BobbyJoeCool

Isn't this mildly illegal? Since no business is actually being conducted... it's like saying it was a buisness dinner because you and your family talked about your job...

especially if when someone askes who you're talking to, they respond, "the smartest person in the room: me." That really annoyed me...

it's like 2.37 around here...

ahhhh... so [math]\frac{\frac{dx}{dy}((e^x-e^8)(\sqrt{x+1}+3))}{\frac{dx}{dy}(x-8)}[/math] as the rule, where u and v are both variables [math]\frac{dx}{dy}u*v=u*v'+v*u'[/math] [math]\frac{dx}{dy}((e^x-e^8)(\sqrt{x+1}+3))[/math] [math](e^x-e^8)\frac{dx}{dy}(\sqrt{x+1}+3)+(\sqrt{x+1}+3)\frac{dx}{dy}(e^x-e^8)[/math] Start with the easy one... [math]\frac{dx}{dy}(e^x-e^8)=e^x[/math] now the harder one... [math]\frac{dx}{dy}(\sqrt{x+1}+3)[/math] [math]1/2*(x+1)^{-1/2}=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] backsubstitute [math](e^x-e^8)\frac{1}{2\sqrt{x+1}}+(\sqrt{x+1}+3)e^x[/math] [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)}{2\sqrt{x+1}}+\frac{(\sqrt{x+1}+3)e^x}{1}[/math] [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)}{2\sqrt{x+1}}+\frac{2\sqrt{x+1}(\sqrt{x+1}+3)e^x}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)+2\sqrt{x+1}(\sqrt{x+1}+3)e^x}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] [math]\frac{e^x-e^8+(2(x+1)+6\sqrt{x+1})e^x}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] [math]\frac{e^x-e^8+(2x+2+6\sqrt{x+1})e^x}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] [math]\frac{((2x+2)+6\sqrt{x+1})+1)e^x-e^8}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] [math]\frac{(6 \sqrt{x+1}+2x+3)e^x-e^8}{2\sqrt{x+1}}[/math] and [math]\frac{dx}{dy}(x-8)=1[/math] so [math]\frac{\frac{(6 \sqrt{x+1}+2x+3)e^x-e^8}{2 \sqrt{x+1}}}{1}[/math] Therefor, we substitute x=8 [math]\frac{\frac{(6 \sqrt{8+1}+2*8+3)e^8-e^8}{2 \sqrt{8+1}}}{1}[/math] [math]\frac{(6 \sqrt{9}+16+3)e^8-e^8}{2 \sqrt{9}}[/math] [math]\frac{(6*3+16+3)e^8-e^8}{2*3}[/math] [math]\frac{(18+16+3)e^8-e^8}{6}[/math] [math]\frac{(37)e^8-e^8}{6}[/math] [math]\frac{36e^8}{6}[/math] [math]\frac{36}{6}e^8[/math] [math]6e^8[/math] Right? And my teacher chose to choose this as a probelm to give us whilst "learning" limits before learning how to diferentiate... I see.

sounds farmiliar, but I can't seem to remember it right now...

Ok, I'm taking Calculus I. My teacher is not very good (he's a grad student and not very good at teaching. He knows what he's talking about, but not good at explaining). This was his problem: [math]\lim_{n\to 8} \frac{e^x-e^8}{\sqrt{x+1}-3}[/math] Now, direct substitution says [math]\frac{e^8-e^8}{\sqrt{8+1}-3}=\frac{0}{\sqrt{9}-3}=\frac{0}{3-3}=\frac{0}{0}[/math] So, we tried to get the 0 out of the denominator bu multiplying by the congigate. [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)(\sqrt{x+1}+3)}{(\sqrt{x+1}-3)(\sqrt{x+1}+3)}[/math] [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)(\sqrt{x+1}+3)}{x+1-9}[/math] [math]\frac{(e^x-e^8)(\sqrt{x+1}+3)}{x-8}[/math] So try direct subsitiution again... [math]\frac{(e^8-e^8)(\sqrt{8+1}+3)}{8-8}[/math] [math]\frac{(0)(\sqrt{9}+3)}{0}=\frac{0*(3+3)}{0}=\frac{0}{0}[/math] I know the limit exists. Furthermore, I know the limit is [math]6e^8[/math] because I put it into my TI-89 calulator (which he won't let us use on tests) and that is what it gave me, but we couldn't find it. Something seemed a little odd to me about the x-8 in the denominator and the exponents on the "e"'s being x and 8, so I thought it might have something to do with that. But can anyone help me figure this out? Knowing me, it's probably something very simple, and I just don't see it, but I'd like to know.

I REALLY wish I could dance. How long does it take to learn? I mean, I barely have time to learn anything, and don't have time for any real commitment.

I have a dislike for many slang terms. Ok, most. Because most of them are just flat out insulting or degrading to a person. I've gotten used to it (and anyone who is the way I am is probably used to it too). It's just that it can annoy me when people use those kinds of terms, aimed at me specifically, a group I'm a part of (chess club for instance), or even something I'm not involved with at all. I don't take offence from them, but I can get annoyed. And for the most part, the people here are VERY nice about it. I haven't heard anything that made me feel instulted, or "put-down" and that's different for me.

ok. if I may make a request here... can we not use "slang" terms such as these? I don't necesarily find it offencive (I get a lot worse from people around here), but it can be... psudo-instulting, as if you were suggesting that anyone who isn't heterosexual isn't straight or normal somehow. Espcially since "normal" is a relative term. Thanks.

I'm attracted to a girl I know. But I know that any form of relationship would be massivly destructive for both of us, especially her. So I don't get invloved. If I were completely homosexual, I could choose to ignore my attraction to guys and force myself into a relationship with a girl, yet not be attracted to her. Many homosexuals get married to a woman. They make that choice.

You believe that the X-Files are stories made up by the government to distract you from what's really going on.

opinions are not science, but if everyone knew everything, then what would be under discussion? And what about theoretical sciences, things that are not proven either way (such as the nature of the universe?) Every good theory starts with a question that hasn't been answered. A hypothosis is formulated, and then tested. The data from the test will either agree or disagree with the hypothosis (sometimes is neutral), but it nearly always poses another question. Besides, when someone doesn't really know what their talking about (or left a detail out for some reason), they might say "I think this is true." And then when an expert comes along, they can point out the falicies in their theories, so that they can make better theories.

Then we say, "this is what happened to the dog that the Lutz's had in Amittyville." It's still possesed by the really pissed off indian cheif...

Can both of these be true? At any rate... if the dog had three heads, I'd call him cerberus... He (if he were 5 times bigger) a guard dog that would make people run away... *shudders looking at the picture again*

I know that, and I wasn't generalizing that all hot girls are like that, but, in my experience, the only girls are that are like that are "hot," because, in their case anyway, they think it's the only thing they have going for them, and their trying to "score" themselves a "decent guy" who can provide for them and get them through life. I know many a hot girls who are nice people. My best (And only) real friend is one of them. I don't mean to say ALL hot girls are that way, and if you took it that way, I apologize.

The general public dislikes me, but when people actually take the chance (or are forced to take a chance) to get to know me, They find out I'm a regular, normal (albeit a little crazy at times) human being. And once they get used to the fact that I act like a strange cross between a boy and a girl, they realize that they can have a lot of fun with me. But almost everyone is like "you like boys, get away from me you queer." Society today...

Like close friends. I really can't think of how to describe it.

Firsly, I'm bi-sexual, not homosexual. And, before I could even begin to say if I was raised "normaly," you'd have to say what normal is. I'd say I was raised normaly. I mean, there was no "child abuse" or the such... there was no, "You MUST do this or we'll disown you." type thing... And, if it's a genetic mutation... wouldn't that mean that my children would also have the same "problem?"

So you're saying that I have one of the "mental diseses" you stated? Just because I'm attracted to both sexes? I've been to doctors, and I have neither of those. I do not have an abnormal amount of estrogen, and I've been pronounced mentaly completely fine, except for, a while ago, a chronic depression.

Me. Because you're ignoring the bright side, and I don't care what people say about me. As a guy, I'd rather hang out with other guys than with girls. For me, they're more fun to be around. Imagine, spending the rest of your life having fun with "friends" instead of a spouse. Life becomes a lot more fun, because you just know how to deal with the other person (as Girls can't seem to handle guys problems in any decent fasion, and vise versa is also true, if not more so.) and there's a lot less worring about the other person because everything gets out in the open faster, and so, more time is spend on personal endevours...

yea... about 400 every two weeks.

I find it interesting, and fun.

I don't know, because I can't even tell her that I've thought about said relationship, and we can't talk about it because... I'm her boss... BAH-HUMBUG! However, if I'm still there in a couple years, I might end up being her collegue instead of boss, and then would be able to talk to her about it. EDIT: I do know that she wants to be friends, in a more than just regular friends way (as in, like REALLY close friends, but still friends). but again, rules say I'm not supposed to socialize with the crew outside of the work-place because it could effect the profetionalism requred for a "comfortable" work-place.

Well... instinctively speaking, the only reason to be attracted to a different person is reproduction. so, guy to guy, or girl to girl... My view on this is that you're attracted to a single person for their personality traits. EG: You're attracted to someone who is very understanding. So, what's the difference if you find that in a guy or a girl. The thing here is emotion. I know a LOT of guys who have told me that they could be gay because they understand guys, but not girls. That the way girls in general act makes them want a guy instead, because girls seem very unpredicable, and it makes trying to deal with them difficult. Guys act like guys (generally) and girls like girls... Girls understand girls, guys understand guys. The misunderstanding between the sexes (which I believe can be summed up as followes... Guys want respect, Girls want love.), leads to wanting the same sex, because they understand what the other person wants, and can give it to them. Me personally, I'm more attracted to a girl I know who is bi-sexual, because: A) She understands the way I act (a cross between girl and guy) B) She is everything I want in a mate (that I know about her anyway...) C) She is physically attractive (to me anyway) The problem is that I'm her boss, and therefor we can't even entertain the idea, furthermore, according to the rules, cannot even be friends... grr. (and she has a girlfriend). But anyway, that's my take on it.