Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[Silicon Waffle]

rirez?

I leave it blank for people to fill in any verb they like themselves. Whatever! rirez is not the one I have in mind though.

 

[Psinter]

Regarding the post over here:

 

[Jayson Jaymes]

1.2*10¹²/(300*10⁶) = 4000, not 4 millions. This larger billion would be the US GPD of a month. Which makes sense, if you divide it by the population you get something of the order of a monthly income.

That larger billion not typically German by the way, it is widely used in Europe and some other regions. Long and short scales
Wikipedia has a map. Red=Short scale (1000 millions are a billion), Blue=Long scale (1 million millions are a billion)

That;s very interesting http://www.jimjamesnetwork.com/consult/

 

[Ibix]

No, PIN is the right way in here unless you think redundancy is necessary.

...or if you think redundancy is necessary.

 

[rootone]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EScalas_corta_y_larga.PNG
I'm not sure which is which on the map since for some reason the zones are labelled in Spanish on that link.
However I see that as well as the two main scales there are some others.
One of these 'other' zones is comprised of China, Greenland, and Greece , very odd.

 

[fresh_42]

The rocket again made honor to his nickname!

 

[WWGD]

...or if you think redundancy is necessary.

I meant it may or not be necessary depending on the context.

 

[Ibix]

I meant it may or not be necessary depending on the context.

I must say, I can't think of a circumstance where such redundancy is necessary. While PIN number and ATM machine seem to be common usages, I think they're incorrect and my inner pedant leaps to the fore every time I see them. I was just duplicating your comment on redundancy for - apparently ineffective - comic effect.

 

[fresh_42]

There seems to be a certain attraction to three-letter-codes. The duplication of the last information is likely to clarify the meaning of the abbreviation. E.g. ATM machine in contrast to a ATF machine or a PIN number in contrast to just a pin or your last bowling score. Your inner pedant won't probably revolt at IBM computers or an OS/2 operating system, which are not less absurd.

 

[fresh_42]

You recognize you study something unusual when you enter the common room and your colleagues play chess on a cylindric board. They would have chosen a torus if there wasn't the problem with the starting formation ...

 

[Psinter]

I cannot make this!

I cannot make it! It doesn't work!

 

[fresh_42]

I cannot make this!

I cannot make it! It doesn't work!

Neither can I.

 

[Psinter]

Neither can I.

Yay! I'm not alone!

 

[fresh_42]

Yay! I'm not alone!

And the down under version:

 

[WWGD]

Yay! I'm not alone!

I should stop trying, as I apparently gave the finger to like 5 people while trying.

 

[WWGD]

And the down under version:

Let them all duke it out with Evergreen, who disagree:

 

[Psinter]

I should stop trying, as I apparently gave the finger to like 5 people while trying.

@fresh_42 That place has a lot of people. I think I had never seen so many people in one place.

 

[WWGD]

I must say, I can't think of a circumstance where such redundancy is necessary. While PIN number and ATM machine seem to be common usages, I think they're incorrect and my inner pedant leaps to the fore every time I see them. I was just duplicating your comment on redundancy for - apparently ineffective - comic effect.

Sorry again, man, I have been too square recently :1,4,9,16,.. it's all I am. But I agree that the repeated need to deal with unnecessary redundancy is not needed. And I am pretty sure I don't walk alone on that one, nor do I march by myself, nor displace myself solo, in my search to avoid having others with me as I ambulate.

 

[fresh_42]

Ok, ok, they have lonely hearts songs, too:

 

[WWGD]

Ok, ok, they have a lonely hearts songs, too:

??

 

[WWGD]

Maybe a rephrasing: Dear Sir or Madam ...or whatever the hell it is you are.

 

[Enigman]

All hail Caffeine! Glory to the Dark Lord. And more sugar... definitely, more sugar.

 

[WWGD]

All hail Caffeine! Glory to the Dark Lord. And more sugar... definitely, more sugar.

Red Bull?? Why do you restrict yourself to just two of the main food groups?

 

[Enigman]

Coffee. Black as the sky on a moonless night and sweet as its silence. The age of Apis is past, the night has fallen.

 

[fresh_42]

Recently I've heard on a TV show (Numbers): "Mathematicians are people who transform coffee into theorems."

 

[WWGD]

Recently I've heard on a TV show (Numbers): "Mathematicians are people who transform coffee into theorems."

I thought that was from Paul Erdos.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Coffee. Black as the sky on a moonless night and sweet as its silence. The age of Apis is past, the night has fallen.

Apis?

 

[fresh_42]

I thought that was from Paul Erdos.

Alfréd Rényi, who was addicted to coffee, is the source of the quote: "A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems", which is generally ascribed to Pál Erdős. It has been suggested that this sentence was originally formulated in German, where it can be interpreted as a wordplay on the double meaning of the word Satz (theorem or coffee residue), but it is more likely that the original formulation was in Hungarian.
(from Wiki)

 

[Enigman]

Apis?

A piss.

 

[Psinter]

You know which member from the forum I miss? @drizzle

I've been thinking and it sucks to become attached to people. In an old forum which no longer exists I made friends and I missed them a lot when it vanished. That won't happen to PF, but I may soon not be able to come here. And when that happens I'm sure I will miss a lot of you.

In order to avoid that, I think I must not become attached. That's what my logic tells me.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

...
In order to avoid that, I think I must not become attached...

Commitment and Fulfillment please.

 

[Sophia]

You know which member from the forum I miss? @drizzle

I've been thinking and it sucks to become attached to people. In an old forum which no longer exists I made friends and I missed them a lot when it vanished. That won't happen to PF, but I may soon not be able to come here. And when that happens I'm sure I will miss a lot of you.

In order to avoid that, I think I must not become attached. That's what my logic tells me.

Oh I hope you will be able to stay with us!

 

[Evo]

You know which member from the forum I miss? @drizzle

I've been thinking and it sucks to become attached to people. In an old forum which no longer exists I made friends and I missed them a lot when it vanished. That won't happen to PF, but I may soon not be able to come here. And when that happens I'm sure I will miss a lot of you.

In order to avoid that, I think I must not become attached. That's what my logic tells me.

The last time I spoke to drizzle she was going home to her sister's wedding, haven't heard from her since. Why wouldn't you be able to come here?

 

[Borg]

The last time I spoke to drizzle she was going home to her sister's wedding, haven't heard from her since. Why wouldn't you be able to come here?

BTW Evo, I saw Cyrus visit after a long absence.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/difference-equation.856484/

 

[Evo]

BTW Evo, I saw Cyrus visit after a long absence.
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/difference-equation.856484/

Oh wow, I miss Cyrus, haven't spoken to him in ages. Pengwuino stopped coming here when we went to the new forum and didn't have PM in chat.