From: SAMINA Date: 2009-11-21T06:11:02+09:00 Subject: Unsubscribe --0-180859779-1258751060=:82958 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Language performs an essentially social function: It helps us get along together, communicate, and achieve a great measure of concerted action. Words are signs that have significance by convention, and those people who do not adopt the conventions simply fail to communicate. They do not "get along," and a social force arises that encourages them to achieve the correct associations. By "correct," we mean as used by other members of the social group. A better education leads to a better job, a better job leads to a successful career, a successful career leads to higher income, and higher income leads to a better quality of life. --- On Wed, 11/18/09, Rosalind Mitchell wrote: From: Rosalind Mitchell Subject: Re: Trajectories To: "ruby-talk ML" Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 7:15 AM On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 18:46 +0900, Todd Benson wrote: > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Eleanor McHugh > wrote: > > On 17 Nov 2009, at 19:55, Gregory Brown wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Rick DeNatale wrote: > >> > >>> When I was a young lad, it used to be that young programmers took a > >>> semester long course on numerical analysis, which started with, and > >>> continuously came back to dealing with the properties of floating > >>> point numbers. > >>> > >>> I guess that doesn't happen much anymore. > >> > >> I took numerical analysis, but ironically, only after dropping my CS > >> major and going for a math major. > >> Also, I'll content that abstract algebra was about the best course > >> I've taken for helping the way I think about programming. > >> > >> Too bad the CS students are all too busy trying to get their Java/C++ > >> projects to compile :) > > > > Never hire a computer scientist if you can get a maths, physics or philosophy grad instead ;) > > Don't want to hijack (these are all good qualities by the way, but > with a sardonic tone :) > > Maths grad: F equals MA if the axioms are founded > Phys grad: F does in "fact" equal MA no matter what > Philosophy grad: F equals MA only when it must > Engineering grad: F sometimes equals MA, but that's not the crux of the issue > Cultural studies graduate: Bourgeois hegemony constructs F as an arbitrary signifier of MA. I'll get my coat. Rosie --0-180859779-1258751060=:82958--