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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: Constitution Day
She's pretty cute now, though All hail CD, Master of the Understatement! ;o)
41
posted on
07/22/2005 12:18:55 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(How in the blue hell did Kelly Leak bat three times in the Astrodome?)
To: gridlock
LOL, exactly what I said. I'm an engineer, and now do estimating (SWAG, scientific wild ass guess to 2 decimal places)
42
posted on
07/22/2005 12:19:15 PM PDT
by
Fierce Allegiance
(This ain't your granddaddy's America)
To: gridlock
"An engineer will answer that question in two seconds with "3 and a half minutes". And that is the right answer, because it is delivered in two seconds, and it is pretty darn close."
The engineers who designed the Tacoma Narrows Bridge?
43
posted on
07/22/2005 12:20:43 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Dude, you've got some... Arzt on you..." - Hugo "Hurley" Reyes)
To: mnehrling; gridlock
A consultant would say this question does not have all the necessary information because of missing variables such as how well the two people work together, the overlap variable, the car was supply limitations if two people are using the same supplies.. etc.. You'll need to pay a consultant about $75 an hour to calculate in all those factors. Actually, you make a profound point. There's a *classic* book which covers this topic (and others) called "The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering", by Frederick P. Brooks. He points out that real-world projects seldom work out as neatly as implied by "man-month" calculations and other common management concepts, precisely because of complicating factors such as the ones you mention.
As he says by way of illustration, "it takes nine months to produce a baby, no matter how many women are assigned to the task."
To: Ichneumon
Sorry, what did you say, I was distracted by Post #41.
45
posted on
07/22/2005 12:23:07 PM PDT
by
mnehring
(Fourth Estate, Fifth Column Dis-Infomers)
To: TheBigB
Shes a little stick of dynamite!
To: Moral Hazard; gridlock
If it takes Sam six minutes to wash a car by himself . . . and it takes Brian eight minutes to wash a car by himself, how long will it take them to wash a car together? My first response was three-and-a-half minutes, since one guy can do half-a-car in three minutes and the other can do half-a-car in four minutes. But that would require them to divvy up the car just right, so the fast guy does a little more than the slow guy. But if they divvied up the car exactly in half, the answer would be four minutes. The fast guy would be done in three minutes, and then have to stand around for a minute waiting for the other guy to get done with his half.
To: TheBigB
Oh, *MY*! All that and a math nerd too? Sold.
Now if I can just get my wife to approve...
To: TheBigB
Oooh, I like.
I am suddenly feeling like I need to learn about ferromagnetic AshkinTeller models on Z2.
49
posted on
07/22/2005 12:26:19 PM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(I am the Sultan of Oom-Papa-Mow-Mow.)
To: GreenLanternCorps
I'd gladly examine her surface integrals.
50
posted on
07/22/2005 12:29:07 PM PDT
by
ThinkDifferent
(These pretzels are making me thirsty)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
You know, you have a real double standard. I didn't brow beat you when you put up that thread about how cute you though Josh Savino was.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
it was probably sarcasm)
51
posted on
07/22/2005 12:29:38 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: GreenLanternCorps
Yeah,.......... but can she do a tax return that won't come back to haunt.
52
posted on
07/22/2005 12:29:38 PM PDT
by
fella
(In law nothing is certain but the expense. - S. Butler)
To: RightWhale
There is a kind of peer pressure that forces them out early, otherwise there would be twice as many mathematicians in the world. Probably not twice as many, because Larry Summers has a point. But yeah, there's definitely a large social factor. Ditto for computer science and IT in general.
53
posted on
07/22/2005 12:31:01 PM PDT
by
ThinkDifferent
(These pretzels are making me thirsty)
To: GreenLanternCorps
3min 45sec unless they belong to a union; then it would take 14 minutes.
54
posted on
07/22/2005 12:31:58 PM PDT
by
Old Professer
(As darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of good; innocence is blind.)
To: Ichneumon
As he says by way of illustration, "it takes nine months to produce a baby, no matter how many women are assigned to the task." Which is a canard, because it takes (at least) 81 months for one woman to produce 9 babies, but it takes only 9 months for 9 women to produce 9 babies.
It's all in the division of labor, so to speak...
55
posted on
07/22/2005 12:32:08 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
To: bummerdude
She's also a math
tutor. Fercryinoutloud, she proved a new theorem...I'd say that's pretty impressive.
Of course, I'm completely hopeless when it comes to mathematics, so perhaps I'm too easily swayed. (Since I'm a chick, pics of her in a bikini aren't going to cut it for me!)
56
posted on
07/22/2005 12:32:16 PM PDT
by
exnavychick
(There's too much youth; how about a fountain of smart?)
To: Ichneumon
So did that librarian ever have to give you an "F"?
57
posted on
07/22/2005 12:33:11 PM PDT
by
GreenLanternCorps
("Dude, you've got some... Arzt on you..." - Hugo "Hurley" Reyes)
To: GreenLanternCorps
I learned the other day that Jeff "Skunk" Baxter is also a defense department consultant regarding missile defense systems, or something like that. Apparently, he's self-taught. Some guys have all the talent.
58
posted on
07/22/2005 12:35:33 PM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: tfecw
Punky Brewster
59
posted on
07/22/2005 12:37:25 PM PDT
by
Lost Highway
(I don't know what the world may need but a V8 engines a good start for me)
To: Owl_Eagle; Fierce Allegiance; Constitution Day
Did you guys know that Ashton Kutcher majored in biochemical engineering at college?
60
posted on
07/22/2005 12:37:44 PM PDT
by
TheBigB
(How in the blue hell did Kelly Leak bat three times in the Astrodome?)
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