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FamineBase 3:
2 + 2 = 11
(2 units plus 2 units = 1 3-units and 1 unit)
Base 4:
2 + 2 = 10
(2 units plus 2 units = 1 4-units, 0 units)
danoffI think some of the folks reading this are going to be scratching their heads at that for a while.
keefI guess I understand the examples you gave, but I haven't even heard of this type of math, much less learned about it. That'll be a few years. Or is this a glitch you found in Excel? Is this that "significant figures" bullhonky, because if you tried to send a rocket to the moon with that "math" you'd probably end up shooting it backwards, through the Earth's core, ricocheting it off Halley's Comet, fly within feet of your original target, probably going faster than the speed of light, then crash into Uranus 123.78 years before you shot the thing off in the first place.
Are you trying to tell me that Conservation of Mass and/or Energy is just a big government hoax?
You could just resort to first-grade logic and say that 2+2=22
keefI guess I understand the examples you gave, but I haven't even heard of this type of math, much less learned about it. That'll be a few years. Or is this a glitch you found in Excel? Is this that "significant figures" bullhonky, because if you tried to send a rocket to the moon with that "math" you'd probably end up shooting it backwards, through the Earth's core, ricocheting it off Halley's Comet, fly within feet of your original target, probably going faster than the speed of light, then crash into Uranus 123.78 years before you shot the thing off in the first place.
Are you trying to tell me that Conservation of Mass and/or Energy is just a big government hoax?
You could just resort to first-grade logic and say that 2+2=22 AharrrAharrr!
Significant figures are not bullhonky.keefIs this that "significant figures" bullhonky, because if you tried to send a rocket to the moon with that "math" you'd probably end up shooting it backwards
keefA friend of mine was doing something with significant figures in Chemistry and he told me that, somehow, 5*5=30. That was the correct answer, too, and it makes zero sense to me.
And your problem equals 192.72843.
No it doesn't. If the problem were 30.00000 * 6.424281, then the answer woud be 192.72843.keefAnd your problem equals 192.72843.
His friend is right. "5" only has one significant digit. Multiplied by anything else, the answer HAS to have AT MOST one significant digit. 5*5 = 25, but "25" has two significant digits, so you have to round up to 30, which only has one significant digit (since zero is not a significant digit in this case). It's horrendously confusing (it took me at least two years to figure it out completely). It makes no sense from a mathematical point of view, but in science, it is very important. Don't worry about it unless you really have to use it.CasioYour friend that told you 5x5=30 is an idiot.
keefThat's really wierd. Walking on all fours works well for gorillas and friends because their arms are longer than their legs, which means they don't look retarded. Us humans legs are longer than our arms, obviously, which makes walking on all fours very difficult, and our ass sticks up in the air, just ready and willing to be raped by a monkey.
Maybe that's why our ancestors started walking upright, so they wouldn't get butted by monkeys anymore.
I wonder if our legs grew longer and then we walked upright, or if we walked upright before our legs grew. Or if it happened at the same time. I we stood up before our legs got longer we wouldn't be able to run very fast, so maybe that's why they grew, so we could run from those damned monkeys and finally beat them.
keefThat's really wierd. Walking on all fours works well for gorillas and friends because their arms are longer than their legs, which means they don't look retarded. Us humans legs are longer than our arms, obviously, which makes walking on all fours very difficult, and our ass sticks up in the air, just ready and willing to be raped by a monkey.
Maybe that's why our ancestors started walking upright, so they wouldn't get butted by monkeys anymore.
I wonder if our legs grew longer and then we walked upright, or if we walked upright before our legs grew. Or if it happened at the same time. If we stood up before our legs got longer we wouldn't be able to run very fast, so maybe that's why they grew, so we could run from those damned monkeys and finally beat them.
holl01^too long...
just adding my 2 cents. Any scientist out there will obviously agree with the evolution side of the coin, and i belive in evolution. Its simple, evidence can be asscociated with evolution, fiction and myths lie in creation. to be honest i have no idea of the creation aspect, as i was never taught it at school or anything. all i follow are the laws of physics:tup:
SwiftIf you don't understand the other side of the argument, how can you expect to talk intelligently about it?
Small_FryzHow long would it take to read this thread, in its entirerty?
SuperCobraJet...I can't believe its still going...
Small_FryzI have changed my opinion. I was a "i belive in God and he made our world" type of guy before i came in here.
But that was due to me not getting all the facts.