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Posted by Blinky the Shark on 10/29/07 00:34
Ed Mullen wrote:
> 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.
Time to celebrate, then, with a nice piece of pi.
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