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Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-22T18:21:59Z

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:58:51 -0500, tony cooper <tony_cooper...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
Don't give up, Tony. Some of us did get it! :^)
Bob

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-22T15:20:52Z

In article <hea0md$sn...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, Noons
You originally said
"The mathematical work on vernier scales was done by a guy called
Pedro Nunes and was used by the Portuguese to calculate deviations,
declinations and navigation tables since the 14th century, smack bang
in the middle ages. It's how they managed to work their way around the

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-22T00:30:43Z

Elliott Roper wrote,on my timestamp of 22/11/2009 12:03 AM:
So what? Did anyone create a mark post in history saying this is middle ages,
that is renaissance, all around the world? Renaissance might have started in
the 16th century somewhere in Europe. Hardly everywhere in the world. Even
today there are places where it hasn't started...

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T16:52:22Z

? "Elliott Roper" <nos...@yrl.co.uk> ?????? ??? ??????
In my college, here in Iraklion, [link] , we did complex numbers,
hyperbolic sin and cos, tables 2X 2 etc, calculus and double integral
calculus. Never mind I ended up as an electrician;we are in a no-man's land
between the scientists (university graduates) and technicians (trade school

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T13:12:34Z

In article <he8org02...@news6.newsguy.com >, J. Clarke
I'm in violent agreement with all of that.
However, the original part of that discussion was about 15 year-olds
and logs. Only a few will have started calculus at that age in high
school. Few of those will be integrating 1/u du by then. A bit of a

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T13:03:46Z

In article <he8h85$nt...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, Noons
Pedro Nunes 1502-1578. That is, he was *born* 2 years into the 16th C.
Perhaps his great-great-great-great grandad passed it on down the
family?
You are also wrong about the dates of Portuguese navigation primacy.
Vasco da Gama made it to India in 1498 - two years before the end of

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T12:56:48Z

Most college bound high school students in the US who don't get calculus in
high school will get a course called "Precalculus Mathematics" that hits
exponentials and logs pretty heavily. You need logs to handle any "Integral
of 1/u du" type problem so they're important in calculus even if you don't

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T12:03:42Z

In article <La2dnRcFo9UW3prWnZ2dnUVZ_gOdn ...@giganews.com>, Bill Graham
Er no. Not if her mum and grandad have anything to do with it, she'll
be fine.
Also, here in UK, nobody majors in anything at 15, except perhaps
soccer.
Looking at maths syllabuses for primary and junior high school would
support your position. Of course nobody will be taught log table use -

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T11:00:57Z

Elliott Roper wrote,on my timestamp of 21/11/2009 11:22 AM:
Yes.
The mathematical work on vernier scales was done by a guy called Pedro Nunes and
was used by the Portuguese to calculate deviations, declinations and navigation
tables since the 14th century, smack bang in the middle ages. It's how they

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T06:18:03Z

Damn! these place are all the same! It is the La Quinta Inn.
One "Q" is like another.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T06:14:07Z

Airport Blvd. Quintana Inn.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T05:51:34Z

On 11/20/2009 9:13 PM Savageduck spake thus:
Let me guess: one of them motels in South City next to 101?
(Used to live in San Bruno, so that was my old stomping grounds.)

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T05:13:05Z

OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic.
...and I got the joke.
Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early
in the AM.
I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T04:58:51Z

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck
You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf
worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably
shouldn't joke in this group.

Re: When Did Detroit Start Building Cars Like Japanese dSLRs????

2009-11-21T04:27:54Z

Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand.
Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the
fractional part of a logarithm.