28 September 2004 at 06.30.08 ZuluTime

Re: A short Brenton transcript....

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Posted by Sophie Rose [81.118.4.4 - Sunfilter1] on 28 September 2004 at 06.30.08 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: A short Brenton transcript.... posted by Hunter on 28 February 2003 at 10.34.01 ZuluTime:

101-ism:
      The tendency to pick apart, often in minute detail, all
     aspects of life using half-understood pop psychology as a tool.
      -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated
      Culture"
     cialis Several students were asked to prove that all odd integers are prime.
      The first student to try to do this was a math student. "Hmmm...
     Well, 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, and by induction, we have that all
     the odd integers are prime."
      The second student to try was a man of physics who commented, "I'm not
     sure of the validity of your proof, but I think I'll try to prove it by
     experiment." He continues, "Well, 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is
     prime, 9 is... uh, 9 is... uh, 9 is an experimental error, 11 is prime, 13
     is prime... Well, it seems that you're right."
      The third student to try it was the engineering student, who responded,
     "Well, to be honest, actually, I'm not sure of your answer either. Let's
     see... 1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is... uh, 9 is...
     well, if you approximate, 9 is prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime... Well, it
     does seem right."
      Not to be outdone, the computer science student comes along and says
     "Well, you two sort've got the right idea, but you'll end up taking too long!
     I've just whipped up a program to REALLY go and prove it." He goes over to
     his terminal and runs his program. Reading the output on the screen he says,
     "1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime..."
      buy cialis

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