| Author | Message | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1042 Registered: 11-2005 |
shapeshifting Have fun, have fun several times. I know you guys love challenges. regards Sue | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4820 Registered: 05-2006 |
I got a 3.97. Right after this, a line segment streaked out of the LCD display panel on this laptop and hit me in the forehead. By the way, 3.97 was my high school GPA. (4.0 was the max on those days, so I was one of three class valedictorians.) Weird, eh? even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1043 Registered: 11-2005 |
I am not surprised. I got 5.9. Not so good. But I live to fight again. Maybe in the morning. LOL. I figured you'd knock this one out. regards Sue | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4821 Registered: 05-2006 |
I got a 3.22 on the second try. even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| Mariah Wilson
Intermediate Member Username: mariahwilson43 Post Number: 850 Registered: 11-2007 |
I got 11.42 and was so excited...until I read that LOWER is better....oops....my bad. Not really my forte anyway, regardless, it was an enjoyable waste of time. Thanks. | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1044 Registered: 11-2005 |
Hi Fred, tried again, and got 5.1. Guess I'm at my peak. I fully expect you to get 3,14159 on your next try. You can have your pie, and I'll just get cake. Hahahahahaha. Normal Curve alpha point oh, five most things fall in the middle, outliers so skewed. regards Sue | ||
| Gary Blankenship
Moderator Username: garydawg Post Number: 25872 Registered: 07-2001 |
Humph... Smiles. Gary Celebrate Walt with Gary: http://www.poetrykit.org/pkl/tw10/tw4conte.htm | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 32064 Registered: 11-1998 |
Ah, if I only knew what a Parallelogram was.  Love, M | ||
| Lisa England
Intermediate Member Username: diamondwife Post Number: 337 Registered: 08-2007 |
I found out there was a good reason I only was able to pull out a C - in geometry.  Lisa England
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| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1045 Registered: 11-2005 |
M, a parellelogram is a love message from an engineer, there being no higher form of admiration. It doesn't make you fat like a candy gram, wilt like a flower gram, or need to be tethered like a balloon gram. It is enourmously instructive while at the same time completely blank, it's two impossible things at once, like Schroedinger's cat. LOL Disclaimer, no offense to engineers, they have a sense of humour about such things, tho some may not, just like the rest of us. Sorry in advance. regards Sue | ||
| ~M~
Board Administrator Username: mjm Post Number: 32078 Registered: 11-1998 |
Thanks for the detailed explanation, sue. It heps a lot, yup, yup. Two impossible things at once, huh? Hell, I turn myself into that hepcat nearly every day. Or at least people think I can. *LOL* Now, the next time someone asks me for a parallelogram, I'll know what to send. BTW -- how much postage does it take to mail a 130 lb. woman? Here's my new tag line --" M. She bring up the rear in parallelogra~M~ and she's just another empty love message." Good, huh? *LMAO* Love, M | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1046 Registered: 11-2005 |
M. somehow I don't see you fitting neatly inside lines that don't meet. Be there or be square isn't a complete picture. I think you're more a hologram which is a whole other gram that simply means, Be. There. LOL...... regards sue | ||
| Jeffrey S. Lange
Advanced Member Username: runatyr Post Number: 1051 Registered: 10-2005 |
That is fun, thank you Sue. 3.6 after two goes. Need some work on bisecting angles to get better. Might try again, it's pretty fun. Jeff | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4847 Registered: 05-2006 |
Jeffrey, it's very simple, though even I use shortcuts (and thus flub it.) You measure along the two sides that make up the angle. Say, on the computer screen, you measure off 2" from the tip of the angle to two points, one on each of the sides. Then you join those two points with a line. This creates an equilateral triangle consisting of two 2" sides and a third side you've just drawn. Measure that line with a ruler. Exactly halfway along that line is where the "bisecting line" should pass. Most people will just "eyeball" the connecting line between the sides, but it is useful to use a real ruler to find the midpoint of this line, because the more accurate you are the closer you'll be to bisecting the angle. * * * * * You can also use a compass. Place the fixed point of the compass on the tip of the angle, and rotate the compass in an arc that intersects both sides of the original angle. Note where the arc segment intersects the sides. These are your two reference points. Then proceed as per the previous explanation. Fred even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| Jeffrey S. Lange
Advanced Member Username: runatyr Post Number: 1053 Registered: 10-2005 |
Thank you, Fred. Sadly, both ruler-aided scores came out over 4. Apparently I am better off eyeballing than actually trying to measure anything. ;) I tried another sans ruler after that and scored a 3.64 (my prior low was 3.61)... oh well. Hehe. | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4852 Registered: 05-2006 |
This was my third try. I don't use the fancy method outlined above, although "off computer" it would work fabulously. I just eyeball. My score: 2.82 even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans | ||
| sue kay
Moderator Username: suekay Post Number: 1047 Registered: 11-2005 |
Fred, I tried this am fresh with a full jolt of caffeine, and managed to make it to your side of the bell curve. (3.6) I don't use any tools either. But of course you are still accelerating. I think I am going to quite while I'm here. Tomorrow, I'll be stupid again. LOL. regards Sue | ||
| Fred Longworth
Senior Member Username: sandiegopoet Post Number: 4922 Registered: 05-2006 |
Do as I do, Sue. Drink a quart of espresso every morning -- then go out and conquer the world. As the day wears on, lose your grip on the world. Finally subside into a reluctant detente with the other chiefs and warriors. The next day, repeat the whole process. Fred even consciousness, a pastiche of recycled cans |
