Subj : packets To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Thu Mar 26 2020 07:37:00 Hi Nancy! BM>>>>> Just another proof these computers aren't inanimate! NB>>>>> Or some programmer came up with a rather useful algorithm... ;) BM>>>> It seems like it's alive! NB>>>> Maybe partially sentient, I suppose.... BM>>> And thus artificial intelligence was started! NB>>> Or at least people think it might really exist... ;) BM>> It seems to have some minor existance in some people!! NB>> Are you saying that the intelligence some people exhibit is NB>> probably artificial....? ;) BM> Some of the facts they spout seem unreal! NB> There certainly is that...! But those I just take as signs of NB> lack of intelligence, not artificial.... ;) Some thoughts just don't seem natural! (There: figured out a play on 'artificial'!) BM>>> Of course some events have 'must start here' rules: a math addition BM>>> problem is done from right to left, though I have done simple ones BM>>> from left to right. NB>>> Subtraction and division are even more so... I've done simple NB>>> ones backwards too... just have to keep track of any carrying NB>>> happening... BM>> That is part of the 'trick'! NB>> And sometimes is a bigger trick than others... BM> That's true. I only do with shorter numbers (hundreds, thousands is BM> pushing things) and lined up vertically. NB> Yup... and not more than two numbers at a time.... Doing the NB> taxes I get these long strings of numbers to add together... NB> those one has to do properly, or the carries are impossible to NB> figure... But only two numbers, I can generally do six or so NB> figures still... lined up vertically is also important.... :) NB> For those long columns of numbers, I'll do it all pencil and NB> paper, and then check my sum with the calculator.... I figure NB> it's good mental exercise to do as much as possible manually... NB> :) It is, and I'll admit to reaching for the calculator too often: more out of uncertainty. When going through school they started me with the "Old Math" and then switch to the "New Math". I don't remember what the differences are but do know it confused me and while I was decent with the Old Math the 'conversion' broke the rules and I never quite unscrambled them. Can do math manually, and do, just certain number combinations seem to not quite click. OTOH have also used the calculator and realized the answer displayed doesn't seem right so there is some sort of mental calculating going on. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x] --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .