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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Can there be a universe where mathematics is different? |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2013, 10:56 pm
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| It doesn't matter what universe you're in. All of mathematics depends only on the axioms of set theory and logic. These would be the same in any universe and do not depend on physics. Does every universe have the Axiom of Choice? How about Banach-Tarski? :) What I'm saying is that mathematical laws... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Can there be a universe where mathematics is different? |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2013, 2:49 am
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| It doesn't matter what universe you're in. All of mathematics depends only on the axioms of set theory and logic. These would be the same in any universe and do not depend on physics. |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Grad school: the thread |
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Posted: 03 Jan 2013, 2:29 am
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| The relevance of academic papers exists only if you're in a job where the impact points system actually counts but you probably won't be. Don't spend too much time on your papers and thesis. The primary focus of a PhD program is on research so I am not sure why you would say that your papers and th... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: General GRE test |
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Posted: 18 Dec 2012, 5:28 am
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| It's not hard to get a good score on the GRE provided you are willing to put in the effort and have a decent memory. (A few months should be more than enough time.) Just take a few practice tests and if your scores are too low then use practice workbooks/software (the free software the GRE testing c... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: a couple of simple theories |
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Posted: 09 Nov 2012, 3:20 am
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| ... Your "theories" don't seem to agree with much of what is known about physics. I'd really suggest learning more about what is known before you just dismiss it in favor of your own theories. Widely accepted physical theories are not to be dismissed lightly. Although they are sometimes not a compl... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Assignment in Python sucks. |
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Posted: 21 Oct 2012, 6:17 pm
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| ...if you have a mutable like a list, assignment will change the value of the object itself, unless the expression on the right of "=" is just simply a variable. You can prove this with the following bit of code: a = [1,2] b = a a = [5,6] print(b) (this will print [5,6])... No, actually it won't (t... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: C/++, you're on notice! |
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Posted: 18 Oct 2012, 9:06 pm
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| Being a proficient programmer requires a basic knowledge of mathematics no matter what language you use. It might be slightly less in some languages but often basic math is inherent to the problem you are trying to solve. In these cases, you can't avoid it by using a different language. Also, if yo... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: C/++, you're on notice! |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 3:25 am
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| Here's a more accurate statement: If you don't want to do math, programming isn't for you. Being a proficient programmer requires a basic knowledge of mathematics no matter what language you use. It might be slightly less in some languages but often basic math is inherent to the problem you are tryi... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: I would like to talk to Einstein about this! |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2012, 12:12 am
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Keon wrote: I'm not a physicist and I openly welcome any type of criticism. Let me know if this theory sounds plausible or if I've just been wasting my time on thinking about it.
I think you'll need to learn a lot more before you can make any meaningful progress on this. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: C/++, you're on notice! |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 9:49 pm
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| You could do that in C (I don't know if it's still legal in C11) but not in C++. I believe that's a relic of the B language? It appears so. Hopefully it will be removed eventually. Besides going through various projects on Arduinos site, I do hope to give them an important lesson. “The language C, ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Probability question, help? +steps with it (changed) |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2012, 11:42 pm
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| Ashnil has a security code on his mobile phone. Each time he switches his phone on he has to enter the code. The probability that he enters the code correctly on his first attempt is 0.9. If he enters the code incorrectly, the probability that he enters the code correctly on his next attempt is 0.7... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: C/++, you're on notice! |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2012, 11:41 pm
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MyFutureSelfnMe wrote: C++ doesn't "do something on its own", the return type is required.
You can omit the return type of a function (this causes it to default to int) but it's poor coding practice so fortunately it's almost never used. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: C/++, you're on notice! |
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Posted: 13 Oct 2012, 11:33 pm
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| Grievances with C; I have to tell you NOT do do something?!? That's stupid. I'm the programmer, I tell you what to do. "VOID" SETUP or "VOID" LOOP? I'll tell you what C, if I want you to bring me back a value, I, will tell YOU, to bring me back a value. Don't go doing stuff on your own! INT, intege... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 8 Sucks. |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2012, 8:15 pm
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| You guys all seem to me to be underestimating the sophistication level of a large number of users. I believe this perspective is somewhat outdated and is a common fallacy among developers and power users. These days there are a *lot* of users who actually do know what they're doing to a reasonable ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Windows 8 Sucks. |
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Posted: 11 Oct 2012, 2:46 am
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| Considering that the average user uses their PC mainly for email and web browsing and perhaps the occasional word processing task, I doubt most users will care if the programs are full screen by default as long as they are easy to use. This issue is really part of a broader problem. Commercial softw... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Hackers and Autism |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2012, 7:53 pm
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| any way you can come up with to only let a laptop boot with a USB key in it can be bypassed. I would like to hear how this would be done. It does not even boot into the bios without the dongle. It is the same security that Auto Desk use for their laptops so I should think it is pretty secure. You c... |
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