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Forum: Religion and Philosophy 20th February 2020, 04:56 PM
Replies: 2,135
Views: 91,595
Posted By Turgor
I was at first pretty baffled that a thread about...

I was at first pretty baffled that a thread about religious silliness seemed to turn to an argument about whether gods are possible or not. There's plenty of low-hanging fruit left unpicked before it...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st May 2019, 11:51 AM
Replies: 3,642
Views: 176,198
Posted By Turgor
xXeDNsuUgZw ... Still makes more sense than...

xXeDNsuUgZw

... Still makes more sense than the OP.
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 19th March 2019, 04:58 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,444
Posted By Turgor
Well I was pretty sure that your reply to an...

Well I was pretty sure that your reply to an obviously hyperbolic metaphor was the most useless post in this thread but then you doubled down with this post when someone made a joke about your reply...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2019, 02:25 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
If you have 100(Z) prisoners and you plan to kill...

If you have 100(Z) prisoners and you plan to kill 99 chosen at random, then to any subsequently randomly chosen 1 prisoner(A) list everyone who will be killed taking care not to list the A, then A...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th March 2019, 12:54 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
I think you mean 98?

I think you mean 98?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 04:42 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
There is no second scenario, they are the same...

There is no second scenario, they are the same scenario continued. Where did the Z go in your second answer? Show me the calculation you did that made it irrelevant in the second answer.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 04:20 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
ETA: added something that i highlighted to make...

ETA: added something that i highlighted to make it more clear
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 04:14 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
Let's generalize it even, since the exact amount...

Let's generalize it even, since the exact amount of names (entities) is not that relevant:

There are 2 Vases, X and Y. There are Z (with Z being 3 or greater) names/marbles/doors, all different....
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 03:59 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
No that would be like taking candy from a baby....

No that would be like taking candy from a baby. Or taking a bet from someone over a math problem that was solved decades ago.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 03:42 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
Why are you trying to complicate the problem like...

Why are you trying to complicate the problem like this? It is a restatement of the original Monty Hall problem with 100 unique entities instead of 3, with still only one of those entities having the...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd February 2019, 02:21 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 5,675
Posted By Turgor
If we're allowed to make extra assumptions we can...

If we're allowed to make extra assumptions we can make the sum be anything we want. We could assume that in the problem as posted the symbols some take to be numeric base 10 digits are actually base...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 4th December 2018, 10:56 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,302
Posted By Turgor
Well I am pretty sure someone here with the...

Well I am pretty sure someone here with the relevant knowledge of the Swarzschild metric agrees with what Hans learned. From wikipedia:



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzschild_metric
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 22nd August 2018, 07:27 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,187
Posted By Turgor
Thanks for the links. We thoroughly cleaned the...

Thanks for the links. We thoroughly cleaned the bedroom and checked the mattress seams for bugs or signs of them but they're clean.

We've only seen the bugs coming out of door- and window-frames...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th August 2018, 08:23 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,187
Posted By Turgor
Thanks for the help so far :) I posted here...

Thanks for the help so far :)

I posted here because my girlfriend is worried it might be a bedbug and we want to make sure before we call an exterminator. We haven't noticed any bites. And it does...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th August 2018, 03:47 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,187
Posted By Turgor
Aren't those a bit bigger? I forgot to mention...

Aren't those a bit bigger? I forgot to mention that scale is in centimetres.


Still quite alive after several days under a jar on an inside windowsill. It's not very active anymore though.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th August 2018, 03:04 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 2,187
Posted By Turgor
Anyone have an idea what this bug night be?

I was wondering if there are any entomologists here that could tell me what this bug is
Forum: USA Politics 10th March 2018, 01:59 PM
Replies: 3,568
Views: 279,973
Posted By Turgor
That's not Dutch, it's Norwegian.

That's not Dutch, it's Norwegian.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 18th March 2017, 04:46 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,418
Posted By Turgor
27 generations to get back to the 9th century?...

27 generations to get back to the 9th century? That's close to 39 years per generation.. That doesn't sound very likely given that even in modern western countries the mean age at which a woman gives...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 17th February 2017, 05:35 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,632
Posted By Turgor
They both said the same thing, except that one...

They both said the same thing, except that one used pop culture and the other used maths.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th October 2016, 01:36 PM
Replies: 3,504
Views: 349,793
Posted By Turgor
The highlighted has me a bit nonplussed. I am not...

The highlighted has me a bit nonplussed. I am not aware of anything concrete that was done by the British government to "handle the divorce" except postponing the decision to invoke article 50 so...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th October 2016, 02:07 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,733
Posted By Turgor
Now let me actually answer your question. Should...

Now let me actually answer your question. Should this be the bar set for an expectation of privacy?

Beyond the technical side, I think that an expectation of privacy on sending an email to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th October 2016, 01:53 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,733
Posted By Turgor
Well yes, it is the technical answer. And the...

Well yes, it is the technical answer. And the technical answer describes reality. No law is going to protect you from someone technically able to intercept your communication.

Just like people...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th October 2016, 01:11 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,733
Posted By Turgor
On the internet you only have a private...

On the internet you only have a private conversation if the communication between you and the one you're talking to is properly encrypted all the way from sender to receiver.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 10th October 2016, 03:10 PM
Replies: 271
Views: 74,226
Posted By Turgor
So is this one of those models that requires that...

So is this one of those models that requires that the speed of light is not a constant inside the EM drive? Your mention of an "arbitrary refractive index" seems to suggest this to me but the math in...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th September 2016, 05:58 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 102,204
Posted By Turgor
Indeed. I wish I could forget reading this...

Indeed.

I wish I could forget reading this entire thread. But I will have to live with the memories of TheAdversary's posts so far.

Yet some morbid fascination keeps drawing me in to read this...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th September 2016, 05:01 PM
Replies: 652
Views: 78,274
Posted By Turgor
I am a gnostic atheist! I know god exists but I...

I am a gnostic atheist! I know god exists but I do not believe it!
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th September 2016, 12:54 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 7,679
Posted By Turgor
Now I have a picture in my head of a Russian...

Now I have a picture in my head of a Russian scientist standing over a petri dish with a clicker and a few pieces of extra nutritious agar :D
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 4th September 2016, 06:55 PM
Replies: 1,539
Views: 102,204
Posted By Turgor
Well you got a message across on these forums....

Well you got a message across on these forums. Somehow I think even you realize it's not the one you intended.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 29th July 2016, 03:45 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 9,012
Posted By Turgor
Do the current models still treat neutrinos as...

Do the current models still treat neutrinos as massless? I was under the impression that the standard model allowed for neutrinos to have mass and that neutrino oscillation (and moving at <c as you...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 19th July 2016, 04:33 PM
Replies: 121
Views: 15,144
Posted By Turgor
/*COMPUTE OPTIMAL ANSWER HERE*/ ECHO "NO"; ...

/*COMPUTE OPTIMAL ANSWER HERE*/

ECHO "NO";

+++OUT OF CHEESE ERROR+++
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 18th July 2016, 10:51 AM
Replies: 81
Views: 7,485
Posted By Turgor
Rupert Sheldrake. But I recon you already knew...

Rupert Sheldrake. But I recon you already knew that.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 17th July 2016, 07:42 PM
Replies: 91
Views: 14,685
Posted By Turgor
What is that thing? Oh you wanna drag it to the...

What is that thing? Oh you wanna drag it to the car and put it in the trunk? What if it's a guy in a suit?

Well that's suspicous behaviour. What if this is some dead guy in a suit?

Oh god that...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th July 2016, 12:42 PM
Replies: 196
Views: 18,300
Posted By Turgor
Even if coriander is readily available, 50g per...

Even if coriander is readily available, 50g per day is going to make coriander the only thing you will taste if taken in meals. If I had to choose between that and going blind, I'm not sure what i...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 11th July 2016, 07:58 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 4,929
Posted By Turgor
#54 is proof that President Obama is a leprechaun!

#54 is proof that President Obama is a leprechaun!
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 24th June 2016, 06:11 PM
Replies: 158
Views: 8,343
Posted By Turgor
The UK already had a great freedom of trade deal...

The UK already had a great freedom of trade deal while being a member of the EU with a much more restricted freedom of movement than the EU members that are part of the Schengen agreement...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th June 2016, 07:29 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 7,742
Posted By Turgor
I am pointing out that people will still be able...

I am pointing out that people will still be able to breathe fine even if we triple the current CO2 content or more. Just switching to another argument I happen to agree with will not make me suddenly...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th June 2016, 07:17 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 7,742
Posted By Turgor
You do realize that even the worst case scenarios...

You do realize that even the worst case scenarios for increasing CO2 concentration will still leave the air perfectly breathable? I hope you were just joking...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 2nd June 2016, 03:00 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 5,663
Posted By Turgor
It's 10 earth masses, but I assume you meant that...

It's 10 earth masses, but I assume you meant that anyway because 10 solar masses would mean we have a black hole in orbit around the sun somehow :D
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st June 2016, 04:35 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 5,663
Posted By Turgor
Nonsense, no direct detection of the hypothetical...

Nonsense, no direct detection of the hypothetical ninth planet has occured. How is it that you manage to get factual errors in nearly every single post I've read by you so far?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th May 2016, 11:14 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 2,907
Posted By Turgor
Longer telomeres don't delay cell death....

Longer telomeres don't delay cell death. Telomeres get shortened everytime a cell divides, and once they're too short/gone (not entirely sure about the details on that) the cell can't divide anymore....
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th May 2016, 02:13 PM
Replies: 1,279
Views: 213,205
Posted By Turgor
If you go back far enough the birthrate of humans...

If you go back far enough the birthrate of humans drops to 0 because we hadn't evolved yet. Now that would be a not-so-mundane occurence, evidence of a human being born in the cretacious.

But why...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th May 2016, 01:46 PM
Replies: 1,279
Views: 213,205
Posted By Turgor
about 4.3 babies were born every second in 2014...

about 4.3 babies were born every second in 2014 (source (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2054.html)).

That suggests it is not just mundane but even ubiquitous,...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th April 2016, 05:10 PM
Replies: 473
Views: 47,926
Posted By Turgor
He is not quoting anybody. He is pointing out the...

He is not quoting anybody. He is pointing out the 40 orders of magnitude by which the value of e was missed.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st April 2016, 05:30 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 8,747
Posted By Turgor
The way I think you (and most anglophones) would...

The way I think you (and most anglophones) would pronounce it is much cooler than the way I read it in my inner dutch voice.

BTW did you know that the "a" in boomslang sounds more like the "a" in...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st April 2016, 04:11 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 27,448
Posted By Turgor
The single angle was the first concern I had with...

The single angle was the first concern I had with regards to hiding a possible source of air, but yeah the "just sitting there not moving around" part is probably an even bigger clue now that you...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st April 2016, 03:39 PM
Replies: 110
Views: 8,747
Posted By Turgor
they also rhyme with the first syllable of...

they also rhyme with the first syllable of boomslang
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st April 2016, 03:29 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 27,448
Posted By Turgor
Yup looks like it. Also, you seem to be...

Yup looks like it. Also, you seem to be knowledgeable in this area, can you watch their new video i linked and share your thoughts?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st April 2016, 03:24 PM
Replies: 220
Views: 27,448
Posted By Turgor
Well I just happened to look at their facebook...

Well I just happened to look at their facebook page to see what was happening, and someone posted a link to this video they just uploaded:

QrT_KtdGFa8

I haven't watched the whole video yet, but...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 21st March 2016, 12:16 PM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,675
Posted By Turgor
Ah I get it now. The best way to fight an...

Ah I get it now. The best way to fight an imaginary beast is with an imaginary skill!
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 21st March 2016, 12:06 PM
Replies: 3,897
Views: 773,675
Posted By Turgor
Is that the name you gave your rifle?

Is that the name you gave your rifle?
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