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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 10/29/07 00:08
Ed Mullen wrote:
> Neredbojias wrote:
>> Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 22:46:17
>> GMT still me scribed:
>>
>>>> Overall, you're specifically the type of guy who slow down the
>>>> standardization of browsers, increase the number of patches and hacks
>>>> in browsers, destroy the Web's openness by preventing alternative
>>>> browsers
>>>> from having any chance of displaying your cr*p, breaks the Web from
>>>> user
>>>> point of view by displaying stupid messages
>>>
>>> Wow, he had all that effect just by posting a web page with misplaced
>>> form tags? That's some serious power!
>>
>> e = mc² (error = meaning x context x content)
>>
>
> I'm no mathematician but I think you got the translation wrong (much as
> I like it!). c(squared) would mean that "c" is the same value in each
> version. Whereas, you've assigned "c" two different values in the
> second equation and simply multiplied them, not multiplied the same
> value by itself. The variables "context" and "content" could have
> different values, and, by the gist of your suggestion, probably would.
>
> Still, the whimsy in your answer struck a chord here. I think I'll use
> this as an excuse to write an old friend who IS a mathematician and ask
> for a suggested transmutation of the original. ;-)
It's elegant in that even though the two c constants aren't the same,
they are both seven-letter words that only differ by their penultimate
characters. :)
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