A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and that "umm, no" comes across as a little arrogant.
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter differs from Pi in a non-Euclidean geometry, but that's not to say that the value of Pi intrinsically depends on the geometry. The *definition* of Pi is the length of the circumference of a circle with diameter 1 in *in the Euclidean geometry*.
We could just as easily take the definition of Pi to be the limit of the sequence 4 (1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 -...) with the terms specified in order of increasing denominator, since the sum is conditionally convergent. This is quite clearly a clean, non-geometrical definition which also doesn't depend on the base of the number system used.
That's correct. This is effectly a consequence of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (IANAP). If you knew there was nothing in the vacuum, you'd know its state precisely, which is forbidden by Heisenberg.
They defined a way of multiplying points in 2-space equivalent to the "stretch and rotate" interpretation of complex multiplication. The formula for (x,y,z)^2 is given at the top of this page.
It doesn't have the same mathematical structure as the complex plane, but as the article suggested, it may be the case that the "stretch and rotate" property is all you need.
Did you really have to title your post "Umm...No"? You're taking a totally unnecessary confrontational tone.
Right now, all we know is that some guy working at the LHC got arrested for possible terrorist activities. My point was that the reports are so vague that we don't even know if the LHC was an possible target. The papers are just trying to grab readers' attention by printing "LHC" and "Terrorist!" in the same article.
I'm afraid there's not much "Investigative Journalism" to be done here. It's just a matter of waiting around to find out what he's being charged with before kicking up a stink.
Let's not judge either way before all the facts are in and public, okay?
It'd be nice if the papers would hold off reporting on things like this until the facts are in and public. As things stand, they're spreading as much disinformation as information.
The summary is a little sensationalistic. It says 2/3 of parents are avoiding 'flu shots, whereas the article quotes 22% as the figure, with the remainder saying they would definitely vaccinate, or that they would try to vaccinate.
I would rather light my ball hairs on fire and have a bondage trans sexual primordial dwarf beat the fire out with a sledge hammer than have to watch another second of that bowel evacuating drivel!
Forget about the video, that's my Saturday night sorted out!
Wouldn't it be interesting to get someone with Korsakoff's syndrome to play Korsakovia? Maybe the two would cancel each other out and everything would make sense.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, and that "umm, no" comes across as a little arrogant.
The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter differs from Pi in a non-Euclidean geometry, but that's not to say that the value of Pi intrinsically depends on the geometry.
The *definition* of Pi is the length of the circumference of a circle with diameter 1 in *in the Euclidean geometry*.
We could just as easily take the definition of Pi to be the limit of the sequence
4 (1 - 1/3 + 1/5 - 1/7 + 1/9 -...)
with the terms specified in order of increasing denominator, since the sum is conditionally convergent. This is quite clearly a clean, non-geometrical definition which also doesn't depend on the base of the number system used.
Under the sea,
under the sea.
No accusations,
just friendly crustaceans,
under the sea.
Politicions? What are they, like the political wing of the Decepticons?
Verbing nouns weirds language.
3X3 refers to the configuration of squares on each face of the cube. The 3x3 is the standard one that made us all so angry in the 80's.
If the Star Trek movies taught me anything, it's that Voyager is due to be shot down by Klingons some five hundred years from now.
It's the basic SCALING LAW that Galilleo figured out like 600 years ago.
As you make things smaller, their volume, which is their abilitry to burn fuel, goes down as the CUBE of its linear dimension.
But its surface area, which is how it loses heat, only goes down as the square.
That'd be Newton's law of cooling, no more than 300 years old.
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Two ridiculous hot-button topics with opposing aims.
Wow, this is kind of like when the unstoppble force meets the immovable object.
You need to brush up on your exponents.
If a is some constant, then a^(n/b) = (a^(1/b))^n.
Define c = a^(1/b)
then
a^(n/b) = c^n
You can't just say "where a is constant". You need to specify a.
Hmm, I think I'll wait a few years for them to release the Nexus Six. Maybe it'll come with a Voight-Kampff machine built in.
"...authorities say the phony pope can be recognized by his hightop sneakers and incredibly foul mouth"
I don't understand where they got 23% from. There are two possibilities: either it is dark matter or it isn't. Therefore the probability is 50%.
Fluidic space, eh?
Apparently that episode of Voyager wasn't so retarded after all.
That's correct. This is effectly a consequence of Heisenberg's uncertainty principle (IANAP). If you knew there was nothing in the vacuum, you'd know its state precisely, which is forbidden by Heisenberg.
Good point. Hamilton was working on multiplying triples when he discovered the quaternions. Perhaps it can't be done in a sensible way.
Ugh, I meant 3-space, sorry.
They defined a way of multiplying points in 2-space equivalent to the "stretch and rotate" interpretation of complex multiplication. The formula for (x,y,z)^2 is given at the top of this page.
It doesn't have the same mathematical structure as the complex plane, but as the article suggested, it may be the case that the "stretch and rotate" property is all you need.
Euclid used that technique to show that there are an infinite number of primes, but it's not guaranteed to generate primes.
For example (2x3x5x7x11x13)+1 = 59x509
Did you really have to title your post "Umm...No"? You're taking a totally unnecessary confrontational tone.
Right now, all we know is that some guy working at the LHC got arrested for possible terrorist activities. My point was that the reports are so vague that we don't even know if the LHC was an possible target. The papers are just trying to grab readers' attention by printing "LHC" and "Terrorist!" in the same article.
I'm afraid there's not much "Investigative Journalism" to be done here. It's just a matter of waiting around to find out what he's being charged with before kicking up a stink.
For a very smart reference to The Orb
Let's not judge either way before all the facts are in and public, okay?
It'd be nice if the papers would hold off reporting on things like this until the facts are in and public. As things stand, they're spreading as much disinformation as information.
The summary is a little sensationalistic. It says 2/3 of parents are avoiding 'flu shots, whereas the article quotes 22% as the figure, with the remainder saying they would definitely vaccinate, or that they would try to vaccinate.
I would rather light my ball hairs on fire and have a bondage trans sexual primordial dwarf beat the fire out with a sledge hammer than have to watch another second of that bowel evacuating drivel!
Forget about the video, that's my Saturday night sorted out!
Wouldn't it be interesting to get someone with Korsakoff's syndrome to play Korsakovia? Maybe the two would cancel each other out and everything would make sense.