×

Notice

The forum is in read only mode.
× Welcome to the Crystal Hall forums!

Tell us and our members who you are, what you like and how you managed to become a fan of the Whateley Academy Universe.

We welcome all new members and hope to see you around a lot! Especially those of you who have been lurking for years and just hadn't gotten around to registering because the site was so messed up!

Posting rules: All registered members may create threads and post to existing ones.

Question Good morrow everybody, I am Nukestar

9 years 5 months ago #1 by nukestar
  • nukestar
  • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • I have been a follower of WA for almost two years now although I haven't posted anything before today. I am a Canadian university student and my interests are science, mathematics, politics (both Canadian and American), religion, mythology, science-fiction, and fantasy.
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #2 by E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek's Avatar


  • Posts: 1299

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 24 Apr 1960
    • Well, well, well. Welcome to the site. Be fair thee warned. Politics don't mix with magic. And I hope your not into that new math.

    *scratches head how 5x3 does not = 15, but 3x5 does.

    Anyway enjoy the site, leave a review for our always hungry writers and have fun.
    What is - was. What was - is.
    9 years 5 months ago #3 by Dawnfyre
    • Dawnfyre
    • Dawnfyre's Avatar


  • Posts: 422

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • welcome to the site Nukestar, don't mind Ibi, we will have him caged again shortly ( Phoenix is working on it ) he is harmless just hyperactive.
    Stupidity is a capitol offense, a summary not indictable one.
    9 years 5 months ago #4 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • Symmetry is not adhered to by some number systems, like vector spaces. Don't discriminate against non-field mathematics.
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #5 by Dreamer
    • Dreamer
    • Dreamer's Avatar


  • Posts: 984

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: 03 Dec 1976
    • Greetings, Nukestar. Don't mind the craziness by some of us sometimes, most people just feel like they can truly be themselves on here and that brings out the wacky and silly a lot more than usual.
    Thank You for story comments appreciated and help me know me they are being read and liked. :-) Note: My story comments can't nor are trying to replace reading the stories, simply my way of enjoying them and letting the authors know I enjoy them.
    9 years 5 months ago - 9 years 5 months ago #6 by E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek's Avatar


  • Posts: 1299

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 24 Apr 1960

    • nukestar wrote: Symmetry is not adhered to by some number systems, like vector spaces. Don't discriminate against non-field mathematics.


    I'm not against you. Really. Just the teacher marking it wrong for the 3rd grader who doesn't understand multiplication yet.
    What is - was. What was - is.
    Last Edit: 9 years 5 months ago by E M Pisek.
    9 years 5 months ago #7 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • It's really amusing to use alternative number systems and confuse the hell out of people
    5x5=19
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #8 by Phoenix Spiritus
    • Phoenix Spiritus
    • Phoenix Spiritus's Avatar


  • Posts: 2595

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 20 Jan 1976
    • Hexidecimal

    There are a lot of computer geeks that will get that, I still prefer "1 + 1 = 10"
    9 years 5 months ago #9 by Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus's Avatar


  • Posts: 1820

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • There are 10 types of people in the world:

    Those who know this is a binary joke
    Those who don't know it's a binary joke
    and those who know that it's really a trinary joke.
    "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
    9 years 5 months ago #10 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • In highschool I would change people's calculators to hexadecimal and refer to it as 'hexing' their calculators. Neither binary nor octal have the same pun potential.
    also have this 2+2=10.85840734641...
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #11 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • Of course using pinary is not a very rational thing to do.
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #12 by E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek's Avatar


  • Posts: 1299

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 24 Apr 1960
    • Lets not be so negative there Mr. Moriarty.
    What is - was. What was - is.
    9 years 5 months ago #13 by Phoenix Spiritus
    • Phoenix Spiritus
    • Phoenix Spiritus's Avatar


  • Posts: 2595

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 20 Jan 1976

    • nukestar wrote: In highschool I would change people's calculators to hexadecimal and refer to it as 'hexing' their calculators. Neither binary nor octal have the same pun potential.
    also have this 2+2=10.85840734641...


    lol!

    Floating point!

    Love the rounding errors :lol:
    9 years 5 months ago #14 by NeoMagus
    • NeoMagus
    • NeoMagus's Avatar


  • Posts: 1053

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 26 Jul 1991
    • Okay...my brain is starting to hurt with all of this math that I can't follow... :blink:
    ... . . -.- / .--- ..- ... - .. -.-. . .-.-.- / .-.. --- ...- . / -- . .-. -.-. -.-- .-.-.- / .-- .- .-.. -.- / .... ..- -- -... .-.. -.-- / .-- .. - .... / -.-- --- ..- .-. / --. --- -.. .-.-.-
    9 years 5 months ago #15 by E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek's Avatar


  • Posts: 1299

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 24 Apr 1960

    • NeoMagus wrote: Okay...my brain is starting to hurt with all of this math that I can't follow... :blink:


    Perhaps you can follow this: 7x13=28

    Hey Costello proved it to Abbott

    What is - was. What was - is.
    9 years 5 months ago #16 by Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus's Avatar


  • Posts: 1820

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: Unknown

    • NeoMagus wrote: Okay...my brain is starting to hurt with all of this math that I can't follow... :blink:

    Would you like some help with subtraction ?
    "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
    9 years 5 months ago #17 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • I wish I learnt base 8 in school, it would have been more interesting than the parabolas we spent 2 and a half years on. (parabolas become even more infuriating when you realize that objects only follow parabolic paths on a flat Earth with no atmosphere.)
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #18 by E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek
    • E M Pisek's Avatar


  • Posts: 1299

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: 24 Apr 1960

    • nukestar wrote: I wish I learnt base 8 in school, it would have been more interesting than the parabolas we spent 2 and a half years on. (parabolas become even more infuriating when you realize that objects only follow parabolic paths on a flat Earth with no atmosphere.)


    "Not another 'Flat Earth' believer. I mean I won't knock your belief but.." falls off edge of cliff. "Ugh that's gonna leave a mark."
    What is - was. What was - is.
    9 years 5 months ago #19 by Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus
    • Arcanist Lupus's Avatar


  • Posts: 1820

  • Gender: Male
  • Birthdate: Unknown

    • nukestar wrote: I wish I learnt base 8 in school, it would have been more interesting than the parabolas we spent 2 and a half years on. (parabolas become even more infuriating when you realize that objects only follow parabolic paths on a flat Earth with no atmosphere.)


    Maybe, but without parabolas, we wouldn't have clamshell mirrors , and those things are way cool. (Plus all the telescopes and things which use them)
    "Shared pain is lessened; shared joy, increased — thus do we refute entropy." - Spider Robinson
    9 years 5 months ago #20 by nukestar
    • nukestar
    • nukestar's Avatar Topic Author


  • Posts: 21

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: Unknown
    • But the thing is, we never talked about the applications of parabolas in optics, the only application we discussed was ballistics. Also the optimum shape of radio dishes is actually an eclipse with a focal point at the detector and a focal point at the source, but the eccentricity of such ellipses is very close to 1 and therefor are well approximated by a parabola.
    "I am not above quoting myself and attributing it anonymous."
    - Anonymous
    9 years 5 months ago #21 by Brooke Erickson
    • Brooke Erickson
    • Brooke Erickson's Avatar


  • Posts: 16

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: 14 Feb 1955

    • Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Hexidecimal

    There are a lot of computer geeks that will get that, I still prefer "1 + 1 = 10"


    On the other hand, ℵ0 + ℵ0 = ℵ0
    9 years 5 months ago #22 by Brooke Erickson
    • Brooke Erickson
    • Brooke Erickson's Avatar


  • Posts: 16

  • Gender: Unknown
  • Birthdate: 14 Feb 1955

    • nukestar wrote: (parabolas become even more infuriating when you realize that objects only follow parabolic paths on a flat Earth with no atmosphere.)


    Actually, it's worse than that.... gravity on a flat disk large enugh to not worry about edge effects gets *really* odd.

    But I'm glad to see someone else who knows that projectiles on a sphere generally follow segments of an ellipse, unless they are sufficiently above escape velocity.
    Moderators: WhateleyAdmin, Kristin Darken, E. E. Nalley, elrodw, Nagrij, MageOhki, Astrodragon, NeoMagus, Warren, Morpheus, Wasamon, sleethr, OtherEric, Bek D Corbin, MaLAguA, Souffle Girl, Phoenix Spiritus, Starwolf, DanZilla, Katie_Lyn, Maggie Finson, DrBender, JG, Bladedancer, Renae_Whateley
    Powered by Kunena Forum