03-12-2009, 06:46 AM
Philly Mike Wrote:actually it really doesn't matter to me, for a few reasons, 1 I don't care what mathematicians or math majors have to say unless it has an actual application. .999... = 1 has no bearing, and i still don't believe it is true. Even if i were to go with this what would it matter?didn't you create this thread?
if you choose to follow your own rules of math, then we have found the disconnect and you're right: there's no reason to continue discussing it.
Allyson Wrote:I was tutoring a boy yesterday and I tried to tell him about imaginary numbers. He told me all numbers are imaginary. What is x? That is a letter in the alphabet.
This might take a while...
in freshman year in high school, i was in a computer programming class, and i remember cracking up when some kid asked the teacher for help with where his program was failing:
"ok, so 'fart' gets 'fart' + 1..."
variables are fun.