our school system is going very bad places, and it's all because of the 1970s and hippies.
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Anonymous2007-12-27 1:52
Don't worry, we can't all be doctors.
Besides, parenting is more of a determining factor anyways.
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Anonymous2007-12-27 12:12
>>5
kind of sucks if you teach your kid how to multiply and they don't get credit because they didn't do it the "right way", even if they can consistently produce the correct answer.
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Anonymous2007-12-30 17:54
Lol what a bitch. Her definition was wrong, she didn't say that an algorithm (whatever that means to her) needs to have a finite number of steps.
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Anonymous2007-12-30 20:00
5 * 5 = 10
Whattya mean zi got it wrong?
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Anonymous2007-12-30 22:31
>>7
Algorithms don't have to terminate to be algorithms.
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Anonymous2007-12-30 23:12
Arithmetic is not math.
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Anonymous2007-12-31 0:09
>>10
Leadings experts agree, that post was 'retarded'.
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Anonymous2007-12-31 1:56
>>9
"Finite number of steps" does not mean it terminates.
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Anonymous2007-12-31 2:04
The partial products method seemed okay. It's not any different from the standard algorithm, you just write a couple extra lines.
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Anonymous2007-12-31 12:40
The Lattice method was pretty interesting to look at, but I would shudder to actually spend time learning that, then find out about the "standard algorithm". I'd probably kill myself.