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From: Phil Bouchard on 16 Dec 2009 14:55 Greg Neill wrote: > > Are those FR dollars that change value whenever it suits > you? No, those are US dollars and it was initially proposed by PD before I figured out the bending of light.
From: PD on 16 Dec 2009 15:16 On Dec 16, 10:51 am, Phil Bouchard <p...(a)fornux.com> wrote: > PD wrote: > > > Is the length of a diagonal being an irrational number an unacceptable > > result, Phil? > > Note that you even used a square root, and you got an irrational > > number for the result. > > The diagonal is an approximation, this is why it'll never be a law. The diagonal is an approximation? Let's make it simple. You have a right triangle, with legs of length 1 and 2. What is the correct and exact length of the hypotenuse? Is the hypotenuse of a triangle irrational and therefore not correct?
From: PD on 16 Dec 2009 15:26 On Dec 16, 11:08 am, Phil Bouchard <p...(a)fornux.com> wrote: > PD wrote: > > > But your world only uses spherical coordinates, Phil. You said so. So > > using polar coordinates must be irrational and not right. > > All that is relevant is rho. And rho is calculated with square roots and is therefore irrational.
From: PD on 16 Dec 2009 15:27 On Dec 16, 11:10 am, Phil Bouchard <p...(a)fornux.com> wrote: > PD wrote: > > [...] > > > But I don't know it, Phil. What you say isn't construed as knowledge. > > It's construed as bullshit. It's as though you were saying, "Just live > > knowing that Julius Caesar was French." > > I'm not going to change you; I'm going to change the world around you. How's that working for you?
From: Phil Bouchard on 16 Dec 2009 16:45
PD wrote: > > How's that working for you? I asked other professors and I told computer scientists. |