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  • L Lost User

    Hey do you want to lend me $2000? If so just give us half of it now, that will mean I owe you $1000 and you owe me $1000 and that will mean we are even.

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    Slacker007
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    P0mpey3 wrote:

    you owe me $1000 and that will mean we are even.

    Are you an employee of the world bank? I think you are. :-D

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    • B BillWoodruff

      The error is in your lack of understanding what this Forum is for and so posting an utterly inappropriate message.

      «OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. »  Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."

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      A little grouchy today, perhaps? ;)

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      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

        Well, all the swear words for starters! Can't you see them? It may be your local government filtering the internet for you...:~

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        That's ok, I have a lot of little voices adding them back for me.

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        • J Jorgen Andersson

          That's ok, I have a lot of little voices adding them back for me.

          Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2

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          OriginalGriff
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          I know what you mean. Whenever I hear politicians talking, swear words appear in my head too...

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            P0mpey3 wrote:

            you owe me $1000 and that will mean we are even.

            Are you an employee of the world bank? I think you are. :-D

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            OriginalGriff
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            No - they'd want 25% annual interest.

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            • S Slacker007

              P0mpey3 wrote:

              you owe me $1000 and that will mean we are even.

              Are you an employee of the world bank? I think you are. :-D

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              Lost User
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              Slacker007 wrote:

              Are you an employee of the world bank?

              No but I am often called a banker at least I think that whats they say, it's always accompanied by a hand gesture which looks like somebody shaking a handful of spare change so it must be Banker.

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              • T tayoufabrice

                Let read this : 1=1 a=a a²=a² a²-a²=a²-a² a(a-a)=(a+a)(a-a) a=a+a a(1)=a(1+1) 1=1+1 1=2 Where is the error ?

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                RUs123
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                Usually the error is between the chair and the monitor.

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  I know what you mean. Whenever I hear politicians talking, swear words appear in my head too...

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                  Jorgen Andersson
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                  In the case of politicians it's usually together with dark, dark thoughts of actions involving cactii and drills.

                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2

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                  • J Jorgen Andersson

                    In the case of politicians it's usually together with dark, dark thoughts of actions involving cactii and drills.

                    Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    Cacti? I can see where you are going, but they are a bit soft and squidgy. Have you considered a barbedwire zipline?

                    Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                    • R RUs123

                      Usually the error is between the chair and the monitor.

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                      OriginalGriff
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                      What, the desk?

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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        Cacti? I can see where you are going, but they are a bit soft and squidgy. Have you considered a barbedwire zipline?

                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                        Jorgen Andersson
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                        Cactii - plural. :)

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                        • T tayoufabrice

                          Let read this : 1=1 a=a a²=a² a²-a²=a²-a² a(a-a)=(a+a)(a-a) a=a+a a(1)=a(1+1) 1=1+1 1=2 Where is the error ?

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                          damn it is so hard :/

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                          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                            What, the desk?

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            RUs123
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                            Close, about an inch away from it. It is usually thick though. EDIT: I should have put the joke symbol on the first post.

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                            • M Member 11330876

                              damn it is so hard :/

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                              Lost User
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                              That's what she said.

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                                The error is in your lack of understanding what this Forum is for and so posting an utterly inappropriate message.

                                «OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things. »  Alan Kay's clarification on what he meant by the term "Object" in "Object-Oriented Programming."

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                                Vikram A Punathambekar
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                                A little unlike your usual self - woke up from the wrong side of the bed today? :) Sure, it's decades old, but hardly inappropriate given the other drivel that goes on here.

                                Cheers, विक्रम "We have already been through this, I am not going to repeat myself." - fat_boy, in a global warming thread :doh:

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                                • J Jorgen Andersson

                                  The eleventh commandment: Thou shall not divide with zero.

                                  Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello (√-shit)2

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                                  tayoufabrice
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                                  :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                                  • S Super Lloyd

                                    There is no error! 1 is indeed equal to 2 for very large value of 1! I think this is what just happened to you! :rolleyes: :-D

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                                    tayoufabrice
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                                    0 = false 1 or 2 or >2 = true 1=true 2=true ... ?? :laugh: :laugh:

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                                    • L Lost User

                                      Hey do you want to lend me $2000? If so just give us half of it now, that will mean I owe you $1000 and you owe me $1000 and that will mean we are even.

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      Abbott and Costello said it better.

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                                      • Kornfeld Eliyahu PeterK Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

                                        Quote:

                                        a(a-a)=(a+a)(a-a)

                                        Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

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                                        tayoufabrice
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                                        :thumbsdown: I don't think, this is a simple factorization

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                                        • T tayoufabrice

                                          Let read this : 1=1 a=a a²=a² a²-a²=a²-a² a(a-a)=(a+a)(a-a) a=a+a a(1)=a(1+1) 1=1+1 1=2 Where is the error ?

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                                          The error begins from first assumptions -- saying 1=1 at the beginning is meaningless; everthing following can provide no additional insight. a²-a² and a-a are always zero, but this is due to the nonsense above that -- in particular, while a²-a²=a²-a² may be true, it doesn't follow from a²=a². The idiot of a Discrete Math teacher I had in college tried showing this to the class once. :sigh:

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