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Global climate change, global poverty, and resource scarcity (of which oil is one). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Incorrect, try again. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Obama's healthcare plan is inadequate (although better than McCain's). Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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Do you not read well? I never wrote any such thing. I'll assume you're trolling, because I'd like to think that you're more intelligent than your posts indicate. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I corrected your statement to reflect what I wrote. Please read more carefully. When a task is performed by an individual, that is the accomplishment of an individual. When a task is performed by a group or team, that makes it a group accomplishment or team accomplishment. Being a group accomplishment doesn't make it any less impressive (or not); it just makes it different, and outside the context of my claim. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Nope. But those are correct conditions to count as an accomplishment of an individual. What part of teamwork and group effort are you having problems understanding? When an individual does something positive on their own, that is an individual accomplishment. When a group or team works together to do something positive, that is not an individual accomplishment. Do try to use analogies relevant to my claim. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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You don't come 'round these parts often, do you? Having said that, an execution is premeditated, and should be compared to other premeditated killings if you are going to make comparisons. I don't think you'll find too many folks are against killing in self defense, if the person honestly perceives their life to be in danger. Even the law usually treats second degree murder different from premeditated murder (as it should), since the former occurs in the heat of the moment. * * * * * One thing that I don't think has been mentioned in this thread is that the defendant will likely die more quickly with a life sentence than with the death penalty. Rumor has it, child molesters do not last very long in prison. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Agreed. However, I'm familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the software I most often use. I generally know when a problem is going to cause issues. For that matter, it typically does to, and will give a warning with the results. Unfortunately, that usually only occurs on problems that my own analytical methods will be challenged by. I also utilize multiple software solutions, which have different strengths and weaknesses. That's how I made it through most of my math classes. My calculator and I verified each other, with a little help from the student solutions manual. As much respect as I have for most of my Maths professors, I learned far more from my calculator while working assignments than from class. At least for some people, the analytical journey is much easier to learn if one can see the destination from the beginning (i.e. instead of solving INT(f(x),x), showing that INT(f(x),x) = g(x) + C). Being able to slightly change the problem many times in a very short amount of time to see how those changes affect the answer is also a valuable learning tool, one that contributed to my understanding of the material. It never hurt that I could ask my calculator questions at 3:00 am, a practice my professors would generally not welcome had I directed the questions at them. Proofs notwithstanding, I don't thing methods matter much when it comes to learning mathematical concepts. What can be understood using analytical methods can also be understood by utilizing software. My experience has been that advanced maths software is next to useless unless one has an underlying understanding of the maths. The software can't teach when or why an operation needs to be done. That comes only with understanding. When I have a limited amount of time to take a Physics test, I don't want to waste time doing integrations or messy derivatives by hand. It's not a Maths class. If my calculator gives me the incorrect answer, that's a chance I'm more than willing to take. I'm far more likely to make a stupid (e.g. forget to copy an exponent or coefficient from one step to the next) error working a problem analytically, with pencil and paper (as opposed to analytically with a calculator), than in data entry. YMMV. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Do you recall how the question they were asked was phrased? Did it ask about income level or how they defined rich? www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=3302883#3302883 REV. WARREN: Okay. Taxes -- this is a real simple question. Define "rich." (Laughter.) I mean, give me a number. Is it 50,000 (dollars)? One hundred thousand (dollars)? Two hundred thousand (dollars)? Everybody keeps talking about who we're going to tax. How do you define that? It looks like Warren implied income, even if he didn't explicitly say it that way. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Do you recall how the question they were asked was phrased? Did it ask about income level or how they defined rich? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yes, but I get taxed on the income my accumulated wealth makes. To me, rich is when you make enough off of the income from your accumulated wealth that you don't have to work. That's not a bad definition. Mine is when the person's accumulated wealth creates more income than the person's labor can provide, especially when the difference is great. Both definitions are relative, they're just relative to different things. Nice to see you in SC again, Ron.

It's completely absurd to think that, just because a bill is named after a single congressman, that only one person did any work to write and pass the bill through two houses of Congress. You really should try learning how Congress works. Project much, Vinny? Try countering my claim instead of knocking down your straw man. You're laughing because you've lost your grasp on reality. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I disagree. Fighting defensively on our home ground in a conventional war, I don't see anyone defeating the US. In that scenario, our resolve would be excellent. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I resemble that remark, so I thought I'd offer my 2¢. I left my Math/Physics program because I got tired of having to prove over and over that I can integrate by parts. I made my A in Calculus II; that should be enough, IMO. I despise spending 10-30 minutes doing integrations that I can do in 20-30 seconds on my calculator, with fewer "stupid" mistakes. Personally, I believe it is more important to know why and when I need to integrate than to be able to do it with a pencil and paper every time. Yes, I can, but no, I don't like to. I live in a world where a calculator or a computer with appropriate software is more common than pencils and paper. What am I supposed to do if I can't find a pencil and paper? Are future employers going to want me to do my calculations by hand, or with a computer? The professors typically disagree, which is their prerogative. It's their sandbox. I changed my major to one in which knowing when and why mathematical operations are valued more than knowing how to do them with pencil and paper. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

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Then why hasn't payment ben made yet? This isn't a negotiation. There's no compromise. You owe me money. Any costs associated with delivery are your responsibility, not mine. I offered a way to settle the bet honorably, with no extra costs to deliver, but you declined. Fine. Then send payment to me. You have my PayPal address. What world do you live in that the loser gets to decide to which organization the winnings are paid. If you want to donate to the USPA, do it with your own money, not mine. No more disgusting than your refusal to donate my money to the ACLU, as I requested. Who's acting small again? Would you like a reference of a forum member to which I recently happily paid a lost wager? I gamble. I win more than I lose, but I do lose some. When I lose, I pay. I don't make excuses, and I don't whine about it. I met the written terms stated in the wager. You bet a dollar. That means $1 plus the vig. Call a bookie and see if it only costs $100 for a $100 even odds wager. Most will charge you $110. I'm not the one failing to meet my responsibilities or to keep my word. If you think this is a legitimate test of "someone's personal credibility," then that's what's sad. Sadder still is that you don't. In God we trust. All others must bet cash. --Amarillo Slim

Right, but the accomplishments have been group accomplishments. Those happen all the time in Congress. I've never claimed otherwise. Are you unable to come up with individuals who accomplish things as individual in Congress, Vinny? Then prove it Vinny. Give some examples of individuals, accomplishing things as an individual in Congress. Oh, the irony, Vinny Boy! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yes, Vinny, you have. However, none have been accomplishments by individuals. They have been accomplishments of groups. The sooner you can acknowledge that fact, the better off you'll be. I read it at least twice a year, usually more, every year for the past two decades or longer. Maybe you should try reading the unabridged version yourself. Another 10/10 for irony, Vinny. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I've maintained my original point, no changes or migrations. No I don't I rest my case. That is the only assertion I made. That is the only assertion I'm going to defend. Use your straw man tactics on someone else. You're the one that tried to use it as Wagner as an example of an accomplishment by an individual rather than a group. 10/10 for irony, Vinny. Yep. Some teams have stars. Look at Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. But stars can't do it by themselves. Look at Barry Sanders and the Detroit Lions. Of course the sports analogy doesn't work well, because Congressmen don't get paid based on how many bills they wrote last season. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

First, I met the condition of the bet, without question. Second, if you had intended to pay, why have you come up with excuse after excuse why you won't? Do you not live in the real world? I gave you the opportunity (which still stands) to post proof of a $1 donation to the ACLU. That would save you any fees associated with your responsibility of delivering the funds to me. If you don't want to do that, then you can get $1 to me however you like, but delivery fees remain your responsibility, just like any other payment owed in the real world. It would be comical to watch someone sell out their personal credibility over such a small amount if it wasn't so pathetically sad. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

What part of "individual congressmen" do you have trouble comprehending. Think (I know it's hard after drinking too much tequila) singular. You gave an example of team effort and accomplishment. No mechanism. I stand by my previous statements. Virtually any team in the NBA could have beaten Jordan if he didn't have four other Bulls to share the responsibilities. It's what's known as a team, Vinny. Singular, Vinny, singular. Yes, Vinny, facts are facts. When will you accept them? Do you really believe that it passed without any effort from other Congressmen? If so, then you're farther out of touch with reality than I previously thought. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I see you were unable to offer any specific examples of accomplishments by individual Congressmen in the context of their roles as Congressmen. You should pay closer attention to Lincoln's words before you make such ironic posts. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It's been a couple years since I lived in Deland, but in the winter it was a 7 day a week DZ. In the summer they were open everyday, but not necessarily operating all day long. It depended on how many people were there wanting to jump. But, like I said, it's been a couple years since I lived there. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!