Harvard's entrance exam from 1869...

[admiralsnackbar]

I wish I took Greek as a language. Sure would like to read revelations in the original tongue.

Gotta learn Aramaic for that.

is, there isn't all that much else to read in Aramaic but the NT. There's dead languages and then there's dead languages.

[Wild Cobra]

Gotta learn Aramaic for that.

is, there isn't all that much else to read in Aramaic but the NT. There's dead languages and then there's dead languages.

I thought the NT was mostly Greek. Now the OT is Hebrew and Chaldean.

Are you sure?

[admiralsnackbar]

I thought the NT was mostly Greek. Now the OT is Hebrew and Chaldean.

Are you sure?

If you're talking about what it was actually written in? Pretty sure it was Aramaic. It went platinum in Greek, though.

[LnGrrrR]

If you're talking about what it was actually written in? Pretty sure it was Aramaic. It went platinum in Greek, though.

[Agloco]

The Newton-Raphson method applied to the polynomial f(x) = x^n - y can be used to find the nth root of y (assuming y > 0), and it converges very quickly. The algorithm from Heron of Alexandria for finding square roots is a special case of this method.

English damnit, English!!

[I. Hustle]

Albany at 5:00pm with one dollar three buckles and half a quarter in his pocket

[FuzzyLumpkins]

How about the math...

The 5th root question. I know how to calculate square roots longhand, but never learned 3rd roots plus.

I know. Factoring is hard when you are a parts changer that cannot even interpret the rationale behind a troubleshooting checklist.

At least you memorized them.

[ElNono]

I could probably tackle some of the math, the problem is that I'm not sure you would be allowed to use algorithms that are newer than the exam...

[Wild Cobra]

If you're talking about what it was actually written in? Pretty sure it was Aramaic. It went platinum in Greek, though.

From the little I looked up, I think you're right. There doesn't seem to be clear consensus on it, but the Aramaic does make more sense.

[Wild Cobra]

English damnit, English!!

Damn English is something you put on a que ball.

[Wild Cobra]

Albany at 5:00pm with one dollar three buckles and half a quarter in his pocket

I doubt very many people today know what a bit is.

[Wild Cobra]

I could probably tackle some of the math, the problem is that I'm not sure you would be allowed to use algorithms that are newer than the exam...

Or calculators.

[LnGrrrR]

I doubt very many people today know what a bit is.

It's a unit of data. *rimshot*

[Wild Cobra]

It's a unit of data. *rimshot*

LOL.

It's also a fraction of a dollar.

Do you know what fraction it is without looking it up?

Hear the term "two bits worth?" Maybe you think it's a half of a nibble?

[LnGrrrR]

LOL.

It's also a fraction of a dollar.

Do you know what fraction it is without looking it up?

Hear the term "two bits worth?" Maybe you think it's a half of a nibble?

Nope, that's past my time. But I do know the term "Shave and a haircut, two bits." So... 20 cents?

[DarrinS]

Took two semesters of Latin in HS. Wanted to take Spanish, but the classes were filled with Spanish-speaking students that really wanted to challenge themselves. Same thing happened in college, but I had to take two semesters of Russian.


Как долго вы живете в Техасе?

[LnGrrrR]

Took two semesters of Latin in HS. Wanted to take Spanish, but the classes were filled with Spanish-speaking students that really wanted to challenge themselves. Same thing happened in college, but I had to take two semesters of Russian.


Как долго вы живете в Техасе?

Ya gavrayu chouchoute parusski.

[ElNono]

синица в руках лучше, чем два в Буша

[ElNono]

Google translate FTW, btw

[LnGrrrR]

Google translate FTW, btw

Will Google translate the word "Suca" for you? How about "Suca sabaca"?

[DarrinS]

Ya gavrayu chouchoute parusski.

Vwe gavrahuchi ochen ploho.

[LnGrrrR]

Vwe gavrahuchi ochen ploho.

Ya znayu.

Then again, the little I know was picked up from working with TCNs on a deployment... So my first words were all swear words.

[Wild Cobra]

Nope, that's past my time. But I do know the term "Shave and a haircut, two bits." So... 20 cents?

Two bits is a quarter.