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#651 2012-07-20 07:02:00
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
What are you waiting for, the Armageddon?
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#652 2012-07-20 07:04:30
- bobbym
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Re: Bafflers?
That is inevitable. Who is sleeping now? Answer: the whole human race.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#653 2012-07-20 07:06:19
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Re: Bafflers?
But I am not sleeping. Am I not human? As long as I know, I am not a Terran.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#654 2012-07-20 07:08:33
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Re: Bafflers?
You already know too much about such things. Not good for your development.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#655 2012-07-20 07:21:45
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
I do not know much. I guess we didn't mean the same type of "sleeping", did we?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#656 2012-07-20 07:24:28
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Re: Bafflers?
I know that. You want the ones that are comfortably in their beds, snoring. That would not be you though.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#657 2012-07-20 07:32:38
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Yes. Now can you answer that question?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#658 2012-07-20 07:38:50
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Re: Bafflers?
First, I am going to get something to eat. Then I am going to watch a pleasant video while eating.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#659 2012-07-20 07:47:40
- anonimnystefy
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Re: Bafflers?
Good for you!
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#660 2012-07-20 15:01:31
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Re: Bafflers?
It was delicious but baffling.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#661 2012-07-20 15:27:08
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Re: Bafflers?
Speaking of which, how about another baffler today?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#662 2012-07-20 15:28:50
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Re: Bafflers?
These are not really bafflers.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#663 2012-07-20 15:37:46
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Re: Bafflers?
I am currently referring to bafflers as to problems which were posed by you in this thread. Any more of them? I remember you once said you had a billion of them. Not sure if it is the 10**9 billion or the 10**12 billion.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#664 2012-07-21 22:08:28
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Re: Bafflers?
New Problem:
A student is asked to come up with the next term in the sequence,
1,5,3,2,3,4,1,3,8,...
The student answers with 9. The teacher is amazed and gives the student a hearty hurrah.
A says) Kaboobly doo! The next term could be anything.
B says) Actually, that is a very imaginative answer. I agree with the teacher applauding the student. No one is likely to get that answer!
C says) I do not get it.
D says) A is right again, smashing? He even coined the new words "kaboobly doo."
E says) B you are always right. Have you ever thought about being a moderator or even an administrator?
A says) (Kaboobly doo)^2. I finally trapped B. Caught him contradicting himself, the poor fool. He has always said extrapolation is ridiculous. He has always said there are many next answers.
B says) I think you misread what I meant.
Do you like the students answer? How could he get the next term?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#665 2012-07-30 15:37:37
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Re: Bafflers?
New Problem:
What is the ratio of the area of ΔABC to ΔEBD?
Given:
The line passing through E and D is tangent to the circle at D.
AC = AB
CAB is a right angle.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#666 2012-07-30 21:01:52
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Re: Bafflers?
I bobbym
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-07-30 21:08:46)
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#667 2012-07-31 01:50:10
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#668 2012-07-31 02:32:10
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi bobbym
So it can be anything?
Shai Simonson is funny looking.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#669 2012-07-31 02:36:14
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Re: Bafflers?
Hi;
I do not know. You might have to prove that it is tangent.
Shai who? Egads! You do not think that guy is me!?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#670 2012-07-31 02:45:26
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Re: Bafflers?
Of course not! he is the guy from the combinatorics vids.
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#671 2012-07-31 02:52:26
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Re: Bafflers?
I would say he is. Rather strange, usually combinatoricists are good looking guys.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#672 2012-07-31 03:00:27
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Re: Bafflers?
What is the thing on his head?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#673 2012-07-31 03:01:17
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Re: Bafflers?
What head? You must be less enigmatic.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#674 2012-07-31 03:15:43
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Re: Bafflers?
What is the thing Shai's wearing on his head in the videos?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#675 2012-07-31 03:23:02
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Re: Bafflers?
What video? I do not remember the link.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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