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Re: Please help me with the math
From: Dan Allen
Date: 2006 May 5, 23:04 -0500
On 5 May 2006, at 10:48 PM, FrankReedCT@aol.com wrote:
> Indeed just last night while having a beer at my neighborhood
> pub, a beautiful brunette with a sparkle in her eye walked up and
> said, "say,
> do you happen to know the cosine of 63 degrees?" I replied, "why
> yes... would
> you like 7 or 10 significant digits?" It's moments like those that
> make me
> glad I know my trigonometry.
When that beautiful brunette DOES show up asking you for a trig
function, SNAG HER! Such women are pretty rare... I gave a talk at
the University of Utah computer science department recently. Large
room full of people, with only one woman in the crowd. I wish more
women would be mathematicians, scientists, and engineers!
Dan
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From: Dan Allen
Date: 2006 May 5, 23:04 -0500
On 5 May 2006, at 10:48 PM, FrankReedCT@aol.com wrote:
> Indeed just last night while having a beer at my neighborhood
> pub, a beautiful brunette with a sparkle in her eye walked up and
> said, "say,
> do you happen to know the cosine of 63 degrees?" I replied, "why
> yes... would
> you like 7 or 10 significant digits?" It's moments like those that
> make me
> glad I know my trigonometry.
When that beautiful brunette DOES show up asking you for a trig
function, SNAG HER! Such women are pretty rare... I gave a talk at
the University of Utah computer science department recently. Large
room full of people, with only one woman in the crowd. I wish more
women would be mathematicians, scientists, and engineers!
Dan
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