Subj : Re: packets To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri May 01 2020 17:24:30 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Apr-2020 10:33 <=- BM>> Chemistry and Physics use a lot of math; research can too, just BM>> plotting out can get mathemetically complex. ...I'm getting into an BM>> area I know nothing about so coming out with Mr. Obvious type replies. NB>> That's ok... math ends up being useful no matter what one ends up NB>> doing, the higher math mostly useful for the sciences... As I said, NB>> I ended up not really staying in the physical sciences, but got into NB>> the social sciences... :) BM> "Broadens your horizons". :) I don't have much use for math beyond BM> the basics, but the puzzle solving aspect of Algebra has probably BM> helped my figure out some things in Real Life: sort of discover a BM> pattern (the 'plus x' portion of the equation). As for application BM> towards the social sciences. maybe is Brand X with the Buy 2, get $1.50 BM> off coupon.... Being able to think logically, as well as outside the box, are both useful skills.... ;) BM>> Some things are very yes/no, true/false, work/won't work and no matter BM>> how much one tries to get around won't alter. Other the premise is BM>> wrong but has been accepted as true and can be so can 'altered' -- BM>> really is the first one, just had the wrong information. NB>> Basic math is very much yes/no.... when one gets into the logic levels NB>> of math and sciences, there's more of the how you get there can make a NB>> difference.... and there might be more than one way... And when one NB>> is dealing with people instead of math and science, there's a lot more NB>> factors, and a lot more of the shades of white/grey/black.... :) BM> People have a ton of variables built in! Makes things fun. :) Can BM> be annoying to someone trying to figure out the science behind. People just aren't that easy to quantify.... and trying to pigeonhole generally makes for wrong answers... ;) BM>>>> ... Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x] NB>>>> Speaking of the new-ew-ew math... BM>>> Do the innermost set first.... And if takes too long just call BM>>> Directory Assistance! NB>>> But there's those letters, and that sin(e) of something.... even NB>>> the calculator can't handle all of that... BM>> I have a calculator which indicates it can, or at least some of it. I BM>> have no idea how to operate that portion of it; I bought the BM>> calculator because it had a 'rubout' key so instead of erasing the BM>> entire entry I could delete just the erroneous button-push. NB>> One still has to know how to solve for x, y, and z.... :) BM> So that's what I did wrong: I was trying to figure a, b and c!! Ummmm... those are just alternate names for the same thing... NB>>>> ... Of people born in 1839, 100% who ate carrots are dead! BM>>> That seems proof enough carrots are bad for you!! NB>>> Faulty reasoning, just like one might do with the below.... ;) NB>>> ... 100% of people who breathe die. BM>> Stop breathing and save yourself!! NB>> But when one stops breathing one does die... ;) BM> Use a respirator? That only works for a while.... eventually one still dies... NB>> ... I like stuffed animals. Oven baked with bread crumb stuffing. BM> Hmm: previous message had one about eggs and chickens; wonder what the BM> next message's will be?! As I almost recall, it probably had nothing at all to do with that train of thought (I'm pretty sure that those had been essentially random tags... [g]).... I do have a lot of food related tags, though... ttyl neb .... Where there's smoke, there she is--cooking. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .