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Gad said:
...

6537234568991*7... Do it.

Step 1 Select the computation.
Step 2 Right click.
Step 3 Click compute by wolframalpha
Step 4 Go to the tab just opened.
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=6537234568991*7&t=crmtb01&f=rc

45760641982937

:-p

Ed- btw I could do it mentally too since one of them is just a single digit number...took a course in Abacus learning long ago...same time I found the 9 trick.
 
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  • #2,152
Enigman said:
Actually there's a trick for multiplying numbers 1-9 to numbers like 9999, I discovered long ago...
(9999...*a)
So multiplying 9,999,999,999,999*9 (a=9)
The number has 13 9s (n=13)
So multiply the second number a with 9
ie. 9*9=81
Now put n-1 9s (ie 12) between tens and units of the product
So 89,999,999,999,991- the final answer should have n+1 numbers.
The only thing is keeping track of the 9s...

just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so
 
  • #2,153
JorisL said:
just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

I had a bad friend. ..I stopped considering her a friend of mine. I didn't have much experience in astronomical industry and I wanted to land a job there. I passed 3 rounds of interview until the fourth time after she had come meet with the prospective employer and discussed my abilities. Could she ever explain why I could have passed the previous interviews ? Is she better than me about psychology ? I am a magician and a real lawyer to be. :biggrin:
My main point is about how much she could understood me before she jumped into any conclusion about me. It is to evaluate and re-evaluate herself and the employees as well as the employer not me exactly.
 
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  • #2,154
JorisL said:
just add 1 to get 10,000,000,000,000*9 = 90,000,000,000,000
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

mmm...mines cooler and comes to me much more easily...all you need to know is the multiplication table of 9...
 
  • #2,155
I only need the multiplication table of 1. Which I can honestly say I know by heart (finally).
 
  • #2,156
JorisL said:
Than substract 1*9. Easier? I think so

Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.
 
  • #2,157
Zarqon said:
Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.

For some reason I was sure it is that way as well, for many years. And I am neither German nor French.
 
  • #2,158
Zarqon said:
Substract? Are you by any chance from germany or france? ;) I was living in germany for a while and it seems for unknown reasons a lot of people there say subtract with the extra 's'.

Weird. I had to look at the word for the longest time, wondering what you were talking about, until I saw the other 's'.
 
  • #2,160
I'm flemish, so I'm 'sandwiched' between germany and france
 
  • #2,161
Why is it that every time I read the Art of War I am invariably reminded of Sherlock Holmes?
Fuu rin kou zan in rai

EDIT: "Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt- Sun Tzu (Fuu-rin-ka-zan-in-rai)
(never understood how Japanese condenses the whole thing to such a short phrase...)
 
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  • #2,162
Enigman said:
Both spellings it seems are acceptable being synonyms (and homonyms?). Though substract now being obsolete, subtract without the extra s is generally used.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/substract
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/substract

That's awesome. I'm going to start using it. I'm trying to get into the habit of using archaic\obsolete terminology for things on a regular basis, like motorcar, pianoforte, ooh here I found a list:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/lukelewis/27-delightful-obsolete-words-its-high-time-we-revived

I'm also going to start answering the phone with "ahoy-hoy"

-Dave K
 
  • #2,163
wattt
 
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Substraction is obsolete. Arithmetic is now Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.
 
  • #2,165
AlephZero said:
Substraction is obsolete.

And resistance is futile.
 
  • #2,166
Borek said:
And resistance is futile.

The inverse of resistance is conductance. So if resistance is futile, then what is the inverse of futility?

oops, we don't do philosophy :biggrin:
 
  • #2,167
I was telling my Russian lady friend the other day, that my house is a pig sty.

She repeated back; "Pig style?"

I decided living in the style of a pig was synonymous. :-p
 
  • #2,168
lisab said:
The inverse of resistance is conductance. So if resistance is futile, then what is the inverse of futility?

oops, we don't do philosophy :biggrin:

But I bet a bunch of people googled: antonym of futile

:biggrin:

Looking at http://thesaurus.com/browse/futile I don't see anything humorous. But the antonym of one of the synonyms is kind of, I don't know, silly?

Conductance is in the window.​

:confused:

I've heard of things being lost in translation, but never lost in transidiomlation.
 
  • #2,169
Enigman said:
"Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt- Sun Tzu (Fuu-rin-ka-zan-in-rai)
(never understood how Japanese condenses the whole thing to such a short phrase...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fūrinkazan
Okay...Fuu is just wind, Rin is Forest, Kou is Fire, Zan is Mountain, In is Shadow and Rai is Lightning...
Fuu-Rin-Kou-Zan-In-Rai = Wind-Forest-Fire-Mountain-Shadow-Lightning
The Japanese general Takeda Shingen incorporated the Fuu-Rin-Kou-Zan part into his flag:
150px-Flag_of_Furinkazan.svg.png

-Things like this is why I like mangas: entertaining bits in everything from history to game theory to cool physics tricks.
 
  • #2,170
Enigman said:
Why is it that every time I read the Art of War I am invariably reminded of Sherlock Holmes? ...

Might I ask why a literary-inclined physics student wishes to be adept at warfare?

Yes, I may ask. So: Why does the Art of War interest you enough to read it multiple times?
 
  • #2,171
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Might I ask why a literary-inclined physics student wishes to be adept at warfare?

Yes, I may ask. So: Why does the Art of War interest you enough to read it multiple times?

Blame it on Age of Empires (and LOTR)...I got hooked to war strategies at a bit too early an age...Did you know Mongol cavalry during their long rides used to make a nick on their horses' neck and feed of their blood? And for some reason vinegar and urine were effective against greek fire suggesting an alkaline composition of the legendary weapon...
Coming back to Art of War- it can virtually be adapted to any thing and is more of a philosophical treatise if you look beyond the more obvious war applications...but yesterday it was because I wanted some insight on war strategies for a literary venture.
 
  • #2,172
Enigman said:
Why is it that every time I read the Art of War I am invariably reminded of Sherlock Holmes?
Fuu rin kou zan in rai

EDIT: "Move swift as the Wind and closely-formed as the Wood. Attack like the Fire and be still as the Mountain. Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt- Sun Tzu (Fuu-rin-ka-zan-in-rai)
(never understood how Japanese condenses the whole thing to such a short phrase...)

I'm reading The Art of War just now myself (only first time though), although I somehow happen to get a swedish translation of it. Even though neither english nor swedish is the orgininal language the quotes somehow doesn't feel that good in swedish, would have preferred to read it in english I think.

On another note, the passage you quoted, Fuu rin kou zan in rai, is based on chinese right? Not japanese. The Kanji can of course be the same, but I speak a bit japanese and don't recognize the pronounciation at all.
 
  • #2,173
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Might I ask why a literary-inclined physics student wishes to be adept at warfare?

Yes, I may ask. So: Why does the Art of War interest you enough to read it multiple times?

Office warfare, http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/8a0f/
 
  • #2,174
Zarqon said:
On another note, the passage you quoted, Fuu rin kou zan in rai, is based on chinese right? Not japanese. The Kanji can of course be the same, but I speak a bit japanese and don't recognize the pronounciation at all.

I was quoting from a manga (Case Closed), so I presumed it to be japanese but The Art of War was originally chinese so it is highly likely that you are correct.
Ed- Yes it is chinese (from my wiki link which I didn't bother to pay close attention too. :shy:
The kanji seems to be different but I *suck* at japanese and not even a Dummies book can help me...you may be able to check it yourself in the link:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fūrinkazan
Ed2-http://www.orientaloutpost.com/shufa.php?q=furinkazan
Ed3- that's a lot of eds... anyway try the Lionel Giles translation http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html
That's the one I got with Aldiko (android app)
 
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  • #2,175
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Might I ask why a literary-inclined physics student wishes to be adept at warfare?

Yes, I may ask. So: Why does the Art of War interest you enough to read it multiple times?

The art of war is one of those texts that is so ambiguously phrased that you can apply it to any discipline, and it makes you think you've just heeded some sort of wise advice, when you really just applied some interpretation of the text to your interpretation of the events. Which is probably the brilliance of the whole thing.
 
  • #2,176
AnTiFreeze3 said:
Might I ask why a literary-inclined physics student wishes to be adept at warfare?

Yes, I may ask. So: Why does the Art of War interest you enough to read it multiple times?

The book isn't about "warfare". It's about "how to live".

But if course if you were a Samurai, the two things were hard to distinguish.
 
  • #2,177
Go ahead I am listening to understand why people do something
 
  • #2,178
AlephZero said:
The book isn't about "warfare". It's about "how to live".

But if course if you were a Samurai, the two things were hard to distinguish.

Being a Samurai was often more about how to die:
Wikipedia said:
Feudal lords such as Shiba Yoshimasa (1350–1410 AD) stated that a warrior looked forward to a glorious death in the service of a military leader or the emperor: "It is a matter of regret to let the moment when one should die pass by...First, a man whose profession is the use of arms should think and then act upon not only his own fame, but also that of his descendants. He should not scandalize his name forever by holding his one and only life too dear...One's main purpose in throwing away his life is to do so either for the sake of the Emperor or in some great undertaking of a military general. It is that exactly that will be the great fame of one's descendants."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai
 
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  • #2,180
Today a serving maid corrected me on a mistake I made on 3x3=6. She shamed me and told me that her Senior Manager who had planned to meet with me said that I was a pathological liar.
 
  • #2,181
pyzicslolito said:
Today a serving maid corrected me on a mistake I made on 3x3=6. She shamed me and told me that her Senior Manager who had planned to meet with me said that I was a pathological liar.

Interesting.
 
  • #2,182
Gad said:
Interesting.

Is that negative or positive ?
If you want I definitely can state her company name, the maid name but I don't know about that Senior Manager. I told her I wished to talk face to face with the guy. I don't think this guy is any superior to me about technologies. Her company is full of kids.
 
  • #2,183
Anand lost...:cry:
Damn the newbie and damn Kasparov. Get your act together Anand.
 
  • #2,184
Finally... I can stop seeing his name on the marquee every stinking day. :frown:

fruitbats.2013.11.16.at.the.Aladdin.jpg

Who knew that Fruitbat was so famous, that people named their band after him. o:)
 
  • #2,185
Math exam:done.
 
  • #2,186
riccotongue.jpg


I miss The Fruit Bat.
 
  • #2,188
collinsmark said:
riccotongue.jpg


I miss The Fruit Bat.
BEST DOG IN THE UNIVERSE! :cry: I miss him everyday. Now I am really in tears. Murdered by his vet.
 
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  • #2,192
OmCheeto said:
Nope

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=646545

ps. I was going to vote for philately, as Feynman and I are both philatelists, QED.

pps. Why do people put the abbreviation for Queen's English Dictionary at the end of something that is obvious?
Gad said:
dkotschessaa said:
104,518 yes votes. ahahahaha
... Aliens.
Who then? Ah yes...
Doctor-500x848.jpg
 
  • #2,193
Enigman said:
Who then? Ah yes...
Doctor-500x848.jpg

Sooooooo cute. Buy him a hat please. .
But is he Jewish ?
 
  • #2,194
pyzicslolito said:
Sooooooo cute. Buy him a hat please. .
But is he Jewish ?

Actually...
matt_smith_fez_meme_by_slyfox34-d3cl4j2.jpg

(British TV show Doctor Who)
 
  • #2,195
The dog is obviously a tenured professor, do they wear hats anymore? Oh wait, my depth perception is off, what is that red thing on his head?
 
  • #2,196
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_(hat )
 
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  • #2,197
Oh, the dog is Dr Who.
 
  • #2,198
Evo said:
Oh, the dog is Dr Who.

It is so obvious what a Dr. Who fan you aren't! :-p
 
  • #2,199
dkotschessaa said:
It is so obvious what a Dr. Who fan you aren't! :-p
I have never watched an entire episode, I don't get it.
 
  • #2,200
Evo said:
I have never watched an entire episode, I don't get it.

I haven't watched an episode since the 70's.
This is the only Doctor I've known:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcjIzo3FGvo​

[Edit] Though it would appear I was not too much of a fan. I've seen scores of image references to the Daleks in the last year, and have no recollection of them.

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/NewDalek1.jpg​
 
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