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Posted by Ed Mullen on 10/29/07 00:12
Blinky the Shark wrote:
> 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. :)
>
>
Well, I guess I'm square with that.
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