selkirk Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Calculators are for . We don't need no stinking numbers! Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 I actually feel that calculators have hurt math education to an extent. There's something about being able to reason about problems intuitively and do back-of-the-envelope estimations that tends to get lost with the reliance on calculators. Quote
minx Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 i can't remember my scores. they were enough to get me what i wanted. Â Don't fool yourself, it was your tits. Â hey whatever works. nahhh--i work with people like gary. it definitely wasn't my assets. they're more interested in big scores. Quote
RuMR Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 hey whatever works. nahhh--i work with people like gary. it definitely wasn't my assets. they're more interested in big scores. Â maybe not your assests, but what 'bout yer ass???? Â sorry, couldn't help the pun... Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 I actually feel that calculators have hurt math education to an extent. There's something about being able to reason about problems intuitively and do back-of-the-envelope estimations that tends to get lost with the reliance on calculators. Â either you're consciously really funny, or an uber-geek; either way, you're really funny! Quote
cj001f Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 they're more interested in big scores. A big score seemed to be worth a point or two for the GPA in college/high school (for either gender) Quote
minx Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 they're more interested in big scores. A big score seemed to be worth a point or two for the GPA in college/high school (for either gender) Â yes and we all know that life is about your GPA Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Re: Napoleon Dynamite, that movie disgusts me. Â Obviously, academics were a big part of my childhood, and my friends were the weirdos who were, either worshipped (by the teachers) or ostracized (by the jocks and cheerleaders) for our academics. One of my friends got a 1600 on the SAT, took it again, got another 1600, and said that now he could claim his 1600 wasn't a fluke. My senior year of high school I managed to break out of that crowd and befriend the jocks/sheerleaders. Quote
cj001f Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 yes and we all know that life is about your GPA well, that and test scores. And we all know from "The Perfect Score" how hard it is to cheat on the SAT Quote
DirtyHarry Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 One of my friends got a 1600 on the SAT, took it again, got another 1600, and said that now he could claim his 1600 wasn't a fluke. Â But how much did he bench? Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 most film critics started out as math smart guys i think. i'm not positive though....hey gary's a smart math guy, he might know. Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 hey i've been trying to figure out this math problem. like i always thought 1+1=2 and shit, but then this zen dude tells me it equals three or some shit and i got confused. any smart math guys around who can help me out? Quote
RuMR Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Re: Napoleon Dynamite, that movie disgusts me. Â Obviously, academics were a big part of my childhood, and my friends were the weirdos who were, either worshipped (by the teachers) or ostracized (by the jocks and cheerleaders) for our academics. One of my friends got a 1600 on the SAT, took it again, got another 1600, and said that now he could claim his 1600 wasn't a fluke. My senior year of high school I managed to break out of that crowd and befriend the jocks/sheerleaders. Â hey gary, Â did you think there was maybe a reason why the other kids "ostracised" you? maybe you kinda "lorded" it over them? Â I hardly fell into the jocks/cheerleader group myself, but i certainly didn't resent them for their popularity...but whatever... Â your posts on this board are causing the same type of reaction that you probably received in high school...but i guess that we are all just "jocks/cheerleaders" here anyway ...well, i guess Marie is, but she's hot, so there you go!?!?! Â people are people, each with their own gifts/talents etc. and each with their own shortcomings/inadequacies...comments along the lines of 99.9% of X suck compared to me are reeking of arrogance...you might as well have painted a big ass bullzeye on your ass, cuz i sure feel like kicking it... Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Well, some of my favorite movies include Real Genius, Goodwill Hunting, and Pi. Quote
sexual_chocolate Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 well done, gary, you've held your own, and now  I'M OFF TO INDEX FOOLS!!!! Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 RuMR, it's never been my intent to say you all suck. I'm somewhere i the middle. There are plenty of people who are way better than me. Â I've simply been saying that I'm weird, and if I'm not with someone who's similarly weird, it could be awkward. Â There's a fine line between stating the facts and chest-beating. For example, trollng for partners by saying, "I'm looking for someone who can swing leads with me on Centerfold at Index." Is that chest-beating? Quote
RuMR Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 gary, i think you've nailed it...take a look at how you "phrase" things...My dad has the same exact "problem" that you do...the guy's freakin' brilliant, but goddamn, he can hardly open his mouth without UNINTENTIALLY pissing someone off (usually my mom) in a condescending manner (without trying to be condescending/patronizing)... Â I, on the other hand, enjoy pissing people off INTENTIALLY Quote
DirtyHarry Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 We're all weird in our own way. But, well, you're right, Gary, you're weirder. Quote
selkirk Posted December 9, 2005 Posted December 9, 2005 Re: Napoleon Dynamite, that movie disgusts me. Â My wife was having flashbacks to middle/high school during that movie! She grew up southern Idaho and said most of it was spot on for that area as of about 15 years ago. Quote
archenemy Posted December 9, 2005 Author Posted December 9, 2005 No matter what the cranial volume..... a male is a male... and will usually fuck the first thing that allows him to. As long as he is fairly sure that he won't get caught. Just admit it Gary you are a whore. Always have been. For that matter women are usually pretty well the same People just love to fuck and there is nothing wrong with that. Deep down we all posess a reptilian mind that makes us what we are and anything that changes that is repression. Hmmm not bad for a Friday morning I think I'll go have some breaky  Finally, the Cliff's Notes are here!!!! Quote
Kitergal Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 RuMR- Did you just call me hot?? YEAH! I'm totally flattered!! Thanks bro...you rock! Now..the question is...have you ever seen me!??! Quote
RuMR Posted December 10, 2005 Posted December 10, 2005 RuMR- Did you just call me hot?? YEAH! I'm totally flattered!! Thanks bro...you rock! Now..the question is...have you ever seen me!??! Â you posted your homesite... Quote
snugtop Posted December 11, 2005 Posted December 11, 2005 Well, some of my favorite movies include Real Genius, Goodwill Hunting, and Pi. Â Not Stand and Deliver? And you call yourself a math geek! Â And, speaking of which, since you're such a brilliant mathemetician, why aren't you getting a PhD in math or physics, as opposed to information systems?? Quote
Gary_Yngve Posted December 12, 2005 Posted December 12, 2005 Oh please, computer science and information systems are different. That's like saying that math and actuarial science are the same. My PhD work relies heavily on math and physics. I prefer the applied nature of CS -- that I can produce something useful -- which isn't necessarily true of math. Â Here's a quote by the late great Edsger Dijkstra: "Programming is one of the most difficult branches of applied mathematics; the poorer mathematicians had better remain pure mathematicians." Quote
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