Game where you can use your calculus skills

[DennisS]

You know, I had a great high school Calculus prof--might have been the most influential teacher I ever had--but when I got to college, I developed a quick distaste for the subject matter.  I also realized that, while I was extremely good at arithmetic, I wasn't nearly as good at math as I thought.

But I can still do arithmetic in my head like a mad man.  It was my party trick in college to try to convince people I was sober.  Needless to say, it didn't impress the chicks much...

As for calculators, I was strictly a TI-35 guy.  I never had much use for the Poles and their calculators.   

I have the same party trick down pat. "Give me any two digit numbers", I say. I then add them up, double, then triple, then x19...basically as fast as it takes to write this. X19 is a trick...add a zero, then subtract X1. Example: 52 + 34 = 86. Doubled is172, times 19 is (172x10=1720) - 86. This is (1720-100)+14, or 1634.

[JasonPratt]

Back to the topic  ::)...

...what about that space combat sim game earlier this year which used hardcore astrophysics? Seems like calculus might give someone an edge there.


Or a curve.

[Philippe]

My limit on calculus has already been reached, I'm afraid.

[JasonPratt]

The pun originality in this thread has approached zero, I see.

[bobarossa]

The pun originality in this thread has approached zero, I see.

So what's the differential?

[BanzaiCat]

What do you call Al Gore playing on his guitar? An Algorithm.

[Swatter]

Oh please stop

[Philippe]

I'm having trouble seeing how stopping is integral to this thread.

[mirth]

It's hard to cut the chord from punning.

[BanzaiCat]

Note to self: we're not too off-bass by changing to music puns.

[mirth]

That's a whole other tangent.

[BanzaiCat]

We pun because we can. It's by nature's de-sine.

[mirth]

I like the arc of this thread.

[BanzaiCat]

Might be time for the punners to have a slice of humble pi.

[bobarossa]

You could be right but you need to be less obtuse about it.