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| Thread ID: 51295 | 2004-11-17 02:37:00 | ot the meaning of life. | Thomas (1820) | Press F1 |
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| 293056 | 2004-11-18 11:24:00 | Aha, godfather I leave the maths to you. .Bases mean nothing in my memories of 5th form arithmetic (by when they'd let me drop algebra, geometry & trig because they knew I'd never pass School Cert. in them. Cambridge High wasn't the first school to guard its results jealously) so I bow to your superior knowledge. It'll make sense to the pupils who just posted their opinions of NCIA maths. But what intrigues me is: Does Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy still resound as 42 amongst today's teenagers (Not born when first heard/seen, after all) or has it not worn well, as some haven't? Much of Monty Python, for instance, is dated now. The Goons still do well, I think. Peter Cook & Dudley Moore would appeal, I believe, if given the chance of re-runs. Blackadder is more recent. Ah, well - back to the Meaning of Life... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 293057 | 2004-11-18 11:39:00 | If you dont have any idea,why not resort to 42? ? |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 293058 | 2004-11-18 11:48:00 | From years of calculation, I have worked out that the meaning of life is not 42. It is not 54. To us computer people, the only real meaning of life can be: 4,294,967,296 This is 2^2^2^2^2, the most perfect sum possible. And it just happens coincidentaly to equal exactly 4GB in bytes. George |
george12 (7) | ||
| 293059 | 2004-11-18 12:40:00 | Well done, George. Personally, I find it completely incomprehensible. But that's just me. (See my post above re my mathmatical ignorance.That's permanent by now) Good to see there are some newer options to the Meaning of Life. But does your version mean that Life equals a computer formula only - without the fun story that goes with it? Gotta have an interesting backup for the numbers, remember. Otherwise they're merely sums. And sums alone surely aren't Life. Hmmm...author George now plans novel around his formula. Takes world by storm with best-seller. Feted around the world after softback follows hardback version - with major auction for movie & TV rights.... OK, George - go for it. You can do it - and Good Luck. (And please remember me when you're rich & famous) |
Laura (43) | ||
| 293060 | 2004-11-18 19:41:00 | Talk about casting pearls! :D | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 293061 | 2004-11-18 19:57:00 | >Takes world by storm with best-seller. Feted around the world after softback >follows hardback version - with major auction for movie & TV rights.... Sorry, but - Success is not attained until the pirated version has exceeded 1 Meg downloads, and reached patch/service-pack level 4. Consideration to the award may be given when versions are available for PC, Apple, PS4 and X-Box (SP25). A windows version may considered as a pearl recipient. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 293062 | 2004-11-18 19:58:00 | > Talk about casting pearls! :D > Ah, but who is the swine???? ;\ |
Chris Randal (521) | ||
| 293063 | 2004-11-18 20:47:00 | Just a quick clarifying note on youth & unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . With Monetarist economics it is necessary to have a pool of unemployed in order to inhibit the develoment of labor and trade organisations (aka unions . ) This pool means that labor are competing against one another for the scarcity of jobs, bringing wages and conditions down . (The 'flexibility' of the labor market . ) Salaries are able to increase much faster under these conditions because there is no pressure from beneath against them . Should the pool of unemployed become too low then it is necessary to import labor in order to keep the same equilibrium, often presented as a 'critical lack of skills' . It is not so much the skills lacking as the upward pressure on wages that must be addressed to maintain returns and salaries . So the unenchanted youth is performing a valuable service in the economy . His /her role is to sit on the scrapheap so others may prosper . That youth find this less than a barrel of laughs is hardly surprising . |
mark c (247) | ||
| 293064 | 2004-11-18 20:49:00 | > Gotta have an interesting backup for the numbers, > remember. Otherwise they're merely sums. And sums > alone surely aren't Life. Interestingly, numbers, or at least mathematical concepts are the most advanced means we currently have scientifically of considering the conundrum of life. Superstring theory holds that matter is made up of subatomic particles in 11 dimensions. Indeed there may be 26 dimensions. These particles produce gravity, electro-magnetism, and the weak and strong nuclear forces. They are made of twists of space-time referred to as quantum foam. So Laura, to deal with at least 11 dimensions, we have to rely on mathematicians. I have enormous trouble accepting that. :D Despite string theory, quantum mechanics as a field still does not have any plausible theory as to what brings about the spark of life. Why does that rock over there show no life, yet PF1 is full of it? |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 293065 | 2004-11-18 21:56:00 | About the BOLLOCKS Its' all about choices, and if someone chooses to "sit on the scrapheap" they are only holding themselves down and doing no service to others. Playing victim is not pretty. Blaming ones personal apathy on "permorming a valuable service" is nothing more than pathetic! This applies to all ages, and all situations where people choose to blame the illusive "them" X-( Chris. > > So the unenchanted youth is performing a valuable > service in the economy. His /her role is to sit on > the scrapheap so others may prosper. > > That youth find this less than a barrel of laughs is > hardly surprising. |
personthingy (1670) | ||
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