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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:46:15 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> Well, yeah, but I don't bother watching those things. There's "trivia"
>>> and then there's "on which day of the week was J. S. Bach born?"
>>
>> Wednesday. :)
>
> Well, there's a 14% chance you're right...
>
> (Or you just looked it up. Which you can't do on quiz shows, BTW.)
There's a third option - I know the formula (yes, there is one) to
determine the day of the week mentally - so not a guess, but a
calculation.
(Though in this case, I will cop to having looked it up).
Jim
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On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:47:06 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>>> I'm almost afraid to ask how you know that...
>>
>> People from this planet read and watch movies. Nosferatu is a
>> well-known classic movie.
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> I can't even *pronounce* that...
"nos-fer-ah-too"
Jim
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Le 2011/09/14 04:44, Invisible a écrit :
>>> It ALWAYS make a _sound_.
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>> How do you know?
>
> If Schroeder's cat dies and no one observes it, is it still dead?
Shroeder's cat is always both dead and alive untill someone does observe
it. Then, the cat is ether alive or dead.
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Alain <aze### [at] qwerty org> wrote:
> Le 2011/09/14 04:44, Invisible a écrit :
> >>> It ALWAYS make a _sound_.
> >>
> >> How do you know?
> >
> > If Schroeder's cat dies and no one observes it, is it still dead?
> Shroeder's cat is always both dead and alive untill someone does observe
> it. Then, the cat is ether alive or dead.
That's the copenhagen interpretation. It's not the only possibility.
--
- Warp
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>>> BUT EVEN WHEN IT'S OUT OF SIGHT THE SUN SHINES NIGHT AND DAY!!
>>>
>> ah ... yes you're +3 from my location. Well I've been up since 3:30am,
>> the moon is full, and I just couldn't resist the sound of my kin folk
>> howling in the distance ;-)
>
> howling vampires???
I believe he's confusing vampires with werewolves...
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 14/09/2011 05:56 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:46:15 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>>>> Well, yeah, but I don't bother watching those things. There's "trivia"
>>>> and then there's "on which day of the week was J. S. Bach born?"
>>>
>>> Wednesday. :)
>>
>> Well, there's a 14% chance you're right...
>>
>> (Or you just looked it up. Which you can't do on quiz shows, BTW.)
>
> There's a third option - I know the formula (yes, there is one) to
> determine the day of the week mentally - so not a guess, but a
> calculation.
That's no help; you'd still have to know the date.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On 14/09/2011 9:49 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
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> That's no help; you'd still have to know the date.
O_o
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Regards
Stephen
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On 09/14/2011 01:33 PM, andrel wrote:
> On 13-9-2011 11:06, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> On 09/13/2011 05:40 AM, Invisible wrote:
>>> On 13/09/2011 09:32 AM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>>>> OK ... noticing times on some of these posts! LOL what a bunch of
>>>> vampires (me included) ... yikes the sun is about to rise. Quick ...
>>>> hide from the light!
>>>
>>> BUT EVEN WHEN IT'S OUT OF SIGHT THE SUN SHINES NIGHT AND DAY!!
>>>
>> ah ... yes you're +3 from my location. Well I've been up since 3:30am,
>> the moon is full, and I just couldn't resist the sound of my kin folk
>> howling in the distance ;-)
>
> howling vampires???
>
No silly ... last time I checked vampires didn't howl, but use your
imagination and I'm sure you can think of something that fits nicely
with the genre that's being discussed ;-)
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On 09/14/2011 05:48 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>> BUT EVEN WHEN IT'S OUT OF SIGHT THE SUN SHINES NIGHT AND DAY!!
>>>>
>>> ah ... yes you're +3 from my location. Well I've been up since 3:30am,
>>> the moon is full, and I just couldn't resist the sound of my kin folk
>>> howling in the distance ;-)
>>
>> howling vampires???
>
> I believe he's confusing vampires with werewolves...
well no ... you guys are the vampires ... I see myself more the werewolf
type
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On 14-9-2011 23:52, Jim Holsenback wrote:
> On 09/14/2011 05:48 PM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>>>> BUT EVEN WHEN IT'S OUT OF SIGHT THE SUN SHINES NIGHT AND DAY!!
>>>>>
>>>> ah ... yes you're +3 from my location. Well I've been up since 3:30am,
>>>> the moon is full, and I just couldn't resist the sound of my kin folk
>>>> howling in the distance ;-)
>>>
>>> howling vampires???
>>
>> I believe he's confusing vampires with werewolves...
>
> well no ... you guys are the vampires ... I see myself more the werewolf
> type
>
to quote the first post: "what a bunch of vampires (me included)"
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