And also, IMO, to help people realize they should question established thought patterns.
I found it interesting that you teach math to children yet you don't get enough math until pretty well into university that you can understand how it actually works. Mostly though I found the story problems fun, like when you have to build an equation that will give you the point in space at any given point in time where an ant is if he is walking towards the center of a 78 RPM record at x inches per hour that is in a box that is tumbling at some fixed interval falling off the edge of the grand canyon. Completely worthless in terms useful info but a great mental exercise type problem. -- O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Cornetet Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:05 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: wikis They like it because it shows that division by zero can bite you without being obvious. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 4:41 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: wikis I've seen that stunt a few times. I'm not sure the point of showing it but math teachers love to demonstrate it for some reason. Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 2:22 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: wikis > > Careful, I recall a math professor in my differential equations class > or maybe it was higher throwing a proof up on the board showing that 1 > + 1 > != 2 > and it wasn't a numberical base trick.... > > I didn't follow through it, I just closed my eyes and shook my head and > thought forward to my communications class as the sights were easier on > the > eyes... > > I still wonder why I went into a field with such a high ratio of men to > women... :) > > > -- > O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - > http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Laura A. > Robinson > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:55 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: wikis > > 999,998 + 2 = 1,000,000, not 100,000. ;-) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Nims > > Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 11:49 AM > > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: wikis > > > > > > > It's funny how we quote wikis as definitive sources of information, > > > when they can be edited by anyone and everyone :) > > > > > > Who vets the edits and how much does that person know about the > > > subject matter?? > > > > Anyone can edit, which is why they are generally correct. > > When 100,000 people view a record, and 2 people want to change it to > > be incorrect, > > 999,998 will want to correct it. > > > > I wouldn't use a wiki as a great historical or technical source. > > But for encyclopedia entries, which give a good summation of a > > subject, they are great. > > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx