Summer Math

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 07/07/2014 at 08:59 • Filed to: None

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My boys woke up to this today. There will be a new problem tomorrow, or maybe a question like, "What is the capital of Azerbaijan?" And they'll have to use an atlas to figure it out. Dad level: "Asshole" achieved.

bob and john > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:01

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hehehe. right up until they learn how to change the passcode and you cant change it anymore :P

ttyymmnn > bob and john 07/07/2014 at 09:02

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They won't. And, since I'm likely to forget it, I made the password hint the actual password. So if they try enough times it will give it to them. Today was the first day, so it's still a work in progress. I'll tweak it a bit as we go forward.

Racescort666 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:03

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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:06

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To reach the next level of "Total Dick" give them calculus.

ttyymmnn > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 07/07/2014 at 09:08

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No, I have to be able to solve the problem myself. They're only in 5th and 2nd grade.

Clown Shoe Pilot > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:08

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too bad there can't be audio unlocks. "Play an E minor scale on the harmonica provided" would be a good one. Also, I have no idea if that's actually possible. Are harmonicas chromatic?

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:09

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As I said, next level.

McMike > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:09

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rm -v /var/db/.AppleSetupDone

ttyymmnn > Clown Shoe Pilot 07/07/2014 at 09:10

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I like that idea. As far as I know, they are. The extent of my knowledge about the harmonica is that when you blow, you get one note, when you suck, you get the note a half step higher. I've never learned to play. All the boys do with it is be annoying.

ttyymmnn > McMike 07/07/2014 at 09:10

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Wha?

BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:13

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I would have loved this as a kid. My dad was a legitimate dick and would take my computer to his office whenever he didn't want me to use it...

McMike > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:14

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You boot it into single user mode and run that command.

It will trick the machine into thinking it's new, and walks you through the "setup your mac" wizard, creating a new admin account.

ttyymmnn > McMike 07/07/2014 at 09:15

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That might be handy. They have no admin on their accounts, but they can still change the password. But they don't know how. Yet.

Grindintosecond > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:36

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I see a harmonica. Blowing that enough might force an unlock without any maths attempted. "I'm going to play the harmonica...badly...every day dad!"

ttyymmnn > Grindintosecond 07/07/2014 at 09:38

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Paybacks are hell.

thebigbossyboss > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:45

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The capital of Azerbijan is Baku!!! I am smart enough to unlock de laptop!

ttyymmnn > thebigbossyboss 07/07/2014 at 09:53

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You may now play Minecraft.

thebigbossyboss > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:54

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Yesssssss!

thebigbossyboss > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:55

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"All the boys do with it is be annoying". Your boys sound remarkably similar to me and my brother in childhood.

BJ > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 09:56

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Dad level: "Awesome" achieved.

Great idea.

DipodomysDeserti > BugEyedBimmer - back in the Saddle Dakota Leather 07/07/2014 at 09:59

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But he bought you a computer, so there's that.

Enginerrrrrrrrr > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 10:01

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This is brilliant. What a good way to make your kids use their brains over the summer.

The Compromiser > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 10:21

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so by the end of summer you should have them calculating true position at MMC. Whenever I get grief from one of them about math (I'm never going to use this, its way too hard, etc.) I write out a TP callout. I then say if they can solve this they don't have to do their homework. I don't give them the formula, or the dimensions needed, but we've also never gotten that far. If they say that they will never use it, I inform them that I have similar problems nearly every day.

ttyymmnn > The Compromiser 07/07/2014 at 10:24

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Not sure about MMC or TP.

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 10:33

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3038

ttyymmnn > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 10:35

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5318008

The Compromiser > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 10:43

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Blueprint stuff. Where the hole goes v. where it is. Totally useless if you aren't dealing with prints all the time.

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 10:45

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Wut? So that isn't 6210 - 3172. I must have missed the invisible parts of this problem.

ttyymmnn > The Compromiser 07/07/2014 at 10:54

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Gotcha. When I was in grad school, I worked at Kinko's and found myself using algebra every single day. People would come in and say, "I need this enlarged/reduced to x inches." And it's simple algebra from there. I never have to do the quadratic equation, but I solve for an unknown regularly.

ttyymmnn > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 10:57

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You didn't miss the invisible part of the problem, you missed the joke.

ly2v8-Brian > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 11:43

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wow. I'm going to say it's Monday therefore slowed down by the combination of many beers and brats over the weekend.

Slant6 > Clown Shoe Pilot 07/07/2014 at 12:18

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That's a diatonic in the picture. One key. Chromatics have a button that can change the key. Some are capable of an entire octave. Diatonics are your typical blues/ country harps while Chromatics are basically a German thing.

desertdog5051 > ttyymmnn 07/07/2014 at 13:25

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But did you do it without a calculator?

ttyymmnn > desertdog5051 07/07/2014 at 13:40

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You see, you're old enough to get the joke. It went right over somebody else's head.

desertdog5051 > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 15:26

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Did you do it without a calculator?

ly2v8-Brian > desertdog5051 07/07/2014 at 18:21

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of course I did it without a calculator, subtraction is easy.

desertdog5051 > ly2v8-Brian 07/07/2014 at 20:38

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Congratulations to you. I did it as well that way. Just checking, cause so many are lost without a calculator.

ly2v8-Brian > desertdog5051 07/07/2014 at 21:31

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thanks. I'm in school to be an engineer so I should be able to do simple calculations like this.

lonestranger > ttyymmnn 07/08/2014 at 15:42

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Ironically, the only reason I know that Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan is due to a video game. Part of Battlefield 4 takes place there, so it piqued my curiosity. I likely would have never even heard of it otherwise.

ttyymmnn > lonestranger 07/08/2014 at 15:45

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Any way you can learn....