Speaking of Algebra, I need to borrow an Algebra book and a Trig book for a placement exam that I need to take as I was just admitted to a CS program at the U of MN, which will allow me to further understand Linux and UNIX and keep this thread tied to the topic, and I was wondering if anyone would like to share their text books. uak On Fri, 2 Nov 2001, Dan Drake wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 04:49PM -0600, Hvidsten, Leif wrote: > > Hence, this is why formulas such as this have been devised: > > > > http://www.ringworld.org/kbullock/funny/Evilgirls.gif > > Actually, the formula is wrong. When it says > > Girls = (Sqrt(Evil))^2, > > all you know is that Girls equal the *absolute value* of Evil. And since > evil is certainly negative, the formula is > > Girls = (-1) * Evil. > > We know this is not true. (oh, lord, do we know it...). So at this point > we look over the theorem and see what conditions we might have missed. > Aha! If instead of the real numbers, we use the integers modulo 2 (where > -1 is congruent to 1), the original statement will hold. Therefore > > Girls = Evil (modulo 2). > > > And my parents said a math degree wouldn't be useful! > > > Dan > lowering the S/N ratio since 1372 > > -- > | 4699 BDCB B1A5 28B6 7F8A F8DF EB6A BC2A B0A1 99BF (GPG) > | Dan Drake <drake+tclug at lemongecko.org> | http://lemongecko.org/drake/ > | public key: email <drake+gpg at lemongecko.org> >
