[Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
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Zen
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Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
We need a flame signal...
"The lines between kindness, apathy, and thickheadedness can be very thin." - Nakatani Nio Sensei
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
Right?
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to roll an 8."
"I'm going to roll an 8."
Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
Not at all. You're just averse to the infinitely small (which equals zero).
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
As silly the whole is, this summation has a practical application in quantum mechanics. 1/2 turned to be correct there. Freaky!
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You should stick around more, Flame. I love people who know cool stuff.
All I know is my food tastes better when I take my food-tastes-better pill.
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Zen
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Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
"The lines between kindness, apathy, and thickheadedness can be very thin." - Nakatani Nio Sensei
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
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Eliahad
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Re: [Puzzler] 1 - 1 + 1 - 1 + 1 - 1...
Also I remember the quote from somewhere...but I'm not sure where:
"If you start to understand quantum mechanics....you're probably not understanding quantum mechanics."
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to roll an 8."
"I'm going to roll an 8."
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Zen
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LOL!
But on a positive note, when I went to a session on quantum computing at my son's orientation weekend for college, I decided to take the professor up on his offer to ask private questions afterward because I felt like his entire talk had been extremely vague and non-specific. His talk was mostly about using quantum computing to improve encryption technology, so I asked him if people were using quantum entanglement as part of the solution to that problem and he looked at me and said, "Yeah, that's precisely what I'm doing." I then told him I was writing a science fiction story where that was part of the plot, with a lot of more far fetched things tossed in, but I was wondering how far off it was in terms of actual scientific progress. He said that they basically can't quite get there yet, but they're close...
It felt good to feel like I wasn't entirely blowing smoke...
But on a positive note, when I went to a session on quantum computing at my son's orientation weekend for college, I decided to take the professor up on his offer to ask private questions afterward because I felt like his entire talk had been extremely vague and non-specific. His talk was mostly about using quantum computing to improve encryption technology, so I asked him if people were using quantum entanglement as part of the solution to that problem and he looked at me and said, "Yeah, that's precisely what I'm doing." I then told him I was writing a science fiction story where that was part of the plot, with a lot of more far fetched things tossed in, but I was wondering how far off it was in terms of actual scientific progress. He said that they basically can't quite get there yet, but they're close...
It felt good to feel like I wasn't entirely blowing smoke...
"The lines between kindness, apathy, and thickheadedness can be very thin." - Nakatani Nio Sensei
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
“The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
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