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Tell bookseer what you last read and it'll tell you what to read next. -- (link) - mara Mar 5, 13:07
or perhaps the error is in using base 10 - crash davis Mar 5, 13:05 5
- base 2, base 10, base 16, base 60 ... they are just bases, they're representations of numbers. I don't see a reason why the base would change a value. - Beryllium Mar 5, 13:07 2
  - but you could never have an argument over what is 1/3 if you used base 2 -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:08
  - you can't make an irrational number into a rational one by changing between rational bases. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:08
- only base pi. - Reagen Mar 5, 13:07
- 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 13:06
People who insist that two numbers that are obviously different are the same are part of The Man -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:02 3
- 6 and 9 are the same just upside down - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:04
- I'm waiting for n*bby's vote. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:03 1
  - He'll be wrong, unless he insists the number system isn't actually infinite but is curved like space -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:04
sigh. the day that GOW3 comes out, i now have to go to a board meeting at 6:30pm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 13:01
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- Aaron Schock is welcome to sexually harass me as much as he wants. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 13:06
- He should stick it out at work and sue his harasser. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:56 3
  - Do you sepak from experience? -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:58 2
    - Most intern lawsuits go away after a healthy dose of Mitsubishi intimidation. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:59
    - Sticking it out a work always gets Max in trouble. -- nm - TWuG Mar 5, 12:59
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- *retires. for real this time* -- nm - Farvruh Mar 5, 13:00
Remlik is taking me to a movie tonight. If he tries to trick me with Avatar, ST will never hear from him again. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:47 10
- thats probable because he is scared of crash. - tRuMaN Mar 5, 12:58
- there's no possible way this is gonna be good for anyone -- nm - CQ Mar 5, 12:51
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- Ask him to take you to Two Bitches Who Really Need To Halo Instead, I've heard good things about that -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:48 2
  - My machine is.. somewhere out there. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:52 1
    - and the sequel is about a road trip to Victoria where it becomes Three B.... - crash davis Mar 5, 12:53
- on the other hand, this would be a chance to cross "punch film projectionist in the face" off your list. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:48
- You're really dumb. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:48
- who????? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 12:47 1
  - Uh oh... -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:48
advice needed: should i be the bigger person? - fedup Mar 5, 12:43 5
- show her what low really is. Go beyond the low of her low -- nm - CQ Mar 5, 12:47
- perhaps stop talking to her? -- nm - tRuMaN Mar 5, 12:44 1
  - can't; we interface almost every second in the office...and our bosses seem to put us together or against each other for assignments -- nm - fedup Mar 5, 12:46
- yes, i'm kind of hesitant when it comes to these things...because i don't like creating conflict -- nm - fedup Mar 5, 12:44
- Way out the possible outcome of if you do. Is it worth it? -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:44
Max Braden: Girl Scout Hunter -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:38 2
- Girl Scout Whisperer -- nm - CQ Mar 5, 12:43
- 10pm on USA's Up All Night. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:41
Last day to vote for a book for April -- (link) - ty97 Mar 5, 12:37
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True or false: .999999999..... = 1 -- (link) - mara Mar 5, 12:35 66
- if you have a bad calculator yes in the real world no -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:00
- absolutely false - crash davis Mar 5, 12:43 7
  - that's the thing about infinity. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:48 1
    - Here's my key, philosophy. A freak like me just needs infinity. - Spawn Mar 5, 12:51
  - You're confusing a mathematical concept with an object. -- nm - mara Mar 5, 12:47 4
    - if the purpose of math is not to express objects or some sort of sense of reality, then what is its purpose? -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:51 1
      - to get the c into the p? -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:53
    - lie pie. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:48 1
      - (or *like* pie, but lie pie works in its own way) -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:49
- False. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:38
- Technically false, but the technicality is so minuscule that it's irrelevant. -- nm - TWuG Mar 5, 12:37 54
  - my favourite proof of this is - Reagen Mar 5, 12:39 53
    - and this is why Vulcans ultimately took a backseat to humans in the Federation -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:44
    - That math seems hinky. Because, on its face, 1 /= .999.... - TWuG Mar 5, 12:44 51
      - I think it's more to the idea that .333... does not actually equal 1/3. - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:51 40
        
        except that it does. - Reagen Mar 5, 12:53 26
        
        just becorse you can express something does not mean it does not excist - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:03 2
        
        again, .333 != .333... -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:04 1
        
        calculating precisely with infinite numbers is one of the harder mathematical diciplines - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:07
        
        I'd just say that there are somethings that can't be perfectly expressed in the decimal system -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:55 22
        
        it's perfectly expressed. .333..... means you take the 3s out to infinity. - Reagen Mar 5, 12:57 21
        
        .333 does not equal 1/3. It does conceptually, but not precisely. - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:00 5
        
        maybe this is the problem: .333 != .333.... - Reagen Mar 5, 13:03 3
        
        I understand. I just neglected the ... - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:05 2
        
        but you can't and mean the same thing. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:09 1
        
        I think we'll all agree we're talking about "0.333...." in this string. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:10
        
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        but thats not perfect, because you don't get 1 when you multiply it by 3 -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:59 14
        
        Yes you do, because .999.... = 1 :) -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 13:00 13
        
        You can't argue that .9999... = 1 *because* .9999.... = 1. That's circular logic. - TWuG Mar 5, 13:03 8
        
        we're not arguing "it is because it is". There's a couple proofs been offered. - Reagen Mar 5, 13:05 7
        
        Yes. There. Is. It's just "infinitesimally small." -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:07 2
        
        but because infinity never stops, there is no difference. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:08 1
        
        there will always be a difference itss just getting idefinately smaller and smaller -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 13:11
        
        part of the problem I have is that you say "when you go out to infinity" like its a place you can stop at -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:06 3
        
        Yeah. Infinity can never be reached. That .9 keeps trying to be 1, but it'll never arrive. It's like Zeno's Paradox. - TWuG Mar 5, 13:10
        
        No, it's an acknowledgement that it *can't* stop. -- nm - mara Mar 5, 13:08 1
        
        and thus it can never be equal, because the difference can't be stopped at either -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:09
        
        no, because there is always an infinitely small distance between them -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:03
        
        that's only true if the universe stops expanding -- nm - Beryllium Mar 5, 13:01
        
        False. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:01
        
        *pop* -- nm - brains Mar 5, 13:01
        
        But it is the number you get when divide 1 by 3. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 12:52 9
        
        that is an imprecise number, the accurate answer is 1/3 -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:54 8
        
        It's not though. .infinite3s is what you get when divide 1 by 3. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 12:56 5
        
        just admit you cannot use the decimal system perfectly when you divide 1 by 3 -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 13:01 2
        
        Just admit Edgar's defensive kung fu was weak. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 13:03
        
        sure you can. That's what the ... is for. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:03
        
        .ketchupketchupketchup..... -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:57 1
        
        Heh. He'd like the idea of .ketchup (bar). -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 13:00
        
        not when you take it out to infinity. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:55 1
        
        and then I'll just Buzz Lightyear it -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:58
        
        No goatee today! -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:52 2
        
        Because I'm on your side! -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:52 1
        
        If it walks like a trap and talks like a trap... -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:54
      - it's not that it's too small to measure, it's that there is no difference. - Reagen Mar 5, 12:49 8
        
        Converting a fraction to a decimal introduces error. 1/3 is an exact number, but less precise than .333... - TWuG Mar 5, 12:52 4
        
        .33 is an approximation. .33.... is an exact number. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:53 3
        
        No it isn't. It's a conceptual number, because it's never ending, and we could never write it. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:02 2
        
        that's what ... is for, to save us time. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 13:06 1
        
        In other words, we round the number to make it easier. - JaxSean Mar 5, 13:09
        
        Because: see above. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:51
        
        This is why we haven't converted to your silly metric system. -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:51 1
        
        No, it's just because you have to be different -- nm - Roger More Mar 5, 12:52
      - I think its a failure of mathematical equations to captured something that can be perfectly expressed in a few short words -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:46
- True. -- nm - Reagen Mar 5, 12:36
i.want.this.clock -- (link) - tRuMaN Mar 5, 12:34
JD from B2: I can't see anything positive happening from you contacting slimy agent guy. - Inigo Mar 5, 12:33 4
- Oh..amid the thousands of words seems that I failed to bring up the fact that he knows that I know - JD Mar 5, 12:40 1
  - Ahh, okay. Still, just be done with it. After having problems like you've had, just enjoy the happiness. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 12:44
- Yeah. I think you should just be greatful that the entire incident seemed to help your relationship and count your blessings. - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:36 1
  - Indeed. Shock to the system of sorts to indeed be grateful and more importantly act like it -- nm - JD Mar 5, 12:42
St poll: If you could have any 2 musical artists collaborate on a song, who would they be? - tRuMaN Mar 5, 12:33 12
- Jim Steinman & George Michael -- nm - ceregon Mar 5, 13:12
- Robert Plant and Loreena McKennit -- nm - z-droid Mar 5, 12:53
- W A Mozart and Miles Davis -- nm - Danedukenuuk Mar 5, 12:45
- Ben Folds and Dave Grohl -- nm - Dr.Vermin Mar 5, 12:41
- AC/DC and U2. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:37
- Luciano Pavarotti and Hank Williams, Sr. -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 12:36
- (sidenote: I just heard a new track by Cypress Hill featuring Tom Morello - twas good. Who knew they had a new album/song out?) -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:35
- Celine Dion and Ozzy Osbourne -- nm - amoxy Mar 5, 12:35
- Jay-Z and Jack Johnson -- nm - CQ Mar 5, 12:35
- Trent Reznor and Rob Zombie. -- nm - JaxSean Mar 5, 12:34
- Sting and Colin Hay, Joan Jett and Kelly Clarkson -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:34
- Lady Gaga and Ryan Adams -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:34
"pussy make you do crazy!" -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 5, 12:32 7
- I guess... -- nm - Diva Mar 5, 12:38 1
  - trust me sweetie... -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 5, 12:39
- pussy and *samoas* -- nm - Max Mar 5, 12:33 4
  - I'd do damn near anyone or anything for a lifetime supply of Samoas. -- nm - TWuG Mar 5, 12:35 3
    - *pauses and considers* -- nm - b. Mar 5, 12:38 2
      - Wow! I thought saving $1700 was going to be the high point of my day. That right there might be the high point of my month. - TWuG Mar 5, 12:40 1
        
        hee. -- nm - b. Mar 5, 12:56
mock drafts now have the Redskins wasting the 4th pick of the 1st round on Jimmy Claussen - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:32 6
- mock drafts have the Falcons wasting the 3rd pick of the draft on Matt Ryan...oh wait a minute... - Jim Mar 5, 12:34 1
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  - NESN's -- (link) - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:35 1
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  - The draft in which we mock the Redskins. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:33
Jack, I was distracted by all the sex. So which short film would you vote for at the Oscars? -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:31 5
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  - I would vote for Miracle Fish (we showed that at the festival, and I love it) and Logorama. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:37 3
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      - My predictions are Kavi and Wallace and Gromit. -- nm - The Exploding Dano Mar 5, 12:40 1
        
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there's a reason they stopped making Trefoils - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:30 8
- Every other girl scout cookie I tried resulted in me scraping my tongue, trying to get the nasty taste off. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:38 2
  - good lord, boy - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:40 1
    - There is a really great groiny level response here, that I shall not make. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:43
- they used to be called scot-teas here, and they were tasty. (and a big seller when I was a gs, tyvm.) I googled them, and first hit is a recipe. -- (link) - b. Mar 5, 12:36 4
  - so basically Lorna Doones with a GS logo slapped on them? - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:37 3
    - no, lorna doones have a different, more crumbly texture. - b. Mar 5, 12:40
    - The Bub loves them, and they have his initials on them. -- nm - Spawn Mar 5, 12:39 1
      - stop filling his head with lies! -- nm - 16 & pixie Mar 5, 12:41
Best girl scout cookie: Frozen tagalongs -- nm - oblique Mar 5, 12:30

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