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[Tughill Tom]

 

[Tughill Tom]

 

[sheepfarmer]

In my olden days in college, it seemed that all the math was imaginary. It did not seem to make any sense until it was applied in engineering courses. The exception to that was Calculus II. The professor had us try to find where to put the leg and balance, a one legged table that had the shape of a half parabola. And on a test, the bonus problem was to determine the volume lost of a 6ft sphere sitting on the ground after an alien space ship had fired a disintegrating ray that would destroy everything above 5ft from the ground. All of this using integrals. All practical everyday problems.

The practical (?) problems we got began with "a lazy cook put a roast of X pounds in the oven, what temperature should the oven be if he wants to eat at 6? Or something similar. I always thought it would be easier to get a meat thermometer.

 

[i7win7]

 

[i7win7]

 

[RCW]

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Belted Galloway....Oreo Cookie cows...taste good!

 

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Belted Galloway....Oreo Cookie cows...taste good!

The oreo and the milk all in one...

 

[Biker1mike]

In my olden days in college, it seemed that all the math was imaginary. It did not seem to make any sense until it was applied in engineering courses. The exception to that was Calculus II. The professor had us try to find where to put the leg and balance, a one legged table that had the shape of a half parabola. And on a test, the bonus problem was to determine the volume lost of a 6ft sphere sitting on the ground after an alien space ship had fired a disintegrating ray that would destroy everything above 5ft from the ground. All of this using integrals. All practical everyday problems.

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a professor gave a problem to a class full of smart ass newbies. Basic idea was you have a ship with a large hole at the water line. Given a lot of data for pumps, bulk head doors, and movable cargo. What are your orders and go. 90 minutes later he said , ' any of you that do not have ABANDON SHIP as your last command just failed". Entire class was humbled . This puppy was going to list past the point of no return and then drop to the bottom.
All the physics and calculus were no match for mother nature and sometimes you must admit defeat.

 

[lynnmor]

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, a professor gave a problem to a class full of smart ass newbies. Basic idea was you have a ship with a large hole at the water line. Given a lot of data for pumps, bulk head doors, and movable cargo. What are your orders and go. 90 minutes later he said , ' any of you that do not have ABANDON SHIP as your last command just failed". Entire class was humbled . This puppy was going to list past the point of no return and then drop to the bottom.
All the physics and calculus were no match for mother nature and sometimes you must admit defeat.

Since the hole is at the water line, why not move some cargo to the opposite side or end and sail on?

 

[Biker1mike]

Since the hole is at the water line, why not move some cargo to the opposite side or end and sail on?

It had to do with the hole being at and slightly below the water the water line but below the overhead of several compartments. As water flows in the list increases and your pumps move less than what is coming in. The weight of the cargo that could be moved was not enough to stop the list.
I assume the exercise was less a review of a true sinking and more a lesson in facing facts.
I am sure the students knew the ship was lost on the first try but continued to try different ways to try to save it. The order to abandon ship was the one thing none of the students wanted to say as they felt it was their failure when in reality it was the correct action at the end.

 

[i7win7]

 

[i7win7]

 

[fried1765]

Its hilarious! Its i 8 sum pi. Do I qualify as a nerd? Actually, I had to do some searching, I could not remember that the square root of minus 1 was imaginary much less that it was represented by an i.

My college math dates back to 1962.
Was not firmly implanted then, and definitely all gone now.

 

[Magicman]

 

[Magicman]

 

[Tughill Tom]

 

[i7win7]

 

[i7win7]

 

[Henro]

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Seems you are a slow learner! LOL

 

[skeets]

If you really want to confuse a kid today with math, hand them a slide rule