Re: Bravisssimo!

Never! let this person *ride* in VW-bugs, Pintos, the more-stupid 'high' UAVs ... or anything with fewer than 8 air-bags. OK?

(I usually fudge the er upper tables: round-up, EZ-multiply then add-back an even easier multiply)

Also recall an anecdote re a couple physics Luminaries, though I can't be sure which! - might have been Fermi? and Bethe.. maybe Feynman was in this little event (but if Von Neumann, would merely be 'expected')

Arguing a Problem (maybe Los Alamos related) they were 'running differential equations' in brain. An onlooker imagined you could see folks moving partial results into 'internal registers' (!). Someone also had a calculator (which would have been an old Marchant mechanical one with electric motor) - which finished last.

{sheesh} imagine the Utility of having Flash-RAM in one's brain/mind! (would that be firmware, wetware or Warez?)

I sorta liken this to 'circular breathing' - which has been learned by a variety of wind-instrument players.. just in past 30? years: ie can play Perpetuum Mobile on a flute, trumpet etc. It is *awe*some, that overused, now dead word - to those of us who hear the Impossible being done.

Maybe your son can grok How the above folks managed their literally 'routine' feats too (?)

... must be scary to be raising a potential National Treasure.

Cheers,

Ashton

Post #45,746 by admin 7/16/02 8:55:13 AM Reply	Re: Bravisssimo! Do kids memorize the multiplication tables anymore? Could they, anymore? Mine does. He decided to learn the 19s the other day because he thought it was fun. boggle That's all. Just thought it was amusing that you would ask that. :-) (btw, he knows exponents, Avogadro's number, e, and both the decimal value and the fractional approximation of pi as well... there's no accounting for curiosity) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #45,809 by Ashton 7/16/02 5:21:00 PM Reply	Then please.. Never! let this person ride in VW-bugs, Pintos, the more-stupid 'high' UAVs ... or anything with fewer than 8 air-bags. OK? (I usually fudge the er upper tables: round-up, EZ-multiply then add-back an even easier multiply) Also recall an anecdote re a couple physics Luminaries, though I can't be sure which! - might have been Fermi? and Bethe.. maybe Feynman was in this little event (but if Von Neumann, would merely be 'expected') Arguing a Problem (maybe Los Alamos related) they were 'running differential equations' in brain. An onlooker imagined you could see folks moving partial results into 'internal registers' (!). Someone also had a calculator (which would have been an old Marchant mechanical one with electric motor) - which finished last. {sheesh} imagine the Utility of having Flash-RAM in one's brain/mind! (would that be firmware, wetware or Warez?) I sorta liken this to 'circular breathing' - which has been learned by a variety of wind-instrument players.. just in past 30? years: ie can play Perpetuum Mobile on a flute, trumpet etc. It is awesome, that overused, now dead word - to those of us who hear the Impossible being done. Maybe your son can grok How the above folks managed their literally 'routine' feats too (?) ... must be scary to be raising a potential National Treasure. Cheers, Ashton
Post #45,831 by admin 7/16/02 9:28:55 PM Reply	smile He's fanatically careful with his own person... but I'll pass the advice along. ;-) Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #45,820 by ben_tilly 7/16/02 7:24:08 PM Reply	See if you can convince him that duo-decimal is better :-) More tables to remember! Cheers, Ben "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman
Post #45,830 by admin 7/16/02 9:27:18 PM Reply	I'm not going there... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #45,833 by ben_tilly 7/16/02 9:47:03 PM Reply	Aw, can't I corrupt him a little? "... I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams, teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything." --Richard Feynman

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