Re: Hit Points in 4e

On 2 Dec 2007 01:48:43 +1300,
tussock (scrub@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
phy wrote:
tussock wrote:

Arithmetic. Then comes geometry and algebra. /Then/ you start doing
math, but most people never do any at all, let alone any number theory,
group theory, and so on.

The American Heritage Science Dictionary [...]
mathematics (ma-th'?-ma-t'i(ks) [..] The study of the
measurement, relationships, and properties of quantities and sets,
using numbers and symbols. Arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and calculus
are branches of mathematics.

Sure, there's real math behind arithmatic and the other stuff they
teach kids, but you don't need to know any of it to add small natural
numbers together.
As the act of writing the alphabet is to literature.

"When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more
nor less."


--
"Sometimes I stand by the door and look into the darkness. Then I
am reminded how dearly I cherish my boredom, and what a precious
commodity is so much misery." -- Jack Vance
.

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