I Need Math Like a Hobo Needs A Bath

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Robinator is a Beefcake Lifecrafter Member # 34	written Sunday, January 7 2007 16:50 Profile Homepage #0 For those without Facebook... —————————————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————————————————————————— This sums up my Calculus class Friday. Anybody else ever have days like these? Speaking of having special days, what's up with Bomber? [ Sunday, January 07, 2007 16:52: Message edited by: Robinator is a Beefcake ] -------------------- Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck. 'Spiderweb Software' anagrammmed: 'Word-bereft Awipe' Posts: 702 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00**
Andraste Agent Member # 1934	written Sunday, January 7 2007 17:00 Profile Homepage #1 Everyday in math makes me feel like that. Most of the pictures in that group are great. And Bomber was a jerk and got banned for it. End of story. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 \| Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00
Bojan Infiltrator Member # 5754	written Sunday, January 7 2007 17:20 Profile #2 The find x equation made me laugh. Posts: 626 \| Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00
Amyth Shaper Member # 7472	written Sunday, January 7 2007 17:54 Profile Homepage #3 The hypotenuse is 5. :) They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused: -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 \| Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, January 7 2007 18:17 Profile Homepage #4 quote: Originally written by Nioca: They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused: It's impossible to simplify it further. That doesn't mean the number doesn't exist. :P I can only assume that sqrt(2)/2 was the correct answer and the following step was a misguided attempt at simplification. [ Sunday, January 07, 2007 18:19: Message edited by: Cryptozoology ] -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Andraste Agent Member # 1934	written Sunday, January 7 2007 18:18 Profile Homepage #5 quote: Originally written by Nioca: They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused: It's actually 45 degrees or pi/4. If trig's your thing. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 \| Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00
The Mystic Infiltrator Member # 7488	written Sunday, January 7 2007 18:20 Profile #6 Having taken a few semesters of calculus myself, I find those pictures quite hilarious. Too bad I don't know any math teachers anymore, or I'd pass them on. -------------------- Either I'm crazy, or everybody else is nuts. And I know I'm not crazy because the little man who lives on my shoulder told me so. If people don't think there's something wrong with you, there's something wrong with you. Posts: 558 \| Registered: Friday, September 15 2006 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Sunday, January 7 2007 19:16 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Andraste: quote: Originally written by Nioca: They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused: It's actually 45 degrees or pi/4. If trig's your thing. You're missing a sine or cosine to make those two equivalent. —Alorael, who has squared the circle. It's really not too hard. You just have to press on the edges a little, but it helps to have a friend so you have one hand for each side. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Andraste Agent Member # 1934	written Sunday, January 7 2007 20:20 Profile Homepage #8 quote: Originally written by Buffalo xn: You're missing a sine or cosine to make those two equivalent. Eh, I just finished Trig. I see Sines and Cosines infront everything. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 \| Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Sunday, January 7 2007 20:31 Profile #9 The trigonometry example still did not address anything specifically in Nioca's comment. Very funny pictures, though. What Facebook group is this? -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 \| Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
Emperor Tullegolar Shaper Member # 7420	written Sunday, January 7 2007 20:47 Profile Homepage #10 Emperor's certainly don't need math. I'm so happy I only had to take one math class in college, and also glad that that one class was idiot math. I'm going to graduate college with less knowledge about math than the average person, and I love it! -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 \| Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00
VCH Shaper Member # 247	written Sunday, January 7 2007 21:15 Profile Homepage #11 Oh so funny. Yes I love school jokes lolololol. [ Sunday, January 07, 2007 21:16: Message edited by: VCH ] -------------------- The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 \| Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00
The Stew Boy Infiltrator Member # 2836	written Sunday, January 7 2007 21:19 Profile #12 sqrt(2)/2 = 1/sqrt(2). Maybe that was the correct answer? Posts: 587 \| Registered: Tuesday, April 1 2003 08:00
Andraste Agent Member # 1934	written Sunday, January 7 2007 22:25 Profile Homepage #13 quote: Originally written by Garrison: The trigonometry example still did not address anything specifically in Nioca's comment. Very funny pictures, though. What Facebook group is this? It's the I wish I was Your Derivative so I Could Lie Tangent to your Curves! group. -------------------- You acquire an item: Radio Free Foil Posts: 1169 \| Registered: Monday, September 23 2002 07:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, January 7 2007 23:17 Profile Homepage #14 quote: Originally written by Nioca: The hypotenuse is 5. :) They're having you do the square root of 2? The last time I checked, that was impossible. :confused: 5 cm. They do actually deduct points for that. And it's not impossible. I can do the first few in my head - let's see: 1.411.41=1.99, approximately. And Google yields: 1.41421356 And if this isn't Algebra but, say, Numerics (or maybe even just Analysis), you might have to write that out. [ Sunday, January 07, 2007 23:19: Message edited by: Arancaytar ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752* \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Gavin Lifecrafter Member # 7538	written Sunday, January 7 2007 23:39 Profile Homepage #15 I saw that one before. Didn't know it was a Facebook thing though. Pretty funny. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 \| Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00
Garrison Agent Member # 2820	written Monday, January 8 2007 04:28 Profile #16 quote: Originally written by The Stew Boy: sqrt(2)/2 = 1/sqrt(2). Maybe that was the correct answer? Proper form generally disallows radicals in the denominator, and all fractions improper in this sense can easily be converted. But this rule was more important before the advent of calculators, so I don't know if it has been officially retired yet. -------------------- Thuryl: I mean, most of us don't go around consuming our own bodily fluids, no matter how delicious they are. ==== Alorael: War and violence would end if we all had each other's babies! ==== Drakefyre: Those are hideous mangos. Posts: 1415 \| Registered: Thursday, March 27 2003 08:00
Lt. Sullust Shaper Member # 32	written Monday, January 8 2007 08:22 Profile #17 Just one more semester and I'll have a degree in Mathematics... -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Alberich Warrior Member # 7276	written Monday, January 8 2007 13:11 Profile #18 I recommend XKCD for people who enjoyed this - http://www.xkcd.com/c55.html http://www.xkcd.com/c112.html (warning: rude language) - http://www.xkcd.com/c179.html Posts: 63 \| Registered: Tuesday, July 4 2006 07:00
Dryth'tor Lifecrafter Member # 7331	written Monday, January 8 2007 14:11 Profile Homepage #19 Um...feeling a little out of my league... A little while back in this topic I heard square root of 2 was impossible? It is 1.41421356237. Can't stop laughing at the pictures at the top, I should try that on my next math assignment. -------------------- You Shall Die Laughing: http://www.worfthecat.ermarian.net/converted The Roost: www.roost01.proboards104.com. Birds of a feather flock together. Posts: 794 \| Registered: Thursday, July 27 2006 07:00
Lt. Sullust Shaper Member # 32	written Monday, January 8 2007 14:21 Profile #20 quote: Originally written by Sarasaphilia: A little while back in this topic I heard square root of 2 was impossible? It is 1.41421356237. That is a incorrect. I can come up with an interval that contains the square root of 2, but does not contain that particular value. -------------------- Lt. Sullust Cogito Ergo Sum Polaris Posts: 2462 \| Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00
Gavin Lifecrafter Member # 7538	written Monday, January 8 2007 16:02 Profile Homepage #21 I probably should understand the ones from Alberich better than I do. Guh. Take one year off in math and look what happens. Hopefully this precalc class I started today will help me regain all that I lost. It will either do that or completely destroy my soul. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 \| Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00
Or else o'erleap. Law Bringer Member # 335	written Monday, January 8 2007 16:06 Profile Homepage #22 The square root of two is not rational. Trying to write it as a fraction or decimal will be problematic unless you are approximating or squaring the circle in Indiana. That does mean that the square root of two isn't known, exactly, and someone could go on calculating digits forever like they do with pi. I'm happy just writing a two under a radical. —Alorael, who really thinks that e^?i deserves discussion. Posts: 14579 \| Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00
Amyth Shaper Member # 7472	written Monday, January 8 2007 18:28 Profile Homepage #23 quote: Originally written by Arancaytar: quote: Originally written by Nioca: The hypotenuse is 5. :) 5 cm. They do actually deduct points for that. You gotta be kidding. Eh, I never was good with labeling things. notes several unlabeled files floating around on PC desktop -------------------- I tried to think of something witty to put here. Needless to say, I failed. Posts: 2686 \| Registered: Friday, September 8 2006 07:00
Dintiradan Guardian Member # 6670	written Monday, January 8 2007 18:46 Profile Homepage #24 The irrationality of sqrt(2) has got to be one of the oldest known proofs. I'm fine with my math courses this semester, other than my usual problem with the couses not being streamlined. Seems that every course has nearly a month devoted to material already covered ad nauseum by other courses. Yes, I know that addition is associative. No, the formal definition of the limit of a sequence does not scare me in the slightest. And if one more professor goes through induction step by step, I'm going to walk up to the front of the class and pull out his tonsils through his anus. I was tempted to do just that earlier today when one prof stated that the Fibonacci sequence doesn't have an explicit formula. Arghhhhhhhhh. -------------------- The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity. - Ronald Reagan Posts: 1509 \| Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00