On Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:38:19 +0200 Hans Hagen <j.ha...@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 8/10/2018 5:50 PM, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > > > And I still could smash my primary school teacher: When I asked "what > > happens if we subtract a bigger number from a smaller?", she answered > > "that’s not possible". :( > > She could have easily told me "you will learn that later" or just show me > > at the thermometer "look, we will get below zero"... > > But noo, better keep children dumb, otherwise they could outwit you. > > > > Sorry for ranting ;) > but with your thermometer example young Alan (who watches discovery > channel on a daily basis and later becomes a low temperature expert) > would outwit you as he would challenge you to subtract 300 from zero No, - 273.15 ;-) Alan ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________
