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The Truth 
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 Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:42 |
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34 for me, been my number in practically every sport I've played.
Paul Pierce's number too. :D
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 18:32 |
 CPicard wrote:
Where is Pi? 
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Yeah, that's right, where is the gravitational constant G = 6.67*... ?
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 16:45 |
Slartibartfast wrote:
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I believe we Westerners owe the Arabs for giving us that number.
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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.
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"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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Equality 7-2521
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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.
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I would just think you're dumb; I wouldn't say it.
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"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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Slartibartfast
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 16:31 |
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I believe we Westerners owe the Arabs for giving us that number.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 14:17 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
HolyMoly wrote:
It's a nice round number, look at that:
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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.
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You should have said something cool like it makes solving quadratic equations possible :(
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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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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:22 |
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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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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:19 |
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^ I would say mission accomplished.
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"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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JJLehto
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:17 |
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:13 |
JJLehto wrote:
Who's "he" btw?
If you mean the poll creator that was of course me.
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Ha I thought textbook made it since he makes threads for everything.
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"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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CPicard
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 13:03 |
Where is Pi?
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:56 |
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Who's "he" btw?
If you mean the poll creator that was of course me.
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:45 |
There probably are, but in our standard Real number system ration and irrational together would cover anything. He's missing imaginary too, but since the idea of a number is so general he's missing more things than we could even talking about. I just assumed he was narrowing his attention to the Reals.
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"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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dtguitarfan
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:41 |
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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JJLehto
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:34 |
Equality 7-2521 wrote:
JJLehto wrote:
Dayvenkirq wrote:
2nd favorite: 13. It's a dirty dozen. It's a prime number. It's a Fibonacci number. |
Intriguing point. Also 13 is the famous unlucky number!
As you have noticed I don't have 0, negative numbers, irrational numbers, or whatever else I missed but when has the parameters of a poll every stopped anyone?
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He's also missing rational numbers.
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Indeed, but as I said "when has the parameters of a poll every stopped anyone?" Also, my guess is there are tons of numbers I don't even know about, so they'd be excluded just out of ignorance.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 12:06 |
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^ What's the ultimate question of life? When am I most likely to die?
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dtguitarfan
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 11:55 |
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42 because it's the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 11:46 |
^ Fine, on behalf of Steve I will say: " I t makes solving quadratic equations possible ..  ."
Edited by Dayvenkirq - May 02 2012 at 11:46
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Equality 7-2521
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 10:56 |
HolyMoly wrote:
It's a nice round number, look at that:
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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.
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You should have said something cool like it makes solving quadratic equations possible :(
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"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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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: May 02 2012 at 10:23 |
JJLehto wrote:
Dayvenkirq wrote:
2nd favorite: 13. It's a dirty dozen. It's a prime number. It's a Fibonacci number. |
Intriguing point. Also 13 is the famous unlucky number!
As you have noticed I don't have 0, negative numbers, irrational numbers, or whatever else I missed but when has the parameters of a poll every stopped anyone?
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Yeah, that's what I meant by 'dirty dozen', and if that and 'unlucky number' are not synonymous, then I apologize. That's exactly what I meant - an unlucky number. Besides, I was born on 13th of March ...  .
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