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Math folks, I'm trying to calculate the area of some irregularly shaped triangles. I found this formula, is it accurate? -- (link) - Subversive Jun 29, 06:52 9
- Base*height/2. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:54 8
  - I don't know the height, nor the angles between the sides. All I know is the 3 sides. -- nm - Subversive Jun 29, 06:55 7
    - wiki says yes - Heron's formula is how you can calc. the area if you only know the sides -- (link) - Roger More Jun 29, 06:57 1
      - Thanks. -- nm - Subversive Jun 29, 06:59
    - Ok then, take 2 adjacent sides, multiply them and divide by 2. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:57 4
      - Oh whoops. That's for a right triangle. Sorry :( -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:58 3
        
        But you should be able to convert a triangle into 2 smaller right triangles and go from there. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:59 2
        
        you'd need to use trigonometery to calculate the shared side of the two right-angle triangles though -- nm - Roger More Jun 29, 07:01 1
        
        or algebra. -- nm - psilotum Jun 29, 07:05
sigh. I feel asleep at 6:30 last night, got up around 9 to turn off the lights and tv - tRuMaN Jun 29, 06:41
Last year, I liked True Blood a lot, but it had its flaws. This year, it's been kick ass right through the starting gate. - Trish Jun 29, 06:35 1
- I've seen episode 1 of S2 so far. Must get caught up! -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:43
ST poll: Today is the application deadline for note takers for my next program. Last program at this time I had three. How many do I haev this time? - loosilu Jun 29, 06:27 12
- 164. -- nm - kelly Jun 29, 06:47 1
  - holy crap, Kelly, I'm gonna end it here. 165 applicants. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:48
- 312, Bob. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 06:33 2
  - plus one midget. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 06:35 1
    - I guess there could be bushmen in there. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:38
- 129 -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 06:32 4
  - cute. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:33 3
    - Still too low? Wow. -- nm - MDH Jun 29, 06:33 2
      - no, it was the 129th post of the board. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:36 1
        
        I didn't even realize that - MDH Jun 29, 06:39
- 78. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 06:28 1
  - too low. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:31
There, I FIxed It: Adventures in Home Pwnership. -- (link) - Reagen Jun 29, 06:23 4
- I have actually made a duct tape/cable tie spoon. they work fairly well. -- nm - mafic Jun 29, 06:28 1
  - Yeah, that one seems fairly ingenious. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:29
- the many uses of duct tape. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:27
- That is the awesome. -- nm - lileve Jun 29, 06:27
Happy Monday! My boss just set my report deadline for two weeks from now. Translation into french takes three weeks. - loosilu Jun 29, 06:23 6
- merde -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 29, 06:37 5
  - you don't think she's setting me up to fail or anything, do you? -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:37 4
    - send here flowers (25 roses) from a "secret admirer" - Danedukenuuk Jun 29, 06:40 3
      - she doesn't work like that. -- nm - loosilu Jun 29, 06:43 2
        
        get a new boss :) - Danedukenuuk Jun 29, 06:45 1
        
        she's crazy. I love the job though. I can leave any time. - loosilu Jun 29, 06:47
Amazon has Guitar Hero World Tour Full Band Kit for just about every console for 50%+ off at $89.98. -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 29, 06:07
Amazon has The Matrix blu-ray 10th Anniversary Edition for $14.99 -- (link) - JaxSean Jun 29, 05:21 4
- Wow, 10th Anniversary of THe Matrix already? -- nm - secretslacker Jun 29, 06:20 2
  - Pffft. Get with it. This was released in March :) -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 06:24
  - Time flies. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 06:22
- Nice price! I have it already though :) -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 05:24
Today is David Souter's last day on the Supreme Court. -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 29, 05:05
Man of a Thousand Faces Frank Travelena dies after long fight with cancer. -- (link) - Will Hunting Jun 29, 04:48
Palin-Romney '12. -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 29, 04:25 2
- yes please. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 29, 05:05 1
  - with sugar on top. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 29, 05:38
I'm a moron. Last night, I was outside and some of the neighborhood kids were kicking a ball near my house...I go out and in asking them to move - Will Hunting Jun 29, 04:22 5
- Next time, crush the kid's foot. -- nm - Reagen Jun 29, 06:08 1
  - In hindsight, compassion was my downfall. - Will Hunting Jun 29, 06:10
- Does it hurt as badly as it did last night? -- nm - kelly Jun 29, 04:25 2
  - Not as bad...it's just sore now instead of how it was. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 29, 04:27 1
    - That's good. Sounds like a very minor sprain, if it was even sprained at all. -- nm - Shaun Jun 29, 05:18
REMINDER: Summer Stalker registration ends tomorrow at midnight. Sign up now before you forget! -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 04:19
Huh, Cena over The Miz in 6 minutes. - Will Hunting Jun 29, 03:32
Wow, I listed 5 books on amazon today. 4 have already sold. Sweet! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 29, 00:52
It's a cultural obligation.... -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 23:09 7
- It's the way things are. -- nm - znufrii Jun 29, 05:54
- an unwriten rule -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 29, 00:12
- It's a foregone conclusion -- nm - BAD Jun 29, 00:04
- It's a known known. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 23:47
- It's an inalienable right -- nm - 'lia Jun 28, 23:31
- it's a moral imperative -- nm - dug Jun 28, 23:11 1
  - It's a necessary evil. -- nm - psilotum Jun 28, 23:14
My wife seems to know all the lyrics to James's "Laid". Someone explain this to me. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 22:54 6
- You should marry her.... again! :) -- nm - secretslacker Jun 29, 06:20
- This is one of my wife's favorite songs. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 29, 04:19
- She's a huge American Pie fan? -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 23:52
- ah, you think you're so pretty. -- nm - b! Jun 28, 22:59
- Your wife rules? -- nm - psilotum Jun 28, 22:55
- she has great taste -- nm - dug Jun 28, 22:55
This is cool: Devil's Kettle waterfall -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 22:10
Did we hear from Qale today? He must have gotten REALLY lucky. -- nm - Dano Jun 28, 22:04 3
- He was on the last board -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 22:14
- He was on earlier, but seemed really tired. - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 22:05 1
  - I am, but not for that reason. No Ko or weepy cancer girl movie today. That's sometime this week. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 23:40
PC's pomegranate pop kind of tastes like fancy grape drink. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 22:01
The suggestion that celebrities actually "die in threes" is right up there with astrology and numerology. - Mop Jun 28, 21:57 5
- I look at each marriage license application and it amazes me how often various couples names have similar cadence/meter/sibilense/silabic resonance - zeitgeist Jun 29, 00:20
- Leos go with Aries, Sagittarius, Gemini and Libra, but I think they go best with the Aries and Libras myself. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 23:43
- I picked the wrong week to give up prognostication by the entrails of sacraficed goats -- nm - zeitgeist Jun 28, 22:36
- *shuffles tarot cards -- nm - 'lia Jun 28, 21:59 1
  - Don't taunt the tarot! -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 22:18
umm, weird - someone is apparently using my GMail address (and name) to rent an appartment in Pennsylvania. Very strange. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:39 35
- Yeah some girl was using mine to go to some arty college. I just sent it to spam folder like everything else. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 23:44 1
  - And changed my email password. -- nm - Qale Jun 28, 23:44
- A lot of times a weird email that seems like it was wrongly routed to your box is a spammers way of verifying your email address - zeitgeist Jun 28, 22:39
- amanda, don't sublet it -- nm - dug Jun 28, 22:02
- mine is just my last name at gmail. I get mail from all the idiots who can't figure out name.lastname (or vice versa) at gmail. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:53 14
  - mine is firstname.lastname at gmail -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 22:02 7
    - so's mine. last year, i received a bunch of mail and documents related to someone with my name's purchase of a house. it's a really good thing i am - b! Jun 28, 22:16 5
      - I didn't know Richard Simmons had bought a new house - ty97 Jun 28, 22:17 4
        
        why would he move? - 'lia Jun 28, 22:33 2
        
        :) - - b! Jun 28, 22:37 1
        
        really? - 'lia Jun 28, 22:42
        
        he has a new dvd out to pay for it. - b! Jun 28, 22:31
    - (I also get another guy's email about his domain hosting ... very odd) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 22:04
  - I'm still getting an Arizona realtor's email. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 22:01
  - I think this is tricksy; if you read the whole email, there's a link to a credit report site in the "initial" email. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:54 4
    - googling one of the phone numbers in the email leads to this, though -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:57 3
      - you should totally live there. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:59 2
        
        It's a bit small. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 22:00 1
        
        bathroom needs work too. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 22:03
- /me pours gasoline over my keyboard and flicks my lighter. -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 21:53 1
  - Pleased to meet you, Gene Hackman from Enemy of the State. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 21:54
- sorry, i meant to spell it as "berylliyum" on the apartment app... sorry 'bout that -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 28, 21:51 2
  - beryl.i.am -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:56 1
    - *nervous* -- nm - Perez Hilton Jun 28, 21:57
- more than likely it's a typo. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 21:45 1
  - This is possible ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:46
- (I guess I should run a credit check soon) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:39 8
  - Change your e-mail password and call the credit reporting agencys to put a freeze on your credit. -- nm - lileve Jun 28, 21:42 7
    - Or ... maybe I should reply and say that they have the wrong email address? -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:46 6
      - you fool! you foolish fool! you're just playing into their hands. - mafic Jun 28, 21:54 3
        
        Just go with Dread Pirate Bery. -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 21:57 2
        
        I want to be john elway. -- nm - mafic Jun 28, 21:57 1
        
        Nice to meet you, Mr. Thompson. *steps on your foot* -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 21:58
      - GO TO THE ER! -- nm - Reagen Jun 28, 21:46 1
        
        CALL 9-1-1!! -- (link) - Mop Jun 28, 23:46
I am positive that one of my neighbors has invested in a Theremin. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:35 11
- one of these guys at minure 2:48? -- (link) - Remlik Jun 28, 21:49 [youtube]
- You live next door to Brian Wilson? - amoxy Jun 28, 21:47 1
  - Lying in bed? -- nm - Tim Jun 28, 21:48
- cool -- nm - peglegpete Jun 28, 21:39
- that'll motivate you to find a house quicker -- nm - 'lia Jun 28, 21:37 1
  - It's not under our control; we are kept aware of every single listing that matches our criteria, many of them before they hit MLS ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 23:14
- ... perhaps it's merely opera related. I can't tell. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:37 4
  - Are you sure it's not simply someone recreating a 1950's B-grade horror movie? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 21:39 3
    - Revenge of the Pixies -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 21:40 2
      - The Pixie from the Black Lagoon. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 21:44 1
        
        *screams uncontrollably* - ty97 Jun 28, 21:45
Just watched The Darjeeling Limited. I liked it, but it's as halting as any Wes Anderson movie ever made :) -- nm - Beryllium Jun 28, 21:33 5
- Pixie finds the tragic death of children uplifting. - David Jun 28, 22:12 4
  - don't be a misquoting jackass - dug Jun 28, 22:13 1
    - Yes, I am handsome and smart! Thanks for noticing. (nm) - David Jun 28, 22:23
  - Did the kids die from being attacked by Ostriches? -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 22:13 1
    - They're nature's fowlest killers. -- nm - David Jun 28, 22:24
You know, some of the dudes on the TMZ television show are hot. -- nm - Dano Jun 28, 21:24 2
- You like the one with the floopy blond hair, don't you? -- nm - Subversive Jun 28, 21:26 1
  - He's okay but there was a dark-haired guy I liked. -- nm - Dano Jun 28, 21:31
Jesus...this woman on Health network has a a massive infected foot that is like 40 pounds itself. -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 21:06 5
- 2000 pound tumor is next! -- nm - lileve Jun 28, 21:12 1
  - 200. I need to go to bed. -- nm - lileve Jun 28, 21:16
- this is what I see right before I go to bed. thanks a lot. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 21:06 2
  - her leg alone weights 98 pounds. -- nm - Remlik Jun 28, 21:13
  - *rubs my foot all over you face* -- nm - infected foot woman Jun 28, 21:07
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an okay beat 'em up but the Marve Ultimate Alliance 2 trailer that's on the disc was awesome. - Tim Jun 28, 20:59 8
- Has a release date even been announced for Wolverine on disc? -- nm - Mop Jun 28, 21:52 2
  - As soon as the Geneva Convention treaty is abolished. -- nm - David Jun 28, 22:26
  - Uh, I was referring to the video game tie-in, not the actual movie. -- nm - Tim Jun 28, 21:53
- I hope you can play as the Angelina Jolie chick from Secret War. -- nm - David Jun 28, 21:06 1
  - /me never leaves the house -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 21:08
- Yup, it looks f-in amazing. - Stephen Jun 28, 21:00
- *accepts Worst First Ever award, smiles awkwardly* (nm) - Tim Jun 28, 21:00 1
  - Nah ... pixie's done a whole helluva lot worst plenty of times. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Jun 28, 21:04

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