Math Is Fun Forum

Hi,

I know this is a bit of an aside but still - it's surprising how dynamic the world of the internet is.

Personally,  I've never heard of these services mentioned above, with the sole exception of AOL, which we use as an inside joke among my friends to describe someone who just can't move on from the old,  lives in a shed with a cowboy hat - that sort of thing.

Today's mega giants - Discord, Reddit,  YouTube, Instagram,  Twitter even outlook or gmail! How long do they have?

I was a five year old when Skype and Yahoo were all the rage. Why did they stop? Why do any of these stop?

Is there a way to determine the decline of a certain app or website?

What are the factors behind this?

Mycroft?  You mean Sherlock's brother,  who was the smarter of the two,  but too lazy to do anything?

Ahoy there! I'm back!

Question 4

If x²+ 2x + 5 is a factor of x^4 + px² + q.

p, q =?

Hi,

I was trying using this method:

I think it is almost the same method, just a little more direct.

Hi Bob,

Thank you, that makes sense.

Here's the next question:

Question 3

If n! has 4 zeroes at the end.

(n+1)! has 6 zeroes at the end.

Find the value of n.

Wait...it is 42?

My friends and I use it all the time as a form of a joke. It's a funny way of saying "I don't know" to a question. You'll notice that I've used the number in the same way in my previous post.

To think it came from a book!

Hi Bob,

The answer is correct.

Could you give me a hint on how to solve it?

Hi,

I was thinking about this today, and I came to the conclusion that the idea of "cleaning up the false statements" is impossible.

I'll try to explain my logic the best I can.

Let's say I assign a person with the mammoth task of clearing up the false statements.

Then the Library of Babel, will be completely right, but only for that person at that particular moment.

Then an absolutely correct Library will have to be constructed for every single person who was, is and will be in existence, and it has to be updated every second.

For example:

Before this thread, I didn't know anything about the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

So from my perspective, it did not exist.

But after ward, I learnt of it's existence, making it false.

This makes Bob's "The Library of Babel does not exist." also exist in a state of duality. Before reading this thread, it is possible that this sentence would have been perceived to be true by many, and false after reading.

So what if I write something like:

"XYZ, living in (address) did not believe in the existence of the Library of Babel, as precisely (time, date)"?

There is a possibility of there being another fellow of the same particulars, if not in this universe, then perhaps in another.

After all, in this discussion, we assume the same idea as good old Schrödinger, that each simple choice we make generates a whole new universe, where the other choice(s) have been selected.

What do you think?

P.S. My sincere regards to any one who has has the patience to read through this jumbled pile of a post.

Well, here's how I went about it.

Three cheers for Phrontister!  Hip Hip Hooray!

The answer is certainly perfect,  but how did you get this expression?

The Cat is Fat.

(I know,  I know... It's far too clichè)