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post #51 of 66
6/27/04 at 12:16pm
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Originally posted by Kid Ego
They like the feeling of the cardboard against their fur. The more intriguing question would be:

If there is a single piece of paper laying in the middle of the carpet, why do cats HAVE to lay on it?

What is it about the other room that makes a cat need to be there so damn fast?
They suddenly remembered there is a piece of paper laying in the middle of the carpet that they have to lay on.......once they get there they will have forgotten and will meander their way back into the first room. Rinse and repeat.
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post #52 of 66
6/27/04 at 5:08pm
Hmmm. That was a thorough answer. I really am not well-versed in advanced mathematics (even if this concept is not particularily advanced). I tend to read books about advanced math instead of learning how to do it myself.

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If you take smaller and smaller steps but eventually stop, then you haven't taken an infinite number of steps, you've taken a finite number, and haven't described an infinite series. That's where the confusion lies.

Why will the series eventually stop?
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post #53 of 66
6/27/04 at 6:28pm
Because you choose to stop. Taking one billion steps, each one half the size of the previous step, will get you really close to the finish line, but not quite there. Like you said. But an infinite series of steps isn't one billion or ten billion or one hundred billion, it's infinite. That's why it's a tricky question. It's easy to imagine lots and lots of steps and say that's how an infinite series behaves, but it's not quite so.

Limits as variables go to infinity are no fun, I know. Replacing infinity with a really big number doesn't always work.

So the answer to the question is: an infinite geometric series doesn't sum to infinity, it sums to a finite number: that's why you can cross an infinite number of intervals and still cross a finite distance.

To me, the cat/cardboard mystery is harder to figure out.
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post #54 of 66
6/27/04 at 6:57pm
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Originally posted by Seabass Inna Bun
To me, the cat/cardboard mystery is harder to figure out.
That one and the cat/plastic or paper bag mystery. Mine know the instant a plastic grocery bag is on the floor. Endless hours of amusement.

Here's a question. Why are mosquitoes attracted to certain people (namely me)?
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post #55 of 66
6/27/04 at 6:59pm
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Originally posted by Gigolo Joe
Here's a question. Why are mosquitoes attracted to certain people (namely me)?
Don't take this the wrong way but - odour.
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post #56 of 66
6/28/04 at 3:11pm
Why are they called "Stands" if you sit on them?
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post #57 of 66
6/29/04 at 4:53am

Re: Aspects of the Universe You Want Explained

New Line of thought.

What format are voicemail on cellphones recorded in? Mp3, Wav, MIDI?
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post #58 of 66
6/30/04 at 12:18am
Why don't they package hot dogs and hot dog buns in equal numbers? There are always more hot dogs than buns.

What causes goosebumps, and how did they come up with the term?

Some people believe in ghosts, and some people believe in aliens. Am I the only one who believes in the ghosts of aliens? Hmmmm?
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post #59 of 66
7/1/04 at 4:14am
Shotodrag likes Celine Dion.
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post #60 of 66
7/1/04 at 10:05am
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Originally Posted by WarpWhistlee
New Line of thought.

What format are voicemail on cellphones recorded in? Mp3, Wav, MIDI?
That's a good question...I'll look into this today.

MY question: Why are scroll bars almost COMPLETELY INVISIBLE* THESE DAYS!

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**These invisible scroll bars suck like nothing's sucked before.
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post #61 of 66
7/7/04 at 6:09pm
Why, dear God, why have they not started making new episodes of Family Guy already?


Oh, and how do you reply in the new format on these boards? I have been hitting quote and deleting the post to write stuff because I cannot find the reply button. Maybe it's camouflaged somewhere like the new ninja scrollbars.
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post #62 of 66
7/7/04 at 6:11pm
Literally one second after my last post I figured it out, and I gotta say, my self-esteem is soaring. I'm going to hit myself with a rubber mallet for awhile.
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post #63 of 66
7/8/04 at 12:30am
When earth`s magnetic poles are gonna flip...?
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post #64 of 66
7/9/04 at 3:24am
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Originally Posted by Duke, Raol
Why, dear God, why have they not started making new episodes of Family Guy already?


Oh, and how do you reply in the new format on these boards? I have been hitting quote and deleting the post to write stuff because I cannot find the reply button. Maybe it's camouflaged somewhere like the new ninja scrollbars.

Your Kidding right....you can't see the Giant button that says "Uncle Mitch says Reply"
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post #65 of 66
7/9/04 at 6:22pm
I had honestly somehow never thought of clicking on it until immediately after I posted that. I think I have finally drank myself retarded.
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post #66 of 66
7/9/04 at 6:36pm
Why do people call it "taking a dump" when you are actually leaving it?
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