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Started by Dave, March 04, 2017, 10:20:59 AM

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Icarus

Thanks for playing the game Essie Mae.  You are my hero.

All those other number derelicts will have to wonder what the hell game we were playing.........

Here's another..........Have a non believer ( math non enthusiast) use his/her calculator to do this little game....Have them choose any three numbers that comes to mind  now repeat the number  ...such as  123 123...........Have them divide the number by 13, now have them divide that quotient number by 11, finally divide by 7 and the original number will be the result.   Try it ....247247/13 = 19019  divide by 11 to get 1729 and then divide by 7 to get the original number 247.    Fun with numbers......You could short circuit all that division by dividing the number by the product of 13, 11, 7 which is 10001......247247/1001 = 247  .....elementary.

I suspect that our glorious guru and math whiz,  The Asmo,  can think of some more fun stuff with numbers....or may choose not to.

Has this become painfully boring yet?   Hey,  we gotta keep this forum active even if we have to resort to mental games

Essie Mae

931 931

931931/1001 = 931

Off out but did do the long way too!

All keeps the little grey cells going.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. Wm Shakespeare


joeactor

Numbers... Maps... Things.

All are Moleeds?


Icarus


Recusant

I think that many etymologists consider their work to be at least based on scientific principles. On the other hand entomology certainly is a science. Etomology though . . .  ;)

I read about that Indonesian bee. Great to hear that it's still with us--it sounds like an amazing animal.
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration — courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth."
— H. L. Mencken


Icarus


joeactor

Quote from: Icarus on March 03, 2019, 04:43:14 AM
This a biological and petrochemical account of the unimagined difficulties that  our little planet  is enduring.....https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/deepest-ocean-trenches-animals-eat-plastic/583657/

Scary how much we've changed this little planet. Hope something survives.

Icarus


joeactor

Quote from: Icarus on April 02, 2019, 08:18:53 PM
Here is the tale of a survival experiment that eventually included Steve Bannon.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/sunday-review/biosphere-2-climate-change.html

I remember the fanfare, but never heard the whole story. Good one, Icarus.

Icarus

This place has been quiet for a while.  I will give it a little boost. 

Here is a different kind of science that is both evil and good.

https://www.npr.org/2019/09/26/763545811/how-the-u-s-hacked-isis?utm_source=pocket-newtab

We can imagine The Asmo being involved in this business.  :-X

Icarus

Within short walking distane of my house is Lake Hollingsworth.  The perimeter of the lake is 1.75 miles.  There is a wide walking path that surrounds the lake and thousands of people walk the path daily, some with their dogs, others with their children in strollers.  On the north side of the lake is Florida Southern College, a liberal arts school of very long standing among the elite.  It has the largest array of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world.  At the Northeast corner of the lake there is a traffic roundabout and the banks of the lake have numerous trees.

Those trees are the annual site of a lot of fucking snakes.  This is an event that the walkers and others, at this time of year, usually try to avoid.   The snakes are harmless and they are called Florida Water Snakes.  But at certain times of the year they become exceptionally horny.  They leave the water and  climb the trees in search of a willing mate. Hundreds of them can be seen at the height of their activity.  This annual episode lasts only two or three days and the snakes return to their watery habitat.

The snakes can produce dozens and dozens of offspring for each fertilized snake mama.   Fortunately we have plenty of  Ospreys, Cormorants and other predators who manage to keep the snake population in check. Mother Nature is pretty damned cool if you just leave her alone. 

https://www.livescience.com/snake-orgy-florida.html

Recusant

Cool. Seems like a great opportunity to get some mind-bending photos.  :sidesmile:
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration — courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth."
— H. L. Mencken


Icarus


Icarus

I used to wonder how deep a hole my dog would dig. Then I wondered how deep a hole can I dig.........Here is some useless information that you do not need to know but it is fun to contemplate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39GIysMevQ


Icarus

Seems like I am the thread hog for this subject.  Well all right if that is the way it is to be.  There are a whole mess of subjects that can be of casual interest to inquisitive folks, or to those of us who aim to expand our perspectives. 

Here is a tale about cannibal piss ants in Poland or Russia......I forget where.........

  https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-saga-of-the-cannibal-ants-in-a-soviet-nuclear-bunker?utm_source=pocket-newtab