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Anyone who can answer these must be extremely smart.

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?

If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?

How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?

Is it possible to be tottally partial?

What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?

I leave you to wonder, while I think up some more...

Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump. Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.Bump.

Here's another question:

Why is 'imponderable' such an awesome word? Seriously... it fills me with awe.

How much does God weigh?

How much does God weigh?
58.16 kilograms...

How much does God weigh?
If God is so omnipotent, can he create a rock to big for him to lift?

I dont know how anyone could answer these questions..and i have another


Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

58.16 kilograms...
From what I understand from reading bumper stickers, God is American. So how much is that in pounds?

I you went back in time and killed your grandfather, and you ceased to exist because of this, wouldn't your non-existance mean that you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather, so you'd be born anyway?

I you went back in time and killed your grandfather, and you ceased to exist because of this, wouldn't your non-existance mean that you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather, so you'd be born anyway?
Only from 12:00 - 2:30.

I you went back in time and killed your grandfather, and you ceased to exist because of this, wouldn't your non-existance mean that you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather, so you'd be born anyway?

That's weird. My chem teacher was talking about that today. (It was last block, so he couldn't stay focussed).

Anyone who can answer these must be extremely smart.

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
Yes, and the expected the unexpected.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
She wants friends her own size, duh.

How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?
In a snowplough. See the Simpsons episode where Homer gets a plow for more information.

If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?
The earth is round, it doesn't have corners. But if you mean the centre, then no, they don't. If the own the mineral rights to that land, however, then they do own it all the way to the centre of the earth.

How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
Whatever the manual says.

If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?
The attractive force between men and women is stronger than gravity.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?
No. But if more than half of them drown then the rest would have to.

Is it possible to be tottally partial?
Only in part

What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?
What else would it be about? :confused:

I leave you to wonder, while I think up some more...

I you went back in time and killed your grandfather, and you ceased to exist because of this, wouldn't your non-existance mean that you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather, so you'd be born anyway?
What if you also went back in time to stop yourself going back in time to kill your grandfather? If you stopped yourself would that mean you'd then have no reason to go back so then you wouldn't stop yourself so [add paradoxes from other post]



Wewt for temporal mechanics.

What would happen if an irresistable force met an immoveable object?

What would happen if an irresistable force met an immoveable object?
A wrestling announcer would be overhyping a match.

I you went back in time and killed your grandfather, and you ceased to exist because of this, wouldn't your non-existance mean that you couldn't go back in time and kill your grandfather, so you'd be born anyway?
I think that just means you wouldn't be able to witness your own birth and that everyone would wonder how you have no mother. You'd remember a different future than those around you would experience. I don't really go in for that Back to the Future fade away stuff.

What if you also went back in time to stop yourself going back in time to kill your grandfather? If you stopped yourself would that mean you'd then have no reason to go back so then you wouldn't stop yourself so [add paradoxes from other post]



Wewt for temporal mechanics.

I love time paradoxes...

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

I love time paradoxes...

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
1wc
wc being the symbol for wood chucked by a woodchuck.

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck was Chuck Norris?
All of it.

I think that just means you wouldn't be able to witness your own birth and that everyone would wonder how you have no mother. You'd remember a different future than those around you would experience. I don't really go in for that Back to the Future fade away stuff.

You wouldn't fade away, time would alter itself in a series of ripples, starting from the point you altered time, then moving forward unto the end of time, while at the same time upon reaching the point you went back in time, the ripples would then jump BACK to when you appeared out of your normal place in the time line erasing you from then on and following up with another set of forward unto the end of time ripples that would end up with the timeline looking exactly like it did before you changed it. And given that the switch back to normality technically happened before you could change time, it is therefore impossible to change the timeline in this manner.

Have you noticed..no one yet has come up with an answer to my question


Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Have you noticed..no one yet has come up with an answer to my question


Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Only on Sundays, Tuesdays, and alternating Wednesdays.

Have you noticed..no one yet has come up with an answer to my question


Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Some of them do, some of them don't. It's a personal preference.

Have you noticed..no one yet has come up with an answer to my question


Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?

No they don't, and stop calling me crackers.

No they don't, and stop calling me crackers.

Surely you can't be serious?

Some of them do, some of them don't. It's a personal preference.

oh ic...

Why, in Portuguese, is egg (ovo) a masculine noun and beard (barba) a feminine one?

Whats half of infinity?

Whats half of infinity?
infi

:)

infi

:)

*mumbles* Ok smartie panse. Whats half of the VALUE of infinity. Yer...

What if you also went back in time to stop yourself going back in time to kill your grandfather? If you stopped yourself would that mean you'd then have no reason to go back so then you wouldn't stop yourself so [add paradoxes from other post]
You would have a reason to go back; to stop yourself. Your would-be murderer self would be stopped by your saviour-self, thus would remember that you had to at some point go back and stop yourself.

Temporal paradoxes do not occur. There is always a convoluted series of events that prevents them from ever occurring.

Anyone who can answer these must be extremely smart.

Or just bored

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

Nobody has ever tried it and never will, however I expect that some day a movie called The Unexpected will be made

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Mattel is NOT a pack of communist pussies that just give dolls away

How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?

Seasonally

If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?

No just to the center. And Exxon owns mineral rights

How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

You cant tune a bagpipe. You can tuna fish though.

If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?

Stickiness

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?

Only her teamates

Is it possible to be tottally partial?

Yes but you really halve to think about it

What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?

Im good with that. I like to keep my hand in.

*mumbles* Ok smartie panse. Whats half of the VALUE of infinity. Yer...
Which infinity are we talking about here? If it's the size of the natural numbers then half its size is equal to the set of all even numbers (which, incidentally, is also an infinity). Otherwise, we're talking about uncountable infinites at which point the value of infinity becomes meaningless.

Which infinity are we talking about here? If it's the size of the natural numbers then half its size is equal to the set of all even numbers (which, incidentally, is also an infinity). Otherwise, we're talking about uncountable infinites at which point the value of infinity becomes meaningless.

TAN 90 is infinity, therefor it must be of some sort of mathematical value. o_O

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
No, because if it was unexpected you wouldn't be expecting it. Duh.
If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
So Barbie can get money and go to the shopping mall.
How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?
He takes his helicoptor.
If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?
The earth has no corners, so no.
How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
Tuning your bagpipes won't make them sound any better. Can they even be tuned?
If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?
Gravity doesn't exist, of course. What are they teaching you in those horrible secular public schools?
If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?
Yes. Their fault for synchronizing.
Is it possible to be tottally partial?
Partially, but it's difficult.
What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?
I like strawberries.

*mumbles* Ok smartie panse. Whats half of the VALUE of infinity. Yer...
Infinity isn't a number, so it doesn't have a value, so its value can't be halved.

TAN 90 is infinity, therefor it must be of some sort of mathematical value. o_O
tan90 is 1/0

tan90 is 1/0

Well if you plot Tan in a graph, it goes up to infinity eventually. (It was part of my coursework)

If Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care... why the friggen hell did he crack the corn in the first place?!

Well if you plot Tan in a graph, it goes up to infinity eventually. (It was part of my coursework)
No, it has a vertical asymptote. It continues infinitely, but inifinity is not a number itself.

Well if you plot Tan in a graph, it goes up to infinity eventually. (It was part of my coursework)
But it also, at exactly the same value, goes down to negative "infinity".

But it also, at exactly the same value, goes down to negative "infinity".

Negative infinity, hmmm sounds pretty spooky...

But it also, at exactly the same value, goes down to negative "infinity".

So zero is half of infinity then

My god, you all fail at math.

You wouldn't fade away, time would alter itself in a series of ripples, starting from the point you altered time, then moving forward unto the end of time, while at the same time upon reaching the point you went back in time, the ripples would then jump BACK to when you appeared out of your normal place in the time line erasing you from then on and following up with another set of forward unto the end of time ripples that would end up with the timeline looking exactly like it did before you changed it. And given that the switch back to normality technically happened before you could change time, it is therefore impossible to change the timeline in this manner.
I think my way is simpler.

If Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care... why the friggen hell did he crack the corn in the first place?!
Over his sister's head.

My god, you all fail at math.
I think I agree.

If you're so great then what's half of the value of infinity?
Infinity is not a 'whole'. It cannot be 'halved'.

Infinity is not a 'whole'. It cannot be 'halved'.

Well this thread isn't such a serious thread so logic doesn't come into it.

Well this thread isn't such a serious thread so logic doesn't come into it.
http://www.airwise.com/airports/europe/ORY/ORY_01.html

Well this thread isn't such a serious thread so logic doesn't come into it.
This thread is on NS General so logic doesn't come into it. ;)

Infinity is not a 'whole'. It cannot be 'halved'.
We agree then.

Infinity is not a 'whole'. It cannot be 'halved'.
Some infinites can, in a sense. In our finite maths course, the size of the set of all even natural numbers is given as equal to the size of the set of all natural numbers, which is itself given a specific infinite value. The size of one set can be clearly defined as half of the size of the other, since we are removing every second element from it.

I think my way is simpler.

Aw, but my way is more fun. And is kind of like the timeline going "No paradox for you! *reboot*"

Yeah.

Just out of interest, what other equations can equal infinity?

Just out of interest, what other equations can equal infinity?

I would tell you, but in half a semester I've managed to completely forget pre-calculus. Though does anything actually equal infinity, or just go to it?

From what I understand from reading bumper stickers, God is American. So how much is that in pounds?

₤500. :p

Some infinites can, in a sense. In our finite maths course, the size of the set of all even natural numbers is given as equal to the size of the set of all natural numbers, which is itself given a specific infinite value. The size of one set can be clearly defined as half of the size of the other, since we are removing every second element from it.
The problem is that the sets can have no specific value if they are unbounded.

Heres a thing i found about infinity:

Infinity doesn't have a value. It's an ideal number. This means it does not occupy a point on the real line. It occupies a position similar to that of the extra point in the projective plane (the one at which parallel lines meet).
One way of visualising how this works is like this (This was explained to me when I was jet-lagged out of my mind and still made some sense. it must be good.):

Imagine the complex plane as a flat plane in 3-dimensional space. Imagine a sphere resting on this plane so that the bottom of the sphere just touches the point representing zero. One can visualise a mapping from each point P on the plane to a point P' on the sphere. Simply draw a line from the top of the sphere I, through P. The other point at which IP cuts the sphere is P'.

Obviously there exists a P' for every P and there exists a P for every P' except I. The number which would map to I is infinity. As you can see, this explains why minus infinity equals plus infinity, something I never understood before.

I hope this helps people get a handle on infinity. It may make no sense at all, but hey, it's infinity, it never made sense in the first place.


I don't really understand this myself but then i havn't had a proper read through of it.

Heres a thing i found about infinity:

Infinity doesn't have a value. It's an ideal number. This means it does not occupy a point on the real line. It occupies a position similar to that of the extra point in the projective plane (the one at which parallel lines meet).
One way of visualising how this works is like this (This was explained to me when I was jet-lagged out of my mind and still made some sense. it must be good.):

Imagine the complex plane as a flat plane in 3-dimensional space. Imagine a sphere resting on this plane so that the bottom of the sphere just touches the point representing zero. One can visualise a mapping from each point P on the plane to a point P' on the sphere. Simply draw a line from the top of the sphere I, through P. The other point at which IP cuts the sphere is P'.

Obviously there exists a P' for every P and there exists a P for every P' except I. The number which would map to I is infinity. As you can see, this explains why minus infinity equals plus infinity, something I never understood before.

I hope this helps people get a handle on infinity. It may make no sense at all, but hey, it's infinity, it never made sense in the first place.


I don't really understand this myself but then i havn't had a proper read through of it.
My brain started to cry when he/she mentioned parallel lines meeting.

My brain started to cry when he/she mentioned parallel lines meeting.

Lol, maybe i should find something more simple, or nothing at all...

Heres a thing i found about infinity:

Infinity doesn't have a value. It's an ideal number. This means it does not occupy a point on the real line. It occupies a position similar to that of the extra point in the projective plane (the one at which parallel lines meet).
One way of visualising how this works is like this (This was explained to me when I was jet-lagged out of my mind and still made some sense. it must be good.):

Imagine the complex plane as a flat plane in 3-dimensional space. Imagine a sphere resting on this plane so that the bottom of the sphere just touches the point representing zero. One can visualise a mapping from each point P on the plane to a point P' on the sphere. Simply draw a line from the top of the sphere I, through P. The other point at which IP cuts the sphere is P'.

Obviously there exists a P' for every P and there exists a P for every P' except I. The number which would map to I is infinity. As you can see, this explains why minus infinity equals plus infinity, something I never understood before.

I hope this helps people get a handle on infinity. It may make no sense at all, but hey, it's infinity, it never made sense in the first place.


I don't really understand this myself but then i havn't had a proper read through of it.

Honestly, I find infinity infinitely easier to understand than whatever that person was trying to say. I kind of just picture infinity as a number line that just keeps going in either direction until it fades off into the distance... Or think of as taking two points and putting a point halfway between the points, and then two more points halfway between each point and then on and on until you have an infinite number of points in a small space.

Er. Yeah.

Honestly, I find infinity infinitely easier to understand than whatever that person was trying to say. I kind of just picture infinity as a number line that just keeps going in either direction until it fades off into the distance... Or think of as taking two points and putting a point halfway between the points, and then two more points halfway between each point and then on and on until you have an infinite number of points in a small space.

Er. Yeah.

Well thats the context of infinity, but i think that thing was trying to explain the value... o_O

One thing that bugs me is that, infinity must exist somehow because the center of a black whole is infinately dense or causes a whole in space time infinately small, apparently.

Well thats the context of infinity, but i think that thing was trying to explain the value... o_O

Which explains why it's brain-imploding, because infinity is more a concept than a value. It's like... trying to... explain... something. That's hard to explain. Yeah.

One thing that bugs me is that, infinity must exist somehow because the center of a black whole is infinately dense or causes a whole in space time infinately small, apparently.
Of course infinity exists. Infinity is simply the idea that something goes on and on and never stops.

One thing that bugs me is that, infinity must exist somehow because the center of a black whole is infinately dense or causes a whole in space time infinately small, apparently.
Infinitely has no 'A'.

And the center of a black hole is not 'infinitely dense', because that implies that it contains an infinite amount of mass within a finite volume, which would cause a gravitational force of an infinite magnitude between it and all other objects in the universe.

One thing that bugs me is that, infinity must exist somehow because the center of a black whole is infinately dense or causes a whole in space time infinately small, apparently.

Maybe the center of a black hole is like... an asymptote. You just keep getting closer and closer to the true center, and the density just keeps getting closer and closer to inifinity, but it's impossible to reach either.

Infinitely has no 'A'.

And the center of a black hole is not 'infinitely dense', because that implies that it contains an infinite amount of mass within a finite volume, which would cause a gravitational force of an infinite magnitude between it and all other objects in the universe.

No wait, this actually makes sense, whereas what I said doesn't really.

Infinitely has no 'A'.

And the center of a black hole is not 'infinitely dense', because that implies that it contains an infinite amount of mass within a finite volume, which would cause a gravitational force of an infinite magnitude between it and all other objects in the universe.
Does that mean I'm going to die?

Does that mean I'm going to die?
Most assuredly.

Infinitely has no 'A'.

And the center of a black hole is not 'infinitely dense', because that implies that it contains an infinite amount of mass within a finite volume, which would cause a gravitational force of an infinite magnitude between it and all other objects in the universe.

Im absolutely completely and ultimately certaint that according to many scientists there is something infinate about black holes. (I can't remember what though).

Im absolutely completely and ultimately certaint that according to many scientists there is something infinate about black holes. (I can't remember what though).
I'm pretty sure it's how confusing they are.

Does that mean I'm going to die?
Yes, unless the distance between you and the black hole in question has an infinite value.

Yes, unless the distance between you and the black hole in question has an infinite value.
Which it must do, since we haven't been sucked into it already.

I'm pretty sure it's how confusing they are.

Hey, you seem to understand black holes. At least more than I do. Do you know what shape black holes are? Because the who tunnel-into-space visualization doesn't really makes sense to me. Not the tunneling-into-space part, but the fact that that version leaves the black hole with an entrance that points in one direction.

What would happen if an irresistable force met an immoveable object?

By definition: Nothing.

The problem arises that you intuitively think of the immovable object as massive. It's much simpler if you consider it to be intangible.

Some stuff on black holes: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/bh_intro.html

This is a very simple and unsepcific description though...

What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?



You put your :upyours: in, you put your :upyours: out...

What would happen if an irresistable force met an immoveable object?
The inertial frame of reference of the universe would be changed to the zero-momentum frame relative to the immoveable object.

Someone needs to post more unanswerable questions for us to answer.

Someone needs to post more unanswerable questions for us to answer.
Do they really?

Do they really?
Yes.


+1

Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?

Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?
>.> <.<

By definition: Nothing.

The problem arises that you intuitively think of the immovable object as massive. It's much simpler if you consider it to be intangible.
Actually, it is impossible for either to exist. Any mass will accelerate due to a net force.

Actually, it is impossible for either to exist. Any mass will accelerate due to a net force.
Then perhaps an immovable object is one without mass?

Then perhaps an immovable object is one without mass?
Such as?

And remember ... movement is relative ... what does 'immovable' really mean? On the Earth, we are moving relative to the sun. The sun is moving relative to the center of our galaxy, and our galaxy is in motion relative to the neighboring galaxies.

why do Psyhics work. I mean if they really know the winning lottery numbers and such.

then again, when one goes out of business, wouldn't they have seen it comming?

Such as?

And remember ... movement is relative ... what does 'immovable' really mean? On the Earth, we are moving relative to the sun. The sun is moving relative to the center of our galaxy, and our galaxy is in motion relative to the neighboring galaxies.

The immovable object is obviously a pair of giant radioactive rubber pants at the center of the universe.

Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?
nof mef

What if instead of hemoglobin it was hemogoblin?

Who took the cookies from the cookie jar?


sorry:p

*While munching on a cookie* It was him.

Where does the other sock go when it dissapears from the dryer?

Where does the other sock go when it dissapears from the dryer?

It vanishes.

http://luxidea.ch/files/pink/org/vanish.jpg

Why, in Portuguese, is egg (ovo) a masculine noun and beard (barba) a feminine one?


Because Portuguese(ean) women have beards and the men have what we call the female sexual organs...

Anyone who can answer these must be extremely smart.

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?.

I expect so. But I will still be surprised if it is true.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?.

Because YOU are not that popular.

How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?.

He doesn't. He walks to work... out to his driveway, that is... once he is IN the truck, he is AT work.

If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?

The earth is round and has no corners.

How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?.

When they start to sound good, tune them.

If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?.

Relationships can be very sticky.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?.

It is not required, but you get extra style points if you do.

Is it possible to be tottally partial?.

Totally. But only a little bit at a time.


What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?.

Is hokey cokey what you drink while dancing the hokey pokey?

I leave you to wonder, while I think up some more...

The immovable object is obviously a pair of giant radioactive rubber pants at the center of the universe.
Oh course! Why didn't I think of that before ... :p

If you're happy and you know it, why aren't you clapping?

Anyone who can answer these must be extremely smart.
Meh, I'll try anyway.

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?
Dosn't this contradict itself?

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?
Because you're not Barbie.
How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?
4-wheel drive.
If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?
I want to know this answer!
How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?
When the hagus is cooking?
If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?
What?
If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?
No, they eat the dead one.
Is it possible to be tottally partial?
Yes.
What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?
Then I'm going to kill myself.

Dosn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected?

No. The descriptive term "unexpected" here refers to the status of the event prior to the expectation the statement advocates.

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

Because mindless consumerism helps the economy.

How does the man who drives the snowplough get to work?

He lives within walking distance.

If a person owns a piece of land, do they own it all the way to the corner of the earth?

The question is invalid. No person owns land; God owns everything.

How do you know when it's time to tune your bagpipes?

Intuition.

If gravity exists, why is it harder to drop a girl than pick one up?

Their mass is negative.

If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown?

No.

Is it possible to be tottally partial?

Yes. As long as something is partial, it is totally partial; something cannot both be total and partial, because totality implies a lack of partiality.

What if the hokey cokey really is what it's all about?

What is "it"?