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JJLehto

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:22

Well, also curious what people would say.

I'm a little let down by the lack of 22/4 and etc

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 14:17

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

HolyMoly wrote:

LOL

It's a nice round number, look at that:

0

I analyze numbers and data for a living. It's hard to explain, but that number seems to come in handy more than any other. Plus, tack it on the end of any number, and it will multiply it by ten, for added pizazz.

You should have said something cool like it makes solving quadratic equations possible :(

I'm nowhere near that cool, sorry.

I was actually thinking of saying something about calculus and rates of change, but figured I'd say something dumb and you'd catch it. I can BS my friends, but you're a Math guy.

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 16:31

0

I believe we Westerners owe the Arabs for giving us that number.

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 16:43

HolyMoly wrote:

I'm nowhere near that cool, sorry.

I was actually thinking of saying something about calculus and rates of change, but figured I'd say something dumb and you'd catch it. I can BS my friends, but you're a Math guy.

I would just think you're dumb; I wouldn't say it.

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 16:45

Slartibartfast wrote:

0

I believe we Westerners owe the Arabs for giving us that number.

The Arabs did not give us that number. The Arabs gave us the symbol zero as a placeholder. Indian mathematicians first used the number as an actual number.

"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:32

CPicard wrote:

Where is Pi? Angry

Yeah, that's right, where is the gravitational constant G = 6.67*... ?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:42

34 for me, been my number in practically every sport I've played.

Paul Pierce's number too. :D

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:43

dtguitarfan wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:46

Dayvenkirq wrote:

dtguitarfan wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

Incorrect.

Seriously
It's 42

I thought we all knew Confused

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:48

I don't have a favourite number, or a lucky number or a prefered number. When I was younger (4 or 5) I wanted 4 to be my lucky number as it was my month of birth, but I soon realised it was no more or less lucky than any other number so it soon lost any significance.

Equality 7-2521 wrote:

...followed closely by the squareroot of 2.

I like this number because 2/√2 = √2 and ½√2 = √½ = 1/√2 = cos(π/4) = sin(π/4) and ISO paper sizes are based on it... and many other reasons, such as it is the ratio of peak to RMS for a sine wave and the f-stops on a camera lens and the tritone interval in the twelve-tone musical scale (the semitone note interval is the 1/12 root of 2).

The golden ratio is pretty neat too.

What?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:50

All reality, I always did like 7
No idea why

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:58

JJLehto wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

dtguitarfan wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

Incorrect. Seriously It's 42. I thought we all knew Confused

Where did you come up with that?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:59

Dayvenkirq wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

dtguitarfan wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?

Incorrect. Seriously It's 42. I thought we all knew Confused

Where did you come up with that?

Well I didn't come up with it...it's just the truth.

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 19:05

What?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 19:06

And still no one to mourn about the absence of our favourite fraction, 7/8?

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 19:16

^ Ha! ... I know someone came up with another favorite fraction - 6/6 - the time of the devil. Speaking of which ... I can't remember anyone mentioning the significance of 1. A number used in binary math. You divide a number by itself, you get 1. Hm.

JJLehto wrote:

Well I didn't come up with it...it's just the truth.

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

I'm sure you're a fine lad but honestly, I'm a tad disappointed in you now Cry

How? 9*3 = 27

27*2 = 54.

Is 42 some kind of "blind truth" ? I don't get it. Could you please expand on it?

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And Dean, man, sorry, I just don't see it. Is there a clue somewhere on the image or something? Am I blind?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 02 2012 at 19:17

JJLehto

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 19:20

Dayvenkirq wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Well I didn't come up with it...it's just the truth.

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

I'm sure you're a fine lad but honestly, I'm a tad disappointed in you now Cry

How? 9*3 = 27

27*2 = 54.

Is 42 some kind of "blind truth" ? I don't get it. Could you please expand on it?

....are you a "math person" by chance? LOL

Edited by JJLehto - May 02 2012 at 19:21

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 19:33

Dayvenkirq wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Well I didn't come up with it...it's just the truth.

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

I'm sure you're a fine lad but honestly, I'm a tad disappointed in you now Cry

How? 9*3 = 27

27*2 = 54.

Is 42 some kind of "blind truth" ? I don't get it. Could you please expand on it?

]

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And Dean, man, sorry, I just don't see it. Is there a clue somewhere on the image or something? Am I blind?

Oh my gosh, at first I was disappointed that someone told him what to look up, because I thought we could've kept it going and had fun with it...but this makes up for that! LOL

My 2012 List

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 20:08

JJLehto wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

Well I didn't come up with it...it's just the truth.

"Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"

I'm sure you're a fine lad but honestly, I'm a tad disappointed in you now Cry

How? 9*3 = 27

27*2 = 54.

Is 42 some kind of "blind truth" ? I don't get it. Could you please expand on it?

....are you a "math person" by chance? LOL

I was a math person in the Formal Geometry class in high school. Now that I'm in the Computer Science 365 class, not so much. To sum up, the answer is 'no'. But you have to be careful:

What's 1+1 ?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 02 2012 at 20:08

JJLehto

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Posted: May 02 2012 at 20:29

Well, regardless the confusion should be settled.
At least where I got it from....you'd need to dig deeper still to truly get 42

edit: 1+1?
Well, 1+1 = 11 so clearly, 11!

Edited by JJLehto - May 02 2012 at 20:29

Poll Question: What is it?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
1	1	[3.45%]
2	1	[3.45%]
3	4	[13.79%]
4	1	[3.45%]
5	2	[6.90%]
6	1	[3.45%]
7	0	[0.00%]
8	0	[0.00%]
9	0	[0.00%]
10	1	[3.45%]
11	3	[10.34%]
12	1	[3.45%]
13	1	[3.45%]
14	1	[3.45%]
15	0	[0.00%]
16	0	[0.00%]
17	2	[6.90%]
18	0	[0.00%]
19	1	[3.45%]
20	0	[0.00%]
21	0	[0.00%]
22	1	[3.45%]
23	0	[0.00%]
23.1	1	[3.45%]
23.2 to infinity (specifiy please)	7	[24.14%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted