Cray Porn (was Re: [geeks] big mike?)

[joshua d boyd]

On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:46:29PM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> "i hat, j hat, k hat" is a visual tool used in College physics to help
> students visualize the three axis (X, Y, and Z).
> 
> You make a fist, stick your thumb straight out, then stick your pointer
> finger straight out (like a kids gun), then your middle finger should stick
> out perpendicular the the others.

              z
              | 
              |
              |-----y
             /
            /
           /
          x


Did you have to work with your coordinates like that?  I had to in Calc3,
and it always drove me crazy because I wanted those darn x and y axis to
be switched.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd
http://www.cs.millersville.edu/~jdboyd/