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Eh! I forgot about that piece. It's only a 2" or so pipe. I can't see that having much effect... as you say below. You can?! I don't. I can see it in an...
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Conceptually simple, but in practice... That's the basic design here too (and almost the same names, though I generally see what you call a "swept tee" sold here as...
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On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 01:33:05 -0700 in alt.folklore.computers, glen AFAIR most IBM (and other high usage) machines with photoconductors had them on a continuous...
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Herman Rubin Actually this is a matter of record now. In a consbreastutional-tax case a while ago the defendant...
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Peter, et al, ... and often knowingly ... One day I was making this same point to my kids...
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This is an excellent example of an effect I only recently recognized. The success of Really Bad Software(tm) can be mostly explained by...
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Circa 1900 High School curricula were set without much input from "math professors", the people teaching, and those taking, high school mathematics were more interested...
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Spending some time on foundations, sure. Forcing students to memorize and regurgitate a proof, dubious. Having them reguritate the proof on an exam, I think not -- that's a waste...
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solution was So, suppose we have the equation: 12x^2 - 37x - 31 I take it...
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David Kanter OK. No, one graduates from a school, one matriculates into a school. It was an...
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It this I'm not sure this was an ordinary public school, but that's sort of irrelevant. Sorry I didn't finish answering your question there. I'd expect smoothness to be understood...
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OK smoothness, continuity and analyticity are all nice. BUT when do you start teaching people that functions with even C0 are the *rare* exception...
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To all, I've been biting my tongue as I read this thread. You see, I've tried a...
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Barb, Suggestions? Remember, while I had plenty of influence, the kids made up their own minds what to work on. What in...
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Roland, et al, I don't agree. Presently accepted "logic" is missing some *BIG* pieces, like more is missing than is now there. The two...
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And it's valuable as such, but not strictly necessary for many people. No, we covered that one in comprehensive school, wasn't missing. The hard part was always figuring which of the buttumption...
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But these things can be taught in other ways, not necessarily better, but more memorably. For example, two jokes: Joke 1: A mathematician, a physicist and engineer...
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I have an experiece quite contrary to this. I do not have such a strong theoretical background in formal math, and have had...
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here, Yes, the sound bites were intended to be critical expressions based on personal experience. But you still do not have any "in toto" to work...
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Bill, et al, In my rather different approach, my kids had a box full of things (broken small appliances, etc.) to take apart and the tools to do it with, etc., from when they...
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Barb, Ordinarily I would agree with you, but we have gone to extraordinary efforts to get the kids to look...
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Steve Richfie1d Here's a key point: If you're at all interested in this stuff, then you don't wait for somebody to...
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May I remove the xposting? That is key. I was not allowed to open those books. You had access to other people's knowledge. I started this objecting when Steve claimed he couldn't...
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But he also said that he taught them, using this method, how to learn what they needed when they needed it. That would fall under "learn what they need, when...
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Which is sufficient in most real-world cases, and most of the rest can be handled by thinking ahead about what...
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No, you wont. No more high explosives has a lot of consequences. You seem to fall into the same trap like a lot of people and think that high explosives are...
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I remember from a course in oxygen safety the local firedept stated that oxygen fires are...
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What amuses me is that most of the people debating this topic are probably using a...
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The current development in the oil price is the best thing we could ask for, long term. At $50-barrel many coastal...
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Don't underestimate what all the little companies around the world do. Now they have a niche and a market they can live in...
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That's actually my only hope. Nobody else talks sense. That's because that piece of the financial market isn't venturesome anymore. It seems like everything is hidebound with red tapes. I'm not worried...
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Both. - Bill INSTRUCTIONS FOR GIVING YOUR CAT A PILL 1. Pick cat up and cradle it...
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That's probably why it leaves nasty marks on the skin. Mind you; it serves as a topical disinfectant in an *emergency*. Probably stings quite badly...
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CBFalconer Yes, if transitioning between two systems, it can help if you don't stubbornly try to find the exact values for conversions, and make a mental note of...
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alt.folklore.computers Please specify which system of units you are using. There's a choice of absolute or gravitational units. The Imperial gravitational units have the slug as unit of mbutt, and pound...
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On Thursday, in article I underwent a culture shock the other day. I was called upon to act as one of three invigilators in our...
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The US airspace system is compliant with ICAO's rules, AFAIK. Just because we don't take advantage of certain flexibility doesn't mean we're noncompliant. Ah; our charts mark those...
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It's particularly amusing that even countries that have adopted the metric system (i.e. all but the US) still use ft-kt-nmi for aviation. Actually, you could leave the equipment operating...
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I wish I could say you were right, but political history proves otherwise. Sticking with aviation, the Canadian government's push to provide bilingual air traffic control in Quebec in the '70s was...
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IIRC, the Air Canada flight manual had a formula specifically to cover the case where the fuel gauges were suspect or inoperative, and it had...
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I always liked nautical miles because it was easy to calculate distances given a set of coordinates in 'deg min sec' format -- one nautical mile is equal to one...
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I think I've mentioned this pet project of mine before in this froup. The requirements of aeronautical navigation have perpetuated the...
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The Chicago & Northwestern is the railroad, but "English engineers" is not the reason. Allow me to copy Wikipedia article on the CNW, which...
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91.44 cm :-) They know which way the world turns. It spins around the $ The only stuff that's significant is that you consume and spend. Facts are irrelevant as...
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Giles Todd Here where I hail from, separate knobs for hot and cold water (or separate taps for hot and cold water, for that matter) have been obsoleted long since. Practically...
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We need this to happen, because they are the ones that need to deliver the goods in the next two phases in this advance. Venture capitalists are agnonizing at never...
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ISTR that Wilbur Shaw, a three time winner of the Indianapolis 500 auto race, was once involved in the construction...
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Oh dear, have I been rude again ...? As a matter of fact, I am not against using simulations as such - I think that correctly applied simulation technology is an excellent tool. The point is...
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I'm glad we at least agree that it's a problem. Now how such an obvious flaw could...
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I don't think the creationalists have analyzed what lies down the path of state religous teachings in a country as religously, ethnically...
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On Mon, 09 May 2005 09:54:40 GMT, Mikko Nahkola Gerry Adams and Ian Paisley are tribalists.. religion is peripheral. Problem I have with the creationists, is that...
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Now think again with the premise that I don't have a flaw in my buttumptions. once Altair to...
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Oh, I know adults who think that algebra is a waste of time. This is high schoool algebra. That science is anti-Christian. And I have a sister who...
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Andrew Swallow The Rev. Falwell also took notice of the facts that Tinky Winky is purple...
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i tend to agree with Shaw 'The only time my education was interrupted was when I was in school.' in...
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Of course. If there was a perfect system out there that had all the problems solved, we'ld be using it...
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snip-- qui bono ? i suppose one must first decide on what the schools are supposed...
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