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#251 2014-04-04 05:26:12
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
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Re: Interesting Conversation
Experimentation is nice but observation is fundamental.
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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#252 2014-04-04 05:27:49
Re: Interesting Conversation
and observing experiments is nice AND fundamental
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#253 2014-04-04 05:29:18
- bobbym
- bumpkin
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Re: Interesting Conversation
Sometimes another person is doing the experiment for you. Then you only have to sit back and watch.
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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#254 2014-04-04 05:33:34
Re: Interesting Conversation
But he may alter the observations before they reach you.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#255 2014-04-04 05:35:17
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
Not if you are observing it.
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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#256 2014-04-04 05:41:52
Re: Interesting Conversation
I might be too young, bumpkinny, ignorant, stupid, careless or emotional to know how to conduct a good experiment
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#257 2014-04-04 05:43:19
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
Whoa! That is a lot of self criticism.
Why do you feel that way?
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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#258 2014-04-04 05:47:58
Re: Interesting Conversation
For one thing, I am not being able to hit the right people for the experiment
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#259 2014-04-04 05:49:04
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
Over at Omegle? What makes you think there are any people there.
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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#260 2014-04-04 05:58:18
Re: Interesting Conversation
What is the whole point of the site then? Is it a bot-testing playground?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#261 2014-04-04 06:04:35
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
It is probably a reppie hunting ground.
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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#262 2014-04-04 06:06:09
Re: Interesting Conversation
What is that?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#263 2014-04-04 06:11:07
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
There have been many cases of stalking on those type sites. Hackers, spammers, humans and reppies and their pals.
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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#264 2014-04-04 06:12:23
Re: Interesting Conversation
You are probably describing Facebook
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#265 2014-04-04 06:13:11
- bobbym
- bumpkin
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- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
Is it the only one that has drawn their attention?
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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#266 2014-04-04 06:17:04
Re: Interesting Conversation
No; Are you suggesting me to leave the experiment?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#267 2014-04-04 06:21:50
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
That is a choice that only you can make for you. Here there are good neighborhoods and bad ones. If someone asks me whether he should go walking through the bad neighborhood at night I just stare at him...
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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#268 2014-04-19 06:19:24
Re: Interesting Conversation
.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#269 2014-04-19 06:28:44
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
I remember it.
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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#270 2014-04-19 06:39:25
Re: Interesting Conversation
You were attacked?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#271 2014-04-19 06:47:46
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
No, but I do remember it.
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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#272 2014-04-19 06:52:31
Re: Interesting Conversation
What was your reaction to it?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#273 2014-04-19 06:56:14
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
I wanted the people who created it to be drawn and quartered.
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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#274 2014-04-19 07:00:03
Re: Interesting Conversation
You did not like it?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#275 2014-04-19 07:04:45
- bobbym
- bumpkin
- From: Bumpkinland
- Registered: 2009-04-12
- Posts: 109,606
Re: Interesting Conversation
Watching them writhing in agony as their arms and legs were ripped out by wild horses? What is not to like?
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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