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negative1 said:

...if you take the square root of [-1]

you get an imaginary number ->   sqrrt(-1)= i

 

that's what you learn with a college degree in math.

 

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And I learned

that from watching

a

TV show.

;) 

earlier

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Akwat Kbrana said:

It's easy to tell that you majored in math rather than in English. ;)

 i use 'majored' in a very loose sense.

i started off as electrical engineering -> flunked out of

college after two years with a 0.5 grade point average

out of 4. 0 -> dropped out of school -> was homeless->

went back to school -> became a math major ->

minored in physics -> got a second minor in physics

and computer science  4 years later

ended up with a 3.0/4.0 in math with an emphasis

on analysis, graduated with a 2.5 overall.. very average.

i should have majored in videogames, but this was the

late 80's, and everybody thought they were a waste

of time.. but that's what i spent most of time playing.

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Mrebo said:

My friend was a math major. I remembered him saying something about Calculus IV. He might as well as told me he saw bigfoot. Prompted by these memories, I just watched part of a video of a Calc IV class. At first I thought: maybe I could understand it with sufficient effort. After a couple minutes of brain ache I concluded they were just trying to make something (still have no idea what) unnecessarily complicated. That was the problem I had with advanced math - it had no apparent relevance. Like running on a treadmill, it just gets boring and painful. I can accept that Calc IV - like bigfoot - exists and that somebody has seen it in real life (perhaps that video was a spoof and I have a sneaking suspicion it was...) but it still seems kinda crazy.

 i agree.

i am equally boggled when it comes to physics.

the reason i never got a masters in math or physics

(and i did try).... was because everything became theoretical.

group theory? abstract number groups?

no practical purposes that i could see..

that's why i went into computers, and numerical analysis...

something 'practical'..

however, most of my jobs never used any of it.

go figure..

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Do you watch The Big Bang Theory and if so feel that you have any extra appreciation of some jokes?

Mrebo said:

Do you watch The Big Bang Theory and if so feel that you have any extra appreciation of some jokes?

 i've watched a few episodes.

but i don't find at funny at all...

just doesn't resonate with me to well..

ironically. i was born in india (only lived there 2 years),

raised and grew up in canada (13+ years), lived in

africa, the middle east, and then settled in the US

for the last 20+.... so i'm very north americanized.

no accent, north american attitudes, etc.

i can't relate to the indian guy on that show at all.

or indians in general.. i guess the stereotype could

be funny though.

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TV's Frink said:

negative1 said:

so what's the point of dragging out one line, just to say something in a long run on-sentence, when the browser margin border just wraps the text around anyways? besides this kind of a line break looks a lot worse to me because then i'm not in control of where the sentence breaks? see, i can post in long sentences too, which i have no idea when the line ends.oh joy!?

This makes zero sense.

You mean -1 sense? XDD

TV's Frink said:

negative1 said:

so what's the point of dragging out one line, just to say something in a long run on-sentence, when the browser margin border just wraps the text around anyways? besides this kind of a line break looks a lot worse to me because then i'm not in control of where the sentence breaks? see, i can post in long sentences too, which i have no idea when the line ends.oh joy!?

This makes zero sense.

this is me typing in a line, using the built in editor.. notice where the line breaks?

ok, this is me typing the same line in the editor. making the

line break right after 'the'.

see how the line spacing is single spaced in the first type,

and double spaced when you hit enter?

=======================

in the editor..

the line breaks after the word 'line'.. but when you post it.

it's all one continous sentence in a single line.

why doesn't it look that way in the text box editor?

==================================================

so how do you know where the line is going to break

when you are typing it?

YOU DON'T!

that's why i cut my lines short.

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TV's Frink said:

It makes zero sense because no one should think about it like that.

give me a better editor.

and i wouldn't have this problem.

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TV's Frink said:

It makes zero sense because no one should think about it like that.

oops.. should have added:

and i still have that problem in fullscreen.

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TV's Frink said:

Mrebo said:

TV's Frink said:

negative1 said:

so what's the point of dragging out one line, just to say something in a long run on-sentence, when the browser margin border just wraps the text around anyways? besides this kind of a line break looks a lot worse to me because then i'm not in control of where the sentence breaks? see, i can post in long sentences too, which i have no idea when the line ends.oh joy!?

This makes zero sense.

You mean -1 sense? XDD

I was tempted to make that joke but decided I was better than that. ;-)

Heh. I set you up for the good jokes, you set me up for the bad ones ;)

Think of it this way:

Don't press the ENTER key in the middle of a sentence.

...It's as simple as that. 

I find this kinda depressing actually. Sure it sounds nice, but displays will get better and better and finally kill of theatrical distribution.

Most people aren't going to know or care about scope films. When I really really want to enjoy something in scope, I'll go out and buy a projector and fit an anamorphic lens. For cheaper than this thing.

When was the last time you even saw a great scope movie? Everything is shot in such a flat style nowadays that even scope has become lifeless. (Never thought I'd be saying that.)

captainsolo said:

I find this kinda depressing actually. Sure it sounds nice, but displays will get better and better and finally kill of theatrical distribution.

I don't think there is any reason to worry about that. Right now we can watch newly released movies off the internet if we want. That hasn't killed theatrical distribution. The trend of technology should force theaters to make the movie-going experience more meaningful. But it will always have the advantage of being a huge screen and an experience shared by a roomful of strange people :p

Most people aren't going to know or care about scope films. When I really really want to enjoy something in scope, I'll go out and buy a projector and fit an anamorphic lens. For cheaper than this thing.

Had to wiki "scope films." Sounds like they're already done for. Regardless of format, won't people care about films that were good? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here...

When was the last time you even saw a great scope movie? Everything is shot in such a flat style nowadays that even scope has become lifeless. (Never thought I'd be saying that.)

I agree about the lifelessness, but isn't that a different topic?

Your concerns remind me of camera enthusiasts who worry about the innovations being made for point-and-shoots which feature very long zooms and focus that is completely adjustable in post-processing. They worry that these and other emerging features will at least crowd out the (d)slr market, if not make it obsolete. Technology can't be stopped, but I don't think any point-and-shoot or big wide screen (or CGI) is going to hurt substantive creations unless creators let it happen by failing to create worthwhile works.

captainsolo said:

I find this kinda depressing actually. Sure it sounds nice, but displays will get better and better and finally kill of theatrical distribution.

Most people aren't going to know or care about scope films. When I really really want to enjoy something in scope, I'll go out and buy a projector and fit an anamorphic lens. For cheaper than this thing.

When was the last time you even saw a great scope movie? Everything is shot in such a flat style nowadays that even scope has become lifeless. (Never thought I'd be saying that.)

 i doubt too many people

will buy tv's like this.

i don't think it's that big of an issue.

you're right, more people buy projectors, which

can also do this. but for people like me that use

it as a computer monitor, or leave it on all day,

it's better to have a dedictated tv.

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So -1, you like knowing where line breaks will occur in your sentences? Sounds to me like you have control issues. You need to learn to just let go, man... Maybe have a couple White Russians and adhere to a strict drug regimen to keep your mind limber.

It's not porn... it's art.

Mrebo said:

captainsolo said:

I find this kinda depressing actually. Sure it sounds nice, but displays will get better and better and finally kill of theatrical distribution.

I don't think there is any reason to worry about that. Right now we can watch newly released movies off the internet if we want. That hasn't killed theatrical distribution. The trend of technology should force theaters to make the movie-going experience more meaningful. But it will always have the advantage of being a huge screen and an experience shared by a roomful of strange people :p

agreed... people will always go to movies.

just for the social experience. not necessarily

to view great art.

Most people aren't going to know or care about scope films. When I really really want to enjoy something in scope, I'll go out and buy a projector and fit an anamorphic lens. For cheaper than this thing.

Had to wiki "scope films." Sounds like they're already done for. Regardless of format, won't people care about films that were good? Maybe I'm misunderstanding something here...

honestly, how many films be shot

in scope format? and how many

people have movies in that format?

there's not a whole lot of them...

When was the last time you even saw a great scope movie? Everything is shot in such a flat style nowadays that even scope has become lifeless. (Never thought I'd be saying that.)

I agree about the lifelessness, but isn't that a different topic?

Your concerns remind me of camera enthusiasts who worry about the innovations being made for point-and-shoots which feature very long zooms and focus that is completely adjustable in post-processing. They worry that these and other emerging features will at least crowd out the (d)slr market, if not make it obsolete. Technology can't be stopped, but I don't think any point-and-shoot or big wide screen (or CGI) is going to hurt substantive creations unless creators let it happen by failing to create worthwhile works.

agreed.

good comments..

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