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dwarfie76, my point was that it does not increase your mental faculties - only furnishes you with more knowledge in that field. I was just replying to MyPurpleCrayon's post saying that it will 'make you smarter'.
That's fine. I disagreed with the content of your post, so I posted a reply. If you would prefer your communiques be responded to by only a limited set of people you might want to either:
a) make a list of the people allowed to reply to your post at the end, or,
B) avail yourself of the private messaging facility.
At any rate, your point is flawed. Like any other skill, practising mathematics does indeed increase your mental faculties. It may well only increase your mental acuity when it comes to mathematical problems, but your argument is as silly as saying bicep curls are of no use because they won't increase your overall fitness.
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How can doing maths 'make you smarter'?
It's not that it makes you smarter. But developing your knowledge of the appropriate branches of maths to what you hope to do in life will make your working life easier.
It might increase your knowledge in that field, but it can't raise someone's intelligence.It depends on how you're measuring "intelligence". Standard IQ tests have a reasonable maths component to them. And if you're referring to general competency in life, then maths is applicable in a wide variety of circumstances.
Also by choosing it as an option at any stage you are missing out on something else that may be more useful to you.Again it depends entirely on what you want to do in life. Plenty of careers don't really need much beyond gradeschool arithmetic. The hardest maths most doctors need is working out what dosage of a particular drug to give a patient based on their body weight. However, there are also plenty of careers where a thorough understanding of some branches of mathematics are highly advantageous if not downright essential. Industrial chemists, engineers, electronics technicians, pilots, architects etc. Certainly choose the subjects at school that best suit your chosen career path. But it's also important not to specialise too early in life.
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Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Page
Joe Satriani
Eric Clapton
BB King
Would be my top 5 with
Angus Young
Mark Knopfler
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Slash
Tony Iommi
Rounding out the ten.
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Axl
^First person I thought of when I read the topic title. Axl's voice is easily imitatable, but no one else has the same amount of control while singing in that style as he does.
What band is he in?
Axl Rose - Guns n' Roses
But for sheer uniqueness, I'd go for Toni Childs.
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Does it still happen or was this a one-time event?
Does it also happen when you try to log into high detail?
Can you access other websites without problems?
Have you tried with another browser (Firefox or Opera)?
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Nothing us "unhackable". Runescape is pretty safe because anyone with the talent, know-how and inclination would have their sights set a little higher.
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http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/blo ... rview.html
Ebaum's World's Michael Parker being righteously owned by Attack of the Show
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Tools -> Options -> Font & Colors
Make sure "Always Use My" Checkboxes are not checked.
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1.Java is the engine
2.Java runs off of RuneScript fuel (variant of the java language)
3.RuneScape runs for your pleasure
(yes they did make their own type of java language, but basicaly the same thing.)
The client is a Java applet. Technically a Java applet can only be written using Java. Whether or not they have some intermediary engine in the client is a moot point. Somewhere down the line someone wrote the code in Java.
However the client is a very small piece of the RuneScape software. The server side code is where the real processing of the game takes place. What it is written in is anybody's guess.
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I worked at a daycare during the summer, i taught the kids math
Whoa... my kids only learn to fingerpaint at their daycare.
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Even if what the only actual math that you are including in your code is simple arithmetic, computer science is basically the application of math. I always feel that to do any programming you need to have a good concept of math and logic. You may not be using complicated formulas and equations, but it's still largely math-based.
Logic more so than maths. However it could be said that the two are very much intertwined. I spend most of my time these days designing distributed workflow applications which are more about following business processes than crunching data, but I've done my fair share of reporting engines and graphing applications where high level maths is a must. Math topics that are most used in the IT field would be things like set theory, boolean logic, algebra, statistics, combinatorics etc. However, when you get into things like writing the software for things like scientific instruments you can be faced with integral calculus, fourier transforms, polar/rectangular transforms and differential equations.
Computer game programming is also pretty intensive on the number crunching. Especially for immersive 3d environments where real-world physics need to be modelled.
So, yeah, tell your students that if any of them wants to do anything with computers math is very important, even if you don't use the exact things you learned in school. It's more about the way that you think through problems.Very good advice. Programming suits people with a particular mindset. That mindset can be grown early on by tackling challenging maths problems because it works the same areas of the brain.
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That's very strange. Is your computer doing anything else out of the ordinary? Taking it's time loading up documents or anything like that?
How much RAM have you got in your system?
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Does playing in low detail make any difference?
Does your mouse handle OK for other Java applets?
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Out of date JVM would be my first guess. Head here: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp and download the latest version of Java for your operating system. Install it and see if it helps.
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Ive noticed that lots of peoples careers only require basic maths, can anyone find me an example that requires trigenometry, lotus and the parabola, calculus, quadtratic and trinomials etc? Other than quantum physics or anything. Or maths teacher..
Computer programmer here, have used all of the above in the past twelve months.
They're not things I use all day every day, most programming doesn't really go beyond basic arithmetic, but when I need to work out how to render a 3D pie chart based on a set of percentages I'm pretty glad I took maths up to 2nd year Engineering level.
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I've got three not started, one started but incomplete:
Desert Treasure (started but incomplete): I'm only a puny level 84 and Damis scared me.
Devious Minds: Currently grinding RC and Smithing to get the reqs.
Mourning's Ends 1: Got to get range up before I can start.
Mourning's Ends 2: Well, can't do it until I've done part 1.
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However, an atheist cannot ever be a good person if his beliefs are true. Without an eternal, external standard (God) that determines true good and evil, no person can be truly good. There is no real morality, only made-up, subjective rules. In a materialist worldview, who's to say that feeding the homeless is any better than slaughtering and eating them? Both are simply forms of matter and energy moving around; there's no real difference between good and evil.
Conclusion: It is inconsistant for an atheist to claim to be a good person.
But in terms of made up lists of rules, what makes say the ten commandments and better than say the universal declaration of human rights?
There are plenty of people who subscribe to a utilitarian viewpoint that holds that a definitive set of ethics can indeed be drawn purely from a secular standpoint, myself included. However there is also nothing stopping an atheist from following all the practical teachings of christianity. Would they not then be a 'good' person?
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It depends on what you're trying to format... I presume your hard drive.
In which case - as albosky said - you should use your windows cd, put it in the cd drive and reboot your computer. It should take you through the options for reinstalling Windows. One of which will be to choose between reformatting your drive or installing over the top of what's there.
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off topic: sorry for carrying the thread off topic
on topic: and while they are in the area, jagex should put a furnace, anvil and bank into the mining guild. some aspects of the guilds are there for convenience, but not to make their respective skills dead easy to level. about the sheep pen, its about and extra click to go to the sheep just north of the guild (2 clicks to get through the guild door). i doubt that they will be heavily adding or subtracting anything from the guilds (altough the point raised about there being a bank AND range in the fishing guild is fairly contradictory to my arugement).
There's nothing stopping anyone from getting their mage to a level where they can superheat in the guild. And once you're down there it's only a short hike to the anvils in the dwarven mines. I've ground out more than a few smithing levels down there. Mine, superheat, smith, alch, repeat.
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1996 called. They want their funny back.
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This is a brief opinion, but my english ain't good enough to write a decend story about how I think. I dont want to convince you or something, but I just wanna let you know there are other things as well, on this planet...
Your English is fine. Better than most on these boards. I'd be very appreciative if you would outline your beliefs a bit further. Following a non-theist, but (seemingly) very spiritual path is something that I've encountered a lot of people saying.
How would you relate your beliefs to say Buddhism or Wicca?
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I like the idea. Perhaps not for rocks though, perhaps if seams acted this way and rocks stayed how they are it wouldn't upset the balance so much.
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I'll always treasure my shantay disclaimer.
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Pagan is actually defined as anything that is not a major religion - Jewish, Christian, or Mulsim, Buddhist, Hindu, Bah'hai (spelling might be wrong), etc.
About right. Pagan can either mean someone who practises an "alternative" religion. Or be synonymous with "heathen" and mean someone who doesn't practise the same religion we do. It's generally accepted that most of the Norse, Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman and Eastern and African Animist religions fall under the definition of "paganism" while most self confessed "Pagans" are actually Wiccans.
Do you use math in your job?
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In regard to the original poster's sentiments regarding encouraging pupils to take maths as a subject.
No, I didn't say it increased your general mental faculties. I specifically said:
It all comes down to how finely you want to split hairs. Does doing crossword puzzles increase your general mental acuity? Or does it only help you get better at doing crossword puzzles?