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Random Babbling Post #20

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by Beren, Mar 9, 2004.

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  1. Lazy Bonzo Gems: 24/31
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    Silly silly amounts of green boxes. Why??? Why??? WHY?? My mother is the answer.
     
  2. chevalier

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    Negative is smaller than positive, therefore negative infinity must be smaller than positive infinity, but infinity is infinity - the only thing that matters here is the positive/negative quality. Infinity remains the same - much like 2 & -2, but infinity is not a specifically defined point or it wouldn't by infinity.

    I'm not sure what you mean by infinity of fractions....

    Is it like 0.000.....1, or 0.999...9, or maybe just fractions that go like this: 0.3333 // 0.(3)?
     
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    infinity is not infinity, there are different infinities

    The number of positive numbers does equal the number of negative numbers I imagine (if we ignore 0 anyway), but then there are an infinite amount of numbers between each integer, so whilst there are an infinite number of natural numbers (positive integers), the number of numbers is much much bigger (this leads to some interesting stuff in pure maths)

    I was going to start talking about L'Hopital's rule (sorry about the missed accent in his name), but I'm too tired
     
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    Doing maths in English whohooo!, this will certainly be unintelligible:

    You can associate any positive number X with a negative one -X, zero being just one number, it doesn't matter in counting infinites, in this case, there are the same infinite number of negatives and positives.

    As for fractions: there is an isomorphism between Q and IN, therefore it contains the same infinity of numbers (hê!) as the integers.


    I'll bring a Tiramisu to my uni tomorrow. Hope it doesn't melt before I get it into a fridge. :nolike:
     
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    @Chev

    For fractions I meant something like:

    1/2 > 1/4 > 1/8 > 1/16 > 1/32 ect.
     
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    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Well, here we are. Details about what happened are in SS, as always.
     
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    Yep. Yep yeep, yep. I am veery sleepy. There's no Graemlin for how i look right now.
    To bed! To beee.....
    *loud "thunk" noise
     
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    Akkkkk daylight savings time this weekend. I hate it I hate it. Is there anyone who likes having to get up an hour earlier?

    Interesting weather here. Yesterday we beat the temperature for California and this is early spring in Alberta! This morning there was snow on the ground again. I swear the weather here is schitzophrenic. (Sorry if I spelled that word wrong.)
     
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    [​IMG] :aaa: :aaa: :aaa:
    Am completely freaked out!
    Today's my dance competition..... AAAAAH!
    This is a bad dream, I need to wake up, no, I must do my stretches first, nooo, aaaaaaah!!!!
    Dammmit, I can't do it, I can't!!!!

    (anyone willing to wish me good luck is welcome... I will desperately need it :( )
     
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    *guy from an Adam Sandler movie*...

    ..."you can do it!!!"

    Just seen the shake up at Forgotton Wars, wonder what happenned :confused:
     
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    Good luck with your dancing. :D
     
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    The Waterboy!

    And good luck
     
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    [​IMG] Thanx all....
    Is too late though :wail: ....
    I am 96th out of 215......... Anyway, that was expected since I just had so much to do lately I barely had time for practice!
    But I still hoped to be at least in the top 50 :bang: !!!

    Snifffff... I guess ballet is not my thing after all.
    (am gonna go get drunk or something :sick: )
     
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    Damn, that sucks :(

    /me hands the Lady a beer

    Let's get drunk and forget about it. They don't deserve to have you :)


    (look at me, I'm all soft)
     
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    Argh forget ballet :wave: pick up a guitar.
     
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    [​IMG] (through pathetic sniffing):

    thanx guys... :cry:
    yeah, I guess I should pick up a guitar ( and I won't quit till I'm a star, on broadwayyy )

    sniff: that just made me think of All that Jazz ... ( :wail: )
    Okay, I realllly need professional help.
    Anyway, thanx all (snuggles up to softness).
     
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    *gives the Lady a cookie and pats her on her head

    Its all right kid. Theres always tomorrow.
     
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    [​IMG] ARGH!!! Stupid school email system!!! When you say sent to an address that I know has worked previously and is my goddam own email address that I just happen to know then why will you not actually arive!!! Stupid work!!! This is why all the work I do at school is utterly pointless! Argh!!!!!!
     
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    /me hands the lady another beer...or three (we *are* trying to get you drunk right?)
    Sorry to break the sad mood...but WOOHOO!!
    I just signed my lease....officially confirming that I have a place to live next year...I'm very excited...
     
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