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One of the earliest known examples of math homework
BoingBoing ^ | at 10:42 am Thursday, Dec 1 2011 | By Maggie Koerth-Baker

Posted on 12/01/2011 7:56:37 PM PST by thecodont

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To: Moonman62

I guess counting on fingers and toes wasn’t a problem.


21 posted on 12/02/2011 6:03:44 AM PST by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: BobL

Hey, I liked math homework until the middle of Calc III.


22 posted on 12/02/2011 6:25:21 AM PST by FourPeas ("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
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To: count-your-change

now that was funny


23 posted on 12/02/2011 7:56:28 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: Paladin2
Math homework was fun up to Advanced Differential Equations.

But complex eigenvalues and the associated eigenvectors are fun until they spiral out of control, and the joy of encountering something as convoluted as convolutions cannot be expressed.

24 posted on 12/02/2011 8:45:34 AM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Pollster1

Everybody has their own path and values.


25 posted on 12/02/2011 8:48:56 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: thecodont

26 posted on 12/02/2011 8:52:34 AM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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To: NTHockey
Counting to 60 by finger joints
27 posted on 12/02/2011 10:14:07 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Paladin2

you got that right.


28 posted on 12/02/2011 1:52:15 PM PST by brivette
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