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#2 2010-03-07 13:40:21
- bobbym
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Re: Near Misses - 1
Excellent.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
I am willing to wager that over 75% of the new words that appeared were nothing more than spelling errors that caught on.
#3 2010-03-08 11:34:02
- Tigeree
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LOL! 
nice job soroban.
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.
~ Anton Chekhov
Cheer up, emo kid.
#4 2010-03-08 14:36:49
- MathsIsFun
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Funny!
"The Man Who Couldn't Be Seen" actually sounds interesting.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
#5 2010-04-01 05:34:03
- S.G. Shredmaster
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Nice, tho i only get a few of them!
When you're old and your eyes are dim, There ain't no old shep gonna happen again
We'll still go walking down country lanes, I'll sing the same old song
Hear me call your name