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Between Series, an Actress Became a Superstar (in Math)
The New York Times (via National Review's The Corner) ^
| 07/19/2005
| Kenneth Chang
Posted on 07/22/2005 12:02:04 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps
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To: doctor noe
121
posted on
07/22/2005 2:08:22 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
To: savedbygrace
Depends whether Sue shows up to distract Sam and Brian.
Add more if Jane is wearing a 2 piece swimming suit.
Even more if its a cut off: Ratio of time to clothes is inversely proportional to the wetness of the clothes.
122
posted on
07/22/2005 2:10:30 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I'd hit it, grab a sammich and hit it again...
To: SoftballMominVA
I have not a clue what kind of job she will get with that type of degree I knew a math PhD who got a job high in a large bioinformatics company based on that degree.
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Has anyone told you recently that you are a LOON?????????????
If not, consider yourself told.
125
posted on
07/22/2005 2:18:35 PM PDT
by
Gabz
((Chincoteague, VA) USSG Warning: Portable sewing machines are known to cause broken ankles)
To: SoftballMominVA; tealcandtrip
My daughter Jean, freeper tealcandtrip, graduated at 19 from Southern Tech with a BS in math and in physics: She did some similar things by dual-enrolling in HS at the college: so she finished "high school" after three years as a college sophomore with some 50-odd college credits already on her transcript.
Keep encouraging her: the regular HS courses are dull and boring to many (all ?) above-average achievers. AP classes, college classes, etc all give a willing student a real leg up. Sure, the individual has to be willing to work harder than the average HS student, but that's possible.
126
posted on
07/22/2005 2:19:02 PM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(-I contribute to FR monthly, but ABBCNNBCBS supports Hillary's Secular Sexual Socialism every day.)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
You got it.
Even if you play the stated problem straight, you can't reach a conclusion with the factors given.
It will depend on the method they use to wash the car. For example, when I used to wash my car, I had a system that would reduce the overall time and effort - I'd use the hose in one hand and a sponge in the other. No soap.
If both boys used this method, they'd need two hoses, and the hoses would need to be from two different houses, because if they both were using water from the same house, the flow would be reduced to each hose, increasing their rate of washing.
127
posted on
07/22/2005 2:25:37 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
("No Monday morning quarterback has ever led a team to victory" GW Bush)
To: Moral Hazard
Is there anything you people won't find fault with? It was a QUESTION ASKED BY A STUDENT. She's a math TUTOR. I know you're all supergeniuses...that's why you spend all day on the computer mocking those who are actually doing things. Yikes.
128
posted on
07/22/2005 2:36:07 PM PDT
by
Hildy
("You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky)
To: Yo-Yo
Actually, according to my Chemistry instructor, the answer would be 1. You've only got 1 significant figure there to work with, so you can't get any more accurate than that.
129
posted on
07/22/2005 2:37:34 PM PDT
by
Starter
To: fire and forget
That's because it was a question ASKED by a grade school student.
130
posted on
07/22/2005 2:38:25 PM PDT
by
Hildy
("You miss 100% of the shots you never take." - Wayne Gretzky)
To: Hildy
I was just saying the question wasn't difficult. That was a criticism of the article, which made it sound like it was a question only a math major could answer. It was not a criticism of the the tutor or the student.
131
posted on
07/22/2005 2:40:45 PM PDT
by
Moral Hazard
("I believe the children are the future" - Whitney Houston; "Fight the future" - X-files)
To: GreenLanternCorps
I'm surprised that there's > 130 posts on her, and no-one has mentioned Hedy Lamarr, queen of the Electrical Engineers and inventor of frequency scrambling?
To: Aquinasfan
Wonder if "Skunk" is thinking of missile defense systems when playing guitar, and thinking of playing guitar when doing missile defense sytems.. hehe..
To: GreenLanternCorps
A beautiful mind can only make a pretty girl even more attractive :-).
134
posted on
07/22/2005 2:47:25 PM PDT
by
FYREDEUS
(FYREDEUS)
To: longshadow
"I love continuous functions and proving if functions are continuous or not," she said.
I was always partial to the continuous, nowhere-differentiable functions myselfthey're infinitely kinky.
To: Netheron
That's Hedley.
136
posted on
07/22/2005 3:39:26 PM PDT
by
Starter
To: gopwinsin04
Why didn't I take up photography in high school?
oh, yeah, I was studying math. sigh
TS
Actually, in college there was this one girl (sorry, young woman) named Ellanora who I actually managed to exchange numbers with. She called me once -- with a math problem for the test the following day. She didn't go out. She just studied.
TS
137
posted on
07/22/2005 4:46:49 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(When you're ready to have a mature discussion about the Green Lantern, you have my email address.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
She sure adds up in my book!
138
posted on
07/22/2005 4:49:05 PM PDT
by
Fledermaus
(WTG President Bush. Hit the Left harder again! John Roberts is an excellent choice.)
To: snarks_when_bored
I was always partial to the continuous, nowhere-differentiable functions myselfthey're infinitely kinky. After seeing her picture, I was suddenly overcome with thoughts of -wise" continuity.
To: longshadow
I have to find the old theorem that I helped write way back in the day. Basically, the last line was that
the integral of e to the x (you have to write that out mathematically) = f(u)^n
140
posted on
07/22/2005 4:57:29 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(When you're ready to have a mature discussion about the Green Lantern, you have my email address.)
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