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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th April 2019, 02:28 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,239
Posted By LandR
A universe without logic

Could a universe exist and support advanced civilizations where our systems and forms of logic don't hold?

Like a universe where modus ponens doesn't hold.

I assume you couldn't have...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th December 2018, 02:42 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,116
Posted By LandR
Oooh! Could you have rings that aren't...

Oooh! Could you have rings that aren't equatorial? Or would physics make debris firm around the equator?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 24th December 2018, 02:00 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,116
Posted By LandR
A few possibly stupid questions about planetary rings.

If the earth had rings like saturn, would the planet still be able to support life? I guess are the rings stable or are they a constant source of meteor /asteroid strikes?

Does the area under the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th June 2018, 09:56 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,712
Posted By LandR
Same here, get my ticket checked once even though...

Same here, get my ticket checked once even though the conductor / ticket man comes through multiple times.

Never see someone get checked more than once.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th March 2018, 06:50 AM
Replies: 3,115
Views: 152,204
Posted By LandR
This thread is generally a disaster, but I love...

This thread is generally a disaster, but I love this!
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th November 2015, 11:22 AM
Replies: 227
Views: 31,099
Posted By LandR
I don't see any misogyny from Thunderf00t. I see...

I don't see any misogyny from Thunderf00t. I see someone calling out ******** from extremist feminists.

Do these feminists really want to be able to just spout nonsense without anyone criticising...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 12th October 2015, 04:38 AM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By LandR
Last week I finished "We are all completely...

Last week I finished "We are all completely beside ourselves", which I loved.

This week I've started "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th October 2015, 11:26 AM
Replies: 2,821
Views: 226,330
Posted By LandR
I like driving.

I like driving.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th November 2014, 01:56 PM
Replies: 814
Views: 58,018
Posted By LandR
Can't believe he apologized over a shirt. ...

Can't believe he apologized over a shirt.

It's a *********** shirt people, get a grip.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th April 2014, 01:44 PM
Replies: 533
Views: 40,193
Posted By LandR
Not nearly the same thing. Sterling was recorded...

Not nearly the same thing. Sterling was recorded talking to his girlfriend. He said these things to someone he thought he could trust, he probably never imagined it would come out.

No one would...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 19th December 2013, 12:12 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 3,435
Posted By LandR
I had a recruitment agent call me the other day...

I had a recruitment agent call me the other day asking if I was willing to retrain into COBOL from C# and .NET

So, some people are still using COBOL and apparently struggling to find COBOL...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2013, 11:53 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 945
Posted By LandR
The full example from the book: I'm...

The full example from the book:




I'm trying to work out how to fill in the gaps to go from the initial problem to 1 + x2
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2013, 11:46 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 945
Posted By LandR
2x3 becomes 0x3 as 2 mod 2 = 0. 0x3 = 0 ...

2x3 becomes 0x3 as 2 mod 2 = 0.

0x3 = 0

So I lose that part.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2013, 11:12 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 945
Posted By LandR
The book with the example in it I'm reading. The...

The book with the example in it I'm reading. The mathematical background chapter, it's much more likely that I'm wrong than it being wrong.

Wait, it says that this in the field

Fp[x]/f(x)
...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th September 2013, 10:44 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 945
Posted By LandR
Long division with polynomials

Hi!

I'm trying to understand modular arithmetic with polynomials, namely I'm trying to find out what

x5 + x4+ x2 + x is mod (x4+1)

So, I did the following division (sorry it's in paint. I...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th September 2013, 06:17 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 4,190
Posted By LandR
I thought it was funny, and the Stephen Fry joke...

I thought it was funny, and the Stephen Fry joke too!
Forum: Computers and the Internet 7th September 2013, 11:17 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,202
Posted By LandR
This topic came up in the comments on Bruce...

This topic came up in the comments on Bruce Schneiers blog post on the NSA. Someone asked if precompiled open source binaries could be being compromised by the NSA inserting their own, hacked...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 7th September 2013, 11:14 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 3,202
Posted By LandR
This is awful advice. Implementing crypto is...

This is awful advice. Implementing crypto is hard, incredibly hard and even very subtle bugs can lead to devastating attacks.

Never do crypto yourself.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 01:16 PM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Loch isn't pronounced with a k either, i.e. it...

Loch isn't pronounced with a k either, i.e. it isn't pronounced Lock. It's a bit different.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 12:02 PM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Pretty common, a persons weight over here is...

Pretty common, a persons weight over here is almost always given in stone and pounds.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 10:58 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
This is a hip hop thing, I think.

This is a hip hop thing, I think.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 07:32 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
I don't pronounce the first 'o' Lab-ra-tu-ri...

I don't pronounce the first 'o'

Lab-ra-tu-ri

In English the words poor, pour, pore and paw should all be pronounced the same, although with my accent I don't.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 07:25 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Scotch pankcakes are just smaller and fatter...

Scotch pankcakes are just smaller and fatter pancakes

Scotch pancake

http://metrouk2.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/article-1299509731251-0d821ea7000005dc-257189_223x228.jpg


Pankcake
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 07:12 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
The reason I asked was that I was watching a...

The reason I asked was that I was watching a program about car thieves and the reporter mentioned that stealing cars can be felony.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 07:06 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Math and Maths as well.

Math and Maths as well.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 07:05 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Flapjacks, they are like cereal bars, with honey...

Flapjacks, they are like cereal bars, with honey or syrup etc in them.

I think these are pancakes in the US ?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 06:43 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
What's the difference between a crime and a...

What's the difference between a crime and a felony ?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 06:37 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
Fanny, I believe in American this is your bum ? ...

Fanny, I believe in American this is your bum ?

In the UK it's a slang term for vagina.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th September 2013, 06:34 AM
Replies: 976
Views: 52,613
Posted By LandR
That's what I thought as well.

That's what I thought as well.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 3rd September 2013, 09:15 AM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,834
Posted By LandR
Wing mirrors are the two mirrors on or by each...

Wing mirrors are the two mirrors on or by each front door. The ones no one ever seems to use while driving.

A wing mirror:
...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 11th August 2013, 12:25 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,004
Posted By LandR
Ubuntu - Mouse Scroll has went nuts

I run Ubuntu 95% of the time, but today I had to boot into WIndows 7 to run a game. It's the first time I've been in windows for a few months and now that I'm back in Ubuntu my mouse wheel scroll...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 8th August 2013, 02:47 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 743
Posted By LandR
Counting possible dart finishes

For a puzzle on another site I wrote a program that calculated the number of distinct finishes in darts.

It works by creating 3 arrays, singles, doubles and triples where doubles and triples are...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 09:51 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By LandR
It's my machine at work, I don't know exactly how...

It's my machine at work, I don't know exactly how much RAM it has but it's seven hundred and something MB. I'm guessing 768MB (256MB + 512MB).

It's so slow.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 09:49 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By LandR
This worked perfectly running via a terminal on...

This worked perfectly running via a terminal on my linux machine at home.



Thanks everyone.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 08:01 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By LandR
I'm almost there with Notepad++ I tried...

I'm almost there with Notepad++

I tried search and replace, replacing "8 spaces" with \r, "7 spaces" with \r, "6 spaces" with \r down to " " with \r.

That leaves every number on it's own line...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 07:56 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By LandR
I'm using C#. I'm at work so using XP, when...

I'm using C#.

I'm at work so using XP, when I'm at home I'll be on Linux.

I know I could write a quick program to read this in and rewrite it out in a nicer format but I don't want to do that....
Forum: Computers and the Internet 1st August 2013, 07:17 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,934
Posted By LandR
File of numbers, reduce to a number a line

I have a file, it is in a format of 8 columns (seperated by spaces) with a number in each column.

There is 250,000 lines, every second line is a blank line.

1,000,000 numbers in total.

I...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th July 2013, 05:00 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,568
Posted By LandR
It's not that old, unfortunately, but I think ti...

It's not that old, unfortunately, but I think ti still says a lot

'What's new in surface chemistry?' I asked Miss Pefko
'God.' she said 'don't ask me. I just type what he tells me to type.' And...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th July 2013, 04:55 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 3,568
Posted By LandR
Got a book.

Got a book.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th July 2013, 05:03 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 3,553
Posted By LandR
The talk I saw said the problem would be the...

The talk I saw said the problem would be the bombs are detonated in cities with lots of combustible material. It's the smoke from the resultant fires that causes the issues, apparently.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th July 2013, 04:46 AM
Replies: 101
Views: 3,553
Posted By LandR
I saw a Google authors talk by Richard Rhodes...

I saw a Google authors talk by Richard Rhodes where he talked about a study that showed that even a small nuclear war between India and Pakistan, I think they assumed 100 warheads detonated with no...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th July 2013, 04:31 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 10,767
Posted By LandR
I saw a zombie film once that started with "Based...

I saw a zombie film once that started with "Based on true events".

I wouldn't put any stock in anything you read in a horror film.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd July 2013, 08:05 AM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,156
Posted By LandR
http://i.imgur.com/6hDIbNn.jpg Some people...

http://i.imgur.com/6hDIbNn.jpg

Some people are already annoyed that it's been decided it is a boy.

Those are parodies right ?

At least the first one is.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2013, 01:18 PM
Replies: 90
Views: 5,156
Posted By LandR
The media is obsessing over it, I don't know a...

The media is obsessing over it, I don't know a single person in my personal life who gives a **** about the baby.

I do wonder what would happen if it came out fully retarded... You can't have a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2013, 07:35 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,651
Posted By LandR
I'm not as optimistic as you with this point. ...

I'm not as optimistic as you with this point.

I think it will have a lot of public support by people who can't see beyond "OMG CHILD PORN!!! WAAAAAAAH! BLOCK EVERYTHING EVER!"
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2013, 06:15 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,651
Posted By LandR
How many would opt in and have your name on a...

How many would opt in and have your name on a list of people wanting to access online pornography to access the JREF forum ?

Adult Content doesn't have to include naked people.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2013, 03:53 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,651
Posted By LandR
And I think you're being naive if you think it...

And I think you're being naive if you think it will stop at censoring porn.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 22nd July 2013, 03:52 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,651
Posted By LandR
I don't think its just child porn, AIUI, it's all...

I don't think its just child porn, AIUI, it's all porn. So if you want to look at porn you will opt in with your ISP. Which means you will go on a list and that list will be eventually be hacked and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd July 2013, 01:55 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 4,619
Posted By LandR
Maybe we should just ask a Boston resident what...

Maybe we should just ask a Boston resident what they would prefer ?

A Justin Beiber concert or being blown up in a nuclear blast ?

A bet most would go for the bomb. I know I would.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th July 2013, 07:06 AM
Replies: 67
Views: 6,416
Posted By LandR
McDonalds food is horrible. THe last time I had...

McDonalds food is horrible. THe last time I had one I had a cheese burger, while holding the bun the grease was soaking through the bun and onto my hand.

Awful.

The chips were tasteless as...
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