Look, if doesn't involve dx/dy I can't even begin to think about it.

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

So this weekend basic math eluded me. So herewith are my instructions for future endeavors.

1.) If you have 24 miniatures and you want to use 3 basic colors for the pants/shirts, then you just paint every third miniature with the current color. Don't...don't break them up into groups of 8 and then paint three out of every group...I know why you thought that would work, but you also knew you'd wind up with 9, 9 and 6 and you still didn't stop.

Advanced hint: If you've got 4 colors, paint every fourth mini. If you have 6, paint every sixth mini. If you've got 24...you're painting an army of circus clowns and you should maybe re-think this project.

Oh! And if you have 8 colors, then yes, paint every eighth mini (but don't paint 2 or 3 in each group of 8).

2.) I know, I know, you're missing the custom rice measuring cup that came with your rice cooker, but the 1/2 cup dry measure seems to be right. Here's the deal. For every scoop, you put in 2 cups of water. If you only put in 3 scoops, you don't put in 12 cups -- that just leads to a mess. If you mean to put in six scoops (and I think you did) then that's fine, but otherwise...

Look, here's the formula -- 1 scoop = 1 full 2-cup measuring cup full of water.

Oh well, except for rice-y water everywhere no harm was done.
Tom

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[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

My husband is a computer science professor who breezes through complex mathematics with ease, yet he has trouble with simple arithmetic. When we go out to eat, he asks me to calculate the tip, because figuring out 15% of the bill is beyond him. His students would never believe me if I revealed this. :-)

[bluepapercup]

Hah! My partner is the same way, down to the tip exactly! He's a brilliant computer scientist who invents whole test systems from scratch but gets uncomfortable if he has to do the tip.

I will have to tell him he's not the only one! :)

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

Hee! My husband will be happy to know that he's not the only one, too.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_meej_/]

Huh. Our rice cooker wants about a 2:3 rice:water ratio for white rice, or about 1:2 for brown rice; nowhere close to the 1:4 you seem to be going with. I wonder if different brands differ that much, or if one of us (and I have no idea which) is just way off on how much water we should be using...

[bluegargantua]

So, the measuring cup that came with the rice cooker apparently uses it's own private standard when it says "cup". I think the 1/2 cup dry measure I have just about equals one of the rice cooker's cups (it was sort of Dixie cup sized). And for that, it recommends 2 cups water for brown rice.

So I'm guesstimating, but it seems to work out when I do it right and not half-assed like I did the other day.

later
Tom