Comments on: Lazy Thursday http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/ Semi-geeky musings, links, and observations by an all-geeky college student. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:30:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Geocaching Online http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7094 Geocaching Online Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:07:26 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7094 Yes, dust off that GPS and get out there! :) You mentioned one of the things we like best about it - it brings you to places you never knew exisited. Yes, dust off that GPS and get out there! :)

You mentioned one of the things we like best about it - it brings you to places you never knew exisited.

]]> By: Jordon http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7093 Jordon Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:47:49 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7093 Kirsten: I haven't tried sites like Amazon, but my dad keeps pushing Half.com when my sister asks about getting used textbooks online. He really likes that site for some reason. Kirsten: I haven't tried sites like Amazon, but my dad keeps pushing Half.com when my sister asks about getting used textbooks online. He really likes that site for some reason.

]]> By: Jordon http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7092 Jordon Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:46:34 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7092 As I recall, the edition was "For Advanced High School Classes" or something like that. It did have a sort of Moebius strip on the cover. The copies we used were newer with a brown cover, but in the classroom there was an older edition that was blue with a similar shape. Hard to say how Stewart was overall as I only used it for Calc 3. I couldn't really compare it to L/H/E. As I recall, the edition was "For Advanced High School Classes" or something like that. It did have a sort of Moebius strip on the cover. The copies we used were newer with a brown cover, but in the classroom there was an older edition that was blue with a similar shape.

Hard to say how Stewart was overall as I only used it for Calc 3. I couldn't really compare it to L/H/E.

]]> By: Kirsten http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7091 Kirsten Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:45:40 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7091 Thanks for the link! I love the subscription feature - I was considering using a service for that such as co.mments, but I saw the box more and more, and once G00gle started offering it I saw how easy it really was. College textbooks: biggest scam out there. Pay $75 for a book, store buys it back at end of semester for $15 and resells it for $60. If you are lucky you can sell it privately for $20. Have you tried amazon for purchase and resale? Thanks for the link! I love the subscription feature - I was considering using a service for that such as co.mments, but I saw the box more and more, and once G00gle started offering it I saw how easy it really was.

College textbooks: biggest scam out there. Pay $75 for a book, store buys it back at end of semester for $15 and resells it for $60. If you are lucky you can sell it privately for $20. Have you tried amazon for purchase and resale?

]]> By: Joshua McGee http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7090 Joshua McGee Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:41:24 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7090 Should read "at least two varieties". Should read "at least two varieties".

]]> By: Joshua McGee http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7089 Joshua McGee Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:41:06 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7089 L/H/E comes in at least three varieties: the high school one that covers roughly the first semester and a half, and the better full-sized one that goes through calc 3. It has a geometric sculpture on the cover? A sort of trefoil Moebius toroid? How's Stewart? I have very, very fond memories of tutoring high school calculus. One really cool session involved my checking out a set of billiard balls and cues from the student life office to demonstrate what was really going on with rotational solids. L/H/E comes in at least three varieties: the high school one that covers roughly the first semester and a half, and the better full-sized one that goes through calc 3.

It has a geometric sculpture on the cover? A sort of trefoil Moebius toroid?

How's Stewart?

I have very, very fond memories of tutoring high school calculus. One really cool session involved my checking out a set of billiard balls and cues from the student life office to demonstrate what was really going on with rotational solids.

]]> By: Jordon http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7088 Jordon Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:31:00 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7088 Those names sound familiar. That might have been my calculus book in high school. Last semester, I had Stewart. Those names sound familiar. That might have been my calculus book in high school. Last semester, I had Stewart.

]]> By: Joshua McGee http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7087 Joshua McGee Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:23:26 +0000 http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2008/01/10/lazy-thursday/#comment-7087 Wow. Two compliments in one post. Thank you. <a href="http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=1095" rel="nofollow">Here's my geocache</a>. Long hair and Rolling Stones now? Great! I used to collect calculus textbooks, but my favorite by far is still Larson/Hostetler/Edwards. I had it at improv rehearsal one night in college, and a guy picked it up to use as a prop and (accidentally, it should be said; he was spastic [and a cult member, though I don't think that had anything to do with it]) threw it across the floor, scuffing it up madly. Wow. Two compliments in one post. Thank you. Here's my geocache.

Long hair and Rolling Stones now? Great!

I used to collect calculus textbooks, but my favorite by far is still Larson/Hostetler/Edwards. I had it at improv rehearsal one night in college, and a guy picked it up to use as a prop and (accidentally, it should be said; he was spastic [and a cult member, though I don't think that had anything to do with it]) threw it across the floor, scuffing it up madly.

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