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Post by Señor Goose on Oct 21, 2013 20:03:37 GMT
I meant I'm going to physics because in my sophomore year I realized that there was no way I could ever keep track of those molecular formula, equations, and equilibriums. Heh, biochemistry is fine for me, and chemical equations are far easier than the mathematical ones you need to be a physicist! (How many dimensions are we up to now?) Nitroglycerine is probably used more in medicine anyway, it produces NO in the body, which is a major vasodilator, so is commonly given for heart problems like angina. Last time I checked there were ten: three spacial, one time, and six inexplicable microscopic ones. Honestly, I love math, but not the kind of math they use in chemistry. |
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Post by GK Sierra on Oct 22, 2013 1:47:26 GMT
and six inexplicable microscopic ones Do go on. |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 22, 2013 18:52:29 GMT
Oh geez. I'm hearing so much talk on math and science and physics and whatnot here... Damn Covalent!!  LAUGHING ON LINE |
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Post by CoyoteReborn on Oct 22, 2013 23:24:04 GMT
and six inexplicable microscopic ones Do go on. Are we forgetting the Ether? |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 0:37:38 GMT
Last time I checked there were ten: three spacial, one time, and six inexplicable microscopic ones. Honestly, I love math, but not the kind of math they use in chemistry. I had heard 11, according to recent versions of M-theory. Essentially, they all existed at the point in time very, very near the Big Bang, but only three spacial and the one time dimension 'expanded' to be a macroscopic influence. The others are expressed and 'curled' at scales approximating the Planck Distance (the hypothesized smallest possible distance): *far* smaller than any physics experiment will ever come close to reaching, as far as we can predict. The math works out, or so I hear, but it is FAR beyond anything I could ever do. These are necessary to underlie the mathematics of Superstring- and M- theories, but have no observable effect even on the scale of the quantum world, as they are much, much smaller even than that. Hence, they are an unprovable mathematical artifact of a theory that may never be able to be tested. Furthermore, websites trying to explain string theory can have some of the stupidest arguments it has ever been my profound displeasure to encounter. Example: Question:M-theory speaks about 11 dimensions. Could you explain what this means? Thanks. Answer: There is some speculation that heaven might be in one or more of the other dimensions. Or when Jesus was appearing and disappearing, he was going in and out of the other dimensions. Also, this is not a chemistry thing. Way, way, WAY smaller than that. |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 23, 2013 2:13:18 GMT
...I have no idea what's going on here, so I'm just going to say that today in science, our teacher said some study at Harvard said that multiple choice tests have a tiny bit more percentage of the answer being c.
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:14:31 GMT
...I have no idea what's going on here, so I'm just going to say that today in science, our teacher said some study at Harvard said that multiple choice tests have a tiny bit more percentage of the answer being c. Sorry, physics is really cool. But hard to explain. And Calculus is mind-bendingly awesome, especially if you have a good teacher. |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 23, 2013 2:18:20 GMT
...I have no idea what's going on here, so I'm just going to say that today in science, our teacher said some study at Harvard said that multiple choice tests have a tiny bit more percentage of the answer being c. Sorry, physics is really cool. But hard to explain. And Calculus is mind-bendingly awesome, especially if you have a good teacher. Math... It was my mortal enemy when I was learning the timestables and trying to do long division. |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:22:12 GMT
Sorry, physics is really cool. But hard to explain. And Calculus is mind-bendingly awesome, especially if you have a good teacher. Math... It was my mortal enemy when I was learning the timestables and trying to do long division. What math are you in currently? Man, we've managed to derail this discussion. So, situation normal, yeah? |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 23, 2013 2:23:18 GMT
Man, we've managed to derail this discussion. So, situation normal? What situation? Um, mono... Something? |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:27:37 GMT
Man, we've managed to derail this discussion. So, situation normal? What situation? Um, mono... Something? Mono...? #re:math? And a reference to the meaning of the acronym S.N.A.F.U. nm |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 23, 2013 2:33:50 GMT
What situation? Um, mono... Something? Mono...? #re:math? And a reference to the meaning of the acronym S.N.A.F.U. nm Argh, polynomials. And monomials. And all that crap  |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:36:42 GMT
Those are fun. Once you get used to them.
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Post by Gotolei on Oct 23, 2013 2:37:39 GMT
Math... It was my mortal enemy when I was learning the timestables and trying to do long division. What math are you in currently? Man, we've managed to derail this discussion. So, situation normal, yeah? Hehe, finding random conversations like these make me wonder if that IRC channel isn't dead.  (though I'm guessing it is, the last post in that thread was in 2011) Just whitelisted this site on ABP, some of these banners sound interesting.. |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:40:16 GMT
What math are you in currently? Man, we've managed to derail this discussion. So, situation normal, yeah? Hehe, finding random conversations like these make me wonder if that IRC channel isn't dead. (though I'm guessing it is, the last post in that thread is what, 2011?) Just whitelisted this site on ABP, some of these banners sound interesting.. Sorry, I do that I use this as a chatboard rather than a story discussion board. I'm kind of notorious for that here. Mea culpa.
I was unaware there was an IRC channel for GKC. |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 23, 2013 2:40:25 GMT
IRC... I should look that up.
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Post by Gotolei on Oct 23, 2013 2:50:18 GMT
Testing it and it seems to still work. At least, stuff I'm typing into XChat is showing up in Mibbit  ( link again, in case people missed the edit) -- No weird banners yet. Just a bunch of Xfinity ads |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 2:56:59 GMT
I have never seen any of these interesting ads, I am afraid. And I logged onto the chat, but no one is there. Forever alone.
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Post by Gotolei on Oct 23, 2013 3:25:31 GMT
Hm, my name wasn't in there? Guess the ping timeout's pretty low, the comp was suspended for only ~5 minutes Ads are getting some variety now. Still no weird badge things, for better or for worse. |
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Post by Daedalus on Oct 23, 2013 3:35:44 GMT
I get a lot of 'go back to college' ads. Despite that I've never been to college.
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Post by GK Sierra on Oct 23, 2013 6:21:33 GMT
Are we forgetting the Ether? I should think so, old bean! Wonderfully adaptable stuff. The best energy field/plot lubricant to come along in many a year. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 23, 2013 19:24:48 GMT
Hm, my name wasn't in there? Guess the ping timeout's pretty low, the comp was suspended for only ~5 minutes Ads are getting some variety now. Still no weird badge things, for better or for worse. The ads are targeted. I think the average age on this forum is too high and "AOL-speak" is not allowed, therefore they don't target the funny badge-ads here very much unless it's the end of the month and they've got unsold space or something is posted that makes the software think it's got a shot. But if you guys want to improve your odds of seeing the proboards badges ads, you can try baiting the "interest-based adware" also known as the online behavior-tracking. |
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Post by Gotolei on Oct 25, 2013 7:33:05 GMT
Hm, my name wasn't in there? Guess the ping timeout's pretty low, the comp was suspended for only ~5 minutes Ads are getting some variety now. Still no weird badge things, for better or for worse. The ads are targeted. I think the average age on this forum is too high and "AOL-speak" is not allowed, therefore they don't target the funny badge-ads here very much unless it's the end of the month and they've got unsold space or something is posted that makes the software think it's got a shot. But if you guys want to improve your odds of seeing the proboards badges ads, you can try baiting the "interest-based adware" also known as the online behavior-tracking. Yeah, that might be part of it. I also have Ghostery installed, so that probably negates a lot of the tracking stuff. Might remove it though..it slows things down quite a bit. And the pop-up on every page is annoying. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 29, 2013 18:15:06 GMT
Holy crap, it's the end of the month and I'm getting spammed with Proboards badges banners again. And I think a new one dropped last night. Unmodified version here.  |
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Post by tortoise on Oct 29, 2013 21:09:36 GMT
Holy crap, it's the end of the month and I'm getting spammed with Proboards badges banners again. And I think a new one dropped last night. Unmodified version here. This is quite literally a monstrosity. |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 30, 2013 0:09:37 GMT
Holy crap, it's the end of the month and I'm getting spammed with Proboards badges banners again. And I think a new one dropped last night. Unmodified version here. This is quite literally a monstrosity. Oh. That's a piece of excrement, isn't it? I thought it was ACTUALLY a "Fudge brownie badge" for a second there. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 30, 2013 19:32:27 GMT
Oh. That's a piece of excrement, isn't it? I thought it was ACTUALLY a "Fudge brownie badge" for a second there. Odd how well a piece of poo blends in with their other badges, isn't it? |
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Post by quinkgirl on Oct 30, 2013 21:35:04 GMT
Oh. That's a piece of excrement, isn't it? I thought it was ACTUALLY a "Fudge brownie badge" for a second there. Odd how well a piece of poo blends in with their other badges, isn't it? Well, I read it, and it didn't sound too out of place. And then I looked at it, and I thought "is... That on purpose?" Funny how immature we all can be to still find that funny. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Oct 30, 2013 22:32:37 GMT
Odd how well a piece of poo blends in with their other badges, isn't it? Well, I read it, and it didn't sound too out of place. And then I looked at it, and I thought "is... That on purpose?" Funny how immature we all can be to still find that funny. Heh. I have three replies... 1. The proboards badges are genuinely crappy on many levels. 2. It is natural to look at them and think "poop," and when a picture of poop is placed side-by-side with a proboards badge it is a challenge to tell which is which. And that, of course, is where the joke is. 3. The more complicated the mind, the greater the need for more simple play. People who start tying themselves in knots taking themselves too seriously will generate more drama and stress than needed and block off avenues of advancement in favor of doing things "the hard way." This leads to a less-good life than would otherwise be possible. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 8, 2013 10:23:44 GMT
»I'd like to buy a cookie. No, hold on, I meant an Internet cookie.« — An Allegory of Human Desire
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