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  • kluursK kluurs

    I think I told this story once before. In high school calc, our teacher liked to give power tests - essentially tests that could not be completed in the time provided. Calculators hadn't been invented at that point in time. When we got to integral calculus I did the test but failed to add "+C", C being the constant. He deducted a point for every question. Next power test - I went through all 70 questions and wrote "+C" before starting any calculations. He have me partial credit for them - of course, that sparked some disdain from the rest of the class. The instructor assured us this was the last time he would allow that gambit. From my perspective, karma and equilibrium had been restored to my personal universe.

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    @kluurs said in Quiet here:

    I think I told this story once before. In high school calc, our teacher liked to give power tests - essentially tests that could not be completed in the time provided. Calculators hadn't been invented at that point in time. When we got to integral calculus I did the test but failed to add "+C", C being the constant. He deducted a point for every question. Next power test - I went through all 70 questions and wrote "+C" before starting any calculations. He have me partial credit for them - of course, that sparked some disdain from the rest of the class. The instructor assured us this was the last time he would allow that gambit. From my perspective, karma and equilibrium had been restored to my personal universe.

    That's well gamed. And the teacher accepted his loss gracefully.

    Education is extremely important.

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      Compare this Saturday’s active threads vs last week’s…

      The Brad

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      • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

        Compare this Saturday’s active threads vs last week’s…

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        @LuFins-Dad said in Quiet here:

        Compare this Saturday’s active threads vs last week’s…

        Nobody ever said this would be easy.

        But maybe we could ask Mr. Musk if he could take a moment and cut a few threads.

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          How do you do that comparison?

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            From memory it’s much busier today.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              Good questions to discuss today.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • MikM Mik

                How do you do that comparison?

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                @Mik said in Quiet here:

                How do you do that comparison?

                Just the first post in this thread tells the story. There were no active threads for most of the day on Saturday. Even after Jon’s thread, it never got busy. Today? This place is slamming’…

                The Brad

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