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  1. Re: School shooter shoots over 30 people at Oregon college

    So you find the fact amusing, that this American was deported because of his political advocacy? You feel that this is particularly celebratory for free speech in Australia? I think the fact you find...
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    Re: EU IV Common Sense DLC

    I'm also wondering whether the new DLC is worth da money.

    But, I guess I will buy them eventually.:duel:
  3. Re: Renewables in the UK and lessons for the world

    Nah... mate.. Hoover dam used to be the biggest badass in the 1930s

    In modern day, indeed Three Gorges Dam produces more kwh than Hoover dam

    Moreover in modern times the Colorado river has...
  4. Re: Renewables in the UK and lessons for the world

    It seems the energy storage is a serious problem then... for renewable

    If it were oil you could just store the energy in liquid form inside barrels etc...

    Norway does have massive hydro...
  5. Re: Renewables in the UK and lessons for the world

    Tiwaz made an important point earlier. Not the entire world is California or Texas... This is fact of life.

    You never accounted for Tiwaz's argument about this issue. You ignored it without any...
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    Re: Schwarzkopf's Left Hook was a Miracle.

    In the ground battle, if the Iraqis had used proper tactics, and had they been slightly more knowledgeable of their own weaknesses, they would cause much greater casualties on allied forces....
  7. Re: physical condition of Western vs non-western combatants

    Probably also because Americans played baseball? Then again baseball was also popular in Japan around that time. But perhaps the sport was more established in American society even so.
  8. Re: Gun Rights Are Favored Over Gun Control For First Time In 20 Years, Poll Finds

    You speak as though these are mutually exclusive characteristics, being strong or being safe. I believe that this is a false dichotomy when you argue like this.

    One thing is certain though....
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    Re: Are Americans Too Stupid For Democracy?

    didn't clinton run at least one government surplus?

    If you wanna really go back in history... Andrew Jackson ran a balanced budget at least once... :whistling
  10. Re: On math being between sensory-based and more abstract levels of human thought

    The problem seems to exist in two or more different "logics" with which math is to be understood.


    Didnt bertrand russel attempt to reduce math to symbolic logic in principia mathematica?...
  11. Sticky: Re: Need help with science/math schoolwork? Post here!

    1. I think I understand you proof now after having studied it for some time. I assume that your proof is combinatorial proof, on the basis of long division? Just like in deck of cards, where number...
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    Thank you for correcting for the mistake, I was originally wondering why the notation was like that, but I was too embarrased to ask about "why you do not account for multiplied by 10, it's standard...
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    I don't quite understand the notation, sorry:sorry:

    please calculate 1/17, in long division

    define step1, step2, step3

    show r1, r2, r3

    show q1, q2, q3,
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    Chriscase said "the long division algorithm determines that the sequence of remainders will repeat"

    Is this really the case? I think a perfect answer should include also this kind of statement....
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    Assume that you would have to calculate some kind of ridiculous fractions, How can it be certain, that a cycle even exists, at all? Something like a rational number, integer divided by another...
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    No this is incorrect in my math vocabulary (5/4)

    there exists equation and inequality which must be followed...
    m/n = q*n +r (presumably also n ≠0)

    0≤ r <n

    q, m, n, r, must belong to...
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    Re: Genetic predisposition to obesity

    Being cold on purpose. Sounds idiotic...:tongue:
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    In Finnish, remainder is called "jakojäännös", I think. "Leftover /after/of the/ division" or something like that. The word itself doesn't mean anything else in the Finnish language, I think. In...
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    What if, n/m in which, n, m both belong to rational numbers? m is unequal to 0. (this means that either n, or m, can be fractions themselves, such as 1/2 divided by 1/3 for example)

    How could you...
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    You mean the value of the remainder, in the underlined, you seem to be indicating that way?

    assuming n/m, where n and m are integers, m is unequal to 0 (you accidentally switched the numbers...
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    Does Long Division algorithm (like the anglo-american long division algorithm, with the "division corner") only apply for, domain of integers? In other words, numerator and denominator belong to...
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    I have math problem I was mulling over.


    a) calculate in long division 1/17 until you receive the repetend. Even though the repeating decimal doesn't appear immediately, why does long division...
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    Re: EU4- Is this game boring ?

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    actually, no

    Hoi2 hoi3 etc are all easier games than eu4 :thumbsup2

    Then again, I started paradox games from the hoi series instead of eu series.

    eu4 with some countries, it's just...
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    Re: Europa Universalis IV Multiplayer Game IV

    Nice game guys! would like to see more pictures and AAR content ! :yes:

    Here's a tip for future EU4 multiplayer games, I just read about it from paradox multiplayer forum.

    If you want to reduce...
  25. Re: The always returning discussion: Could Nazi-Germany have won WW2?

    - drill for oil in Italian colony of Libya etc...

    - attack Egypt and Iraq and capture them

    - that way Germany doesn't run out of oil and will be able to fight longer? :tongue:
  26. Re: Was Operation Barbarossa a winnable campaign for Germany, regardless of how it was carried out?

    In the years 1941-42, city of Moscow is a metropolis, the capital of the country.

    Not some motley collection of wooden dachas and villages like in Napoleon's time over two hundred years earlier!...
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    Re: Canada Pulls Plug On F-35

    The consensus seems to be that no, there are no cheap alternatives.

    What does an attack drone cost? It costs more than one SAM missile? In any case, drones have limited use especially against...
  28. Re: Best online stores that ship to all of Europe + side question

    I have heard of good experiences and most of all good prices! at www.mindfactory.de

    But it's german website so you need to be careful you order the right stuff.

    I havet boughtt anything from...
  29. Re: What would actually happen if Russia invaded the Baltic countries?

    I gotta admit that Alaska can be cold! -78c is the cold temperature record for USA, it seems. Fort Yukon, inland in Alaska.

    Even compared to country like Finland (generally the minimum...
  30. Poll: Re: If NATO attacks Russia, which territories should we annex?

    here's a conservative estimate of war aims...
    http://files-cdn.formspring.me/photos/20130115/n50f5a7ccb0ca0.png


    and following is the final war aims, uniting finno-ugric tribes into one country...
  31. Re: What would actually happen if Russia invaded the Baltic countries?

    Well, for one, it seems to be that Russia is heavily outnumbered at sea, in the Baltic.

    There's just no way, it seems, that Russian air force and Russian navy can do everything at the same time.
    ...
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    Re: Discussion on the A-10

    Maybe the F-22s are out there, somewhere.

    After all, American AWACS is already monitoring Ukranian airspace from faraway locations. (from polish airspace?)
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    Re: Discussion on the A-10

    well yeah, if you start puttin Super Tucanos in the field, I can only wonder how well they can hold up against ZSU-23s (the 23mm cannon), and the like? (Incidentally, my father was actually assigned...
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    Re: Discussion on the A-10

    A-10, is basically a happy medium, satisfying optimum, for bombing the goatherders. There is the small threat, small, but still legit threat of leftover SAM missiles in hands of afghani fighters. In...
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    Re: Discussion on the A-10

    Whether us low-military value groundpounders and civilians want to admit it or not. US Air Force is the definite hard edge which slices into the enemy in a hurtful way. Air supremacy enables the...
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    Re: Discussion on the A-10

    A-10 is good because, well the cannon cartridges are quite cheap...

    compared to guided missiles, the unit cost of a 30mm cartridge (either depleted uranium, or normal HE like is used in A-stan) is...
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    Re: Mentally Handicapped Students In College

    To be honest I was a little bit distracted myself at university. There's this deaf woman on the same classes and she has 2 interpreters out there in front of class (interpreting for her).

    At first...
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    Re: Almost Sanity from Chuck Hagel the LCS will DIE! ... but the replacement will not be the obvious one in plane sight apparently.

    Were the F-16s any more effective in CAS role, in Balkans campaign? What about F-15 CAS role?

    A-10 is shall we say somewhat expendable aircraft, at least compared to the F-15 strike variants.
    ...
  39. Re: Comparing the US Army of 1865 (Union) to European Powers

    I think the repeating rifles / carbines were a pretty unique development especially on the American side of the Atlantic. The fact that Spencer carbine was fielded with cavalry units already in Civil...
  40. Re: Genetics appear to account for social/economic standing more than any other factor, implications?

    Ironically the rocket science quip fails totally when used in this kind of instance.

    It's not rocket science indeed, it's genetics, something MUCH MORE DIFFICULT to figure out than rocket science...
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