Comments for Paul Raff http://www.myraff.com The Possibilities Are Infinite Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:07 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Publications by Alok http://www.myraff.com/about-me/publications/comment-page-1#comment-186 Alok Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:35:07 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?page_id=153#comment-186 Hi Paul, I saw your presentation on fantasy basketball at the MIT Conference a couple weekends ago. I was wondering if you have a research paper for that presentation, and if so, where I could possibly get a hold of it. If it hasn't been written up as a formal paper, is there a chance I could get a copy of the presentation that was delivered? I would really appreciate anything you could share with me. Thanks, Alok Hi Paul,

I saw your presentation on fantasy basketball at the MIT Conference a couple weekends ago. I was wondering if you have a research paper for that presentation, and if so, where I could possibly get a hold of it. If it hasn’t been written up as a formal paper, is there a chance I could get a copy of the presentation that was delivered? I would really appreciate anything you could share with me.

Thanks,
Alok

]]> Comment on Calculus Teaching Mistake: The “Generalized Chain Rule” by Jon Rogawski http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/calculus-teaching-mistake-the-generalized-chain-rule/comment-page-1#comment-185 Jon Rogawski Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:39:40 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=166#comment-185 Paul - I agree that simpler is better, so I thought about this quite a bit. In the end, I felt it was important for students to learn to apply the Chain Rule by pure reflex for those special cases that come up repeatedly - after all, developing the right pavlovian reflexes is also part of learning mathematics. But there are no absolutes in pedagogy, and I certainly acknowledge your point (BTW, for the 2nd Edition currently in progress, I did reduce this slightly). Paul – I agree that simpler is better, so I thought about this quite a bit. In the end, I felt it was important for students to learn to apply the Chain Rule by pure reflex for those special cases that come up repeatedly – after all, developing the right pavlovian reflexes is also part of learning mathematics. But there are no absolutes in pedagogy, and I certainly acknowledge your point (BTW, for the 2nd Edition currently in progress, I did reduce this slightly).

]]> Comment on When Good Websites Go Bad by Sam http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/when-good-websites-go-bad/comment-page-1#comment-168 Sam Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:23:59 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=155#comment-168 Well Pete and Tiffany won't notice the difference! I was kind of imagining Riff and Tiff or something like that, but I think you made better choices. Congrats again! Well Pete and Tiffany won’t notice the difference!

I was kind of imagining Riff and Tiff or something like that, but I think you made better choices. Congrats again!

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 2 by Sam http://www.myraff.com/code/code-i-always-use-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-135 Sam Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:35:22 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=133#comment-135 // CODE THAT *I* ALWAYS USE function add_class_to_item ( class_name, item ) { var patt = new RegExp( "\\b" + class_name + "\\b" ); if ( ! item.className.match( patt ) ) { item.className += item.className? " "+class_name : class_name; } } function remove_class_from_item ( class_name, item ) { var patt = new RegExp( "\\b" + class_name + "\\b", 'g' ); item.className = item.className.replace( patt, "" ) .replace( /(^\s+)|(\s+$)/g, "" ) .replace( /\s\s+/g, " " ); } // CODE THAT *I* ALWAYS USE

function add_class_to_item ( class_name, item ) {
var patt = new RegExp( “\\b” + class_name + “\\b” );
if ( ! item.className.match( patt ) ) {
item.className += item.className? ” “+class_name : class_name;
}
}
function remove_class_from_item ( class_name, item ) {
var patt = new RegExp( “\\b” + class_name + “\\b”, ‘g’ );
item.className = item.className.replace( patt, “” )
.replace( /(^\s+)|(\s+$)/g, “” )
.replace( /\s\s+/g, ” ” );
}

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 2 by samuel Coskey http://www.myraff.com/code/code-i-always-use-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-87 samuel Coskey Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=133#comment-87 I dare you to say that to my face. I dare you to say that to my face.

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 2 by ownbig.ru http://www.myraff.com/code/code-i-always-use-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-85 ownbig.ru Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:07:41 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=133#comment-85 karate means empty hand which means to use karate only in self defence. karate means empty hand which means to use karate only in self defence.

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 1 by samuel Coskey http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/code-i-always-use-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-56 samuel Coskey Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:58:06 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=130#comment-56 dude, i check your web site more than you do. have you considered ditching the blog and just using the static content pages? you could just have a page for "code i always use" and people could see which pages have been updated recently. dude, i check your web site more than you do.

have you considered ditching the blog and just using the static content pages? you could just have a page for “code i always use” and people could see which pages have been updated recently.

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 1 by Sam http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/code-i-always-use-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-52 Sam Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:13:30 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=130#comment-52 Also, is there some intentional irony in the fact that your motto is the same as Fujitsu's? Also, is there some intentional irony in the fact that your motto is the same as Fujitsu’s?

]]> Comment on Code I always use, part 1 by Sam http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/code-i-always-use-part-1/comment-page-1#comment-51 Sam Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:14 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=130#comment-51 Can you give an example of it in action? Can you give an example of it in action?

]]> Comment on Watch out, Billy Ver by Sam http://www.myraff.com/uncategorized/watch-out-billy-ver/comment-page-1#comment-43 Sam Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:52:34 +0000 http://www.myraff.com/?p=124#comment-43 A different kind of crime. A different kind of punishment. None. It happens a lot these days! Good you are watching out. A different kind of crime. A different kind of punishment.

None.

It happens a lot these days! Good you are watching out.

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