[Blindmath] Introduction

[Peter Wolfe]

Mike,



    Welcome to the list man and welcome to the team. I used to live in
Dallas, Texas before I became blind so Isort of know the area of
Texas. I'm majoring in computer science from jAuburn University in
Auburn, Alabama! Meteorology sounds like fun but my thing is with
global warming with climatology or something in that respect. Then,
the techtonic plates underneath the Earth with the rector scale and
what not. The martial arts sounds cool and might I ask what form of
martial arts? I used to practice Hop-Kito, korean form of defensive
martial arts.
     What did you mean beyond the normal realm of nemeth code? I'm
going into  programming and was wondering what sorts of languages do
you guys have to do? Maybe some people can also help in that respect
as well off list or whatever. I'm sort of interested in artificial
intelligence especially that of robotics and stuff. Welcome to the
team again and have good time man.

God bless,
Peter, AS

On 7/11/10, Michael Beukenkamp <MBEUKENKAMP at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello all, I am writing to introduce myself.  I am a student at the
> University of Texas at Austin.  I am studying Geography with a consontration
> in meteorology.  U T has not had a formal Meteorology program for a few
> decades so I am making due with the classes that will lead to a graduate
> program at another university.  Part of the preperations include math,
> physics, and a lot of computer programming.  Due to medical issues my
> college education has taken longer than I had first planned, but I just had
> a surgery from a surgeon who is known around the world for fixing the
> specific ankle issue I have.  I use a Seeing Eye Dog named Blanche.  She is
> a Black Lab.  She does wonders on the U T campus.  It is one of the largest
> campuses in the united states.  I also use the Braille Note GPS 2010 to
> navigate.  Computer wise I use JAWS and Openbook.  I cannot wait until the
> new camera that Freedom Scientific comes out.  This will make the unreadable
> finally readable.  I don't know how it will help with math related issues,
> but there may be hope there.  I Would like to become a professor of
> meteorology.  I have some thearies about the cyclonic development of super
> cellular storms and how they produce tornados.  It has to do with some
> research I read about the lack of lightning that was noted around storms
> that were soon to produce either full tornados or funnel clouds.  It may
> make good disertation material or a good textbook in the future if it pans
> out.  I have no interest of becoming one of the TV folks who have to keep
> their viewers happy.  I know a number of these TV people and they are great
> forecasters, but they have ratings and what not to contend with.  I want to
> study the true science and not be troubled with the quarterly ratings.  Well
> anyways, I am 25 years old, and I have a few other passions in life.  I like
> reptiles a lot.  I keep a few snakes as pets at home.  I only keep species
> that stay below four feet long, and species that are not agressive.  The
> other hobby I have is the Martial arts.  I taught martial arts to students
> in a school for a few years before I got tired of deciding what foot to limp
> on after class.  It was so much fun, and I keep up my skills.  I have turned
> my Garage into a karate Studio.  It is fully equipt with punching dummies
> that look like human figures and every kind of martial arts weapon you could
> dream exist.  My ankle problems have slowed down my kicks and foot
> techniques, but there are plenty of hand techniques to keep me busy.  Well
> that is a little about me.  I hope all is well with all on this list.  You
> can be sure I will have math questions when I progress beyond the relm of
> normal nemeth code.
>
>
> Best Wishes,
> Michael
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Peter Q. Wolfe, AS
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