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| Elessar's Socks |
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Depends on what you mean by "defined." Believe it or not, mathematicians actually have set definitions for "ambiguous," "ill defined," "well defined," and probably "really, really well defined!" Okay I was joking on the last one... I think.
∞ is not defined as a number, but it can belong to a set. For example, the set of affinely extended real numbers.
Mwaha, now it’s my turn! Behold!!
gil-estel wrote: The only thing I know, is that I know nothing...
Sounds like quantum mechanics to me. It’s said that those who say they understand it do not truly understand it.
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| Felipe Musco |
| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:20 pm |
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gil-estel wrote: The only thing I know, is that I know nothing...once said by a man whome some consider to be the wisest of all....do you know the name of this man? And maybe what he meant by saying this?
Yes and yes, respectively, studied him and others like him for an year and a half. |
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| gil-estel |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:44 am |
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| Socrates...and not the brasilian footballplayer! I think it means that when you know a lot, you come to the conclusion there is way more that you don’t know. So you should be humble when it comes to knowledge, for we know so little!..Am I right FM?, I mean if you studied him? |
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| Felipe Musco |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:35 am |
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Yep, pretty much it. 
That, and to kick REAL hard when shooting a free kick, both important lessons.  |
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| NBarden |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 9:16 am |
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Elessar’s Socks wrote: Depends on what you mean by "defined." Believe it or not, mathematicians actually have set definitions for "ambiguous," "ill defined," "well defined," and probably "really, really well defined!" Okay I was joking on the last one... I think.
∞ is not defined as a number, but it can belong to a set. For example, the set of affinely extended real numbers.
Mwaha, now it’s my turn! Behold!!
gil-estel wrote: The only thing I know, is that I know nothing...
Sounds like quantum mechanics to me. It’s said that those who say they understand it do not truly understand it.
The serious answer is... we’re just having fun.
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| bobtheorc |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:48 am |
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| lem0nhead |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 11:57 am |
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bobtheorc wrote:
this "football" you speak of, what is it? Is it not soccer? 
We only have this great game called "Football" over here...but it is played with hands mostly.
No it would not be soccer. It would be football. Its the game that was invented BC whereas youre talking about a daft game that americans decided to call football even though they handle the ball which was created in the last few hundred years and is based on an english game known as rugby.
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| NBarden |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:59 pm |
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| AgentDrake |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:54 pm |
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NBarden wrote: Its because when America was founded, we hated you Brits. Gotta admit, the War of 1812 didn’t help matters much.
So, being clever yanks, we stole your boring games, made them interesting, and gave them cool names.
Rugby? Boring?
I don’t even like sports, but rugby is anything but "boring".... |
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| NBarden |
| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 3:01 pm |
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