Reverse design of 2010 Sac

On Dec 9, 6:49*pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:
"Peter Irwin" wrote in message

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Peter Irwin wrote:
Mr. Jaggers lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:

Let's see you calculate square roots the long way.

The only way I was ever taught in school was the successive
approximation method. *This was a shortfall in my education
I'm afraid. I should teach myself one of the more sophisticated
methods.

so for square root of two
1.5 * *1.4 * * 1.41 * * 1.42 * * 1.415 * * *1.414
x1.5 * x1.4 * *x1.41 * *x1.42 * *x1.415 * * x1.414
*-- * * -- * * *-- * * * -- * * * -- * * * * ---
2.25 * 1.96 * 1.9881 * *2.0164 * *2.00225 * *1.99396

I missed copying from the paper correctly - 1.999396

Peter.

I could never understand how many people, other than captive students, would
ever have occasion to know or calculate the square root of two, to the
extent that this should be taught in school. * I suspect it's probably for
the same reason that soldiers have to learn close order drill. *You break
'em down with discipline and then reteach 'em the "right" way.- Hide quoted text -

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I followed the program right up to the square root of 525; thanks to
the decimal system.

I can also do good **** with "a mile by a mile, or 640 acres", and an
Illinois' plat book.

oly
'I may be connected with the Busch family of Bavaria....'

oly wrote:
On Dec 9, 4:47 pm, "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote:
Petronius wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Petronius wrote:
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Petronius wrote:
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I always make it a point to use coins on the front side - if I
have them, I like to get rid of them so they don't end up in the
wash, like about $2 in oddments did this morning.
At the end of the day my coins go into my piggy bank from whence
they eventually wind up in a Coinstar machine.
If I have change, I'll try to use it in a purchase but I rarely
have enough. As pointed out before, the denominations of today's
coins have not kept up with inflation.
Back in the 50s, a candy bar cost a nickel, now one (albeit
smaller) costs 50 cents.
The cent, nickel and possibly dime could easily be eliminated from
the ranks of current coinage without an adverse effect on the
economy. Ease the public into the process slowly, by first
eliminating the now-useless cent (keep making them for collectors
though), after a few years do the same for the nickel and then
the dime. By that time
no one will miss them, esp. if we experience the runaway inflation
the current administration's fiscal policies will engender.
Start making more half dollars (which were in wide use 50 years
ago, odd considering they were actually worth something then).
Eliminate the dollar bill (like Canada did) to force the use of
the dollar coins.
Start making $2 coins and maybe even $5 ones
Sacrilege! Don't you know that our currency system originated in
the Garden of Eden? If the cent was good enough for Adam, it's
good enough for me. James the Fundie
Then let's bring back the half cent - perfect for paying the EXACT
sales tax!
You'd need the mill for that.
James the Decimalator
The mil, eh - that has never been part of out pantheon of coins.
You should be called James the Apostate!
I've seen plastic tokens from various states denominated in the mill for use
in dealing with taxes.

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Yeah, but they were made 70 years ago when people would work real hard
for 20 cents per hour.

oly


Actually it was $.25 per hour in 1938

http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/e...wage_chart.pdf

This is a interesting chart.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html

George

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Government is a voracious monster that must have your labor to control
YOU! Your money is your liberty. The taxes you pay gently enslave you,
and eventually destroy any human liberty you have. Fear government, pray
for the country.

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I'll do 'er, I'll turn rat around the first chancet I git.

Deacon James