2012-07-30, 18:11 | Link #22721 | |
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in High School, the algebra and geometry simply didn't click, i pass but it wasn't pretty. During junior college, i redid algebra even though i didn't have to. Then I ace Calculus. sometimes a bit of maturity is all someone need to understand math or any subject.
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2012-07-30, 18:40 | Link #22722 | |
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2012-07-31, 07:13 | Link #22726 |
Knight Errant
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@math: I think if they taught more math physics things might be better. You can describe the motion of all objects using calculus, and algebraic equations. All the principles of mathematics get used in physics.
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2012-07-31, 10:56 | Link #22730 | |
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I've also noticed that my younger sister's math homework contains a lot of physics exercises which means that math teachers are starting to realise better ways to show kids how math can be applied instead of sticking to abstract notions all the time.
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2012-07-31, 11:56 | Link #22731 | |
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I say carry on with the antiship mines and the depth charges.
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2012-07-31, 17:08 | Link #22732 | |
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India power cut hits millions, among world's worst outages
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2012-08-01, 10:35 | Link #22733 |
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^Quoting a friend of mine's comment on that :
"It was really just a matter of time with the crumbling infrastructure. The government has done jack shit to improve the grid for decades, whilst the number of households joining it has grown rapidly. A friend tells me that brown-outs in cities like Delhi even for rich people are at least a weekly occurrence. And the problem is not just electricity, it's almost everything else. Water, gas, sanitation, roads, you name it. Water hours, a ludicrous thing to me, but many Dillianas are accustomed to it. Imagine only having two hours in the morning to collect all the water you need for the day. And if you're a slumdweller, you're infinitely worse off, if you're lucky there's a communal pump and that's about it."
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2012-08-01, 14:12 | Link #22734 |
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U.S. raises pressure for euro zone crisis action
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8700AZ20120801 Senators reach tentative deal on business tax breaks http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...87010B20120801
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2012-08-01, 18:30 | Link #22736 | |
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2012-08-01, 18:54 | Link #22738 |
Knight Errant
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You know, in many ways (especially during the Mao era) Communism is a lot like a religion.
Down to the insistence that all other religions are false, persecution of heretic ER politics dissidents, and reverence of the messiah, sorry "Great Leader". |
2012-08-01, 18:56 | Link #22739 | |
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Error by Knight Capital rips through stock market
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2012-08-01, 19:10 | Link #22740 |
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Yeah, there is the official state atheism fig leaf. But until rather recently, PRC has been fairly pragmatic with religion since Mao. Besides, I doubt that this case applies to the muslims outside of Xinjiang. Well, at least besides the CP members....
Still, this is a country that declares different timezones to be a threat to national unity. Just earlier this year PRC trolled the Cantonese by restricting the usage of Putonghua in local Cantonese medias, since it's the language of "colonial dogs" residing in HK. Certainly, this one is not completely unexpected. But one can't help but to think that PRC regime has been losing its senses....
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