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#51 2014-06-10 04:01:22

anonimnystefy
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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Didn't 2 people already solve Brittle math 2?


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#52 2014-06-10 04:02:42

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

No one has solved brittle math 2, there are 2 solutions to brittle math 1.


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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#53 2014-06-10 04:04:49

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.


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#54 2014-06-10 04:07:41

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#55 2014-06-10 04:08:31

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Well,

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2014-06-10 04:08:51)


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#56 2014-06-10 04:10:52

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#57 2014-06-10 04:12:43

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.


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#58 2014-06-10 04:14:27

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#59 2014-06-10 04:15:02

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi bobbym


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#60 2014-06-10 04:16:28

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#61 2014-06-10 04:17:20

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.


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#62 2014-06-10 04:18:20

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#63 2014-06-10 04:19:26

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#64 2014-06-11 12:15:16

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Last edited by phrontister (2014-06-11 23:22:35)


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#65 2014-06-11 12:27:40

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi phro

Last edited by anonimnystefy (2014-06-11 12:54:41)


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#66 2014-06-11 12:32:25

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Those hide tags are funny


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
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#67 2014-06-11 12:55:18

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Happens all the time to me. But it's usually in the form of [math][/hide].


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.

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#68 2014-06-11 14:46:27

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi phrontister;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#69 2014-06-11 23:07:21

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

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#70 2014-06-11 23:11:12

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Hi phrontister;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#71 2014-06-11 23:13:44

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Yay! Brittle math 3 is coming. Now it's time to learn v = d/t...


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#72 2014-06-12 00:56:42

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

bobbym wrote:

Hi phrontister;

Huh! I never thought smart roboticists will do that mistake. That is for middle school students. I gave up on making that error two years ago.


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#73 2014-06-12 03:31:12

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

Why assume they are roboticists?


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#74 2014-06-12 03:59:38

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

I thought they were equine technicians who'd come to observe the movements of the horse-like robot (post #12) in order to learn a thing or two about equine prosthetics.


"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

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#75 2014-06-12 04:02:04

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Re: Brittle math 2: Generalizing is a disease.

They could be orange juice technicians for all we know. Anyway, brainy people make mistakes all the time.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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