But a hyperbolic curve is asymptotic.
I like that better, for the play on "parabolic" with the bonus connotation of "exaggerated".
But in 2009 there were cents struck in bronze as a commemoration of Lincoln's 200th birthday (and the Lincoln cent's 100th).
Yep, the new one looks nice indeed. I don't know if the color is original, but that's always hard to judge from photos anyhow. It certainly looks...
I think I deal with metric nuts and bolts more than imperial at this point. I've certainly got sockets for both systems.
There's a dirty little secret about where new highly intelligent people come from. :rolleyes:
Yeah, odd things happen to the oil market when you suddenly close all the places people would normally drive to.
...aaand I think I may have just spent a little too long looking at that reverse image. Because now all I can see is the eagle looking down at the...
I think the Mint has explicitly stated that this is a one-year-only design. More's the pity. I do wish the eagle were holding an olive branch...
Absolutely. I also note with some glee that there's basically no talk about "AI destroying jobs" in the trades.
Setting aside for a moment the "virginity" side-quest (which is unlikely to be well-received under the rules of this site), I see that your...
Good Lord, what little I do have that passes as "social skills" was almost entirely acquired in college.
Well, I'm certainly going to be hoarding at least some of them. That obverse portrait is one of the finest I've seen on any coin, and certainly...
Oddly enough, I just got a texted photo from my daughter of the chemistry experiment she's running as homework from her chemistry class!...
They certainly look like today's Alibaba fakes - coloring, texture, mushy details. Edit to add: the 1948 would be a key date, with mintage under...
You can't fool me. That's Beavis!
I know some of the tricks for learning and remembering names, but I have a really hard time applying them. Couple that with my really poor ability...
I was always a good speller, but not contest-level, and never got the hang of spelling verbally. I have to see the word in front of me, but when I...
I've talked to a lot of people with a lot of education levels. There's some correlation with speech and writing styles, but lots and lots of...
Silver's spiking up a bit today. Not sure if there's anything in particular driving it. Back up around $82 now.
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