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I like Math freaks.

so based on your avatar, apparently you are sexing everything. Not sexing nothing. whatever. Not no sexing anything.

Oh now you had to go and take it all literal on me. Suppose I should've expected to hear that at least once.

what is your opinion on the tv show NUMB3RS ?

I can't really say I've seen it. I watched the end of one episode once but I'd hate to judge it based on that. People tell me I'd like it though.

Is it worth looking into?

they do have a lot of math stuff in it

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;929584]Also a bit of a math freak.[/QUOTE]

Read the Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson if you haven't. You'll like it.

Edit: probably shouldn't be a "the" in the title there, not sure.

I think the the is ok.

And definately read that book. If you haven't.

Ooh, a ballerina!! Do you have scary crippled toes?

Humm, recite pi as far as you can from memory.

3.14 something. that's all I know.

Welcome!

I had a ruler at school that said I HATE MATHS on it. I made it myself.

The ruler should really have said I HATE MR. NOBLE on it.

It's wierd how you guys call it maths. Plural. I mean. I get it. There are many different maths. But. We United Statesers don't call it that, so it's wierd!

[QUOTE=Thag;929654]It's wierd how you guys call it maths. Plural. I mean. I get it. There are many different maths. But. We United Statesers don't call it that, so it's wierd![/QUOTE]

Hear hear! ^^

You go-getting guys don't have time for the s.

I call it Englishes. And Sciences.

hi.
i have a degree in math. i *heart* it too.
i also live in california.
i took ballet for 20 years.
we must be sisters.
greetings.

I based the title on a broadway play: Title of the Show.

I used to have really scary crippled toes, now they're simply a bit sore.

I know a hundred decimal places but I'm a bit rusty so let's see...

[list]3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280[/list]

That hits the first 85 decimal places...I know the 96-100 digits are "70679" but the part in between that is what I always forget.

Forgive my initial reaction for being: "GAH! Not another sister!" The one I have now is a bit too out there for me. Or maybe my problem with her is that she's too "in". I think from a third party perspective I'm the one that's out there. Ah well.

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;929714][B]I based the title on a broadway play: Title of the Show.[/B]
I know a hundred decimal places but I'm a bit rusty so let's see...

[list][B][I][U]3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510
58209749445923078164062862089986280[/U][/I][/B][/list]

That hits the first 85 decimal places...I know the 96-100 digits are "70679" but the part in between that is what I always forget.[/QUOTE]

I'm kind of into plays. I really like diologe based stuff, and things like plays. I'd like to write one sometime.

About the pi thing, you've got to be joking. 100 places! No way.

is it true that all ballerina's are hot!!!

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;929737]is it true that all ballerina's are hot!!![/QUOTE]

They're usually relatively good looking but it's also true that the majority are a real pain in the ass. They're as diverse as any other group but I went on an international tour once where we spent a good thirty hours on the bus each week and it was pretty unbearable.

On the plus side it was Europe and there was alcohol. :tongue:

[QUOTE=LeHaHi;929723]I'm kind of into plays. I really like diologe based stuff, and things like plays. I'd like to write one sometime.

About the pi thing, you've got to be joking. 100 places! No way.[/QUOTE]

It was the useless project of the summer. After that it was mastering the rubik's cube and learning binary. After that it was reading up on the golden ratio. After that it was exploring time travel.

Nope. Not kidding. I can recite pi in binary (going by each digit) while solving a rubik's cube. This is what happens to people when they have way too much time on their hands.

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;929750]They're usually relatively good looking but it's also true that the majority are a real pain in the ass. They're as diverse as any other group but I went on an international tour once where we spent a good thirty hours on the bus each week and it was pretty unbearable.

On the plus side it was Europe and there was alcohol. :tongue:

It was the useless project of the summer. After that it was mastering the rubik's cube and learning binary. After that it was reading up on the golden ratio. After that it was exploring time travel.

Nope. Not kidding. I can recite pi in binary (going by each digit) while solving a rubik's cube. This is what happens to people when they have way too much time on their hands.[/QUOTE]

Wow, that's impressive. I got an A in math in every class up until grade 7. I missed 40-something days that year and never had the whole BEDMAS thing explained to me, and I didn't really care enough to learn it. I never really liked math, I just happened to be good at it, and algebra was especially boring. It was all just applying a formula, and I didn't dig that at all, I was one of those kids that never showed his work doing long division. Like, anyone can apply a formula.

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;929592]Oh now you had to go and take it all literal on me. Suppose I should've expected to hear that at least once.[/QUOTE]

Do you not like me now because I said you sex everything? Because you shouldn't. It's ok if you sex everything. I don't have a problem with it.

[QUOTE=Thag;929852]Do you not like me now because I said you sex everything? Because you shouldn't. It's ok if you sex everything. I don't have a problem with it.[/QUOTE]

Nah.

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;929859]Nah.[/QUOTE]

Oh, and I have a math question for you. You know those kids in school that were incapable of understanding simple mathematical problems, and you'd be sitting there thinking wow, there's still people that don't understand that? We went over that months ago! Jesus, they really can't keep up...

My question is: Why can't they keep up?

I don't want you to think this out and answer it, I want the answer you already know. Deep down inside, do you think it's their fault, or are their brains designed in such a way that they just can't handle math? I've always had a slight hate for those people, a sort of disgust within me and honestly, I believe it's the former: That they just aren't trying hard enough. It's a weakness! Oh, that sounds silly. But yeah, that's why I want your answer given by what you know, what you felt at the time, not by what you think, because if I think about it, it definitely makes sense that it's natural, their brains just weren't made for math the way mine wasn't made for drawing... But then again, I don't really want to draw, so that's kind of convenient, don't you think? A little too convenient, maybe?

Math made me sweat in kindergarten.

Fuck Math. I'll punch it in the face.

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown;929882]Math made me sweat in kindergarten.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Smartazboy;929884]Fuck Math. I'll punch it in the face.[/QUOTE]

Sometimes I like to open and close my hands as fast as I can, and I can do it so fast that my whole arm starts to hurt and it just keeps going faster and faster, and then I can concentrate and put my forearm into it, then my abs, then my pecs and lacts and traps- jesus, even my calves. I can put every muscle in my body into opening and closing my hand as fast as I can and then my mind starts to go numb. What does this MEAN?

:banana:

I was going to answer whatever question you asked but then I saw the dancing bananana and lost my train of thought.

[QUOTE=Smartazboy;929890]I was going to answer whatever question you asked but then I saw the dancing bananana and lost my train of thought.[/QUOTE]

Your locomotive of thought, derailed by a dancing banana. See, maybe that's why you didn't excel in math, maybe you just didn't fucking care. You're a kid, the world is amazing, there's billions of people and they all used to be miserable and at war but now things are cool, everything is peachy, you're going to go to heaven when you die, a dude in a red suit goes from chimney to chimney dropping free loot (therefore there's magic in the world, HOLY SHIT!) ninja turtles is on, there's toys at home, and here's a room full of people - possible relationships, friendships, conversations - what's in the ocean? All kinds of stuff, who knows? And Dinosaurs! But then they force you into math, the place where you analyze the only thing in existence that doesn't trail off into unknown territory. One plus one is two, and that's that. So maybe in this world which was fresh and amazing to you, you just didn't have the patience for math.

Math = killed the magic?

And if magic = freedom.

What = kill?

[QUOTE=Nightrious;929895]Your locomotive of thought, derailed by a dancing banana. See, maybe that's why you didn't excel in math, maybe you just didn't fucking care. You're a kid, the world is amazing, there's billions of people and they all used to be miserable and at war but now things are cool, everything is peachy, you're going to go to heaven when you die, a dude in a red suit goes from chimney to chimney dropping free loot (therefore there's magic in the world, HOLY SHIT!) ninja turtles is on, there's toys at home, and here's a room full of people - possible relationships, friendships, conversations - what's in the ocean? All kinds of stuff, who knows? And Dinosaurs! But then they force you into math, the place where you analyze the only thing in existence that doesn't trail off into unknown territory. One plus one is two, and that's that. So maybe in this world which was fresh and amazing to you, you just didn't have the patience for math.[/QUOTE]

I was like you. I was good at it I just didn't like it. You're right I don't have the patience for it. Math is like these idots that come here bitching about having to pay for a ticket. They aren't mad they have to pay it, they're mad they got caught. They drive me up the wall with their excuses. I don't got time to deal with them when they come to the window when I got one of them blowing up my phone to complain about the same thing.

Fuck Math!

[QUOTE=Mr. Brown;929899]Math = killed the magic?

And if magic = freedom.

What = kill?[/QUOTE]

What do you mean by "kill"?

[QUOTE=Smartazboy;929902]I was like you. I was good at it I just didn't like it. You're right I don't have the patience for it. Math is like these idots that come here bitching about having to pay for a ticket. They aren't mad they have to pay it, they're mad they got caught. They drive me up the wall with their excuses. I don't got time to deal with them when they come to the window when I got one of them blowing up my phone to complain about the same thing.

Fuck Math![/QUOTE]

I don't see how math is like those guys. Those guys are very anti-math to me, they lack reason.

[QUOTE=Nightrious;929907]What do you mean by "kill"?

I don't see how math is like those guys. Those guys are very anti-math to me, they lack reason.[/QUOTE]They both test my patience to failure.

[QUOTE=Smartazboy;929910]They both test my patience to failure.[/QUOTE]

To failure? Oh come on, you've got pretty good patience don't you? I'd have to assume you're a pretty durable nigga.

[QUOTE=Nightrious;929881]Oh, and I have a math question for you. You know those kids in school that were incapable of understanding simple mathematical problems, and you'd be sitting there thinking wow, there's still people that don't understand that? We went over that months ago! Jesus, they really can't keep up...

My question is: Why can't they keep up?

I don't want you to think this out and answer it, I want the answer you already know. Deep down inside, do you think it's their fault, or are their brains designed in such a way that they just can't handle math? I've always had a slight hate for those people, a sort of disgust within me and honestly, I believe it's the former: That they just aren't trying hard enough. It's a weakness! Oh, that sounds silly. But yeah, that's why I want your answer given by what you know, what you felt at the time, not by what you think, because if I think about it, it definitely makes sense that it's natural, their brains just weren't made for math the way mine wasn't made for drawing... But then again, I don't really want to draw, so that's kind of convenient, don't you think? A little too convenient, maybe?[/QUOTE]

I think that's a pretty vague question. I mean I know no matter how much extra work I put into teh laws of grammar, nothing ever made sense to me. Same with spelling. I remember I had to work for four weeks to get mountain right on my spelling test that I kept having to take over. Of course, there's some mild dyslexia to try and get past but when it comes down to it, there are things I just don't understand.

I think if you're willing to get help though that most anybody should be able to keep up in a normal math class. See, I'm good at the kind of math that doesn't involve proofs and the like. Ask me how I got my answer and I'll have no fucking clue. Because it all just clicks somewhere in my subconscious. But I tend to notice that people who honestly need help understanding something and are willing to struggle through it make the best tutors because they took the time to do it step by step. I can do that with other subjects but ask me to explain math and I assume you know the basics (aka everything) and just keep pointing figuring it'll make sense in time.

I started both of the above paragraphs with "I thinks..."

Oops.

It frustrates me to no end but it's been a while since I haven't been in an accelerated math class. I know I can't do proofs to save my life.

I have a math question also...
three men walk into a hotel and ask to rent a room for the night. the manager tells them it will be thirty dollars, so they each pay ten. they get up to their room and get settled in when the manger discovers that he over charged them, it should have only been 25 dollars and tells the bellhop to take the extra five dollars back to them. on his way up the bellhop takes two of the dollars, it would be too hard to split up five amongst them anyways. so each of them paid ten dollars minus one each so that makes nine each. nine times three is twenty-seven, plus two is twenty-nine. where is the extra dollar?

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;930243]I have a math question also...
three men walk into a hotel and ask to rent a room for the night. the manager tells them it will be thirty dollars, so they each pay ten. they get up to their room and get settled in when the manger discovers that he over charged them, it should have only been 25 dollars and tells the bellhop to take the extra five dollars back to them. on his way up the bellhop takes two of the dollars, it would be too hard to split up five amongst them anyways. so each of them paid ten dollars minus one each so that makes nine each. nine times three is twenty-seven, plus two is twenty-nine. where is the extra dollar?[/QUOTE]

The wastebin of bad math. :grumpy:

Thirty divided by three is ten, but if the clerk overcharged by $5 than twenty-five divided by three is 8.33 repeating.

30/3 = 10
(30-5)/3 = 8.333...

If the bellhop gave them back $1 that would mean that they paid 9.33 each.

8.33 + 1 = 9.33

With the 2 dollars from the bellhop and the 9.33 from each customer equals $30 dollars that was originally charged.

Most of the fault lies with the thirty being divided by three then subtracting three instead of twenty-five being divided by three then adding three. There is no missing dollah.

[QUOTE=Happy Camper;930250]

With the 2 dollars from the bellhop and the 9.33 from each customer equals $30 dollars that was originally charged.[/QUOTE]

i still need a penny!

[QUOTE=nathaniel parker;930253]i still need a penny![/QUOTE]

That disappeared into the cracks of mathematical rounding. :shhh: