me know!
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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.
Emily - Jul 13, 2005 10:53:16 am PDT #9627 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
shrift - Jul 13, 2005 10:59:11 am PDT #9628 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
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Oh gawd - an animated .gif that had me laughing outloud: Love your job
Heh. This has been me, like, every day this week!
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Daisy Jane - Jul 13, 2005 11:01:06 am PDT #9629 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Hmm. I'm trying to think of a situation in which a child would have one set of rules for one thing and another for something else.
Like maybe bedtime during school days, and bedtime on weekends.
What time is your bedtime? It depends on whether we are using weekday rules or weekend rules. The set of numbers we're using are like weekday rules, stricter so that we can play with the weekend numbers.
Emily - Jul 13, 2005 11:03:30 am PDT #9630 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Or a doll with bendy knees versus one without. They're both dolls, but you can't bend the knees of one. You can break them, but you can't make them be bendy. And besides, the doll doesn't owe you that much money.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2005 11:04:30 am PDT #9631 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
DavidS - Jul 13, 2005 11:06:43 am PDT #9632 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Children just learning about addition and subtraction are often told that they can't subtract a larger number from a smaller one. Why? Sometimes these children have already learned outside of class about negative numbers. How would you explain, as simply as possible, to these children why their teacher is apparently lying to them?
Isn't that why we have whachamacallit...uh, natural (counting) numbers? It's an opportunity to discuss sets!
Theodosia - Jul 13, 2005 11:07:25 am PDT #9633 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
reminds self to find a copy of Lies My Teacher Taught Me for Emily....
Matt the Bruins fan - Jul 13, 2005 11:07:41 am PDT #9634 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
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Don't count your poutine before it's hatched - there's still a week in which both the Board of Governors and the membership of the NHLPA have to vote the agreement through, and Jeremy Roenick is still publicly griping that the players (namely, him) aren't getting what they deserve with this deal.
Jesse - Jul 13, 2005 11:08:19 am PDT #9635 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
NYC Subway Google map!
I just saw that. SO COOL. Although it does nothing to clear up for me which R stop is closer to my house. I will continue to base my choice on time of day and where I'm going, I guess.
Nutty - Jul 13, 2005 11:13:25 am PDT #9636 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
the whole idea of "different number systems" aside from just defining them.
You mean, like, base-8 and stuff? I wish, when I was a kid learning that stuff, that somebody had pointed out that telling time is a "different number system" and I do that with ease. Time is all base-12 and base-60, which can be frustrating, when you are adding up the seconds on several different video clips, and can only find a calculator that works in base-10.
This also gives you the opportunity to introduce the word "eleventy", which every child should learn.