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| Started by | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2017-01-08 00:58 +0800 |
| Last post | 2017-01-10 22:06 +0800 |
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Re: 4-figure tables and geometry "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-01-08 00:58 +0800
Re: 4-figure tables and geometry Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2017-01-07 23:30 -0600
Re: 4-figure tables and geometry "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-01-08 21:52 +0800
Re: 4-figure tables and geometry "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2017-01-10 22:06 +0800
| From | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-01-08 00:58 +0800 |
| Subject | Re: 4-figure tables and geometry |
| Message-ID | <o4r6k0$ctn$4@dont-email.me> |
On 8/1/2017 12:54 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > On 7/1/2017 7:13 PM, bursejan@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> Good point. bird brain Janus Garbriel birdbrains is >>> anyway too stupid to see that the actual infinite >>> is always present in geometry. >> >> To avoid the infinite in geometry you have start >> right away with some finite cell grid, like Archie >> >> does sometime. But I neither see JG or WM doing >> this. Although WM has a certain Archie tendency. > > Remember four-figure tables in your high school days? > > I nearly forgot how to read and use them now that we got electricity, > calculators and digital computers! :) And I just found that Amazon doesn't have this item! What if our planet suddenly lost electricity? :) -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
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| From | Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> |
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| Date | 2017-01-07 23:30 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <1gj37cdusundb3j164vbagr1ijodemh2r3@4ax.com> |
| In reply to | #7275 |
On Sun, 8 Jan 2017 00:58:05 +0800, "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote: >On 8/1/2017 12:54 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: >> On 7/1/2017 7:13 PM, bursejan@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Good point. bird brain Janus Garbriel birdbrains is >>>> anyway too stupid to see that the actual infinite >>>> is always present in geometry. >>> >>> To avoid the infinite in geometry you have start >>> right away with some finite cell grid, like Archie >>> >>> does sometime. But I neither see JG or WM doing >>> this. Although WM has a certain Archie tendency. >> >> Remember four-figure tables in your high school days? >> >> I nearly forgot how to read and use them now that we got electricity, >> calculators and digital computers! :) > >And I just found that Amazon doesn't have this item! What if our planet >suddenly lost electricity? :) "CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 32nd Edition (Advances in Applied Mathematics)", Daniel Zwillinger http://a.co/52qtvJS Personally I've only got a 28th edition on the shelf, but I expect that will hold me over while the power is out.
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| From | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-01-08 21:52 +0800 |
| Message-ID | <o4tg3i$9fn$2@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #7288 |
On 8/1/2017 1:30 PM, Robert Wessel wrote: > "CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 32nd Edition (Advances > in Applied Mathematics)", Daniel Zwillinger > ... > Personally I've only got a 28th edition on the shelf, but I expect > that will hold me over while the power is out. When that day came, we might as well relax the accuracy and precision requirements! :) -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
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| From | "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2017-01-10 22:06 +0800 |
| Message-ID | <o52pm6$647$3@dont-email.me> |
| In reply to | #7290 |
On 8/1/2017 9:52 PM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > On 8/1/2017 1:30 PM, Robert Wessel wrote: >> "CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae, 32nd Edition (Advances >> in Applied Mathematics)", Daniel Zwillinger >> ... >> Personally I've only got a 28th edition on the shelf, but I expect >> that will hold me over while the power is out. > > When that day came, we might as well relax the accuracy and precision > requirements! :) > Forget not in the very old days, there were NO ruler nor 4-figure tables! Everything was done with feelings and trial-and-error! :) -- @~@ Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch! Live long and prosper!! / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! /( _ )\ May the Force and farces be with you! ^ ^ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.39.3 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_pubsvc/page_socsecu/sub_addressesa
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