(I usually go through a quick history of calculus lesson in my Calc I classes, to explain why we have both the f'(x) notation and the dy/dx notation, and what they actually mean.)
Cool. I think I'd find this very interesting.
Right. Piano. Because that's what we used to kill that big demon that one time. No, wait. That was a rocket launcher.
Xander ,'Touched'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2009 7:46:02 am PDT #4888 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
-t - Aug 21, 2009 7:48:11 am PDT #4889 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Fluxion, why didn't we adopt that term?
Depending on who you ask either (a) continental conspiracy or (b) because it goes with Newton's unwieldy notation with the dots over the variables that is so much more of a pain than Leibniz's dx/dt when you increase the order of the derivative.
I'm really glad to hear that, Hil. I didn't, in some fundamental ways, get Calculus until I learned the historical development, even though I learned how to do all the taking of derivatives and integrating functions and whatnot without historical context.
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2009 7:49:05 am PDT #4890 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Newton's unwieldy notation with the dots over the variables
Not many people know this, but this is because Newton was into heavy metal.
msbelle - Aug 21, 2009 7:51:27 am PDT #4891 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
stupid insurance company. they just called trying to get me to say bad things about the hospital.
and in answer to my question of what can I do should we have an emergency again, that will make this LESS of a FIGHT. Basically he said that unless the danger zone hits WHILE we are with a mental care professional that we have been in the care of, there will probably always be a fight. ME, THE PARENT, THE INSURED - me saying it is an emergency HOLDS NO GROUND! What I can do to make it smoother is to go to their ONE approved hospital. A hospital we have no connection with at all. A hospital that is not taking any children into their outpatient services at the moment, so I cannot even start trying to get know. JACKASS still tried to play it off like they were helping me. HATE!
Frankenbuddha - Aug 21, 2009 7:51:57 am PDT #4892 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If I didn't know better, I'd assume this had been written by our own billytea under an alias: [link]
-t - Aug 21, 2009 7:54:17 am PDT #4893 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, msbelle, that's terrible. I am so angry on your behalf!
tommyrot - Aug 21, 2009 7:55:32 am PDT #4894 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
"The Sugar Bears" Cardboard Flexi-Disc (from Sugar Crisp cereal)
I'm guessing this is from the early '70s?
Huh. One member of the Sugar Bears is named Doobee Bear. He looks sorta' stoned.
Gudanov - Aug 21, 2009 7:56:17 am PDT #4895 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
Ugh. Sorry msbelle, that sounds seriously angry making.
Jesse - Aug 21, 2009 7:56:49 am PDT #4896 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Jesus Christ, msbelle. So enragening!
msbelle - Aug 21, 2009 7:57:07 am PDT #4897 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
ugh so sorry to just rant in the middle of ongoing discussion.
hivemind - what I need research help with is twofold:
1) services within the NYC Dept. of Education for behavioral problems (DOE site is like a cracked out maze from my experience). AND any info on special needs school within the public school system, like does some magic non-scary one exist (dreaming, I know).
2) are there any private schools in NYC that are for kids with issues. I know there must be, but I have no idea how to search for that info.
If anyone can do some searching, I would greatly appreciate it. profile addy.
off to make lunch.