Steve,
More than you would realize--and always in the darndest places (e.g., how
many times did one of your professors state that what you were learning
would be useful in setting the correct headlight angle for your car??)
Scott
(and yes, I was a CS major with an emphasis on math)
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> From: Speedo79@aol.com
> To: hjillson@argohouston.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Headlight Adjustment Calculations
> Date: Friday, November 20, 1998 10:18 AM
>
>snip
>
> Not meaning to be rude or bomb the list, but being a Computer Science
Major
> with a Math Minor, and currently suffering through Calculus II, I love to
take
> the time to revert to things much simpler, such as Trigonometry, and my
'77
> MGB!
>
> And now a question: All through school, I wondered if all that math was
> relevant to the outside world.
> How many true, real life calculations of this type is one forced to make
in
> one's life?
>
> Sincerely,
> Steve Sanchez
> "Taking a brief respite from cramming for Calculus!"
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