In a message of Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:09:36 PDT, Edward Cherlin writes: >There is a long-running rwar between those who think that mailing >lists should have a reply-to set to the mailing list address, and >those who think that replies should go to the previous sender by >default. Is it worse that mistakes result in private replies going to >the list (big-endian) or list replies going to an individual >(little-endian)?
Much worse when private replies go to a list. >You still have to be able to remember what you are >doing. What _I_ want is a menu item clearly labeled "Reply to List". Many mailers have one of these. Writing one is not hard, what mailer are you using, and is the source available? Laura >> the sum of the first and last number is 1+n; and then divide by two. > >You can do this in preschool with Cuisenaire rods. > >> And then to have the students try to represent a similar problem, and >> to check their answer against the formula, and THEN to have them do a >> set of practice problems, that might be teaching. >> >> If the computer were able to understand the story about young Gauss, >> then we could teach it. Instead, we can use it to confirm that the >> formula seems to work (because computers can add numbers in the >> fashion that Gauss' elementary school teacher expected just as fast as >> we can apply the formula), > >+/i.100 > >0.5 * (] * (] + 1)) > >> and we can show that using the formula is >> still faster for the computer than actually summing the list, but no, >> we are not teaching the computer. > >I still say that even though the computer is not learning, children >writing programs have the same impact on their learning _as if_ they >were teaching. > >> Perhaps if the computer were then able to, of its own volition, wonder >> what we would get if we were to sum consecutive squares, then we could >> teach it. As hard as it is to get students to wonder about things, >> it's even harder to create that state in computers. > >There are theorem-proving programs, and I know of an instance in which >one was turned loose and came up with a novel proof in geometry (of a >well-known theorem, of course.) Still, one shouldn't make too much of >an isolated incident. > >> -Lloyd >> >> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 18:05, kirby urner <kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote >: >>> I'm wondering what others on this list think of this non-standard use >>> of "teaching" when talking about programming a computer. >>> >>> The authors say we're "teaching" the computer.... >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> > > > >-- >Silent Thunder >(é»é·/धरà¥à¤®à¤®à¥à¤à¤¶à¤¬à¥à¤¦à¤à¤°à¥à¤/دھر٠٠Ûگھشبدگر > ج) is my name >And Children are my nation. >The Cosmos is my dwelling place, The Truth my destination. >http://earthtreasury.net/ (Edward Mokurai Cherlin) >_______________________________________________ >Edu-sig mailing list >Edu-sig@python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
