Just...just wow. - Page 2

MasterOfMagic · 06-06-2006, 08:51 PM

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That's not why.

It's because the "0" in "06" is a significant figure, and cannot be eliminated.

MATH NERDINESS FOR THE WIN!

...no its not. The rules of sig figs:
#1 Digits from 1-9 are always significant.
#2 Zeros between two other significant digits are always significant
#3 One or more additional zeros to the right of both the decimal place and another significant digit are significant.
#4 Zeros used solely for spacing the decimal point (placeholders) are not significant.
#5 If you're not sure, its not significant

I refer you to #4. In 06, the zero is just a placeholder, so its not significant. If it was, we'd have to put an infinite amount of zero's before every number in science, and that would be rather...well, impossible. And worthless even if it was.

And yeah, these satanic prophecy things are just stupid...They're the reason I learned my full name adds up to 1337 in ASCII though! That's something.
What the hell I'm talking about.

DarkCORN! · 06-06-2006, 08:52 PM

Intelligence is a limited commodity, whereas stupidity is a renewable resource. -Douglas Adams
I think that about sums up my feelings on the matter.

Fifthfiend · 06-06-2006, 09:03 PM

Oh man, if I had a wife with a kid about to be born, I would fucking make them induce birth today, I would make them induce birth and then as the baby's head popped out of my wife I would fall to my knees and be like "HAIL DARK LORD."

Roy_D_Mylote · 06-06-2006, 09:34 PM

Someone actually had their birth be induced today, in order to say "Bite me," to superstition and because that was a day after her birthday.

Bob The Mercenary · 06-06-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Skit

Hang on... Am I mistaken, or was it not recently revealed that the number of the beast is actually 615. It was mistranslated as 666, I believe.

Not that I've heard of. And it can't just be changed just like that, unless the pope is up to his antics again. =P

And there's a whole bunch of reasons why 666 is the real number...but I'd like to avoid destroying another thread.

But yeah, I hate the superstitious world we live in. I'd love to have been born today.

Nikose Tyris · 06-06-2006, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MasterOfMagic

...no its not. The rules of sig figs:
#1 Digits from 1-9 are always significant.
#2 Zeros between two other significant digits are always significant
#3 One or more additional zeros to the right of both the decimal place and another significant digit are significant.
#4 Zeros used solely for spacing the decimal point (placeholders) are not significant.
#5 If you're not sure, its not significant

I refer you to #4. In 06, the zero is just a placeholder, so its not significant. If it was, we'd have to put an infinite amount of zero's before every number in science, and that would be rather...well, impossible. And worthless even if it was.

Um... good for the first two, but 6/6/2006 is the correct way; the final /06 isn't a placeholder, it is a significant digit in it's placement. as well as the '2' so... nyeh. :P

MasterOfMagic · 06-06-2006, 10:17 PM

If you want to play that way, the "20" shouldn't be removed in the first place. Nyeh.

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Originally Posted by Bob The Mercenary

But yeah, I hate the superstitious world we live in. I'd love to have been born today.

I'm totally with you on that one. You wouldn't ever be able to dress up as the devil on halloween though.

Mike McC · 06-06-2006, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob the Mercenary

Not that I've heard of. And it can't just be changed just like that, unless the pope is up to his antics again. =P

And there's a whole bunch of reasons why 666 is the real number...but I'd like to avoid destroying another thread.

But yeah, I hate the superstitious world we live in. I'd love to have been born today.

It's not as if it were changed, it's just the bible is reinterpreted/retranslated and they discovered "Oops! Guess we were wrong!"

I'm just surprised I haven't heard any news about suicide death cults come down the wire yet. I mean, I was expecting at least one.

"Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -- Albert Einstein

Roy_D_Mylote · 06-06-2006, 10:46 PM

Well, fifteen minutes 'till the Apocalyspe on the East Coast. Of the USA.

Bob The Mercenary · 06-06-2006, 11:28 PM

We survived! =D

Oh well, maybe next century.

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06-06-2006, 08:52 PM	#12
DarkCORN! Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canadia Posts: 649	Intelligence is a limited commodity, whereas stupidity is a renewable resource. -Douglas Adams I think that about sums up my feelings on the matter.