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Post by Hermione on Mar 3, 2006 0:34:41 GMT -5
That's pretty funny. Hm, having trouble coming up with something. Ah! Did you know that the first irrational number that was proven to exist (mathematically, I mean  ) was the square root of two? |
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Post by frizzer on Mar 6, 2006 3:30:55 GMT -5
Not at all, but I do remember doing Maths 4 for my hnc/hnd degree and doing J notation imaginary numbers, and having a real problem getting to grips with why I was learning it. Bit like that base 7 crap
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Post by justthisgirl on Mar 6, 2006 3:39:55 GMT -5
WHAT?! that doesn't make any sence!
did I mention that accounting sucks?!
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Post by Hermione on Mar 6, 2006 5:24:07 GMT -5
Okay, I touched on imaginary numbers but never went into depth with them. What's a "j notational" one? I mean, I've only ever heard of using an "i" after it. Is a "j" the square root of a square root of a negative number, or something?
Hm, now I have to think about how that would work...
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asaria
Second Year, First Semester
Sorry, mind out of order until further notice
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Post by asaria on Mar 6, 2006 6:20:26 GMT -5
Nooooo!!! Stop the mathness! Lol.....I have no clue what "j" notationals are....or even the "i". But I am currently pulling my hair out over factoring. I was trying to explain it to my husband.....it's like playing jeopardy with math. You've got the answer, just need to find out what the question is. Now, if they gave me the answer, why in the world would I bother finding out what the question is in the first place?  ? I don't care what they say, numbers may not lie, but mathematics as a whole is the MOST irrational thing that I've ever studied. |
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Post by frizzer on Mar 6, 2006 7:04:05 GMT -5
Lol,,,,I don't miss it one bit, Herm J notation is just i notation, its the same thing, some books use j, some use i. I seem to remember having to do differentiation and integration, was pretty good at math, I wouldn't know where to start now, I once knew what every single button did on a calculator, and asaria, I pitty you, I remember factoring....
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Post by Hermione on Mar 6, 2006 21:27:28 GMT -5
I didn't mind factoring so much, but, oh, I did NOT like matrices!
Once we got into integrals, though, the word problems started becoming less frequent, and those were the things that tripped me up the most, so weirdly enough math for me got easier...
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Dobby
First Year, Second Semester
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Post by Dobby on Mar 8, 2006 2:03:23 GMT -5
You may not buy alcohol on election day due to the fact that it dates back to big party closed door politics. It is means of making sure that no one really effects another persons vote through a narcotic or thought impairing substance.
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Post by Hermione on Mar 8, 2006 15:06:51 GMT -5
Hm, lol, we've moved a bit beyond that, now. Hee hee, if someone wanted to affect peoples' votes now-a-days they'd hack into the system and just plain change them!
Putting votes on a computer system scares me, can you tell?
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asaria
Second Year, First Semester
Sorry, mind out of order until further notice
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Post by asaria on Mar 8, 2006 16:50:16 GMT -5
useless knowledge...the "bobbies" of Endland were named after Robert Peeler, the original uniform was a top-hat and tails, which they were to stay in at all times. (No civilian clothes for them.) They also had to ask their commanders' permission before they got married, or even had dinner with a civillian.
I love useless history trivia:P
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Dobby
First Year, Second Semester
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Post by Dobby on Mar 8, 2006 16:51:38 GMT -5
I know this to be true but I couldn't help and share that little fact but just to let you know that if you are ever in Washington D.C. and you go to the FDR monument you will that there is not one statue in the memorial with him seated in his wheel chair and the chair is visible. LOL yes, I have heard that you have a bit of CYBERPHOBIA but then again we all have are little quirks Hermione ;D
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Post by Hermione on Mar 8, 2006 20:01:22 GMT -5
Hm, yes, amazing how much more privacy the media let presidents have back in his (FDR's) day.
Useless knowledge:
People used to believe that pearls were the tears of sea turtles.
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Post by justthisgirl on Mar 8, 2006 22:46:17 GMT -5
Lol! Okay, maybe I'd better accept ONE example, then, instead of three! I GOT IT!! I GOT IT!! lead and lead. oooh! it's taken me how long to get that?! got it laying in bed last night. |
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Post by Hermione on Mar 9, 2006 0:43:51 GMT -5
Ooo, good one!
Does that mean it's your turn to come up with something for the rest of us to do?
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Post by frizzer on Mar 9, 2006 3:13:24 GMT -5
Lol,,,hiya dobby,,,I have visions of JTgirl racking her brain for days,,,I got another,,,Live and Live as in, this show is going out live, and ,,,where did he used to live
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Post by Hermione on Mar 9, 2006 3:49:28 GMT -5
Nope, different forms of the same verb.
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Post by frizzer on Mar 9, 2006 6:16:28 GMT -5
Oh ok,,,,miss perdantic
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Post by Potter on Mar 9, 2006 12:31:31 GMT -5
In the 19th century, flypaper, hat linings, playing cards, and christmas tree candles all contained lethal amounts of arsenic.
There are earthworms as short as 1/25 of an inch and as long as 11 feet. They have no lungs and breath through their skin.
The number system that we use today was invented over 1500 years ago in India. It quickly replaced Roman numerals when brought to Europe about 900 years ago by the Arab traders.
Oranges stop ripening when they are picked.
The tallest man recorded was an American named Robert Wadlow. He was 8ft 11in.
Bees create their own air conditioning within the hive by flapping their wings to create a cross draft, pulling hot air out and cool air in.
Chewing gum was created by accident in the 1870's. Thomas Adams was trying to make rubber out of chicle, but his son kept on stealing it to chew on.
The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
The most difficult phrase to create is a palindrome---a sentance that reads the same forward and backward(excluding punctuation). EX: "Red rum, sir, is murder."
Why don't you give it a try?
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Post by justthisgirl on Mar 9, 2006 13:00:47 GMT -5
useless:
I had a dream about Torra last night. I kept saying to myself. this girl doesn't seem like the same woman who writes in the forum! in my dream she was about 24 years old, and she and wahoo were at a week long seminar that I had to go to. come to find out, she was really good friends with my family friends, adn ended up at my house! then she needed someplace to stay for the week, so she stayed at our house. anyway... she had short dark curley hair. and she was kinda short, too. but she had her lap top, and stayed busy the whole time, so I didn't get a chance to tell her who I was! watch her be a tall blond... lol
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Post by justthisgirl on Mar 9, 2006 13:15:09 GMT -5
not so useless: go check the party being planned in Raynin's recruiting thread. any input is welcomed! hey! you opened this can of worms, Friz!
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) was the square root of two?
