slide rules? I recall when sitting my maths 'O' level having to write out the proof of the quadratic equation [1] as I could never remember it, but knew how to 'make' it. I'm one of those who when I understand 'how' and 'why' something works, I can carry it to other areas instead of just "Does not compute" which seems to afflict the recent schoolong, especially in what was jokingly called "computer studies" :)
Regards, Phill. 1. http://www.basic-mathematics.com/proof-of-the-quadratic-formula.html P.S. Don't ask me to do it these days! On 21 August 2013 21:16, Gareth France <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21/08/13 17:45, Paul White wrote: > >> On 21/08/13 16:59, Gareth France wrote: >> >> On the whole I have stopped posting to this group since there are a >>> number of people who are obviously on pedestals above us lowly minions. Not >>> so long back after starting a thread I was shot down in an unforgivably >>> harsh manner by people who made assumptions about me based on absolutely no >>> evidence and proceeded to trample all over my opinion and my self esteem. >>> >>> I have said it before and I'll say it again, not everyone is an expert, >>> not everyone understands things that are obvious to you. Be careful how you >>> respond as we are supposed to be wanting to encourage mass adoption and as >>> many new users as possible. Insulting them, depressing them, making them >>> feel small, they will only leave. >>> >> >> That unfortunately applies to many hobbies and interests where 'experts', >> whether 'real' or 'armchair', are resident on forums and mailing lists. >> >> When it comes to IT related matters, whether Windows or Linux based, I >> have always considered myself to be an enthusiastic amateur. In fact I'm >> quite proud of that bearing in mind that even pocket calculators didn't >> exist when I was at school let alone PCs! >> > Very true. much in the same way as bossy boots who could never be managers > in real life always find their way to the top in charity committees and > proceed to make everyone's life a misery just because they can. > > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/**mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/**UKTeam/ > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/> >
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