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So I just emailed my prof. about some practice problems...

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Originally posted by: jndietz
This was my problem with classes like these. I read too much into them and couldn't find the simplest answer. I'm still guilty of it. :laugh:
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Yeah I did that a lot. But I realized that my lack of complete understanding of the topic allowed me to do so. If you understand the question and all the topics that are being alluded to, you will usually be constrained to the correct answer the prof. is looking for.
 
Certainly far more info than the Prof is looking for. The question was about what you could conclude about said observations, in multi choice format, not a report on the pro's and cons of one or more of the multi choice options. You prof probably already knows you are wordy though, and probably won't bother to read past the first line of you email - it's not like he's not heard of it or thought of it before.
 
C is also true. Even Warrenn Buffett would agree. It's like gold. It's only reason for being valuable is because someone else before you said so. The same is true of the turttle.
 
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
C is also true. Even Warrenn Buffett would agree. It's like gold. It's only reason for being valuable is because someone else before you said so. The same is true of the turttle.
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wrong
 
Everyone on that island appears to be a turtle farmer. This would make it difficult to barter with their baby turtles in a barter system.

A: I will give you 6 baby turtles for your bottle of rum.
B: I have no need for your 6 baby turtles since I grow my own.

A: Then I will give you 12 baby turtles.
B: I have no need for your baby turtles, even if you give me 100, since I grow my own. Go away and let me enjoy my rum because nobody on this island makes rum, only baby turtles.

If everyone was a turtle farmer in a barter economy, then the turtles would be valueless. Therefore, if 'A' is the answer, then 'C' is also true.


Who buys a straw hat for their two turtles? Why not buy a straw hat for each turtle? That is a silly thing to do. What did he buy the straw hat with?



OP, It is clear you are enjoying your classes and your ability to learn the material. This is good to see. However, please learn to relax and further investigate your epiphanies before you start publicly declaring them as fact. At the moment, it appears you are trying to create unstated "facts" to support your position in a manner similar to digging yourself deeper into your hole.


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A: I will give you 6 baby turtles for your bottle of rum.
B: I have no need for your 6 baby turtles. Can you not see that I already have thousands of baby turtles? Everyone grows turtles here. Do you have anything other than turtles?

A: No, I have nothing else to barter with since (standing proudly, chin up, head held high) I am a turtle farmer!
B: And I am a rum maker but it seems that everyone else on this island is a turtle farmer. At least that person in the stall next to me knows how to make those luxurious straw hats. Why can't you learn to do something different? I am going to move my shop over to the next island. At least there, they use baby turtles as currency and I can purchase different items with the turtles. I cannot get anything on this island except turtles and straw hats!
 
Originally posted by: Jeff7
I encountered such things in other classes. One involved Finite Element Analysis - a thing, such as a beam, is modeled up using a bunch of elements, each one generally a small block of some sort. This can be used to model its behavior under a variety of conditions.
Refining the mesh involves making many smaller elements to minimize errors caused by large elements. But of course, more elements means more time is needed to do the calculations.

The professor is also a bit tricky - he worked for ANSYS, and he's rather passionate about the software. It's also a senior-level class, so I'm expecting more trick questions.


True/False: Refining the mesh gives better results.

I answered "False."

Why? Because it doesn't guarantee better results. Yes, refining the mesh can give better results, but not always. Maybe the mesh isn't the problem. Maybe the model didn't have the proper loading applied. The model's dimensions may be wrong. Garbage in, garbage out. Thus, refining the mesh does not necessarily give better results.
After explaining that to the professor, his answer was simply, "You're thinking about it too much."
I don't like though that I don't get credit, even after demonstrating clearly that my understanding of the material goes beyond what the simple question was asking.
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ANSYS is a piece of shit. The UI blows balls, saving is a chore, and you can't even fucking undo.

Piece of shit. Or maybe I was just using an older version...
 
Congrats OP. You think you are being cute, you think you're being smart, you think you are being "intellectual".

No. You're THAT GUY. There's always one, looks like it is you. Prof has a couple every single semester, you're "that guy". So, no special snowflake for you.
 
Originally posted by: Howard
ANSYS is a piece of shit. The UI blows balls, saving is a chore, and you can't even fucking undo.

Piece of shit. Or maybe I was just using an older version...
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Possibly. The term my class used for it was "Black Window ANSYS." The professor learned ANSYS back when it was nothing but commandlines, so he really loves commandlines, and the level of control that they allow.
This generation prefers ANSYS Workbench. It's kind of like ANSYS with mittens on - easier to use, but there's less fine control. It also doesn't tell you the SEPC value unless you enter it in as a command.


Yes, Black Window sucked, for all the reasons you mentioned, and more.
Workbench is little more than a pretty interface for ANSYS, but a damn useful one. And, if you're in Workbench and you really need something in Black Window, you can just kick the model out to regular ANSYS by a few clicks in Workbench. This exports the mesh to Black Window, and you can work from there.
 
Nerds like you are one of the main reasons I hated college so much. (The learning part of it, anyway)
 
Do you have a crush on this teacher or something? It almost sounds like you know what the right answer is, but you asked a question for the sake of asking a question.
 
It's obvious the turtles are using the economics of the island to force the mammals to amass all the turtles in one place so they can begin their plans for world domination!

Seriously, economics was straight memorization for the 15 hours I took.
 
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