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(...) Yah. I actually was getting excited over the similarity in syntax; I hadn't even thought of the need for indexing such a huge database as LUGNET. BTW, what kind of scanner are you using for the index builder? Does it just break apart words (...) (25 years ago, 24-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Do put your oar in Simon, I think you're making some good points (...) Knowing deep in your inner being what something means, and being able to use it to make predictions, are two different things. I won't pretend to understand quanta, or (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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(...) Well, since transcendentals are a subset of the irrationals, so there's no way that transcendentals can constitute a bigger infinity than the irrationals. All transcendentals are irrational (but the converse isn't true). pi is transcendental (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: <Massive snip> (...) You mean the transcendental numbers, presumably? I seem to recall reading that practically every number along the real number line is transcendental, with just odd blips where you (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
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(...) I know; I shamelessly took advantage of selective snipping. :) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
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(...) You know that, and I know that. But John, being a mac user, doesn't. :-) Just kidding. But I, right after that, did express it in decimal, exactly. It's just not a non-repeating decimal. He didn't say it couldn't repeat... (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil? (Was Re: POV-RAY orange color (0)
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(...) But that's not _dec_imal, which implies base 10. (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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(...) Whoops. I misspoke. Yes, you can actually manipulate infinite numbers in many (not all) cases, but the example of sqrt(8)/sqrt(2)=2 isn't an example of manipulating infinite numbers. Those numbers are finite, of course -- but perhaps (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | 22/7 & infinities (was: Re: The nature of the JC god, good or evil?)
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Plowing though .debate and a couple numbers caught my eye! (below) (...) Larry, IMBW, but I think John might've meant "pi" when he said "22/7" -- at least, I know I've heard people accidentally refer to pi in that manner before. John, pi = (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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onyx wrote in message ... (...) I don't have fillings(but not perfect teeth). I think what you're talking about happens to me. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) OK, I just took a look at Text::Query. From what I can tell from reading the docs and the source, it looks as though it's a brute force text scanner rather than an inverted-index generator. So that means it's about 3 to 4 orders of magnitude (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I've often wondered. I've never been too keen on having my fillings removed so I can experiment, though. :-, It sounds like some kind of electrical phenomenon, perhaps like powering a light bulb with a pair of lemons (1)(2)(3). I've noticed (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) do fillings enhance this sensation at all (1)(2), or is it natural even in perfect teeth?? (1) my first footnote, all in honor of you, larry pientlkstaha';tlkhedt ;) (2) if the answer to the above is "yes", then is it only with metal-based (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Biting tin foil (Was: Lego VCR)
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(...) Dissimilar electromotive potentials. (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Why does biting on tin (or aluminum in my case) foil give the biter the sensation of chewing on minifig-scale caltrops? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Guide to Star Wars vehicles?
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(...) My all-time fave (1) is B Squared's STAR WARS Stuff: (URL) you might want to check out the Star Wars Technical Commentaries: (URL) I'm thinking of something with lots of drawings and diagrams. I've (...) This site is about as informative as (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.starwars)
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| | Boolean vs. multivalued votes
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I agree 100% with what Larry wrote here: (URL) the larger subject of voting, however, I've always felt that up/down is too coarse...that -N/+N systems are more expressive. For example, N=3... Proposition: Blah blah blah blah. Vote: -3 Disagree (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Any good books on jurisprudence?
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I didn't look at the books, but speaking for years of experience on the boards of not-for-profit organizations: By-laws are usually cribbed from a template available in lots of books, or from your state's Secretary Of State office - they regulate (...) (25 years ago, 17-Aug-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Thank You! (wasRe: GEEKS HELP!)
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(...) Isn't the president of Gateway named Bill? Steve (25 years ago, 13-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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