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Nov 20, 2012 1:49AM
Nov 20, 2012 1:15AM
Wow ... if you have to explain how to figure a 15% tip like that .... it is sad. If a person can't determine what 10 % is in a split second, that is a bad sign - and then to add an additional 5% - which is half of the 10% is stunningly simple. Sad part is, there are a lot of people that struggle with such basic math.
Nov 20, 2012 1:17AM
Nov 20, 2012 3:27AM
This was really just a trick to see how many people are too dumb to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, right?
Why else would they do it WRONG?!?!
Here's something that works. 16 C is 61 F. (Actually, it's 60.8, but it's an easy rule to remember.) And then, for every 5 degrees up or down in C, add or subtract 9 degrees in F.
Nov 20, 2012 5:29AM
Nov 20, 2012 5:27AM
I'd like this article a lot more if it could follow its own methods. In the temperature example, 50F does in fact equal 10C, and a change of 5C does in fact equal "about" 10F (actually 9F). But then it gives an example of 15C, which is one change of 5C above 10C, hence one change of 10F above 50F, or 60F. Not 65F. And I personally don't wear shorts at either of those temperatures. Especially not in the shade, in the wind. Brrr.
Nov 20, 2012 3:23AM
Nov 20, 2012 1:51PM
Nov 20, 2012 1:08PM
Nov 20, 2012 3:34PM
Nov 20, 2012 2:41PM
Here's one for you: In what year did president Johnson sign America's conversion to the metric system?
Life would be so much easier if you would all just use the metric system. Just remember a half a dozen prefixes, & you're ready to go. Everything's in tens, hundreds, or thousands, so calculations can easily be done with a cheap, solar powered calculator small enough to fit in a shirt pocket. Isn't that more convenient than trying to figure halfs, quarters, eighths, sixteenths, thirds, & twelths (twelvths? Twelveths? See what I mean?)? Plus you have to memorize 3 different units for each linear, volume, & weight measure. In metric, there's one of each, just apply one of the prefixes to go up or down.
BTW, the answer to my question is - 1866. The president was Andrew Johnson. Slow, aren't we?
Nov 20, 2012 6:26AM
When the tour group I was in was standing in the July Egyptian Sun outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, one of our group asked my what 50 degrees Celcius is in Farenheit, knowing I'm a scientist. I didn't use the 5 and 9 rule used above. I simply knew 9/5*50 +32. In my head 50 divided by 5 is an easy 10. 10 times 9 is 90. 90 plus 32 is 122. After I told him 122F I ask why. He replied, "Because that's what that thermometer over there is the shade says!" To go the other way it's 5/9 x the Farenheit temperature - 32 to get the Celcius temperature.
Dec 12, 2012 5:05PM
Dec 12, 2012 6:46PM
Nov 20, 2012 1:32PM
The problem with young people doing math today is they have always had calculators and computers and ipods and ipads ...they have no clue what a #2 lead pencil and paper is...duh'!
They are not used to using their brain....but letting technology do the thinking for them......that's whay Obama got re-elected......can't think for themselves.....used to being given everything
Dec 12, 2012 5:51PM
1. going dutch, everyone throw a buck or two on the table at lunch, a couple bucks at dinner.
2. tell the Lowes guy how big the room is. If you dont know the dimensions of your room, painting is above your skill set anyway.
3. How does this save me money?
4. Your not paying for chinese leather. Its Italian leather, its gonna cost a bit more, but a lot thicker, and softer.
5.again, talk to the pros (see number 2). I doubt they will sell you a 1/4 of a cake anyway, and I doubt your guests will notice you didn't give them a full serving.
6. that info is also listed in the fine print next to the price. Wait, people dont read fine prints. just get the big pack, you can always trash the rest anyway...
2. tell the Lowes guy how big the room is. If you dont know the dimensions of your room, painting is above your skill set anyway.
3. How does this save me money?
4. Your not paying for chinese leather. Its Italian leather, its gonna cost a bit more, but a lot thicker, and softer.
5.again, talk to the pros (see number 2). I doubt they will sell you a 1/4 of a cake anyway, and I doubt your guests will notice you didn't give them a full serving.
6. that info is also listed in the fine print next to the price. Wait, people dont read fine prints. just get the big pack, you can always trash the rest anyway...
Dec 13, 2012 2:41AM
Dec 12, 2012 9:37PM
Nov 20, 2012 5:11PM
Dec 12, 2012 11:14PM
Dec 13, 2012 3:35PM
Dec 12, 2012 9:01PM
How? Why? If I know how to find the solution to all of these issues on my phone, what is the practical knowledge of being able to do it without? Now you're saying what if you don't have your phone, or it's out of battery? Well then write an article about how to remember to charge your cell phone.
Dec 12, 2012 9:01PM
How? Why? If I know how to find the solution to all of these issues on my phone, what is the practical knowledge of being able to do it without? Now you're saying what if you don't have your phone, or it's out of battery? Well then write an article about how to remember to charge your cell phone.
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