I flunked Geometry.
I'm okay with that.
Mal: Take your people and go. Captain: You would have done the same. Mal: We can already see I haven't.
'Out Of Gas'
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[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Nov 15, 2008 10:08:58 am PST #1393 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
Laura - Nov 15, 2008 10:11:53 am PST #1394 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
I only took Algebra and Geometry then took business type math in college. Statistics and Quantitative methods. DH took Calculus and Trigonometry in college and tutored, but 20 years of not thinking about it leaves him just as clueless as me. At least I do enjoy the process of learning it so I can help him. But seriously, math hard.
d - Nov 15, 2008 10:14:09 am PST #1395 of 10000
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
I scored a 410 for math on both SAT and GRE tests. At least I'm consistent?
Happy Birthday Spider Girl!
Need to go for a run. Have put of running entirely this week. Shame on me.
Hil R. - Nov 15, 2008 10:18:12 am PST #1396 of 10000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Sigh. I just put down a glass of water I was drinking, and didn't realize there was another glass right on the spot on the floor where I was putting the current one, and the bottom glass broke. At least it didn't shatter -- just two big pieces broke off, and I found both of them.
vw bug - Nov 15, 2008 10:20:24 am PST #1397 of 10000
Mostly lurking...
Apparently, I need to be more specific in my instructions to CBD. This morning I said, "Please don't electrocute yourself; I don't want to spend the day in the ER." So, instead, he fell down the stairs and sprained his ankle (it was the size of a tennis ball), and we spent the day in the ER. Good times!
Laura - Nov 15, 2008 10:25:57 am PST #1398 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
Heh, I have done that exact thing with the glass, Hil. Usually I notice before getting to the breaking point though. Habit of always putting the glass in the same spot.
{{CBD and vw}} No fun.
Laura - Nov 15, 2008 10:44:21 am PST #1399 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
DH just got back to the office and I told him I got the missing step from the Buffistas. He asked if it was Hil that helped me out. I didn't realize he paid that much attention when I told him about you guys.
dcp - Nov 15, 2008 10:52:26 am PST #1400 of 10000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Ooh, algebra fun!
Laura, I'm not sure how you got to x² - 2x = 3 in that problem, but I think you're making the problem more complicated than it needs to be. Convert each term in the original so that they all have the common denominator of 4(x+1), then the rest is easy.
Laura - Nov 15, 2008 11:01:23 am PST #1401 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
Thanks! I'll make him look at it that way.
He is now onto i imaginary number stuff that is causing him to check out the rafters for hanging a noose. He mumbled something about discriminates, but he was fairly incoherent. He's working through it on his own now. Searching out tutorial links on line. He only comes to me when desperate.
Barb - Nov 15, 2008 11:06:46 am PST #1402 of 10000
“Not dead yet!”
::thanks the gods again that husband is ABD in biostatistics and epidemiology, which means he gets to help the kids with math forever more::