Rabrrrrrr
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Tue Aug-30-05 01:34 PM
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Without the square roots of negatives, you would not have electricity |
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So there. Nyah.
Now you know why math is so bloody important.
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northzax
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Tue Aug-30-05 01:36 PM
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we just wouldn't be able to categorise it.
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Tue Aug-30-05 01:40 PM
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2. It would be awkward to do the math |
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but it could be done. Look at what was accomplished with Roman Numerals. The distance from earth to moon was figured fairly accurately without decimal arithmetic.
Now special relativity, that would be impossible to do without imaginary numbers!
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AnarchoFreeThinker
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Tue Aug-30-05 01:53 PM
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3. why do you hate our country? |
Rabrrrrrr
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Tue Aug-30-05 04:15 PM
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4. Because I hate traditional family values. |
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Wed Aug-31-05 07:40 AM
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8. sounds traitorous (that part about negative square roots) |
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Tue Aug-30-05 04:36 PM
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5. Would I still have chemistry? |
Rabrrrrrr
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Tue Aug-30-05 04:40 PM
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7. YOU would, SOteric, since you have chemistry in spades. |
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:7
No one else would, though.
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Tue Aug-30-05 04:38 PM
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6. Mother Nature can't do math. |
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She's very right brained.
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