13 Dec
2004
13 Dec
'04
10:05 a.m.
At 02:55 PM 12/13/2004, you wrote:
the only sound physical reason for fractions is
cooking... the general populace is so technically illiterate that is really doesn't
make a difference whether things are in fractions or decimal. They really don't have a
clue anyway. When was the last time you heard any clerk actually count change out or
someone realize that 1/4 cup is 1/2 of a 1/2 cup...
But measuring by volume isn't necessarily the best method, either,
particularly for flours that vary in volume depending on how long
they've been sitting, the weather, or whether they've been sifted.
They teach fractions like that in third or fourth grade.
There's no excuse.
- John
P.S. Watch for me on the Food Network's "The Next Food Network Star"
contest.
13 Dec
13 Dec
10:50 a.m.
New subject: Cooking, fractions & reply attribution... (was: electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts
Rumor has it that John Foust may have mentioned these words:
At 02:55 PM 12/13/2004, you wrote:
>.... When was the last time you heard any clerk actually count change out...
Earlier today. Oh, that was me... ;-) I do run into it occasionally, but it
is becoming rarer... :-/
But measuring by volume isn't necessarily the best
method, either,
particularly for flours that vary in volume depending on how long
they've been sitting, the weather, or whether they've been sifted.
Just like salt. A tsp. of kosher, table or popcorn are *all* different
amounts of NaCl.
They teach fractions like that in third or fourth
grade.
There's no excuse.
Dyslexia. There are a lot more kinds of it than just writing your letters
backwards (my type) -- I have two friends that *just can't spell*, and my
wife is LD in math; she can't handle decimals or fractions! Oh, guess who
has the most college degrees of the 4 people I just mentioned: my wife.
Some people's brains are just plain *wired funny* -- sometimes it's a good
thing, sometimes it's not.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
P.S. Watch for me on the Food Network's "The
Next Food Network Star" contest.
P.S. Avid (rabid? ;-) fan of Alton Brown... What that man can do with a
Weber grill is awe-inspiring... ;^>
P.P.S. John: You know there is a way of forcing Spewdora to put the
person's name in the attribution, instead of defaulting to 'you'? In the
eudora.ini file, you could add a line similar to:
ReplyAttribution=Rumor has it that %2 may have mentioned these words:
The %2 replaces 'you' with the name of the person in the 'From:' header.
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11:13 a.m.
New subject: Cooking, fractions & reply attribution... (was: electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts
At 03:50 PM 12/13/2004, Roger Merchberger wrote:
I even look like him, so I must have a chance.
Rumor has it that John Foust may have mentioned these
words:
I didn't say that, you've confused your quoting.
At 02:55 PM 12/13/2004, you wrote:
>.... When was the last time you heard any clerk actually count change out...
Earlier today. Oh, that was me... ;-) I do run into it occasionally, but it is becoming
rarer... :-/ Some people's brains are just plain *wired funny*
-- sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not.
They are free to develop their own units of measurement if they like. :-)
P.S. Watch for
me on the Food Network's "The Next Food Network Star" contest.
P.S.
Avid (rabid? ;-) fan of Alton Brown... What that man can do with a Weber grill is
awe-inspiring... ;^> P.P.S. John: You know there is a way of forcing
Spewdora to put the person's name in the attribution, instead of defaulting to
'you'?
Yes. I usually use "Reply to all" which includes the attribution.
I must've missed it that time by using "Reply" instead.
- John
10:02 p.m.
New subject: Cooking, fractions & reply attribution... (was: electro-Physics: 17.3409 volts
Hi,
Roger Merchberge said:
Dyslexia. There are a lot more kinds of it than just
writing your letters
backwards (my type) -- I have two friends that *just can't spell*, and my
wife is LD in math; she can't handle decimals or fractions! Oh, guess who
has the most college degrees of the 4 people I just mentioned: my wife.
I suffer from a similar problem, I've never been able to do arithmetic in
my head with any degree of certainty of getting the correct result. Also
I have problems counting money, so what did I end up doing for a living?
Wages :-) (But that was all computerised...and we weren't allowed to
handle actual money!) I can juggle complex maths equations with no
problem though...I just need a calculator to handle the actual numbers.
Some people's brains are just plain *wired funny*
That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it :-)
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Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
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16 Dec
16 Dec
5:25 a.m.
New subject: Cooking, fractions & reply attribution...
Roger Merchberger wrote:
P.P.S. John: You know there is a way of forcing Spewdora to put the
person's name in the attribution, instead of defaulting to 'you'? In the
eudora.ini file, you could add a line similar to:
ReplyAttribution=Rumor has it that %2 may have mentioned these words:
The %2 replaces 'you' with the name of the person in the 'From:' header.
Cool. Is there a listing as to any other variables that can be used?
Like date and time stuff?
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