Silliness Class Action Lawsuit against MR - Page 31

UncleDuke · 10-14-2008, 12:09 AM

single? double? heck, take a dozen doughnuts and send me my check

pshrynk · 10-14-2008, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I believe someone once referred to our Queen Zee (or Queen Zee once referred to someone) as being "remarkably loquacious". See, it's things like that and yours above that can be written on my headstone. Please promise you won't let pshrynk take that responsibility, lest he write "Marc - He talked a lot".

Right, now isn't there supposed to be some kind of "white hole" thing in this here singularity. Ahh, there it is - odd, it's in front of the couch. I just press it, don't I? [click!] hhhhhhhHHHHAAAAOW...and, we're back(wards), and bigger than Susej.

Cheers,
craM

You can be sesquipedalian or blunt. Seldom both.

badgoodDeb · 10-14-2008, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I believe someone once referred to our Queen Zee (or Queen Zee once referred to someone) as being "remarkably loquacious". See, it's things like that and yours above that can be written on my headstone. Please promise you won't let pshrynk take that responsibility, lest he write "Marc - He talked a lot".

Roger that. I'll guard your headstone with my sword and chakram (that sharp round thingy on my belt). We'll even put one of your magnificent diatribes on the back of the stone. In VERY fine print, of course, so it'll all fit.

Oh, and by the way --- if you multiply by 0, doesn't that fix the divide by 0 errors? I'd hate to have you be backwards for very long. It's much harder to read!

RWood · 10-15-2008, 10:27 AM

come on badgoodDeb, you remember how that proof of "divide by zero" jumped about half way through it, almost as if someone had pasted two proofs together and hoped that since they taught it to students early in their studies they would never catch the flaw. By the time they had advanced in math it was hoped that they would have it so ingrained that they would never readdress it again. Divide by zero is infinity. Thus as proven in the old world, as the amount of gold increases and the number of people in the population decreases, the amount of gold per person nears infinity. Thus as the last person (say on an island in the ocrean) is eliminated, the amount of gold per person is infinite.

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 10:56 AM

I don't remember the referenced proof, but it's always been blatantly obvious to me that dividing by 0 would result in infinity ... or that's what I was told, maybe.

But what do you get if you divide 0 by 0? shouldn't it be 1?

And what's with that "imaginary number" business, anyway?

RWood · 10-15-2008, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

I don't remember the referenced proof, but it's always been blatantly obvious to me that dividing by 0 would result in infinity ... or that's what I was told, maybe.

But what do you get if you divide 0 by 0? shouldn't it be 1?

And what's with that "imaginary number" business, anyway?

There you go again NatCh, thinking with your brain. Didn't anyone warn you that that type of activity might get you into trouble or at least hot water (just add soap for a bath.)

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 11:07 AM

♫♪"LeFeu I'm afraid I've been thinking."♫♪
♪♫"A dangerous passtime."♪♫
♫♪"I know."♫♪

badgoodDeb · 10-15-2008, 12:41 PM

Yeah, but still ..... (I don't recall any proof either) ..... Still, if you take that result, the infinity, and multiply by 0 ..... Well, hey, you're back to 0. Problem solved; no anomaly. And Marc comes back.

But you're right ... when you multiply by a/a it shouldn't change the original number. In this case -- we've lost the original Marc entirely, and all we have is 0 left. A blank slate. Tabla rosa. Hey -- we can re-create Marc as whatever we want this time!

Unless my formula has an error in it somewhere.....

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

... when you multiply by a/a it shouldn't change the original number. In this case -- we've lost the original Marc entirely, and all we have is 0 left. A blank slate. Tabla rosa. Hey -- we can re-create Marc as whatever we want this time!

Oh: Quantum Physics! Why didn't you just say so?

pshrynk · 10-15-2008, 12:59 PM

Ooh! Ooh! can we reprogram him to a Right Wing Nut of a certain politcal party whose name will not be mentioned in order to not get inadvertant ads? And leave everything else the same? I just love watching peoples' heads explode.

RWood · 10-15-2008, 01:10 PM

But since Marc is an Ozzie and everything is reversed there (winter-summer, the way the water flows in a drain, etc.) if he is recast as a right wing nut from the ANorth American perspective) he would emerge as a left wing nut.

badgoodDeb · 10-15-2008, 01:45 PM

Oh, a wing nut! Didn't we have a few screws loose lately, that could use a wing nut to hold them in place?

zelda_pinwheel · 10-15-2008, 02:21 PM

i see the hardware component of the forum is gaining ground around here. (Q: "how many computer programmers does it take to change a wingnut ?" A: "pfffff. that's a hardware problem.") watch out with the quantum physics though. there's nothing worse than a squirrel which is simultaneously dead AND alive.

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I believe someone once referred to our Queen Zee (or Queen Zee once referred to someone) as being "remarkably loquacious".

*moi* ?? remarquably loquacious ??? why that's just a rumor and a dirty lie propagated by those randomly generated numbers appearing under my avatar. (y'all know they're completely detached from any reality, right ? alternate or otherwise ?). i'm the most laconic person i know. by FAR the most laconic person on this forum. my every post is exemplary in its lapidary brevity. nobody could accuse ME of being sesquipedalian, that's for sure ! you could write a whole book about the art of being succinct just based on my posting style. you could call it "paucis verbis".

NatCh · 10-15-2008, 02:48 PM

Nice use of "y'all" there, Z.

nekokami · 10-15-2008, 03:03 PM

I liked "lapidary brevity" the best.

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10-14-2008, 12:09 AM	#451
UncleDuke books & doughnuts Posts: 882 Karma: 37857 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: usa Device: sony reader, kindle2	single? double? heck, take a dozen doughnuts and send me my check

10-15-2008, 10:27 AM	#454
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	come on badgoodDeb, you remember how that proof of "divide by zero" jumped about half way through it, almost as if someone had pasted two proofs together and hoped that since they taught it to students early in their studies they would never catch the flaw. By the time they had advanced in math it was hoped that they would have it so ingrained that they would never readdress it again. Divide by zero is infinity. Thus as proven in the old world, as the amount of gold increases and the number of people in the population decreases, the amount of gold per person nears infinity. Thus as the last person (say on an island in the ocrean) is eliminated, the amount of gold per person is infinite.

10-15-2008, 10:56 AM	#455
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	I don't remember the referenced proof, but it's always been blatantly obvious to me that dividing by 0 would result in infinity ... or that's what I was told, maybe. But what do you get if you divide 0 by 0? shouldn't it be 1? And what's with that "imaginary number" business, anyway?

10-15-2008, 11:07 AM	#457
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	♫♪"LeFeu I'm afraid I've been thinking."♫♪ ♪♫"A dangerous passtime."♪♫ ♫♪"I know."♫♪

10-15-2008, 12:41 PM	#458
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Yeah, but still ..... (I don't recall any proof either) ..... Still, if you take that result, the infinity, and multiply by 0 ..... Well, hey, you're back to 0. Problem solved; no anomaly. And Marc comes back. But you're right ... when you multiply by a/a it shouldn't change the original number. In this case -- we've lost the original Marc entirely, and all we have is 0 left. A blank slate. Tabla rosa. Hey -- we can re-create Marc as whatever we want this time! Unless my formula has an error in it somewhere.....

10-15-2008, 12:59 PM	#460
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Ooh! Ooh! can we reprogram him to a Right Wing Nut of a certain politcal party whose name will not be mentioned in order to not get inadvertant ads? And leave everything else the same? I just love watching peoples' heads explode.

10-15-2008, 01:10 PM	#461
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	But since Marc is an Ozzie and everything is reversed there (winter-summer, the way the water flows in a drain, etc.) if he is recast as a right wing nut from the ANorth American perspective) he would emerge as a left wing nut.

10-15-2008, 01:45 PM	#462
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,555 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Oh, a wing nut! Didn't we have a few screws loose lately, that could use a wing nut to hold them in place?

10-15-2008, 02:48 PM	#464
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Nice use of "y'all" there, Z.

10-15-2008, 03:03 PM	#465
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	I liked "lapidary brevity" the best.