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FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#8451: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:13:52 AM

Cheese is always twice the fence post.

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#8452: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:20:56 AM

You can't put 1023 pigeons in 885 holes without putting multiple pigeons in some hole.

SHIKI is dead.
GoggleFox rrrrrrrrr from Acadia, yo. Since: Jul, 2009
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#8453: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:32:00 AM

Combinatorics!

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#8454: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:33:25 AM

If you need to fit 1023 pigeons in 885 holes, then someone in that process didn't get a memo.

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
GoggleFox rrrrrrrrr from Acadia, yo. Since: Jul, 2009
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#8455: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:40:09 AM

Bureaucracy!

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.
GoggleFox rrrrrrrrr from Acadia, yo. Since: Jul, 2009
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#8457: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:44:42 AM

Fun fact that I just realized, being reminded that mathematicians come up with weird names for things.

Mankind can only understand axiomatic systems. Axiomatic systems all contain principles that cannot be proven within the system. This is Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem.

In almost all systems, A is A. This is the Identity Principle.

You can't prove this is true.

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.
Zyxzy Embrace the mindscrew from Salem, OR Since: Jan, 2001
Embrace the mindscrew
#8458: Oct 13th 2009 at 10:54:07 AM

Did they develop a new pfoof for 1 + 1 = 2?

What's the frequency Kenneth?|In case of war.
Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
(srahc 84) eltit
#8459: Oct 13th 2009 at 1:42:15 PM

2 is typically defined as 1 + 1, so you don't need a proof.

edited 13th Oct '09 1:42:29 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.
ImipolexG frozen in time from all our yesterdays Since: Jan, 2001
frozen in time
#8460: Oct 13th 2009 at 1:51:06 PM

"If the Fuhrer wants it, two and two makes five!" - Hermann Göring

no one will notice that I changed this
GoggleFox rrrrrrrrr from Acadia, yo. Since: Jul, 2009
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#8461: Oct 13th 2009 at 2:00:24 PM

Yes, numbers other than 0 and 1 don't need proofs to exist, generally — at least, counting numbers don't. Technically even 0 and 1 don't need proofs, as 0 is "the number of elements in the null set" (which is {}), and 1 is "the number of elements of the set of numbers defining the null set," i.e. the number of elements in {0}.

Head spinning yet?

Sakamoto demands an explanation for this shit.
Nyktos (srahc 84) eltit Since: Jan, 2001
(srahc 84) eltit
#8462: Oct 13th 2009 at 2:07:39 PM

I don't think you need to prove any number exists. You might need to prove it's a real number (or a complex number or whatever you're working with), but that's different. Though exactly what it means for a number to "exist" is rather unclear.

Mind you, I'm far from a mathematician.

Oh, and when Imipolex G said "the Fuhrer" I immediately thought of King Bradley rather than Adolf Hitler. Just in case someone needed more proof that I'm a nerd.

edited 13th Oct '09 2:10:41 PM by Nyktos

I guess it is.
Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#8463: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:05:30 PM

I've started using 'Uso da' as a synonym for "liar".

It's a bit annoying.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#8464: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:07:13 PM

...but it just means "that's a lie!", not "liar!"...

Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#8465: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:11:34 PM

Well, it was translated in the manga/subtitles as "liar".

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8466: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:12:40 PM

Translations of popular media are not by any means literal. (If they are, they suck.)

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#8467: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:15:22 PM

Ah, quit nitpicking. "That's a lie" and "Liar" are synonyms anyway.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#8468: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:17:51 PM

"How could you say such a thing, you that's a lie?!"

i.e. No no no.

[1] This facsimile operated in part by synAC.
Thnikkafan ? from Faroe Islands (not really) Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: I made a point to burn all of the photographs
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#8469: Oct 13th 2009 at 7:20:21 PM

Point taken.

Synonyms in the context that "Uso da" is used in.

Anyone who assigns themselves loads of character tropes is someone to be worried about.
FreezairForALimitedTime Responsible adult from Planet Claire Since: Jan, 2001
Responsible adult
#8470: Oct 13th 2009 at 8:10:19 PM

Math is weird.

edited 13th Oct '09 8:10:29 PM by FreezairForALimitedTime

"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Blackmoon Since: May, 2009
#8473: Oct 13th 2009 at 8:20:16 PM

I got one sentence in and my brain exploded.

OuttaTheBLAM resident moonatic from your other left Since: Aug, 2009
resident moonatic
#8474: Oct 13th 2009 at 8:21:53 PM

Didn't even bother clicking the link.

You're looking for this person.
WilliamWideWeb (weaving) Since: Jan, 2001
(weaving)
#8475: Oct 13th 2009 at 8:25:56 PM

I knew pretty much all of that.

SHIKI is dead.

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