[aklug] Re: What is germane to this list

More germane than at first obvious,as it is a much better experience
one way than t'other ;)

Someday calc will be behind you and you will see it not as a great
invention or even as engineering tool, but as a great mystery into
which you have been initiated-a religious experience...

On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:40 PM, "Joshua J. Kugler"
<joshua@eeinternet.com> wrote:

> On Friday 12 March 2010, Christopher Howard elucidated thus:
>> The real question, at the moment, is whether or not Calculus is a
>> target for rational discourse. I'm hoping that if I just keep staring
>> at this text book long enough, a revelation will come to me and I
>> will actually understand what a "differential" is.
>
> "A differential is a device, usually but not necessarily employing
> gears, capable of transmitting torque and rotation through three
> shafts, almost always used in one of two ways." :-D
>
> j
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