I can make change by either math or the count to 100 method, but I'll stick up for the guy a little bit. After taking 5 calculus classes, differential equations, discrete mathematics, and algorithms, my ability to do simple addition and subtraction was permanently impaired. I studied CS instead of math, but math was an important part of the program.
On Thu, Jan 07, 2010 at 03:44:43PM -0500, RickG wrote: > We must live parallel lives! I stopped at an Arbys for lunch a while back in > a college town. The register was out. My total was $5.15. I gave the "kid" a > $10 and a quarter. He handed me 4 ones and a dime. I asked him to rethink > the change. He scratched his head and finally the manager came over and > corrected the situation. I asked the "kid" if he was going to college there. > He said yes. I asked what his major was and he replied "I'm a math major". > -RickG > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > > > Trust me. I've seen it and I've lived it. I used to have to teach these > > kids to make change. I'd say, "Can you count from one to a hundred?" > > *YUP!* "Then you can make change." Many still didn't get it.. > > sigh.......... "A customer owes 30 bucks and they give you 2 twenties.. > > How much do you owe them back?" I'd say. "I dunno......" would be the > > answer. "You can't count from 30 to 40?" I don't really fault the > > schools, > > a lot of it has to do with experience. If you never needed it, you don't > > have it. Brain cells that is..... > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > Behalf Of Josh Luthman > > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:19 PM > > To: WISPA General List > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Glad I Didn't Buy an iPhone > > > > Obviously you've never seen a cash register worker count change when the > > machine is broken. > > > > Longest 10 minutes of my life. I just tipped them the $2 and change. > > > > Josh Luthman > > Office: 937-552-2340 > > Direct: 937-552-2343 > > 1100 Wayne St > > Suite 1337 > > Troy, OH 45373 > > > > "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." > > --- Albert Einstein > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Robert West > > <robert.w...@just-micro.com>wrote: > > > > > That reminds me of a trip I took to Italy a few years ago. I ride the > > city > > > busses when I travel and the busses were running really, really late. A > > > bus > > > pulled up and the sign on the front, where a street name would be, was a > > > "Dump Error" and inside the bus the routes and schedules were normally on > > > video screens but they kept blue screening. Windows XP......... The > > > entire > > > bus system was on XP (In ENGLISH even!) and the main server crashed > > causing > > > all the busses to be "lost". I was just "flabbergasted", whatever that > > > means. I kept saying, "Just drive the damn bus!" I still haven't a clue > > > how a server crash can stop a guy from driving a bus from here to > > > there........ > > > > > > Bob- > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > > > Behalf Of Scottie Arnett > > > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 1:53 PM > > > To: WISPA General List > > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] OT - Glad I Didn't Buy an iPhone > > > > > > > > > >> I'd like to just not have to reboot my phone every time I want to > > > >> check my visual voicemail or get online > > > > > > Kevin, is your phone running Windows? LOL, couldn't resist. > > > > > > Scottie > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > > From: Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > > > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > > > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 00:49:33 -0500 > > > > > > >Kevin - that's your phones fault, not AT&T. As much as I hate admitting > > > that. > > > > > > > >VVM works on the latest update of the Bold. > > > > > > > >On 1/7/10, Kevin Neal <ke...@safelink.net> wrote: > > > >> I'd like to just not have to reboot my phone every time I want to > > > >> check my visual voicemail or get online.....AT&T sucks around here, so > > > >> far. Voice is ok, data....much to be desired. > > > >> > > > >> -Kevin > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Jeremie Chism <jchi...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > >>> I think droid is definitely going to be the way to go considering > > > >>> apple has to approve everything before it is "allowed". But at the > > > >>> time when the iPhone first came out it was a big leap forward. > > > >>> Especially being able to telnet into our routers and make changes or > > > >>> remotely reboot cpe units. Also logmein on iPhone is a great help. It > > > >>> has gotten to where I don't think I could be without. 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