From: Rune Allnor on 19 Jan 2010 05:23 On 18 Jan, 22:58, Tim Wescott <t...(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:21 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote: > > Tim Wescott wrote: > >> It sounds like a _homework problem_ about aliasing. One I might write > >> were I teaching a signal processing course, I might add. > > > Got it. I would have worded it differently, though. > > I would have worded it differently, too. A set of homework problems that > doesn't contain at least one veiled reference to Bart Simpson, Batman, > Diogenes, Gilligan, or some other major philosopher is a minor failure, > IMHO. Like Andor, I'd be very interested to se the OP's problem restated to such a context...? Rune
From: Eric Jacobsen on 19 Jan 2010 10:36 On 1/19/2010 3:23 AM, Rune Allnor wrote: > On 18 Jan, 22:58, Tim Wescott<t...(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote: >> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:21 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote: >>> Tim Wescott wrote: > >>>> It sounds like a _homework problem_ about aliasing. One I might write >>>> were I teaching a signal processing course, I might add. >>> Got it. I would have worded it differently, though. >> I would have worded it differently, too. A set of homework problems that >> doesn't contain at least one veiled reference to Bart Simpson, Batman, >> Diogenes, Gilligan, or some other major philosopher is a minor failure, >> IMHO. > > Like Andor, I'd be very interested to se the OP's problem restated > to such a context...? > > Rune I'm wondering how many students these days know who Gilligan was. -- Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.abineau.com
From: Dirk Bell on 19 Jan 2010 11:08 On Jan 19, 10:36 am, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > On 1/19/2010 3:23 AM, Rune Allnor wrote: > > > > > > > On 18 Jan, 22:58, Tim Wescott<t...(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:21 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote: > >>> Tim Wescott wrote: > > >>>> It sounds like a _homework problem_ about aliasing. One I might write > >>>> were I teaching a signal processing course, I might add. > >>> Got it. I would have worded it differently, though. > >> I would have worded it differently, too. A set of homework problems that > >> doesn't contain at least one veiled reference to Bart Simpson, Batman, > >> Diogenes, Gilligan, or some other major philosopher is a minor failure, > >> IMHO. > > > Like Andor, I'd be very interested to se the OP's problem restated > > to such a context...? > > > Rune > > I'm wondering how many students these days know who Gilligan was. > > -- > Eric Jacobsen > Minister of Algorithms > Abineau Communicationshttp://www.abineau.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Didn't he play Dobie Gillis? :-) Dirk
From: Eric Jacobsen on 19 Jan 2010 11:19 On 1/19/2010 9:08 AM, Dirk Bell wrote: > On Jan 19, 10:36 am, Eric Jacobsen<eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote: >> On 1/19/2010 3:23 AM, Rune Allnor wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 18 Jan, 22:58, Tim Wescott<t...(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote: >>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:21 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote: >>>>> Tim Wescott wrote: >>>>>> It sounds like a _homework problem_ about aliasing. One I might write >>>>>> were I teaching a signal processing course, I might add. >>>>> Got it. I would have worded it differently, though. >>>> I would have worded it differently, too. A set of homework problems that >>>> doesn't contain at least one veiled reference to Bart Simpson, Batman, >>>> Diogenes, Gilligan, or some other major philosopher is a minor failure, >>>> IMHO. >>> Like Andor, I'd be very interested to se the OP's problem restated >>> to such a context...? >>> Rune >> I'm wondering how many students these days know who Gilligan was. >> >> -- >> Eric Jacobsen >> Minister of Algorithms >> Abineau Communicationshttp://www.abineau.com- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > Didn't he play Dobie Gillis? :-) > > Dirk Dang, that goes way back! -- Eric Jacobsen Minister of Algorithms Abineau Communications http://www.abineau.com
From: Clay on 19 Jan 2010 11:28
On Jan 19, 11:19 am, Eric Jacobsen <eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > On 1/19/2010 9:08 AM, Dirk Bell wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan 19, 10:36 am, Eric Jacobsen<eric.jacob...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > >> On 1/19/2010 3:23 AM, Rune Allnor wrote: > > >>> On 18 Jan, 22:58, Tim Wescott<t...(a)seemywebsite.com> wrote: > >>>> On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:51:21 -0500, Jerry Avins wrote: > >>>>> Tim Wescott wrote: > >>>>>> It sounds like a _homework problem_ about aliasing. One I might write > >>>>>> were I teaching a signal processing course, I might add. > >>>>> Got it. I would have worded it differently, though. > >>>> I would have worded it differently, too. A set of homework problems that > >>>> doesn't contain at least one veiled reference to Bart Simpson, Batman, > >>>> Diogenes, Gilligan, or some other major philosopher is a minor failure, > >>>> IMHO. > >>> Like Andor, I'd be very interested to se the OP's problem restated > >>> to such a context...? > >>> Rune > >> I'm wondering how many students these days know who Gilligan was. > > >> -- > >> Eric Jacobsen > >> Minister of Algorithms > >> Abineau Communicationshttp://www.abineau.com-Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > Didn't he play Dobie Gillis? :-) > > > Dirk > > Dang, that goes way back! > > -- > Eric Jacobsen > Minister of Algorithms > Abineau Communicationshttp://www.abineau.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Nowadays the kids have access to TVLAND |