Calculators? What calculators?

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Post #151,144 by Arkadiy 4/14/04 10:54:25 AM Reply	Calculators? What calculators? Our Algebra prof had us solve 4 by 4 complex system of equations IN FRACTIONS, no rounding allowed. No computers to be used, calculators only to be used for =-*/ (I cheated - I used my programmable calculator to compute lowest common denominator and to multiply complex numbers). The whole point of such assignements is to give you the "feel" of the problem. Any computing power just gets in the way. -- Buy high, sell sober.
Post #151,145 by jb4 4/14/04 10:57:51 AM Reply	OT and OF (off forum) Love yer .sig! jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT
Post #151,146 by ben_tilly 4/14/04 11:08:48 AM Reply	My prof did that one step further In advanced differential equations we had to solve linear systems of differential equations. The process involved writing it as a matrix, taking a Laplace transform of the matrix, inverting that matrix, taking an inverse Laplace transform of the inverse, and then solving for the initial conditions. I distinctly remember the experience of trying to solve one problem a dozen times before coming up with the same answer twice. (Unfortunately it wasn't the correct answer...) That taught me a lot about being careful in algebraic manipulations. Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #151,147 by Another Scott 4/14/04 11:14:23 AM Reply	I remember doing finite-difference solution to diffusion eq by hand with a non-programmable calculator... The instructor was rather startled when I turned in that assignment. ;-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #151,154 by FuManChu 4/14/04 12:44:15 PM Reply	That's nothing My boss keeps a special calculator in his back pocket (we think); every day, he pulls out solutions to complex problems in nanoseconds, without pushing a single button. ;) "There's a set of rules that anything that was in the world when you were born is normal and natural. Anything invented between when you were 15 and 35 is new and revolutionary and exciting, and you'll probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of things." Douglas Adams
Post #151,158 by boxley 4/14/04 1:14:29 PM Reply	I do the same thing except its not my pocket I pull the solutions out of. thanx, bill "You're just like me streak. You never left the free-fire zone.You think aspirins and meetings and cold showers are going to clean out your head. What you want is God's permission to paint the trees with the bad guys. That wont happen big mon." Clete questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #151,165 by lincoln 4/14/04 2:15:19 PM Reply	Management Information And Storage System properly abbreviated as "M.I.A.S.S." and pronounced accordingly. lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]

Sheesh - How fucking stupid ARE you, Norm?!? - (CRConrad) - (36) - April 14, 2004, 05:42:27 AM EDT

2 additional comments - (ben_tilly) - (22) - April 14, 2004, 10:45:23 AM EDT

A little help here - (orion) - (21) - April 14, 2004, 03:30:26 PM EDT

Any introductory statistics book should explain permutations - (ben_tilly) - (20) - April 14, 2004, 04:34:01 PM EDT

Factorials - (orion) - (19) - April 14, 2004, 04:45:45 PM EDT

I should HOPE you got that right - (ben_tilly) - (18) - April 14, 2004, 05:05:54 PM EDT

I am just asking questions to learn more. - (orion) - (14) - April 14, 2004, 07:41:02 PM EDT

Norm, stuff it. - (inthane-chan) - (13) - April 14, 2004, 11:05:07 PM EDT

I would have reacted differently - (orion) - (12) - April 14, 2004, 11:43:00 PM EDT

Blah blah. - (pwhysall) - (11) - April 15, 2004, 01:33:22 AM EDT

Can't contribute positively can you? - (orion) - (10) - April 28, 2004, 08:05:26 PM EDT

WTF? - (pwhysall) - (9) - April 29, 2004, 12:17:02 AM EDT

Prove it - (orion) - (8) - May 21, 2004, 11:43:03 PM EDT

You said society - (bepatient) - (6) - May 21, 2004, 11:57:36 PM EDT

I am a member of society - (orion) - (5) - May 25, 2004, 12:33:12 AM EDT

Oh please do fuck off, there's a good chap. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 25, 2004, 01:45:55 AM EDT

I love you, man. -NT - (inthane-chan) - May 25, 2004, 02:06:05 AM EDT

Make me! -NT - (orion) - (2) - May 25, 2004, 11:56:28 AM EDT

MOM... Peter is being mean again! -NT - (folkert) - (1) - May 25, 2004, 12:04:35 PM EDT

Leave my mother out of this pukeboy! - (orion) - May 25, 2004, 12:11:43 PM EDT

OK. (new thread) - (pwhysall) - May 22, 2004, 01:05:28 AM EDT

My educational situation - (orion) - (2) - April 14, 2004, 08:01:32 PM EDT

Thirty seconds on Barnes and Noble - (Meerkat) - (1) - April 14, 2004, 10:04:39 PM EDT

I took action - (orion) - April 14, 2004, 10:09:47 PM EDT

Calculators? What calculators? - (Arkadiy) - (6) - April 14, 2004, 10:54:25 AM EDT

OT and OF (off forum) - (jb4) - April 14, 2004, 10:57:51 AM EDT

My prof did that one step further - (ben_tilly) - (4) - April 14, 2004, 11:08:48 AM EDT

I remember doing finite-difference solution to diffusion eq - (Another Scott) - (3) - April 14, 2004, 11:14:23 AM EDT

That's nothing - (FuManChu) - (2) - April 14, 2004, 12:44:15 PM EDT

I do the same thing - (boxley) - (1) - April 14, 2004, 01:14:29 PM EDT

Management Information And Storage System - (lincoln) - April 14, 2004, 02:15:19 PM EDT

Not stupid, just lacking education - (orion) - (4) - April 14, 2004, 03:25:18 PM EDT

Stupid, just like you. - (CRConrad) - (3) - April 15, 2004, 02:49:19 AM EDT

Ah yeah, but you ignored the rest of my post - (orion) - (2) - April 28, 2004, 08:13:09 PM EDT

That's because I don't give a shit. Noone does. So STFU, OK? -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - April 29, 2004, 07:57:32 AM EDT

That is where you are wrong and I can prove it - (orion) - May 21, 2004, 11:42:05 PM EDT

Looking for good research - (orion) - April 14, 2004, 04:38:12 PM EDT

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