I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

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I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

Post by Dory » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:40 pm

I kinda been liking degrees and there comes along Mr. textbook and says "scientists use radians more, it's more practical"...or something along these lines. Isn't it like switching a keyboard format after all this time? I kinda got used to QWERTY :(

I seem to have a keen urge to resist it and sticking to degrees...should I drop it and look upon arrogantly at those who use degrees henceforth?
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Post by Dory » Wed Sep 22, 2010 2:41 pm

In addition, what's with that stupid smirk at my avatar?
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:32 pm

You NEED to use radians. Degrees are like stabiliser wheels on a bike - sooner or later you have to take them off if you want to go faster! Can't do calculus on trig functions proper with degrees. :tea:
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Post by Dory » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:58 pm

Thank you Xas...I've taken your words to heart.
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Re: I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

Post by beige » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:06 pm

Yup, get them under your belt you'll need them.

I didn't do them before I came to uni, and I found that to be somewhat of a disadvantage (in my case it was for analogue electronics).
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Re: I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

Post by Ronja » Wed Sep 22, 2010 5:09 pm

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:You NEED to use radians. Degrees are like stabiliser wheels on a bike - sooner or later you have to take them off if you want to go faster! Can't do calculus on trig functions proper with degrees. :tea:
:+1: I always hated rads and my brain felt clumsy for a few days when I had not done anything with them for a while, but rads are The Way, can't help it.
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Re: I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

Post by klr » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:09 pm

The embedded trigonometry functions in most (maybe all) programming languages/applications take radians as opposed to plain old degrees as their arguments. Can't avoid 'em I'm afraid. :read:

EDIT: Anyway, converting between degrees and radians on the fly is easy-peasy.
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Re: I have a keen urge to resist radians...should I drop it?

Post by Tigger » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:13 pm

Dory wrote:In addition, what's with that stupid smirk at my avatar?
Smirking is bad for you, you know.
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