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From: tony cooper on 20 Nov 2009 23:58 On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >On 2009-11-20 19:09:55 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > >> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >> >>> Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of >>> log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see >>> what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids. >> >> What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today? > >Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand. >Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the >fractional part of a logarithm. You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably shouldn't joke in this group. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Savageduck on 21 Nov 2009 00:13 On 2009-11-20 20:58:51 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck > <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: > >> On 2009-11-20 19:09:55 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >> >>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck >>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of >>>> log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see >>>> what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids. >>> >>> What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today? >> >> Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand. >> Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the >> fractional part of a logarithm. > > You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf > worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably > shouldn't joke in this group. OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic. ....and I got the joke. Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early in the AM. I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: David Nebenzahl on 21 Nov 2009 00:51 On 11/20/2009 9:13 PM Savageduck spake thus: > On 2009-11-20 20:58:51 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: > >> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck >> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >> >>> On 2009-11-20 19:09:55 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >>> >>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck >>>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of >>>>> log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see >>>>> what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids. >>>> >>>> What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today? >>> >>> Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand. >>> Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the >>> fractional part of a logarithm. >> >> You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf >> worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably >> shouldn't joke in this group. > > OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic. > ...and I got the joke. > > Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early > in the AM. > I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room. Let me guess: one of them motels in South City next to 101? (Used to live in San Bruno, so that was my old stomping grounds.) -- I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours. - harvested from Usenet
From: Savageduck on 21 Nov 2009 01:14 On 2009-11-20 21:51:34 -0800, David Nebenzahl <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> said: > On 11/20/2009 9:13 PM Savageduck spake thus: > >> On 2009-11-20 20:58:51 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >> >>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck >>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> On 2009-11-20 19:09:55 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck >>>>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of >>>>>> log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see >>>>>> what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids. >>>>> >>>>> What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today? >>>> >>>> Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand. >>>> Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the >>>> fractional part of a logarithm. >>> >>> You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf >>> worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably >>> shouldn't joke in this group. >> >> OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic. >> ...and I got the joke. >> >> Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early >> in the AM. >> I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room. > > Let me guess: one of them motels in South City next to 101? > > (Used to live in San Bruno, so that was my old stomping grounds.) Airport Blvd. Quintana Inn. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Savageduck on 21 Nov 2009 01:18
On 2009-11-20 22:14:07 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> said: > On 2009-11-20 21:51:34 -0800, David Nebenzahl <nobody(a)but.us.chickens> said: > >> On 11/20/2009 9:13 PM Savageduck spake thus: >> >>> On 2009-11-20 20:58:51 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >>> >>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:27:54 -0800, Savageduck >>>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 2009-11-20 19:09:55 -0800, tony cooper <tony_cooper213(a)earthlink.net> said: >>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:31:09 -0800, Savageduck >>>>>> <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Along with 2 Faber Castell slide rules, I still have my old book of >>>>>>> log/antilog and trig tables. Use the word "mantissa" today, and see >>>>>>> what sort of baffled looks you will get from kids. >>>>>> >>>>>> What? Spanish ladies don't wear veils today? >>>>> >>>>> Forget Spanish ladies and veils, think in terms of significand. >>>>> Traditional usage of "mantissa" regarding logarithms refers to the >>>>> fractional part of a logarithm. >>>> >>>> You think I didn't know that? A mantilla is a (usually) lace scarf >>>> worn by Spanish women as a veil. Just a word-play joke. I probably >>>> shouldn't joke in this group. >>> >>> OK, OK, I was probably just a little too pedantic. >>> ...and I got the joke. >>> >>> Anyway I am in a hotel room right now waiting to fly out of SFO early >>> in the AM. >>> I am truly thankful to have free broadband in this room. >> >> Let me guess: one of them motels in South City next to 101? >> >> (Used to live in San Bruno, so that was my old stomping grounds.) > > Airport Blvd. Quintana Inn. Damn! these place are all the same! It is the La Quinta Inn. One "Q" is like another. -- Regards, Savageduck |