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Title: Reading Minds...
Post by: Jabba on May 10, 2005, 09:14:45 pm
No peaking before you fill in your vote!

I usualy get
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: jbox on May 10, 2005, 10:51:55 pm
Wow, that's about as clever as the proof for 2 = 1:

let a = b
=> a.a = b.a
=> a^2 = ab
=> a^2 + (a^2 - 2ab) = ab + (a^2 - 2ab)
=> 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab)
=> 2 = 1    
QED.

Now, where's the nearest Zebra Crossing? :)
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: screaming on May 10, 2005, 11:05:41 pm
Wow, that's about as clever as the proof for 2 = 1:

let a = b
=> a.a = b.a
=> a^2 = ab
=> a^2 + (a^2 - 2ab) = ab + (a^2 - 2ab)
=> 2(a^2 - ab) = 1(a^2 - ab)
=> 2 = 1    
QED.

Now, where's the nearest Zebra Crossing? :)

  Yeah, not so much :P

  Since when can you prove ANYTHING when dividing by 0, besides snake oil cures PMS?

-sab
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: jbox on May 10, 2005, 11:33:14 pm
Quote
Yeah, not so much :P
Hey, you're not just supposed to *tell* people how the proof works, that's why it's called Mathemagics right?!?

Let x = 0.999999...
=> 10x = 9.999999....
=> 10x = 9 + 0.99999....
=> 10x = 9 + x
=> 9x = 9
=> x = 1!
=> R = Q
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: Bones on May 11, 2005, 04:36:46 am
Hey, what's that smell......?
NERDS!!













 ;D
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: SOAPboy on May 11, 2005, 04:38:44 am
Orange Tigers From Etheopia..

GG!
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: Shape D. on May 11, 2005, 10:37:21 am
But , there are no Grey Elephants in Denmark!
but are there  Tan Jackals in Djibouti?
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: missioncontrol on May 11, 2005, 10:47:42 am
ouch that made my brain hurt  :-\
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: JoyMonkey on May 11, 2005, 10:58:12 am
I ended up with a grey aardvark in Cambodia (my thinking process is shot today).

Edit: looking back on it, I think the term "subtract by the original #" threw me off. Who subtracts by anything? Thats like saying 'it's a quarter of four' instead of 'it's a quarter to four'.
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: hyiu on May 11, 2005, 12:43:57 pm
pick a number...  a

multiply by 2, add 8,  div 2, - itself...

=(2a + 8) / 2 - a
= a+4-a
= 4

but I am thinking brown eagle in Denmark.
not grey elephant....

I guess this is not good enough.
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: SirPeale on May 11, 2005, 01:24:49 pm
I ended up with a grey aardvark in Cambodia (my thinking process is shot today).

I had an orange aardvark from Canada.
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: missioncontrol on May 11, 2005, 01:42:13 pm
Orange Orangutan in the Dominican Republic
Title: Re: Reading Minds...
Post by: jbox on May 11, 2005, 10:29:49 pm
I'm surprised at the number of people willing to admit they got the math wrong. :)

And maths is Cool! It's noticing things like hyiu getting caught by the "commenting pointer" that's nerdy... ;D