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:eek: "Cassandra" was what I intended to use as my forum name because I use that in some other forum but I changed right at the last minute. For a moment there I thought I was posting and wondering why is it so different from me! :confused:

I think all mathematics rule still hold true in the dream world. Maths is analytical after all, so it is true by logical necessity. Physical laws however can change at a whim in the dream world.

Job-hopper seems like a great career for me.

My 2 years maths note is ~15cm thick. Yet each topic is filled with dozen of useless super long and boring mind-numbing examples that might even faster to solve by program into the computer. Lucky I have practised speed reading so I read them and only take note of important definition that worth...

I like 17 because it is supposed to be unlucky according to Pytago (sorry forgot his name but he got a theorem about 3 side of a right-angle triangle). I once open a metal password-lock (my friend's one) on first try by put in 37. I was just trying to show him just how easy it is too brute-force...

Do you still have hope? If you do, I suggest you change name to Pandora's box.

I don't think it is just a normal infection, since she stays in hosital for nearly 1 month. School system is quite harsh, lost more than 1 month and you have to repeat the whole year, unless you got a lot of money to bribe the official. But why is piercing not permanent? You means if you...

I think that certain quanlity of human have to be separated from judging the game fairness, while certain should be included. For example, if 2 people play chess then their chess skill should be excluded so the better one got higher chance to win but if one person is blinded then certainly the...

My guess is that the INTP are most likely going to raise in social class by going the scientist route, and their motivation is intellectual discovery. Sure they won't be president, CEO, world dominator, etc. because of the excessive political game, but excellence scientist is respected by the...

I am against it because of many reason: ("tatoo" will means all form of permanent body modification in this post, and "permanent" means it is difficult and dangerous to remove from body) 1. Some people do it without thinking and come to regret it later, especial there are those that make some...

Thanks for all the reply. It is a bit helpful to me in choosing the college. I guess because I don't live in US so some of what you said sounds unfamiliar to me. What had happened to studentreviews.com?

What about subject that are bad despite how good you like the teacher? I got Farming class in secondary school.

@ walfin: guess you was typing when I post a reply, because I clarify some point there. 1. Simply question: What does it means by "X objects are chosen randomly from Y objects"? (no repeat, order not important, no identical objects). The rest are just the list of the different answer I received...

I played once with my friend and they take it personally and get offended by me breaking promises. Another one over the email, it sort of end prematurely (I never receive anymore email, so just assume I won). Total 2 times in my life, they don't seems like good players so I don't know how good I...

@ INTPINFP: I think game with everyone win is cooperative game, not competitive game, which I no little about. @ Sugarpop: But if you want to test human skill, you need to have a "fair" game. However to determine if a game is "fair" is not, you might have to rely on knowledge on human skill...

@walfin & GG: sorry I was not confused, I only use the wrong word. I was talking about mass. I edited the first post. @ cryptonia: 1. I was talking about situation where no repeat, no identical objects and order not important. My confusion arise when I suddenly think about this situation: Let's...

I have the opportunity to study in both the British and the French education system. I must say the French system are waaayyyy better than the British. They emphasis on on definition, in-depth understanding of concept, proof, anomalies, inductive reasoning. Some amount of creativity are allowed...

This looks like a parody on Fake Difficulty.

@ Sirian: but when you think about player skill as being better to justify why unequal chance of winning are still fairness, then you face the question of how to define what it means by "better skill"? @ Sugarpop: let's say that you play a chess game. Then either black or white will have a sure...

What are you expecting? "Fireday"?

I never know there is a guy in reality named Chuck Norris. So I keep playing with the word to try and find to see if the name is the anagram of something funny.:phear:

I took a lot of humanity class (because science become boring when you have studies all they can offer in the syllabus), so it becomes quite hard at subject such as history and literature. I usually get at least a pass for those even without studying, and a ~70% with studying. However, I find...

In context of 2 player competitive game (excluding sport because I know nothing about these) I always find people define "fairness" as each player have an equal chances of winning. However, upon close inspection it does not seems like a good definition, since the only game would be fair by this...

Sign... So my procrastination (or perhap the P trait) got me again and I decided to take a gap year because I still cannot decide on an US college to study in. I intend to study in MIT but after reading comment by people on the student's life there I find it would rather suffocating for an...

So I read a science magazine (too bad it is in my native language which is not English so I will have to translate it) that there is a study on what is the number which are most likely to get chosen if people are to be asked to think of a random positive integer less than 100. So the result is...

English is not my native tongue but I also live in an English speaking country for 2 years so I hope that you understood what I asked. 1. Yes set's selection probability is 1/(Y C X) also imply that each object is X/Y chance, but the reverse is not true, so I want to clarify which of them is the...

Wow I was reading about this when I saw this. Well, there is a Noether theorem about conservation of certain variable in a system followed from a symmetry of something that I am yet to understand. It is proven mathematically except for the part about symmetry. So to circumvent it there are 2...

How about we use a technology that normal spambot won't be able to have, so the only bots that can penetrate this defence is through a specifically designed bots, and even then it will most likely fail? I suggest having jumbled letter put on a grid (the grid shape are randomize, not necessary...

It is either my problem (which seems not to be since I have tried different computer, browser and OS), or the forum problem, or the network at my place's problem.

I guess the difference is the method of dieing. 70 years later you would probably drowned in pain, unable to do anything for yourself, and have to ask someone to poison you, while for 1 year you might be very healthy until the very time you die, alive and kicking, until a sudden quick painless...

Depend on the purpose of meeting woman, if that is for dating then these people probably are referring to the saleswomen. However, I'm quite comtemplating on the possibility of stalking someone as they go home from the supermarket.

Lego have instruction? :eek:

Am I a weirdo here for having my picture being the word "SKETCH" in 3D shape white letter with no shadow?

@Cobra: well, I think lava is like water except slower and cannot be removed by sponge. However you can solidfy lava into rock by throwing water on it. You can also remove lava by building any block into lava to replace it. As for the trick, melting gravel trick never work: the apparent melting...

Sorry for asking these easy question, but I tried to research on these and I get even more confused, so I wish someone can straighten it out for me. Anyway, these questions are about concepts in Maths and Physics: 1. Randomly select: What is the meaning of this sentence "X objects is randomly...

I like this one. I usually sit with the talkative girl to hear what they are talking about. Although I forgot (because not interested) most of them, some information are quite useful.

I just do some test. Sorry I was wrong, Sirian is correct.:( Somehow for water I always get bugged and get a lone block of water hover in the air, but lava work normally most of the time. I think that is why I cannot raise the sea level by merely dropping a piece of sand into it. So now Cobra...

Everyone should be equipped with nuclear hand grenade at birth to deter criminal. Decision in democracy must be accepted by 1% vote, after all the mass are ignorant. Law should be passed so that any people with less than a degree and 5 year experience in both medicine and law have to run away...

Is it just me or the button to show spoiler "dispay" looks a bit weird?

Sorry for double post.

Welcome to the forum. I want to dispute some point here. Sand do not exchange place with the fluid when it fall in, it merely displace (i.e remove the fluid block altogether). If you want to test this out, just drop a block of sand into the sea: if you are right then the sea level will rise. You...

I got this a lot. It is not really random from my point of view, as I was always thinking about something funny at that time. But for other people it is random. Worst one and also the one I remember most: I was at my grandfather's funeral. I was faking to cry, and the ritual is just too long...

Phew now I can see the "invisible" post. Yes, when they meet the rock is formed (however I noticed they sometimes do not form at exactly where they meet but slightly off). I like the idea of the lava+glass+water maze; obscure vision teased by the occasion glimse of the other part of the...

@VP: one type of buildable block wil melt into lava if you build it near lava. So essentially you can suck up lava from the underground. It is the block in row 2 on the right, I can't remember the exact position. @Cobra: something interesting about lava and water is that it do not suffer from...

Why not? Use lava instead of water. By normal gameplay you can take lava to anywhere you like, with quite some effort though. And lava is not so transparent like water. Also because lava do not have a sponge equivalent, the elevator would be somewhat more complicated but still doable.

1/R=1/R1+1/R2 is definitely calculation of effective resistence of parallel ohmic resistor. One of the time I remember most is when I figure out why a/b =/= c/d if a/b and c/d are both rational number in simplified form and a =/= c. It sounds trivial but is quite a challenge to prove, and when...

I hate playing sports (hate the "playing" part). However I have sit for hours to research strategy for my friend's football team so I'm not so much of hating sport but rather hate the physical aspect of it. When I do play, I always push it to the limit of the rules for my advantage, and people...

I got the feeling of depression a lot, always for silly reasons, and once I'm in, nobody can help me out. I usually get out of the state after a week or so. They always come from my imagination, when I started to think about people I will interpret the little evidence I have into a bunch of doom...

This game hook me too, but I somehow prefer to just explore all the cavern. It get a bit fun after I figure out how to fill the level with lava, but after the game seems dull for me.

Why not keep changing job as you see fit, rather than stick to one? Become a contract worker/researcher perhap? Or sit home and throw out random painting/book/music. I have small experience in the working world (but I did work for a short time) so I might not be able to tell the feasibility of...