When was the idea of binary invented? Does it predate the early computers of the 1940's? I wonder if Babbage had anything to do with it? He designed several mechanical computers (lots of metal gears) in the 1800's. Also, if I am not mistaken, some of the concepts for early computers were pioneered in mechanical looms, but I don't know if that had anything to do with binary.
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Maybe they were thinking pregnancy?
OK, Mathy, here's one for you. I am a convener for a committee. One committee member is in Lexington, KY, one is in Wabash, Indiana, one is in Bloomington, Indiana and one is in West Lafayette, IN (and that would be me). So no one has to drive too far for the meeting, I'm willing to find a room in a library or ask to borrow a room from a church in a town equidistant from every member. How do we find the central point among all those places?“A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
Billy Sunday
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Originally posted by Coolwater View PostMaybe they were thinking pregnancy?
OK, Mathy, here's one for you. I am a convener for a committee. One committee member is in Lexington, KY, one is in Wabash, Indiana, one is in Bloomington, Indiana and one is in West Lafayette, IN (and that would be me). So no one has to drive too far for the meeting, I'm willing to find a room in a library or ask to borrow a room from a church in a town equidistant from every member. How do we find the central point among all those places?
Gonna change my evil ways...one of these days
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Originally posted by mathpiglet View Post
Watch yourself, Kat. You might do permanent damage to your tongue.May The Winds Be With You, while I'm searchin' for my lost shaker of salt. Makin' for the Trades on the outside. Lookin' for the Southern Cross. (J.Buffett 77/74)
"Yeah, It's all fun and games until somebody gets Cursed," Sheriff Jack Carter ~ Eureka.
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Originally posted by Coolwater View PostMaybe they were thinking pregnancy?
OK, Mathy, here's one for you. I am a convener for a committee. One committee member is in Lexington, KY, one is in Wabash, Indiana, one is in Bloomington, Indiana and one is in West Lafayette, IN (and that would be me). So no one has to drive too far for the meeting, I'm willing to find a room in a library or ask to borrow a room from a church in a town equidistant from every member. How do we find the central point among all those places?
http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680F...gnment%204.htm
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" ...find the circumcenter of the triangle by finding the equations of the three perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangles." Dear God. Canadian children are savants.
What if it's four places? Same thing with a square?“A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
Billy Sunday
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Originally posted by Coolwater View Post" ...find the circumcenter of the triangle by finding the equations of the three perpendicular bisectors of the sides of the triangles." Dear God. Canadian children are savants.
What if it's four places? Same thing with a square?
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Is mathpiglet still around? I'm desperately seeking people to do math with. Funny, that my first post is an inquiry about math on a Highlander forum ... I LOVE Highlander but somewhat less desperate about finding other Highlander enthusiasts than math enthusiasts (we are in few in number).
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So are you calculating stuff like continuous compound interest, P = P_0 e^(rt)?
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The calculator they had us buy assumes periodic, not continuous. If I get into that it'll be in spreadsheets, I assume. Looking up compound interest the chapter it's covered in quickly launches into present value formulas.
Then, under 'some additional calculations':
Many shoppers use credit cards to make purchases. When you receive the statement for payment, you may pay the total amount due or you may pay the balance in a certain number of payments. (Then 'solving for the interest rate')
But *blip* continuous? My credit union dropped their daily interest savings years ago. Do any financial institutions really do continuous?
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They have calculators that can do this?! I didn't even know. Well it's not to the advantage of banks to do continuous compound interest. I imagine, if you do end up working at a bank, instead of directly manipulating spreadsheets, SQL programming is better for data integrity. Then again, finance is not my area of focus.
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