We never called it calculus when I was at school...

...I didn't discover for years that all the differentiation and integration was actually Calculus.

Hated it too

Posted By: Steve in Holland on November 16th 2007 at 12:52:22

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Lovely old dumbing down (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:37:06
- Lingot Saint Bousquet d'Orb (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:39:23
  - Kin ell, when do they do (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:44:28
    - I did those in Nursery (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:47:48
      - Feckin well has! (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:49:04
        
        We never called it calculus when I was at school... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:52:22
        
        Indeed but, (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:54:26
        
        I called "second order differential equations" ... (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:56:40
        
        You see, (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:59:01
        
        Pisé du Lot (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:57:16
        
        Did you do calculus at the hooet? (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:54:03
        
        Yeah but we dint call it that. I did A level Advanced Maths though, so that's (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:55:56
        
        Yes, that's what I did at the hooet, "Further Maths" A level (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:57:37
        
        Mr Dyer ? Mr Greer ? Or the legendary P. Brayne ? Boring as fuck BTW (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:58:58
        
        I'm bad at remembering names that far back. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:00:35
        
        Miss. White (?) who had once been rather fit (large puppies) and Mr. Jim Fletcher, the (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:02:16
        
        Yep, bang on on both counts. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:04:01
        
        Well I think she was just under 50 and had big tits. That's enough when you're 17. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:04:58
        
        Danish Blue (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:06:23
        
        lol (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:08:55
        
        Netto Processed Burger Cheese Slices (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:07:50
        
        Babybel (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:02:00
        
        No, Jenny foxxy-cumgargler was Miss Day (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:02:52
        
        swot , naturally clever or spotty egghead ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:56:59
        
        No (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:57:49
        
        you must have been one of those three ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:59:31
        
        Only if you weren't (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:03:14
        
        neither of them. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:06:59
        
        You can't be neither of three things. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 13:08:11
        
        No, but it certainly makes him none of them ! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:09:53
        
        exactly. it's basic maths (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:10:10
        
        Stilton (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:10:54
        
        BellCheese (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:22:08
        
        Me too. Pointless bollocks unless you were an egghead. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:53:31
        
        Seems mainlt to be used in Engineering and (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:56:51
        
        and "Advanced Celebrity Studies" (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:59:11
        
        Marketing. (n/m) (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:58:33
        
        Don't forget Social Studies (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:58:04
        
        Well not really. Traders often use it when working with derivative instruments (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:54:25
        
        only by way of software. there are no pencils and calculators on the trading floor (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:55:38
        
        Not over the counter trades, and yes they do need to understand the calculus. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:56:57
        
        Tescos Value Grated White Cheese (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:58:59
        
        They are indeed a bunch of what you say. However, (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:00:38
        
        Pougne Cendré (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 13:03:40
        
        Wrong. (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 13:09:00
        
        Probably, but not the company I worked for... (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 13:07:33
        
        Ah. OTC. I am exchange only. LIFFE/CBOT/CME/EUREX mostly. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:58:16
    - Saint Nicolas de la Dalmerie (Other Football) - Partial Angler, Nov 16, 12:47:20
    - A level. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:46:24
      - So, same as when I did it in 1968, cept (Other Football) - CB41, Nov 16, 12:48:17
        
        I am talking 12 years ago since I finished A levels though, so plenty (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Nov 16, 12:50:55
        
        God, yes, almost 17 years ago for me. I feel old! (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Nov 16, 12:53:52
        
        22 for me. (n/m) (Other Football) - Snakey, Nov 16, 12:56:09

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