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to show us you were really joking there Jay GTI said:
Is it really that important? Is your life really that affected by some random posting on an internet forum? Of course if we were all as wonderful as you lot, there wouldn't be a problem right?
Christ, I always thought PH was full of snobs but this thread takes the biscuit...
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=273411 ?
HTH.
BliarOut said:
Is it really that important? Is your life really that affected by some random posting on an internet forum? Of course if we were all as wonderful as you lot, there wouldn't be a problem right?
Christ, I always thought PH was full of snobs but this thread takes the biscuit...
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=141&t=273411 ?
HTH.
JonRB said:That and $3.49 will get you a happy meal at McDonald's.
I don't like it when people start comparing academic nob sizes, i.e. 'I'm right because I've got a degree' etc.
Jay GTI said:
Is it really that important? Is your life really that affected by some random posting on an internet forum? Of course if we were all as wonderful as you lot, there wouldn't be a problem right?
Christ, I always thought PH was full of snobs but this thread takes the biscuit...
It isn't important and it doesn't effect my life any more than it does yours. Inside the example I gave, the crux of what I was asking is why some people argue the toss even after overwhelming evidence/explanations to the contrary.
I don't really see how that could be regarded as snobby.
dvs_dave said:Err, no EVIDENCE was provided. Only explanations, which always were predicated on a different understanding of the problem or ignored some salient fact.
It isn't important and it doesn't effect my life any more than it does yours. Inside the example I gave, the crux of what I was asking is why some people argue the toss even after overwhelming evidence/explanations to the contrary.
I don't really see how that could be regarded as snobby.
It's affect, not effect, the way you have used it and there's no such word as snobby. Did you mean snobery?
>> Edited by orgasmicliving!! on Friday 26th May 16:34
orgasmicliving!! said:
It isn't important and it doesn't effect my life any more than it does yours. Inside the example I gave, the crux of what I was asking is why some people argue the toss even after overwhelming evidence/explanations to the contrary.
I don't really see how that could be regarded as snobby.
It's affect, not effect, the way you have used it and there's no such word as snobby. Did you mean snobery?
>> Edited by orgasmicliving!! on Friday 26th May 16:34
Ahem...snobbery
I remember a big, long, hotly debated thread on another forum I read about 0.9 recurring.
Someone asked whether 0.9r = 1, or not. It became the "Aeroplane/conveyer belt" thread of that forum. Lots of people said no, it can't possibly = 1. Various people posted some ridicolously simple, easy to follow mathematical proof, and still about 60% of people posting in the thread refused to believe it was true, and they knew best.
Made me chuckle anyway
Someone asked whether 0.9r = 1, or not. It became the "Aeroplane/conveyer belt" thread of that forum. Lots of people said no, it can't possibly = 1. Various people posted some ridicolously simple, easy to follow mathematical proof, and still about 60% of people posting in the thread refused to believe it was true, and they knew best.
Made me chuckle anyway
orgasmicliving!! said:
Err, no EVIDENCE was provided. Only explanations, which always were predicated on a different understanding of the problem or ignored some salient fact.
You said you had seen an experiment performed. We are still waiting for your evidence.
orgasmicliving!! said:
It's affect, not effect, the way you have used it and there's no such word as snobby. Did you mean snobery?
There's no such word as snobery, either.
esselte said:PMSL
It isn't important and it doesn't effect my life any more than it does yours. Inside the example I gave, the crux of what I was asking is why some people argue the toss even after overwhelming evidence/explanations to the contrary.
I don't really see how that could be regarded as snobby.
It's affect, not effect, the way you have used it and there's no such word as snobby. Did you mean snobery?
Ahem...snobbery
timbob said:
I remember a big, long, hotly debated thread on another forum I read about 0.9 recurring.
Someone asked whether 0.9r = 1, or not. It became the "Aeroplane/conveyer belt" thread of that forum. Lots of people said no, it can't possibly = 1. Various people posted some ridicolously simple, easy to follow mathematical proof, and still about 60% of people posting in the thread refused to believe it was true, and they knew best.
Made me chuckle anyway
i've seen that
1 divided by 3 = 0.3r
3 x 0.3r = 0.9r
therefore 1 = 0.9r
I don't understand. He can make up words, but I can't?
With regards to the airplane thread, the big mistake was not stating the problem when I started it. I assumed everyone was talkign about the same problem. I asked for links to the original thread, and no one posted any. Then, 38 pages in, the other side stated the problem as "A plane is moving..." after which everyone went back to insisting that it must move.
If it says the plane is moving, then it is pretty safe to assume the plane is moving, physics be damned.
What about the engines? Who cares, the plane is moving.
Now, what about the conveyor belt? Who cares, the plane is moving.
What about this? What about that? Who
cares? The plane is moving. Your problem states, "The plane is moving..."
Nothing left to debate.
Now, if anyone read my problem, which I do take responsibility for not laying out first as I should have, it says, "A plane is sitting on a conveyor belt..."
Tell me why, for 50-odd pages, people insisted on proving that the plane would move when their version of the problem simply stated it would? All they had to do was point to the statement, and say, look it's a given.
Seems we have a lot of aspiring police officers on here...some even have advanced degrees.
With regards to the airplane thread, the big mistake was not stating the problem when I started it. I assumed everyone was talkign about the same problem. I asked for links to the original thread, and no one posted any. Then, 38 pages in, the other side stated the problem as "A plane is moving..." after which everyone went back to insisting that it must move.
If it says the plane is moving, then it is pretty safe to assume the plane is moving, physics be damned.
What about the engines? Who cares, the plane is moving.
Now, what about the conveyor belt? Who cares, the plane is moving.
What about this? What about that? Who
cares? The plane is moving. Your problem states, "The plane is moving..." Nothing left to debate.
Now, if anyone read my problem, which I do take responsibility for not laying out first as I should have, it says, "A plane is sitting on a conveyor belt..."
Tell me why, for 50-odd pages, people insisted on proving that the plane would move when their version of the problem simply stated it would? All they had to do was point to the statement, and say, look it's a given.
Seems we have a lot of aspiring police officers on here...some even have advanced degrees.
timbob said:
I remember a big, long, hotly debated thread on another forum I read about 0.9 recurring.
Someone asked whether 0.9r = 1, or not. It became the "Aeroplane/conveyer belt" thread of that forum. Lots of people said no, it can't possibly = 1. Various people posted some ridicolously simple, easy to follow mathematical proof, and still about 60% of people posting in the thread refused to believe it was true, and they knew best.
Made me chuckle anyway
0.9r does NOT equal 1. I can post some ridiculously simple, easy to follow mathematical proof, if you like.
orgasmicliving!! said:
stuff
It's affect, not effect, the way you have used it and there's no such word as snobby. Did you mean snobery?
>> Edited by orgasmicliving!! on Friday 26th May 16:34
Would you care to answer my original question or would you prefer to go off on a petit nitpicking tangent?
You do after all have an excellent insight into what I’m taking about. You contribution will be most welcome.
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