Observations July 23, 2014 - Interpolate

[SportsFan68]

Today's observation is quoted with our thanks to EugeneF from a post of February 20, 2009.

Historians rarely interpolate Gregorian dates for events occurring before the advent of the updated calendar.

[littlebeast13]

Now there's a blast from the past...

Funny how he disappeared once Bob killed off the phone a friend lifeline....

lb13

[Bob Juch]

Today's observation is quoted with our thanks to EugeneF from a post of February 20, 2009.

Historians rarely interpolate Gregorian dates for events occurring before the advent of the updated calendar.

[Bob78164]

Today's observation is quoted with our thanks to EugeneF from a post of February 20, 2009.

Historians rarely interpolate Gregorian dates for events occurring before the advent of the updated calendar.

Wouldn't that be "extrapolate"? --Bob

[SportsFan68]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

[Estonut]

I'd have said "convert to," but that wouldn't make Sprots' Observations...

[SportsFan68]

It's a real honor to make the observations. You should use longer/more unusual/newer words all the time.

[littlebeast13]

It's a real honor to make the observations. You should use longer/more unusual/newer words all the time.

In other news.... how was the comic?

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[SportsFan68]

Quit showing Pigladillo blind drunk and passed out! It's inhumane!

The rest is pretty good.

[littlebeast13]

Quit showing Pigladillo blind drunk and passed out! It's inhumane!

The rest is pretty good.

But he looks so happy... are you going to infringe on his happiness?

lb13

[SportsFan68]

He does not look happy. That hideous grimace makes him look half dead.

[Bob Juch]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

What would be inserted?

[Bob78164]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

Looks to me like he's using it in the sense of using known values of a function to project the value of that function outside the known range. --Bob

[Bob Juch]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

Looks to me like he's using it in the sense of using known values of a function to project the value of that function outside the known range. --Bob

I don't see that but if that's right it's not interpolation.

[Bob78164]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

Looks to me like he's using it in the sense of using known values of a function to project the value of that function outside the known range. --Bob

I don't see that but if that's right it's not interpolation.

Which was my initial point. I think the correct word there was "extrapolate." --Bob

[SportsFan68]

Here's the #1 definition for interpolate from Merriam-Webster online:

Full Definition of INTERPOLATE
transitive verb
1
a : to alter or corrupt (as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
b : to insert (words) into a text or into a conversation

I believe that EugeneF's usage is 100% correct based on 1a.

What would be inserted?

They would insert new matter (updated calendar) -- the Gregorian dates.

[Estonut]

Looks to me like he's using it in the sense of using known values of a function to project the value of that function outside the known range.

I don't see that but if that's right it's not interpolation.

Which was my initial point. I think the correct word there was "extrapolate."

Extrapolation is the estimation of unknown quantities based on known values or ranges. Isn't a Julian to Gregorian conversion an exact conversion?

[Bob78164]

I don't see that but if that's right it's not interpolation.

Which was my initial point. I think the correct word there was "extrapolate."

Extrapolation is the estimation of unknown quantities based on known values or ranges. Isn't a Julian to Gregorian conversion an exact conversion?

It would be if the historical date were known in the first place. --Bob

[elwoodblues]

This is making me want to start a political thread.