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[Enigman]

Hypothetical seems to share a common root with 'hypothesis'.

And hypothesis comes from foundation (hupo-under thesis-placing) whereas 'hypothetically' precedes something generally baseless.

 

[AlephZero]

Hypothetical seems to share a common root with 'hypothesis'.

And hypothesis comes from foundation (hupo-under thesis-placing) whereas 'hypothetically' precedes something generally baseless.

"Rhythm" shares the same Greek root as "arithmetic", but that doesn't prove drummers can count.

 

[Nick O]

The obsessive-compulsive classicist in me has to respond: "rhythm" is derived from the Greek word for "river", which in turn is derived from the word meaning "to flow".

Arithmetic, however, is derived from the Greek word for "number", and Webster's dictionary says that it is akin to the Old English "rim", also meaning "number".

If the two words are related, as they might well be, the relation goes back to Proto-Indo-European.

 

[Astronuc]

I think we need a trusted etymological reference/source.

For example, http://www.oxfordreference.com/view...9780192830982-e-7440?rskey=gQwGtt&result=7441

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view...f-9780192830982-e-788?rskey=gC9z9C&result=788


I don't know if this counts - http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=arithmetic&searchmode=none

 

[Nick O]

The last one is a good resource. See here.

 

[lisab]

What a weekend. We got about 100 apple trees planted. The ground was broken up by a tractor, but the actual hole-digging and tree-placing was done by hand. Mostly my husband's hands but I did enough to be sore.

In about 5 years we will have enough cider apples to make several hundred liters of hard cider each year.

 

[collinsmark]

Oh, my. That sounds amazing.

 

[dlgoff]

In about 5 years we will have enough cider apples to make several hundred liters of hard cider each year.

Oh. I didn't know you were planing on "hard" cider.

How are you going to press your apples. At one point I was thinking about pressing some of my apples so I contacted http://www.reesfruitfarm.com/, which is just down the highway from me, to see what they used for presses. They told me they made them using a hydrolytic ram in a pipe.

Here's their applecider link.

 

[drizzle]

Wow lisab, what a tedious work. *gives lisab a cup of hot chocolate and a warm blanket*Keep us updated with your little farm :)

 

[lisab]

Oh, my. That sounds amazing.

Oh. I didn't know you were planing on "hard" cider.

How are you going to press your apples. At one point I was thinking about pressing some of my apples so I contacted http://www.reesfruitfarm.com/, which is just down the highway from me, to see what they used for presses. They told me they made them using a hydrolytic ram in a pipe.

Here's their applecider link.

We have one of these for now:

http://www.applejournal.com/correll/

But we will eventually have to go to something more robust.

Wow lisab, what a tedious work. *gives lisab a cup of hot chocolate and a warm blanket*


Keep us updated with your little farm :)

Aaaawwww, thanks! And certainly I will!

There's something deeply satisfying about physical, outside work. I think I was made for hard labor .

 

[lendav_rott]

Well god-damn, didn't know people are so serious about college and university over in USA, everytime yous speak of it, I get the feeling like you're all subconsciously speaking of a matter of life and death.

 

[turbo]

Well god-damn, didn't know people are so serious about college and university over in USA, everytime yous speak of it, I get the feeling like you're all subconsciously speaking of a matter of life and death.

Perhaps because (unlike much of the developed world), college is not publicly funded. Students try to balance costs with potential benefits, and prepare to leave college with some massive debt. It's not a good situation.

I was fortunate to live in a mill-town, so I could work some insane hours on my summer break to save money for college, and when I was at school I bought, repaired and sold guitars and amplifiers. Never took out a loan, so no debt.

 

[lendav_rott]

Of course one will go through all that if determined enough to go through with it in the first place. The thing I am amazed about is that going to college and university is like a principle rather than a goal. Go to uni just for the fact that you've been there, done that, got the diploma. How many actually go on to study something they know they want to do later?

 

[dkotschessaa]

Back from very long, very expensive road trip up to PA for my Dad's memorial and to see my family. Not much christmas to speak of - most of the money went towards hotels and feeding ourselves with one of us (my wife obviously) being pregnant. Didn't feel like I got much of a break there.

 

[dkotschessaa]

I am excited about classes starting up again though.

 

[lisab]

Welcome back! I've had "breaks" like that before, that leave me more exhausted than before. I hope things settle down soon.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Welcome back! I've had "breaks" like that before, that leave me more exhausted than before. I hope things settle down soon.

oh they won't. lol.

Semester is like the last one (busy), then graduation, then baby, then grad school. Things should settle down in 35 years or so when I'm 70+ and the baby moves out.

 

[turbo]

oh they won't. lol.

Semester is like the last one (busy), then graduation, then baby, then grad school. Things should settle down in 35 years or so when I'm 70+ and the baby moves out.

You are an optimist
dk,

 

[Mandelbroth]

I am excited about classes starting up again though.

Amen to this. I finally start getting to do some real math this semester.

 

[OmCheeto]

Someone at work today pointed at my computer monitor, and laughed at how many icons were on it.

I told him that each icon represented a monumental task, that had to be completed, before I retired.

Then, I found a way for the computer to count the number of icons on my monitor.

Then, I discovered, that I had fewer days left to work, than I had icons on it.

I laughed an evil laugh.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Yesterday I walked twice as much as usual. Today my feet started cramping up. I almost had to crawl home on all fours.

 

[zoobyshoe]

In other news, the United States has been attacked by what they're calling a "polar vortex." This hasn't affected San Diego temperatures, but there has been a massive volunteer effort mounted here to box up warm air and send it back east.

 

[WannabeNewton]

I just spent 3 hours on 9gag.

 

[lendav_rott]

oh they won't. lol.

Semester is like the last one (busy), then graduation, then baby, then grad school. Things should settle down in 35 years or so when I'm 70+ and the baby moves out.

Hey, atleast you won't be bored for a while. :)

 

[Borek]

I guess we started a little bit younger and Junior was quite eager to leave the nest, but with some luck things can settle down much earlier.

What about being 50 and free?

 

[lendav_rott]

When I got 23, my older brother told me, hey, you'll be 30 before you know it. I hope he's wrong

 

[Borek]

When I got 23, my older brother told me, hey, you'll be 30 before you know it. I hope he's wrong

He is wrong. You will be much older and you will still not know when it happened.

 

[lendav_rott]

How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings? I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s

 

[OmCheeto]

How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings? I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s

From the main menu:

PF Lounge

Forum Feedback & Announcements

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How to Type Mathematical Equations​

I don't see anything called a "toolbox", but they do have a "sandbox".

 

[collinsmark]

How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings?

Use OmCheeto's direction. Or alternately, there is a link in my signature to a pdf file that you can print out to keep handy.

Trust me on this though, practice \LaTeX equations for just a little bit, and it will become second nature quicker that you'd expect.

I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s

You won't see it when posting to the General Discussion forum, but on other forums, click on the \Sigma symbol in the "advanced" editing window (It's in the upper toolbar toward the right-hand side).

But again, trust me on this one: I never use that toolbox and I use a lot of \LaTeX. Instead I find it far quicker and easier just to type it in. It only takes a little practice, and soon enough it's second nature.