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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8076: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:39:07 PM

Tzetze has reminded me that I need to read Hofstadter's books. A few of his books are in my library's system, but not actually in my library. They're in nearby libraries, and I have enough books actually in my room that I haven't read to want to wait for another one. Also, something about this conversation is making me want to do my proofs for precal.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8079: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:47:52 PM

Oh shit, I remember now. I hated those things. sin² + cos² = 1. Ugh.

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Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#8080: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:48:46 PM

I hate none of them more than double-angle identity. Especially when they're brought into integration...

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#8081: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:49:26 PM

Trig as a whole can go fuck off and die.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8082: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:50:20 PM

Agreed, Wicked.

Do "visual thinkers" have an easier time at geometry? Because I don't like geometry.

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Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#8083: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:54:07 PM

Nah, I think we can leave room for trig functions and inverse trig functions on our calculator.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8084: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:55:19 PM

I don't care for geometry either.

Trig...is...okay. I don't love it, but I don't hate it. I'm on neutral terms with trig. Proofs, on the other hand, can suck it. Even if I do feel really good after solving one.

A friend of mine recently used trig while we were putting the set for the school musical together. That was cool.

edited 9th Oct '09 2:56:06 PM by Lucky Revenant

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
AFGNCAAP Not axe crazy I swear from Great Underground Empire Since: Jun, 2009
Not axe crazy I swear
#8085: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:56:48 PM

Trig kills. Algebra really kills, calc kills for real, but geometry—high school level, anyway—was pretty friendly. It probably gets deadly in college, though.

Some writing.
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8086: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:58:29 PM

I did pretty well in algebra, actually. The algebra in precal is easy enough for me. The problem is...I'm not sure, actually. Algebra's automatic for me, whereas precal just doesn't work that way in my head. It's hard to explain...

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8087: Oct 9th 2009 at 2:58:59 PM

It's too bad that you don't get to learn about the elegance of differentiation and integration.

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AFGNCAAP Not axe crazy I swear from Great Underground Empire Since: Jun, 2009
Not axe crazy I swear
#8088: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:00:52 PM

Unfortunately, where I should see elegance in integration, all I see is a mutant letter s. I am sincerely bothered by this.

Some writing.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#8089: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:00:57 PM

I liked those, when they weren't massively complex.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8090: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:01:29 PM

Was that sincere?

Honestly, the only reason I'm in precal was because I wanted to be able to have a better understanding of all the badass shit that goes on in math. But, I can't seem to get my head around it. Which is a problem because I'm realising this after I can no longer drop classes. Hell, even if I could, there's nothing I would replace it with.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#8091: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:02:15 PM

I am not looking forward to maybe taking calc in the future.

I really wanna take Economics, though.

You can't even write racist abuse in excrement on somebody's car without the politically correct brigade jumping down your throat!
Katrika Since: Jul, 2009
#8092: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:02:18 PM

Oh noes! I'm almost at the end of Magical Starsign, and the part I just played through gets pretty sad. sad

edited 9th Oct '09 3:03:03 PM by Katrika

"You fail to grasp the basic principles of mad science. Common sense would be cheating." - Narbonic
LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8093: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:03:38 PM

I'm gonna be in eco next semester. Most of my friends thought it was really hard, or at least much harder than government. I'll find out why.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8094: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:04:34 PM

Yes, I meant that seriously.

Well... did you understand my lame explanation of Gödel's incompleteness theorem a few pages back?

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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8095: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:06:10 PM

Somewhat. When you first explained it I didn't really get it, but when you said something like any logical system that tries to prove itself is contradictory or something like that  *

, I understood it better.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8096: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:08:17 PM

That's close... basically, any system powerful enough to be very useful has the ability to prove that it can prove things. Then you just trick it into proving that it can't prove something.

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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8097: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:09:53 PM

Double post born from editing? What is this?

edited 9th Oct '09 3:10:25 PM by Lucky Revenant

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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8098: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:10:10 PM

Right. That's what I meant to say.

I can't help but feel like you meant to prove something with this.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8099: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:12:15 PM

I just don't get it when people say they aren't good at math. I mean, it's just following instructions. People who say that they aren't good at math are usually good at something else, like say drawing. It's as if their minds can't do the two things at once or something.

Of course, an artist could say the same of me.

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LuckyRevenant ALMSIVI from The Flood Since: Jan, 2001
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#8100: Oct 9th 2009 at 3:13:49 PM

Really, it's not that I'm bad at math. Like I said, I'm fairly good with algebra. It's just that sometimes it takes me longer to wrap my head around a concept. Math seems to be full of concepts like these. And I rarely actually have long enough to get my head around them. When I finally get it, though, it's one of the best feelings.

"I can't imagine what Hell will have in store, but I know when I'm there, I won't wander anymore."

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