If anyone needed further evidence that 'we're' doomed.
Google 'Blue Whale Game'.
It's those damn Russians again. Must be Trump's fault.
So in the general scheme of life, what is Algebra going to do for me?
So lets apply algebra to important matters in the form of a word problem:
If a man drinks 3 bottles of beer per day, how much scotch will he need to buy for the weekend?
See if you have the algebra skills to solve this equation, you will know exactly how much scotch to buy instead of just guessing!
So in the general scheme of life, what is Algebra going to do for me?
So lets apply algebra to important matters in the form of a word problem:
If a man drinks 3 bottles of beer per day, how much scotch will he need to buy for the weekend?
See if you have the algebra skills to solve this equation, you will know exactly how much scotch to buy instead of just guessing!
Well, I just had three bottles of beer and have a half bottle of Scotch in the cabinet. So I don't need to buy any. The answer is 0. I also had Saki tonight as a sleeping aid. Didn't need Algebra for that.
This brings up a good point. I have issues with word problems, head games, picking out one cigarette brand out of a whole case, finding a specific brand of cereal in the cereal aisle of the grocery store.. I just don't deal with that sort of thing well. My wife has always thought I was strange in a multitude of ways.
Cross multiplication, the simplest of algebra. I actually use that very frequently for computing things and it is quite useful. I occasionally need and use geometry too (mostly when building something). What I have never found a use for is calculus. Well, except a few times with limits (as something approaches infinity) but that is barely calculus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-multiplication
How's your wife's algebra skills?
Well, assuming he will be buying Scotch on both of his standard liquor store trips over one weekend (two days to a weekend, right?), and using a ratio of 4 Beers = 1 Scotch, I would use the following formula:
E = 2*(Sc + 4B) / D * Bu
Where:
B = beer
Sc = Scotch
St = 'Stumbles', or trips to the liquor store
E = 'Enough', which means too much
D = Day, or one haze filled period of too much brightness followed by just enough darkness
Bu = Buffer or multiplier to assure there will be no sobriety in the event of something extending 'D' above such as 1) an arrest, 2) Daylight savings time kicks in, making a D longer than usual, etc.
Let Bu = 2 because there is no need to take any chances of a 'sudden onset of sobriety'
So, in substitution, (Sc + 4B) * 2 becomes 8 Beers and 2 Scotches, divided by 2, which is 4 beers and 1 Scotch and then some more confusing, unnecessary math and we get:
Stumble to liquor store, empty pockets onto counter and say "Me need dis much drink now" and have friendly store staff treat me with respect and dignity, giving me the proper amount of Thunderbird on each day that I regain consciousness.
No need for Algebra at all. In fact, it will yield only frustration and a greater need for alcohol, as well as making one long for the simpler, gentler days when the hard part of a day was figuring out a simple Coriolis problem.
Brian
More evidence.....and people are ok with this.... http://kstp.com/news/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees-three-square-market/4549459/
More evidence.....and people are ok with this.... http://kstp.com/news/wisconsin-company-to-implant-microchips-in-employees-three-square-market/4549459/
Ok, another great Brian acronym. For me, SOS no longer means Save Our Souls, instead it now means Sudden Onset Sobriety. Doctor! This man is suffering from SOS! 1 liter IV Kettle One STAT!
Yeah but at least that is voluntary. The most recent one that gave me a jolt was this one:I expect the totalitarian crap from an overreaching government but people actually making a conscious choice to be chipped like a dog is scary.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/attorney-general-just-expanded-scary-231122065.html
Absolutely unbelievable IMO. Seizing assets not only without due process but BEFORE any defined accusation is even made! The Constitution is so short I would think anyone and everyone should have found the time to read the thing before growing hair everywhere, and have contemplated what it means to all individuals before that first big speeding ticket.
And while it would be easy enough to teach it in school, I have serious doubts that that could even happen anymore, at least anywhere near correctly.
Brian
I expect the totalitarian crap from an overreaching government but people actually making a conscious choice to be chipped like a dog is scary.
I expect the totalitarian crap from an overreaching government but people actually making a conscious choice to be chipped like a dog is scary.