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Oct 22, 2006 19:16

Mmm.. classyIt's like uni politics all over again, only without the socialist alternative calling everything that moves bloodthirsty zionist oppressors(Seriously, I think some of those guys have had the 'Z' section torn out of their dictionary. I do not think that word means what they seem to think it does, given the very wide applications they ( Read more... )

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bigal39 October 22 2006, 10:39:08 UTC

I've never had a dog called sparky, i got 0 :( no procrastinating for me!

bigal39 October 22 2006, 11:56:40 UTC

Triple your points, then multiply them by your year of birth, then divide by the number of Dogs you've had called Sparky. Take that sum and write a Haiku about it. Using the formula A=1, B=2 and so on, your procrastinatory score is the sum of syllables 14 and 2.

Ah, see, you've missed the second part of the equation. Take 0 and write a haiku about it. Then, take the 14th and 2nd syllables, and add the value of the letters together. This gives you procrastination score.

Although, of course, if you actually get to that point, regardless of the score, you probably win...

maelin October 22 2006, 14:30:53 UTC

That's DIVIDE by zero. You got infinity*, Al!

* division by zero is not actually defined in any of the natural numbers, the integers, the rationals, the reals, or the complex plane. This has been a public service announcement from Richard, your resident maths geek- now with a double helping of nerdy.

pixsky October 23 2006, 09:40:14 UTC

Awesome. I knew something whacky happened when you divide by 0, I just tuned out in the year 7 math class it was explained it. Thanks, Richard.

maelin October 23 2006, 11:22:52 UTC

Indeed, you break the numbers, and any calculations or results that follow are null and void!

Division by zero is not defined - it does not give a meaningful answer in any of the standard number systems used by non-mathematical folk. Several people have tried to define division by zero in ways that seem sensible, but they invariably result either in absurdities or in making the number system too hard to use, and none of them really makes sense in the conventional way we use numbers. This is why the expression x/0 is left undefined in all of the standard number systems.

The fallacious use of subtly concealed division by zero is responsible for some of the false proofs of things like 1=0, etc.

Computers are also unable to handle division by zero, which can cause catastrophic failure if the program doesn't catch the bad data before it asks the processor to calculate a quotient. In fact, a divide-by-zero error on the USS Yorktown's on-board computer system caused the ship's propulsion systems to fail, and it had to be towed to a naval ( ... )

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