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Mosh3-
Here’s one for you-
Let’s say you have a table with equal distant parallel lines running the length of the table.
You randomly drop a pencil onto the table.
What are the chances of the pencil hitting a line?
Extra Credit- If the length of the pencil is shorter than the distance between two consecutive lines- what famous constant will you estimate?
(No asking Squeak or I can only try.)
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I’m at work and I don’t know off hand what kind of shaver I have but my brother bought it for me and sent it to the Star-K to have it checked. One of the Rabbonim who works there checks them for free. According to this Rov (who works under Rabbi Heineman), even within the same model some shavers are kosher and some are not, it all depends on the blades that are put in at the factory.
As a piece of advice- the way lift and cut works is that there are two parts to each blade- one to lift the hair and one to cut it. If one attempts to remove part of the blade without a special tool the blade may get bent and won’t turn properly. Of the previous shaver which wasn’t kosher I had a jeweler cut off the extra pieces.
I can only try
There were some 1964 Peace Dollars minted for circulation in 1965 although they were never actually released for circulation.
WellInformedYid-
I don’t deduct it from maaser.
Whatever the standard of living is for the owner- the fact is that he never asks anyone to pay their bill, and some people never do.
Was it Ben Franklin on the Franflin Half Dollar?
Feif Un-
We have the same issue by us.
I haven’t investigated what goes on but if I had to guess I would think that the prices are double so that those who pay also pay for those that purchase on credit but never pay.
My wife and I both feel that it is a perfect way to give tzedakka in the neighborhood to friends and family with out us knowing who it goes to and without them knowing who it’s coming from.
blinky-
No, sorry, I was talking to Squeak.
We seem to be having a disconnect somewhere and I was hoping to get it resolved before I leave for the day.
Nice to meet you again.
(Have you heard from Sholom recently?)
Did that answer your question?
The value of e can be derived in a number of ways.
By definition, substituting a large number for x into (1 + 1/x)^x will give you an approximation.
Using a Taylor Series will give you =>
e = 1/0! + 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! ….
Obviously the more terms in the infinite series you use, the better the approximation.
(x! = x * (x – 1) * (x – 2) … * 3 * 2 * 1)
Squeak-
I’d love to answer your question but I honestly don’t understand it.
Can you try explaining it in different words?
squeak-
Take compound interest for example:
Compounded once per year => (1 + 1/1)^1
Compounded twice per year => (1 + 1/2)^2
Compounded three times per year => (1 + 1/3)^3
Compounded four times per year => (1 + 1/4)^4
Compounded twelve per year => (1 + 1/12)^12
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Compounded continuously => (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes to infinity.
By the way, we already discussed this way back in the olden days when ICOT asked me to teach him Cramer’s Rule.
I don’t mind going there but I was trying to keep this thread on a high school level.
If y = a^x then y’ = a^x * ln(a).
Being that ln(x) and e^x are inverse functions of each other, ln(e) = 1.
Therefore, the slope a x = 0 is e^0 * ln(e) = 1 * 1 = 1.
Is this what you’re asking?
Which question?
blinky-
If this makes a difference- the father told me the story himslef, his son was not there.
Moderator-80-
I knew we could agree on something. 🙂
e is the limit of (1 + 1/x)^x as x goes towards infinity.
Either you can use arbitrarily high numbers (the larger the number the better the approximation) or you can use a Taylor Series.
(Because the derivative of e^x is e^x, the Taylor Series is quite simple-
e = 1/0! + 1/1! + 1/2! + 1/3! + ….)
Feif Un-
Reminds me of a story back in the days when I was a teacher.
One of my students misbehaved in the dormitory and the dorm counselor called his father down for a meeting. The father thought the dorm counselor was overstepping his authority but complied anyway.
“Can you tell your son that he has to respect me because I have a beard?” the dorm counselor asked the father.
“No”, answered the father, “I only teach my kids to respect people for what they have due to their accomplishments, not for things they have because they were too lazy to do anything about it”.
By the way- did we come across each other on another (non-Jewish) website a couple of years back? I went by the screen name “Algorithm Al” (it’s since been retired, I haven’t been there in ages). I remember that there was this guy named “Sholom” claiming to be a Palestinian loving Jew and either you or someone with your writing personality always used some great lines at him.
SJSinNYC-
Thanks for pointing that out. When we were younger we were allowed to call our parents friends by their first name if we put a Mr. or Ms. in front of it.
SJSinNYC-
Sorry, but I respectfully disagree with you on this. I don’t think that my neighbors kids should be calling me or my wife by our first names.
If their parents don’t care then there’s nothing we can do but we instruct our children to call their friends parents either Dr., Mr., Mrs., Rabbi _______ or so and so’s Daddy or Mommy.
Even if they tell our kids that they don’t care about their own respect we ask that they honor our decision.
WellInformedYid-
In my opinion, the world is too large and complex for the simple minds and short attention spans that people have these days.
In the business world, at least in the company that I work for, there is lots of respect from every employee to every other employee. The reason, quite simply, is that we all know that we’re here, every single one of us, to make money for the company. The more money we make the bigger our paychecks and bonuses are. Politics, disrespect, racism, discrimination, loshon hora… that all takes away from productivity and hurts the bottom line. Respecting others and helping other reach their goal ultimately helps everyone else in the long run.
Outside the business world- we don’t necessarily see how helping another person or respecting their beliefs will help us in any way.
squeak-
I’m not quite sure I understand your question.
Do you want to know how e was estimated as 2.71828182845904523536 or how it fits into my sons middle name (together with pi)?
The reason why e is important is because the derivative of e^x is e^x for all x, not just where x = 0. (This property is used in building the main cables of suspension bridges.)
HashemLovesMe-
As I posted in another thread- my brother and sister-in-law are able to make ends meet without support from either set of parents or the government.
My sister-in-law got a mail order diploma and my brother learns full time. I don’t know specifics about their finances but I do know that he goes to a morning kollel and night kollel and takes bechinos on the material that he learns to earn some extra money. My wife suspects that he also tutors during his free time.
They live on what I consider to be the bare minimum.
(They also pay full tuition albeit it is cheaper in Lakewood than Brooklyn.)
If a couple wants to be moser nefesh for learning and they are serious about it, it can be done without external support. But it does mean giving up on allot of gashmius.
Take the log (stam log is base 10) of (2^43,112,608)*((2^43,112,609)-1)
Log((2^43,112,608)*((2^43,112,609)-1)) =
Log(2^43,112,608) + Log((2^43,112,609)-1) =
Log(2^43,112,608) + Log(2^43,112,609)=
(For simplicity sake you can remove the -1 since it’s not going to make a difference anyway)
43,112,608 * Log (2) + 43,112,609 * Log (2) =
25,956,376.7
Round up to the nearest integer 25,956,377.
Health-
First of all- Mazel Tov to this person on the birth of her baby.
Second of all- Giving birth is a traumatic experience on the body, finding out that one can bear no more children can be devastating. She may have had dreams of having a much larger family and it’s all gone.
I’m not justifying her behavior, I’m just asking you to excuse her.
This just happened a few days ago, please give her some time to cool off and get her thoughts together.
Feel free to use any method you want.
Let me know if you give up.
Ben Torah-
There’s a drawbridge from Queens, a tram from Manhattan and the F train stops there.
From around 1910 until the mid 50s there were elevators in the legs of the Queensboro (59th St.) Bridge to take passengers and cars from the bridge to the island.
When the drawbridge was opened the elevator service was discontinued.
Moderator-80-
How do you know that your answer isn’t the correct one?
Let’s wait to see what Blinky says is the correct answer.
SJSinNYC-
I think little sms007 is less that 2 months.
th?
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
Generally speaking I had better luck on dates where we walked around than on dates where we sat across from each other.
You’re spending a couple of hours talking to someone you barely know; if you are walking the scenery is changing which will give you more topics for conversation and “quiet moments” won’t be as awkward. On the other hand, if you are sitting across from each other you have to come up with topics and “quiet moments” can be really awkward.
I thought so but I didn’t want to take any chances.
Moderator-80-
Yes, high school math, the function needed for the calculation is high school math (you just need to know how to apply it).
From a secular point of view I think we are lacking leaders that we can look up to.
I remember the days of President Reagan and President George H.W. Bush, even if people didn’t agree with their decisions, they still respected them as leaders of this country.
Unfortunately nowadays it is hard to find a leader with a clean history (especially with the invention of the Internet).
I heard a speaker say that the worst thing President Clinton did in the whole incident, wasn’t the incident itself, or swearing falsely under oath- it was staying in power. A politician can get a second chance in life- but not a second chance in their position. By him staying in power, the country lost all respect for that position.
The country hasn’t recovered from that yet!
blinky-
I actually love posts that don’t cause controversy.
Let’s face it- no one who posts (or lurks) here is going to change themselves because of what someone else writes, it just gets people agitated.
But I also do love riddles, it keeps my brain going, they’re a great distraction and people don’t take it personally if others have a different answer or don’t agree with the solution.
Can you solve this? It requires high school math.
sms007-
Your little one helps you already?
I can only try-
Back to perfect numbers:
The highest known perfect number is (2^43,112,608)*((2^43,112,609)-1).
Without looking it up, how many digits are in this number?
(If you cheat I’m going to make you list all the divisors that add up to the number.)
What’s your beef with chicken?
How about an organization that helps people help themselves.
I get calls all the time from people who need help putting up shades, putting together a bookcase or other small jobs that all males should be able to handle (please don’t stop calling, I love helping people). I think there should be a place where people can get basic training in using tools for minor jobs.
On a similar topic-
I had to drive an empty van to a far away city one day and back the next day. I checked luach.com a week or two beforehand to see if anyone needed a ride in either direction. Between people that needed rides or packages sent (most of them willing to pay)- there were probably 15 posts that matched the time and location. Instead of making any calls I posted that I would take as many people and packages as I could for free on a first come first serve basis.
Guess what? Not one person called.
So, before coming up with new organization, I think people have to learn how to help themselves.
I don’t know what the situation by you is but I can tell you that when I was a teacher I gave a limited amount of homework or none around yomim tovim.
The exception is when I gave it as a punishment for misbehavior.
If you have an issue why don’t you discuss it with the teacher? If I were still a teacher I’d much rather hear about an issue directly from a parent as opposed to the principal or reading here on YWN.
bp13 & Imanonov-
I’m jealous I didn’t think of that myself!
I may have posted this before but I’m posting it again.
A shadchan called with a girl who insisted that before I go out with her I have to commit to wearing a hat and jacket 24 hours a day (I guess it was regardless of whether it worked or not).
I answered that I was willing to sleep in a hat and jacket but I refused to wear one in the shower. Is 23 hours and 45 minutes everyday good enough?
Unbelievably the shadchan asked the girl who said that she wasn’t willing to settle for anything less than 24 hours a day.
Oh well, I guess it wasn’t meant to be.
Yanky55-
You’re correct, I went to the naitz minyan.
Sorry to hear about your headache, I hope the rest of the day was tolerable.
Here’s one that I found interesting:
If one were to go to outer space, how would one determine what day of the week it is?
eclipse-
Silly Goose! There’s no singing when yom tov comes out on Shabbos.
I had you (and emoticon613 and Yanky55) in mind as well. Let me know if you felt anything around 10:30 yesterday morning, and if the bracha comes true this year.
I wish all of you the best.
Years ago I went with my family on the first day of Succos, right after davening, to a nursing home to help the residents with the arba minim.
Right when we walked in an old lady got up and moved to a secluded corner. My mother warned us about her that she is very anti-frum and will scream at us if we get near her, so we should just stay away.
Of course I went right over to her and asked her if she wants to make a bracha on the lulav.
Her eyes lit up and she asked if I could please help her make the brachos and shake it properly.
She then told me her life story. I’ll spare you the details except one little part.
When she was growing up (in Kovno) her father was rabidly anti-religious. If he would dare catch her or her sister doing anything religious he would severely beat them. One morning she peaked out the window and saw a religious person walking with some strange things in his hand. She snuck out to ask him what it was. After explaining about the mitzvah of arba minim he helped her and her sister do the mitzvah. They never had so much fun in their lives before.
Every year, around that time of the year (they never knew the Hebrew date), they would peak outside the window early in the morning looking for people holding a set of arba minim. When it was the right day they would sneak outside and borrow a set from a religious person. This went on for some years, including a few when their father caught them and beat them, but they always tried again the next year.
The moral of the story, I think, is that deep down every Yiddisha Nishama has a spark waiting to be ignited, we just have to find it.
squeak-
I said I would continue bli neder and I want to take care of my nedarim before Yom Kippur.
The only thing I have left to say is how Andrew Wiles actually ended up proving it, what went wrong, how it was fixed and one corny joke which I just had to say because it fit in.
Do you insist that I post it or are you satisfied with the Wikipedia article on the theorem?
emoticon613- If it’s a vertical ladder then it’s held in place by a bar and can be released by lifting the ladder up a little and lowering it down.
There are horizontal ones that have a counterweight so when you start walking down it will slowly shift towards the ground. Hold on tight.
The obvious reason for this is to keep people at street level from climbing up.
I hope this answers your question.