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  • · Canis lupis robertus
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    Ahh... patterns, right.

    Chaos-infused patterns of unbelievable, or seemingly unbelievable, complexity, then. Requiring an essentially intuitive grasp of the rules of interaction.

    I'm sure there's a field of mathematics similar to this.

    · Canis lupis robertus
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    Consider other peoples' point of view as a very complex, chaos-laden mathematical problem.

    Might help.

    ;)

    · Mutes the Meat
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    I still don't really see your point on the matter. Here's an example of spreadsheets being useful. Our customers at work usually do not have access to our database, but they request information from it sometimes. So, I quickly export a report of whatever they need to an Excel file, format it all pretty, and email it to them. :shrug: For quick transfers of information like that there is no need for a database, and I sure as hell wouldn't want to send someone a CSV.

    · NSLALP
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    I'm not not doing a lot of things. :lol:

    Keep in mind, too, that I said "every possible moment." I'm a busy guy, Jeff. A busy guy.

    · NSLALP
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    Is that why you chose education? I'm marrying one of you types, a music teacher. The selflessness that she exhibits - the way she takes kids' futures so seriously - almost makes me feel bad about chasing money as an engineer. Pretty cool, man. :yesway:

    · NSLALP
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    God damn, I love the way you put things. :lol:

    Isn't it true that modern America, specifically, has the worst violent crime rates? Most murders per capita, etc? I realize and grant that we're really all beasts tamed by civilization (the promise of sacrificing our base instincts for the reward of future satisfaction), but I wonder if there's a difference between your average USA citizen and your average French citizen. Other than nominal hair and scent levels.

    · NSLALP
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    I have to concede that it's an interesting debate, really. For me, what's interesting is the whole "chicken or the egg" question - do we have violent tendencies because we love guns, or do we love guns because we have violent tendencies? It's irrelevant to me because I'm a prick of a libertarian, but from an anthropological or psychological angle, I find it curious. It's a shame that Michael Moore movie did such a bad job trying to answer it.

    · THUNDERBEEEEAR!
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    Yeah, check out the elkschnaps, it's a bit like jäger only better.

    · Party Röcker
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    Also, correction... 'f is independent from y' should have 'y' replaced with 'x'. Not sure how I managed that one.

    Jeff

    · Party Röcker
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    I think it's overkill and misleading to put anything other than df/dx - unless you've explicitly stated that f is independent from y entirely, the rest should be even clearer.

    It's distressing that the difference between 'f' and 'f(x)' - the difference between the mapping itself and a value of the mapping - is so rarely explained, and the use of (df(x))/(dx) doesn't help that at all; further, if you want to handle differential forms (or you're working in nonstandard analysis where 'dx' actually exists), the simpler df/dx makes things easier, quicker, and a little more clear.

    Jeff

    · I like turtles!
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    Was aiming for something like
    d
    _ ( f (x) )
    dx

    d[f(x)]/dx or just plain old dy/dx may have been somewhat clearer in text. But where's the fun in that?

    · I like turtles!
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    Hey cool dude, I always beat people for saying 'derive' when they mean differentiate. Others disagree. Am I crazy or are they (derive refers to working through a series of steps from some initial set of axioms / knowledge to develop a new thing, not d/dx(f(x)) so far as I understand)?

    · Retarded P.A Overlord.
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    Lmao! Don't worry about it man! I think the message left with it dictates you mean otherwise, lol!

    · I like turtles!
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    Find me a mathematician that knows zeta and xi are different letters and who can accurately draw each of them past a horrendous vertical scribble and I might believe you.

    · I like turtles!
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    We're talking about mathematicians and engineers...No one can distinguish their upper and lower case letters.

    · Canis lupis robertus
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    I don't doubt that what you're saying is probably, at least, mildly profound, and likely highly witty.

    Unfortunately, I just don't get it.

    Maybe monosyllabic grunting is more my thing.
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