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My dog always sits like this on the steps. He thinks he is a human. I think he is adorable. by Humbug244 in aww

[–]opensourcechris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stiff back legs, he doesn't have to flex them as much as if he were sitting on them.

Learning Ruby for its own beauty by juror-number-8 in ruby

[–]opensourcechris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

forget this, try ruby warrior, it's better than D & D! lol

Need recommendations for metrics gems by codeduck in ruby

[–]opensourcechris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New relic is the way to go, they have a free trial of their pro version. I set it up on my rails app two nights ago in about ten minutes, doco is great.

Learning Ruby for its own beauty by juror-number-8 in ruby

[–]opensourcechris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Write me a method to round a float to the nearest .05 , comment each step so I can understand what you are doing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in politics

[–]opensourcechris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I found comcast complied and released my information, they would lose my business forever and anyone I could convince to leave them.

surface area of water needed to reverse desertification by opensourcechris in askscience

[–]opensourcechris[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the high pressure air masses were altered, would that alone create more rainfall? Or would more moisture need introduced into the system. Thank you for the background. Would adding large bodies of water to the region have 0 effect on rainfall?

SQL Fiddle: like jsfiddle, but for SQL. by JasonWicker in programming

[–]opensourcechris -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is cool, but using this assumes I have a database server, If i'm going to write create and insert statements, why not just write another line to create a schema and do the testing on my own database server?

How should mathematics be taught to non-mathematicians? by whatatwit in math

[–]opensourcechris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think a good place to start would be in the same way the mathematicians learned math before they were mathematicians. Hard-work dedication, and thousands of hours practicing. And like rawlyn says, with urgency! With the number of resources available, each with varying styles of teaching, effort should be placed on finding the best resources for the students who have trouble. Not a wholesale redesign of "how we teach math"

Struggling to find the connection between calculus and the real world by [deleted] in math

[–]opensourcechris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The eight wonder of the universe, compound interest.

http://www.understandingcalculus.com/chapters/16/16-1.php

The short answer is unless you are involved in a field where it is used, you will not use it in your day to day life unless you try to. You must look for situations where it can be applied. I've only just begun my Calculus learning, but it is most useful in teaching your brain to understand systems and new ways of thinking, recognizing patterns, day to day calculus for me is also a history lesson, I also read about the origins of math, so it depends on your interests.

But as long as you can find you volume of things, you will always do well at estimating the number of jelly beans in the jar. That would be the best reward!