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As long as nobody manages to ask Mockford, this question is not decidable, especially as they are pronounced identically. I still think venez m'aider was the original version which was shortened, rather than the grammatical correct m'aidez. In case of emergency nobody actually cares about grammar and infinitives are usually the clearer command and often by themselves a command. A fact that cannot be seen in english, but in other languages, e.g. in french: m'aider! is a command, m'aidez a polite question.
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umm, no : "aider" means "to help" ; "Venez m'aider" is "You-come to-help me", which is reasonable, except it's actually "m'aidez" : "you-help me". I think there are a few verbs which imperative form is abnormal, but "aider" isn't one of them.
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Sorry, I do not believe in séances, so you cannot have asked Mockford from my point of view.hmmm27 said:
Venez m'aider is more plausible than m'aidez is, because in that case it would have been aidez moi, or aidez nous.
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The "mayday" discussion is interesting (either way I learned something new there). But let's get back to this:
I just had a pavlovian dog reaction to this photo. I could taste the sour hot peppers and actually started drooling. It is three hours until lunchtime here.chemisttree said:
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gmax137 said:
Had a decent biryani an hour ago, satiation is in the gut of the beholder. Besides, anything more than onions, mustard, and relish | sauerkraut on a hotdog, is overkill. [edit: and cheese, of course]
Why ask Mockford ? Just dig up one of the early 20c pilots who said "M'aidez" and ask them what they meant.fresh_42 said:
Since he was a radop at a London airport, and the announcement - including "m'aidez" - appears in the London Times of that day in 1923, I'm going with that, rather than your take, 4 years and half a world away.
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This is getting ridiculous. M'aider is indistinguishable from m'aidez by only listening. And I bet people would say aidez-moi rather than m'aidez.hmmm27 said:
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The actual answer is " A French phrase that an English-speaking radio-operator heard, and decided would be the callsign for "declaring an emergency".fresh_42 said:
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We both have only secondary sources, hence this entire discussion may help people to remember the case, but that's it. It simply makes no sense as we cannot decide it. Wikipedia isn't a help either:
... and this either as a jussive infinitive M’aider, possibly shortened from Venez m’aider! 'Come help me!' or as an imperative M’aidez! 'Help me!'
... and this either as a jussive infinitive M’aider, possibly shortened from Venez m’aider! 'Come help me!' or as an imperative M’aidez! 'Help me!'
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True, and my French classes (which I wasn't any good at) is half a century old, and the phrase stems from a century ago.
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TIL how little I knew about the "dark side" of mathematics. I thought that cranks were some tiny minority ..
..but there is vixra.org (arXiv backwards). Found this among other things. The reference "list" just blew my mind.
About the site:
..but there is vixra.org (arXiv backwards). Found this among other things. The reference "list" just blew my mind.
About the site:
ViXra.org is an e-print archive set up as an alternative to the popular arXiv.org service owned by Cornell University. It has been founded by scientists who find they are unable to submit their articles to arXiv.org because of Cornell University's policy of endorsements and moderation designed to filter out e-prints that they consider inappropriate. ViXra.org has no association with arXiv.org or Cornell.
ViXra is an open repository for new scientific articles. It does not endorse e-prints accepted on its website, neither does it review them against criteria such as correctness or author's credentials.
ViXra is an open repository for new scientific articles. It does not endorse e-prints accepted on its website, neither does it review them against criteria such as correctness or author's credentials.
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Seems it grows all the time. For centuries we were stuck with cube doublers, trisectionists and circle squarers. Then the Fermats joined the gang. Meanwhile we even have even ERHs and Collatzes.nuuskur said:
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Do you get emails from cranks who ask of you to review their "work" or how they have come to a revolutionary new result or some such?fresh_42 said:
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Universities get such emails or entire papers. The flaws are not always so easy to identify as in the case above (2 pages is impossible), but alway a waste of time trying. I remember that we had someone here on PF who claimed that he solved ERH by methods from physics. I could imagine that physical insights can be gained through mathematical observations, but not the other way around.nuuskur said:
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Journals also get these papers. ViXra.org probably saves journals a lot of time and aggravation.fresh_42 said:
My 1D inverse scattering idea was first rejected as impossible. I had to totally rewrite it to appear less crackpotty.
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Physicists have developed mathematical tools for physics that were later used in mathematics. It's not impossible to "use methods from physics" in mathematics, if these methods are mathematical in nature.fresh_42 said:
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IIRC it was a stochastic argument. It is not as if we had no statistical evidence for the ERH. I doubt that there will ever emerge new analysis from physics. This is definitely a realm where it goes the other way around: physical needs drove the development of analysis.mfb said:
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Hazardous waste cannot be recycled. I think as hard as I can but I have no idea about a second use.Keith_McClary said:
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Sometimes the hazardous waste gets reelected, that could be considered recycling.
I'll keep it without specific example on purpose here.
I'll keep it without specific example on purpose here.
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No. Refilling a bottle is not recycling.mfb said:
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TIL: the horns of the Moon always point to the South pole and can be using for wayfinding.
More specifically, during any phase of the Moon where you can discern the poles*, they will form a line that can be drawn to the South Pole - which, here at 45 degrees N Lat. - is 45 degrees below the horizon.
*which means it also works during the day
So, if you're lost (and can't make out any good stars) but the Moon is up and cooperating, it can be used as a compass to find due South. It doesn't point to the horizon; it points to the pole, which is below the horizon*. You then draw a vertical line up from there to find due south.
*By the same amount as your latitude.
More specifically, during any phase of the Moon where you can discern the poles*, they will form a line that can be drawn to the South Pole - which, here at 45 degrees N Lat. - is 45 degrees below the horizon.
*which means it also works during the day
So, if you're lost (and can't make out any good stars) but the Moon is up and cooperating, it can be used as a compass to find due South. It doesn't point to the horizon; it points to the pole, which is below the horizon*. You then draw a vertical line up from there to find due south.
*By the same amount as your latitude.
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How does that work with Earth's 23 degree axial tilt? Consider a situation where the Moon crosses Earth's orbital plane while being 50% illuminated. Its pointing will create a plane that misses the South Pole by 23 degrees.
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Well, now I"m lost in the forest and dying of hunger. Thanks a lot.
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A couple of things come to mind:
"Good enough for a Government job."
ANY approximation is better than a 'Stab in the dark'.
"Good enough for a Government job."
ANY approximation is better than a 'Stab in the dark'.
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What have you been watching? Your team didn't kick off, yet.berkeman said:
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They aired the Patriots and now the Saints over here.berkeman said: