Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 17, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Ritu wrote:
I can't reveal too many details [signed a non-disclosure agreement]
but it was pretty and nice and sensible
The first half of that sentence suggests Microsoft owns the future
world.
The second half suggests the opposite.
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend of mine bought the Lost DVD set.
It has a pocket for a booklet, but no booklet.
If anyone here has bought it and can state
something about the existence or non-existence
of a booklet therein, we'd be keenly interested
in that information.
If there were any genuineness to this piece of spam, it would be proof
positive of … well, something very interesting.
Usual bla bla bla sob story, right? And then the wire transfer pitch,
but with an interesting (to my mind) twist:
Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
Mathematics students have cause to celebrate. A University of New
South Wales academic, Dr Norman Wildberger, has rewritten the arcane
rules of trigonometry and eliminated sines, cosines and tangents from
the trigonometric toolkit.
What's more, his simple new
On 9/18/05, Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
Mathematics students have cause to celebrate. A University of New
South Wales academic, Dr Norman Wildberger, has rewritten the arcane
rules of trigonometry and eliminated sines, cosines and tangents
From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
No, it just adds a layer of complexity, and removes an important aspect
of math that is used by real-wold physics and calculus. Sines and
Cosines are important. Students taught this 'new math' would have
At 01:01 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, The Fool wrote:
From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
No, it just adds a layer of complexity, and removes an important aspect
of math that is used by real-wold physics and calculus. Sines and
Cosines are important.
At 01:26 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
Wild Egg books: http://wildegg.com/
How much is $79.95 AUS in good old American currency?
Divine Proportions: web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~norman/book.htm
I can't make the latter link work (not even by copying and pasting, etc.).
At 01:45 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, Maru Dubshinki wrote:
On 9/18/05, Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry
(Wild Egg books)
Doesn't this scheme make it really hard to calculate distances? From
the looks of it, it involves a
Sorry if I seem so contentious on the point but I repeat, the vehement
reliance of natural selection as a mechanism for macro-Evolution has
stiffled the quest for truth in this arena for a century (and still does!)
This the standard arguement against natural selectioin. It is used
On Sep 18, 2005, at 4:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the end macroevolution is simply evolution occurring over long
periods of time. Trends in evolution reflect the ability of biotic
life to probe the environment to discover new and better ways to make
a living.
What many might not
At 07:09 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 18, 2005, at 4:48 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the end macroevolution is simply evolution
occurring over long periods of time. Trends in
evolution reflect the ability of biotic life to
probe the environment to discover new and
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 01:01 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, The Fool wrote:
From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
No, it just adds a layer of complexity, and removes an important
aspect
of math that is used by real-wold physics and
At 07:09 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, The Fool wrote:
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 01:01 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, The Fool wrote:
From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://physorg.com/news6555.html
No, it just adds a layer of complexity, and removes an important
aspect
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
1/2 + 1/3 is about where most non-mathematically-inclined students throw
up their hands in despair.
Yeah. Someone asks me for dosing amounts of Tylenol for infants, I've
got to figure out how to give the information without invoking the
greatest integer function
Ron quoted:
Generations of students have struggled with classical trigonometry
because the framework is wrong, says Wildberger, whose book is titled
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry (Wild
Egg books).
I have to admit that when I saw the subject line of this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ron quoted:
Generations of students have struggled with classical trigonometry
because the framework is wrong, says Wildberger, whose book is titled
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry (Wild
Egg books).
I have to admit that when I saw
At 10:11 PM Sunday 9/18/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ron quoted:
Generations of students have struggled with classical trigonometry
because the framework is wrong, says Wildberger, whose book is titled
Divine Proportions: Rational Trigonometry to Universal Geometry
On Sep 18, 2005, at 7:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes, I know you can get to 1023 using binary.
Damn. You trumped me.
It's a great way to win a bet though.
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Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror
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