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So... is the hand an Or operator, a universal quantifier or a Vulcan salute thingy ? Enquiring minds want to know ;) --- On Mon, 22/12/08, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > From: andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: OT Re: DISAGREEMENTS and THIS LIST was goo now Sercret Chord > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Date: Monday, 22 December, 2008, 12:04 PM > Krispen Hartung wrote: > > I use my fingers too, Mark, and I'm not the best a > math, and my wife also does all the finances in the house, > but I kicked butt in logic at the university and was able to > convert entire paragraphs of common language arguments into > sybolic logic and tell whether they were valid or not. > > In UK while I was a pre-teen schoolkid for some reason the > powers that > be decided that symbolic logic (in it's guise as Set > Theory) needed to be taught > as a pre-cursor to maths. > I don't know what the other kids made of this (or > indeed the teachers) but I found it incredibly easy to draw > the diagrams and get the answers, ...it felt like cheating. > > Maybe that helps to explain the following "mystery > guitar chord", > which I don't actually remember playing:- > > http://www.andybutler.com/gifs/chord.jpg > > > ...be warned, you should at least visit the page of > Kris' quiz > before checking out that pic, otherwise the nerdy joke is > lost. > > > http://www.krispenhartung.com/logicquiz/ > > andy butler