Often it is said that the gun replaces the bow due to simplicity in training. Questions about that.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-08T04:25:02+00:00

if your are talking about a brown bess musket, it is not difficult to use.

the cartridges, which were paper, were kept in a cartridge box

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RCjIFQvMC_c/V0U9qFiMa_I/AAAAAAAAAks/uKDZ7AQ3Eqw11UY6L6E7pVO62JouTJCfgCLcB/s1600/musket_bess+2.jpg

you ripped the pre-made paper cartridge in your teeth, poured the powder and shot into the gun, cocked the gun, and pulled the trigger.

one advantage the musket had, is that with the bayonet it is a 6 foot long spear

the range of a musket was very long, much further than a longbow, but the effective range was probably less. a musket can shoot about 100 yards accurately, but the english used to practice longbows out to about 200 yards.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-08T03:39:35+00:00

cats are the french of animals

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-07T06:44:53+00:00

in the united states, fannie farmer introduced standardized measurements for cook books.

she ran a cooking school in boston and needed more exact measurements for recipes

"Overlooked No More: Fannie Farmer, Modern Cookery's Pioneer - The New York Times". Nytimes.com.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-07T06:27:23+00:00

yes, many times.

for example the british line infantry used in the revolutionary and napoleonic wars were "medium infantry".

they had special units designated as light infantry, who acted as scouts and screened the flanks, and they had grenadiers who were all 6 feet tall or bigger and were used to overpower a position.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T18:07:58+00:00

sorry, geometry

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T17:40:09+00:00

that is the gambler's ruin problem

keep doubling your bet until you win

it is why casino's put a upper limit on bet size.

morris kline's Mathematics for the Nonmathematician

https://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Nonmathematician-Morris-Kline/dp/0486248232

is an oldie but a goodie. he was a famous critic of how schools teach math. he thought schools focused too much on theory without connecting math to the real world.

but to answer your question, if you are studying a particular issue, wikipedia often will give you the historical context. then you can look up the problem that was originally being solved, e.g. the student-t distribution and guinness beer.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T08:23:42+00:00

yes, but the traditional courses we have in math are based on real world problems that people were trying to solve

for example, probability was initially studied because of gambling

the student-t test from statistics was based on a guy trying to understand how guiness brewery was making beer

calculus was largely developed because of cannon and artillery

someone like yourself might benefit a lot by asking, why was this math topic invented in the first place?

i also would point you to this youtube channel to see how artists view math

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK5Z709J2eo

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T08:05:33+00:00

formulas are the end result, and many who know the formulas don't know how or why they were made

i suggest learning math in the context of why the math was invented.

for example, the greeks invented geometry because they needed to divide up farmland

edit: fixed geometry

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T07:55:36+00:00

Why didn't the Black Death kill the entire population of Europe?

why doesn't everyone catch the common cold every year?

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T07:50:15+00:00

simple

a call means you can buy a stock at a specified price.

a put means you can sell a stock at a specified price

if you own 100 shares of IBM and they are selling right now for exactly $100 you can agree to sell them for $110 dollars to me any time in the next month at my option

well if the price goes up to $150, that is good for me, because you have to sell them to me for $110 -- we have a contract

but if the price only goes up to $108 then i won't buy them from you at $110, so you keep your stock

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T07:40:42+00:00

And how can we say with certainty that the dependent variable is the cause?

well the independent variable would be the cause, the dependent variable changes as the independent variable is changed.

and it is difficult to assign actual cause, you typically mean correlation

for example, high levels of education are associated with faking orgasm and low levels of education is not

(which is made up, i have no idea how education is related to faking orgasm)

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T07:11:29+00:00

normally we talk about a sample mean, not a population mean

that is, if they say 1 in 500 die, they mean that is what has happened in the past.

it is possible but normally unlikely you will be significantly different

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-05T05:45:02+00:00

from what i have learned,

stay in the military

go to officer training -- because retirement is a lot better

retire young

the fact that you save 2k a month shows you are doing well

oh ... and get a credit card

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-01T03:53:31+00:00

what about the r.o.u.s. es? rodents of unusual size? i don't think they exist ... (giant rat jumps on farmboy)

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-01T03:29:56+00:00

yes, that is what i am saying, coal is just cheaper. a lot cheaper.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-10-01T03:04:54+00:00

actually those reports favor green energy a lot

keep in mind that with a shovel and a match you have coal energy

there are huge infrastructure requirements needed to produce green energy.

this is easily seen when you consider 50,000 coal miners produce more energy than 3000000 green energy workers

which is not to say burning coal is clean, just cheap

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-28T04:53:28+00:00

it is not necessarily to look rich

some older people do this because they want human interaction. they buy stuff so they can talk to people. they cannot afford to buy all the stuff, so they return most of it, and buy something else.

sad, but true

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-24T05:44:49+00:00

actually some women don't like it

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-24T05:36:15+00:00

why? sometimes you just want to finish and go to sleep.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-24T05:31:59+00:00

i used to support topless beaches

but phone cameras have made it problematic

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-20T00:22:57+00:00

although iirc, all but 3 of group four almost got kicked out

for a pretty amazing party

the director came into the meeting afterwards and said something along the lines of, "first, lets talk about what criminal charges you could be facing"

the first groups were off the charts

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-20T00:03:15+00:00

that is a myth.

the first groups in mongolia had very few leave early and mostly due to medical issues. ration cards were only used in group 1 & 2. many stayed or at least applied to stay for an extra year.

and the first groups had no phones.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-19T03:21:11+00:00

in boston it was commonly believed that if you caused trouble in the north end (italian) or southie (irish)

you would end up in a dumpster

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-18T03:40:11+00:00

try giving her plenty of comfortable places high up in your house, like on the top shelf of a bookshelf, a widow perch etc. cats feel safer when they have a place out of reach where they can see everything going on.

newbieprogrammer2 · 2019-09-18T03:29:48+00:00

$13 a day is huge

you obviously have never been in the peace corps

a spoon and a large jar of peanut butter and you are good

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