http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/dog-teaches-man-man-teaches-st.html Latest comments for Dog teaches man, man teaches students about calculus en-us Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:29:04 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/dog-teaches-man-man-teaches-st.html#comments <p>Elvis is obviously a bit smarter than his owner Pennings ... but then most corgis are smarter than many of their owners!</p> <p>- Mary Verbeck Pomeroy</p> comment000511@http://blogs.colgate.edu/ Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:29:04 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/dog-teaches-man-man-teaches-st.html#comments <p>"Usually the best route between two points is a straight line; optimal problems, however, incorporate different factors that influence that route."</p> <p>I think "optimization problem" is more precise here.</p> <p>- Pieter</p> comment000380@http://blogs.colgate.edu/ Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:58:04 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/dog-teaches-man-man-teaches-st.html#comments <p>Anyone familiar with Pembroke Welsh Corgis knows they are capable of being calculating enough to do much more than mere calculus. Ours runs our house!</p> <p>- <a title="http://www.radiofreehamilton.com" href="http://www.radiofreehamilton.com">David Hollis</a></p> comment000378@http://blogs.colgate.edu/ Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:29:26 -0500 http://blogs.colgate.edu/2008/10/dog-teaches-man-man-teaches-st.html#comments <p>Great photo of Professor Pennings and Elvis! That's<br /> a dog that doesn't take his eyes off the teacher.<br /> If I'd had a role model like Elvis, I'd have done<br /> a lot better in calculus.<br /> </p> <p>- Lucia Greene</p> comment000377@http://blogs.colgate.edu/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:50:21 -0500