Hi Jasmine ! As you can see the t-shirt has no text at all. The text u can see is just added to the picture after the picture was shot ;-)
Haha ... i get ur point though. It would have been a great t-shirt yes. But what about the remaining 1000 kinds of people ?? :-P Have fun! -Per > --- In [email protected], "Jasmine Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This discussion reminds me of a t-shirt I saw on thinkgeek.com: > http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/5aa9/zoom/ > > Wouldn't this have been a good t-shirt for a certain cuber to wear on > Beauty and the Geek? ;) > > Jasmine > http://speedcuber.blogspot.com > > > On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:26:29 -0000, "Stefan Pochmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > > Hi Per, > > no, the point is that a number and a representation of a number > > are > > not the same. You can't even write down or tell me a number - at > > all! > > Only a representation of the number you mean. For example, you > > write > > "10 seconds" and I can only *assume* that you mean "ten > > seconds", but > > maybe you're talking binary and mean "two seconds"? The > > *representation* of a number can look "round", never the number > > itself. Firstly because it doesn't look at all, and secondly > > because > > in different representations it can look differently. In some of > > them > > it might look "round", in others not. Got it now? Distinguish > > between > > numbers and their representations, that's all. > > Cheers! > > Stefan > > P.S. Even saying "two" or "ten" is not much better than "2" or > > "10", > > since maybe the word "two" means a different number for you than > > it > > does for me. Or if you're a weird alien from Mars and use the > > same > > notation as we humans but with the digit symbols '0' and '7' > > swapped, > > then "3.00" will not look round for you because it'll look to > > you like > > "3.77" looks to us which we wouldn't call "round". > > --- In [email protected], "Per Kristen > > Fredlund" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Stefan ! > > > > > > Im trying to understand ur way of thinking but i think u are > > > seriously mistaken. If u talk about rounding off errors that's > > > another matter. The concept of integers is well founded in > > maths and > > > in reality. U can indeed have exactly 10 stones or 42 apples > > or > > > whatever. Measuring 10 seconds (10.00) on a computer won't > > mean that > > > we know that there are infinitely many 0's after the comma. > > But > > > noone says it does mean so either ;-) It is just the human > > mind that > > > wants to simplify and say: hey 10.00 that's *exactly* 10 (the > > > natural number 10). Oh well, this has nothing whatsoever to do > > with > > > cubing ;-) > > > > > > Sorry guys ... (+ guyesses) > > > > > > -Per > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Stefan > > Pochmann" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Bob Burton" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Round numbers are just there to bother you. > > > > > > > > The whole concept of "round numbers" is flawed already, in > > my > > > opinion > > > > these don't even exist. For example, you might consider > > "10.00" to > > > be > > > > a round number, but that's not really the number, only one > > out of > > > > infinitely many representations of it. In binary it would > > already > > > look > > > > like "1010" and just imagine what happens if you take for > > example > > > Pi > > > > as base. Or the representation where you'd write > > "XXXXXXXXXX", > > > which > > > > doesn't look any rounder than "XXXXXXXXX". Or... etc. Not > > even 0 > > > > (zero), which looks the same and "round" in many used > > > representations, > > > > looks like a round number anymore when I represent numbers > > by > > > writing > > > > them the "normal" way after subtracting 42. > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > > * Visit your group "[1]speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > > > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the [3]Yahoo! Terms > > of Service. > > ___________________________________________________________ > > > > References > > > > 1. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube > > 2. > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] subject=Unsubscribe > > 3. http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
