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Najda
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frogrubdown
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On January 22 2014 08:18 Najda wrote: I could imagine there might be applications where you would need the identity of 1 + cot^2(x) = csc^2(x) for example or maybe in higher levels of math. I remember our trig teacher showed us where it's needed in calc 2 or calc 3 but I'm not there yet. That's just the Pythagorean trig identity divided by sine squared though. Mathematically, you can obviously figure everything out without the other three functions as long as you know what to do when sine, cosine, or tangent are in the denominator. I thought the question was more about why we even give names to these functions that are so easily definable in terms of other functions we have names for. Unless they come up frequently in natural contexts, it seems almost like assigning a permanent letter of the alphabet to the function 1/(e^2x). | ||
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Simberto
Germany11825 Posts
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3point14
Germany890 Posts
People also talk about gaussing numbers away (refering to the Gauss Algorithm) | ||
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xpldngmn
Austria265 Posts
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Dark_Chill
Canada3353 Posts
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Dogfoodboy16
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
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ObviousOne
United States3704 Posts
On January 23 2014 08:27 Dogfoodboy16 wrote: Why would you ask an unattractive person out for a date? Seems horribly counterproductive. Some of the nicest people I've met aren't exactly drop-dead gorgeous and a lot of those who were 10s were sub-human. | ||
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Najda
United States3765 Posts
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Orcasgt24
Canada3238 Posts
On January 23 2014 08:29 ObviousOne wrote: Some of the nicest people I've met aren't exactly drop-dead gorgeous and a lot of those who were 10s were sub-human. Alot of "10's" have "1's" behind their eyes. | ||
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
On January 23 2014 22:56 Orcasgt24 wrote: Alot of "10's" have "1's" behind their eyes. I sense bitterness. Ive met lots of 10s who are just as nice. Just get to know them better. I haven't met a single person that , hot or not, I'd define as "sub-human" or at "1". | ||
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Mandalor
Germany2362 Posts
On January 23 2014 23:17 plogamer wrote: I sense bitterness. Ive met lots of 10s who are just as nice. Just get to know them better. I haven't met a single person that , hot or not, I'd define as "sub-human" or at "1". So you haven't met a lot of people or have pretty low standards  | ||
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
On January 23 2014 23:41 Mandalor wrote: So you haven't met a lot of people or have pretty low standards Enough to know that most 10s are 6-7 without their hair and makeup done. More importantly, that they're just as human as we are. I've met girls that are out of shape and mean; but no more than mean hot ones. | ||
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
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plogamer
Canada3132 Posts
On January 24 2014 00:20 ComaDose wrote: Is there any advantage to generalizing people based off subjective standards? Only for general purposes (and we all do it to a certain extent); anyone with some intelligence would take take each individual case on its own merits. | ||
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Dark_Chill
Canada3353 Posts
On January 24 2014 00:20 ComaDose wrote: Is there any advantage to generalizing people based off subjective standards? It works as a sort of way to approach a situation. Say you're going to a party, and from your opinion you think people at parties are all alcoholics. So you go and keep your distance slightly, making sure that no one crashes into you or spills shit on you. After a while you notice only a few people are like that, so you become a bit more comfortable. Basically, as long as you change your assumptions appropriately, there's nothing wrong with making generalizations. | ||
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JimmyJRaynor
Canada17486 Posts
On February 13 2005 08:26 RedMeat wrote: How do they put the stripes in tubes of stripey toothpaste? 40 years ago it was a novelty that sold mmore toothpaste do to its "flashy cool" appearance. manufacturing processes could not cheaply produce striped toothpaste in 1975. that is the why. i don't know the how. On January 23 2014 08:27 Dogfoodboy16 wrote: Why would you ask an unattractive person out for a date? Seems horribly counterproductive. "unattractive" is subjective. examples: Serena Williams, Cindy Klassen go perusing the bowels of the internet ... and you will find that for just about every body part on a woman... there is a group of guys who jack off to pictures of it.. legs , stomach, feet... etc etc the girl may be ugly to you.. .but who knows... maybe quentin tarantino thinks she has the most beautiful feet in the world. | ||
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CrazyF1r3f0x
United States2120 Posts
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ComaDose
Canada10357 Posts
On January 24 2014 00:45 CrazyF1r3f0x wrote: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? about as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood. | ||
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