Re: high school python classes
When I was a sophomore in high school, the senior class built the worlds
longest slide rule.
See
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/news/712349-196/then-seniors-at-alvirne-recounthow-record-slide-rule.html#
-roger
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From: "Jerry Feldman"
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Subject: Re: high school python classes
On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
Lloyd Kvam writes:
* Public Key Encryption
I took a class at UNH when I was a high-school senior (wooly mammoths
were still wandering around campus back then...). It was a class with a
topic of number theory. I liked all of the math proofs in the class
-- very cool stuff. I really wasn't prepared for the class but I did
the best that I could.
As I sat in these classes on Saturday mornings, it did occur to me
that a lot of this stuff was pretty dry. I couldn't see the point of
the mathematical excercises that we were going through ("why on Earth
do I care if two numbers are 'relatively prime'?", I mused). I
couldn't fathom how any of this stuff could be used in the Real World.
Everything that I thought about these Saturday morning classes changed
during the last class. We had a guest lecturer that day -- a
professor named David Burton. He came into the classroom with a
twinkle in his eye and told us that he was going to teach us some
interesting things that morning. In the next two hours he taught us
the basics of symmetric key cryptography, and then he moved onto DH
key-exchange and public-key crypto. He built on all of the concepts
that we had learned in previous classes. I took notes like crazy that
morning -- this really was some interesting stuff that this Professor
Burton was teaching us. Wow
Anyways, I look back upon that morning (eons ago) pretty fondly. One
of the things that I do as a software engineer is to design and
implement secure systems and protocols. I still use the knowledge
that I gained on that Saturday morning as a high-school senior pretty
frequently.
Regards,
--kevin
When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
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Re: high school python classes
Her favorite joke was about overhearing a colleague muttering to himself
while using a sliderule for simple multiplication.
"Two times three equals 5.999 Oh, heck, just call it six!"
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:56 AM, John Abreau wrote:
> My high school chemistry teacher taught us how to use a sliderule. She
> *hated* pocket calculators with a passion, and said that they rotted the
> brain.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>
>> On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>>
>> Lloyd Kvam writes:
>>
>>
>>* Public Key Encryption
>>
>> I took a class at UNH when I was a high-school senior (wooly mammoths
>> were still wandering around campus back then...). It was a class with a
>> topic of number theory. I liked all of the math proofs in the class
>> -- very cool stuff. I really wasn't prepared for the class but I did
>> the best that I could.
>>
>> As I sat in these classes on Saturday mornings, it did occur to me
>> that a lot of this stuff was pretty dry. I couldn't see the point of
>> the mathematical excercises that we were going through ("why on Earth
>> do I care if two numbers are 'relatively prime'?", I mused). I
>> couldn't fathom how any of this stuff could be used in the Real World.
>>
>> Everything that I thought about these Saturday morning classes changed
>> during the last class. We had a guest lecturer that day -- a
>> professor named David Burton. He came into the classroom with a
>> twinkle in his eye and told us that he was going to teach us some
>> interesting things that morning. In the next two hours he taught us
>> the basics of symmetric key cryptography, and then he moved onto DH
>> key-exchange and public-key crypto. He built on all of the concepts
>> that we had learned in previous classes. I took notes like crazy that
>> morning -- this really was some interesting stuff that this Professor
>> Burton was teaching us. Wow
>>
>>
>> Anyways, I look back upon that morning (eons ago) pretty fondly. One
>> of the things that I do as a software engineer is to design and
>> implement secure systems and protocols. I still use the knowledge
>> that I gained on that Saturday morning as a high-school senior pretty
>> frequently.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --kevin
>>
>> When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
>>
>> --
>> Jerry Feldman
>> Boston Linux and Unix
>> PGP key id:3BC1EB90
>> PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
>>
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Re: high school python classes
My high school chemistry teacher taught us how to use a sliderule. She
*hated* pocket calculators with a passion, and said that they rotted the
brain.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
>
> Lloyd Kvam writes:
>
>
>* Public Key Encryption
>
> I took a class at UNH when I was a high-school senior (wooly mammoths
> were still wandering around campus back then...). It was a class with a
> topic of number theory. I liked all of the math proofs in the class
> -- very cool stuff. I really wasn't prepared for the class but I did
> the best that I could.
>
> As I sat in these classes on Saturday mornings, it did occur to me
> that a lot of this stuff was pretty dry. I couldn't see the point of
> the mathematical excercises that we were going through ("why on Earth
> do I care if two numbers are 'relatively prime'?", I mused). I
> couldn't fathom how any of this stuff could be used in the Real World.
>
> Everything that I thought about these Saturday morning classes changed
> during the last class. We had a guest lecturer that day -- a
> professor named David Burton. He came into the classroom with a
> twinkle in his eye and told us that he was going to teach us some
> interesting things that morning. In the next two hours he taught us
> the basics of symmetric key cryptography, and then he moved onto DH
> key-exchange and public-key crypto. He built on all of the concepts
> that we had learned in previous classes. I took notes like crazy that
> morning -- this really was some interesting stuff that this Professor
> Burton was teaching us. Wow
>
>
> Anyways, I look back upon that morning (eons ago) pretty fondly. One
> of the things that I do as a software engineer is to design and
> implement secure systems and protocols. I still use the knowledge
> that I gained on that Saturday morning as a high-school senior pretty
> frequently.
>
> Regards,
>
> --kevin
>
> When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman
> Boston Linux and Unix
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Re: high school python classes
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Re: high school python classes
On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 07:18:50 -0500 Jerry Feldman wrote: > When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule. > You were lucky. I had to wait until I was in college to learn how to program a slide rule. I still remember instructor saying you should be able to discern if the "cursor" is on 1 through 9 between the smallest divisions on the ruler. -- Ed Lawson Ham Callsign: K1VP PGP Key ID: 1591EAD3 PGP Key Fingerprint: 79A1 CDC3 EF3D 7F93 1D28 2D42 58E4 2287 1591 EAD3 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: high school python classes
On 01/20/2014 09:19 AM, Kevin D. Clark wrote:
> Lloyd Kvam writes:
>
>> * Public Key Encryption
> I took a class at UNH when I was a high-school senior (wooly mammoths
> were still wandering around campus back then...). It was a class with a
> topic of number theory. I liked all of the math proofs in the class
> -- very cool stuff. I really wasn't prepared for the class but I did
> the best that I could.
>
> As I sat in these classes on Saturday mornings, it did occur to me
> that a lot of this stuff was pretty dry. I couldn't see the point of
> the mathematical excercises that we were going through ("why on Earth
> do I care if two numbers are 'relatively prime'?", I mused). I
> couldn't fathom how any of this stuff could be used in the Real World.
>
> Everything that I thought about these Saturday morning classes changed
> during the last class. We had a guest lecturer that day -- a
> professor named David Burton. He came into the classroom with a
> twinkle in his eye and told us that he was going to teach us some
> interesting things that morning. In the next two hours he taught us
> the basics of symmetric key cryptography, and then he moved onto DH
> key-exchange and public-key crypto. He built on all of the concepts
> that we had learned in previous classes. I took notes like crazy that
> morning -- this really was some interesting stuff that this Professor
> Burton was teaching us. Wow
>
>
> Anyways, I look back upon that morning (eons ago) pretty fondly. One
> of the things that I do as a software engineer is to design and
> implement secure systems and protocols. I still use the knowledge
> that I gained on that Saturday morning as a high-school senior pretty
> frequently.
>
> Regards,
>
> --kevin
When I was in High School I learned how to program a slide rule.
--
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Boston Linux and Unix
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