Brian Legg wrote:Doh.... what's the mathematical sign for 100+99+98....+1 ? I thought it was 100! but I guess that is 100 * 99 * 98, etc.
paul wheaton wrote: And the criminals carry a big bucket of plastic hearts, flowers and rainbows to prove to the world that they are "good people".
fred rosenberger wrote:
Bear Bibeault wrote:I was with you on the "up to 30%" dealy, but you lost me with the "100% of rain".
What they said what "it's 52 degrees with a 100% chance of rain". There was no "100% chance of rain TODAY" or "...in the next 4 hours". So if an ANY point in the future, some time over the next 100,000 years it rains, they are correct.
I think that's rather obvious that some day it will rain.
Even if they did mean "in the next 24 hours", is there really NO POSSIBLE way for it to not rain? A solar flare could burn off the earth's atmosphere. A meteor could destroy the world. The LHC could create a black hole that sucks the earth into nothingness. In any of those three cases, it would not rain tomorrow, and each is possible (although unlikely).
It's the aboslute I don't like
fred rosenberger wrote:On TV this morning, i heard an add that said something like "save up to 30%..." When I thought about this, i realized this means nothing. or rather, it means that NO MATTER WHAT, i won't save MORE than 30%, but I could save less. Heck, it might cost me MORE.
Bauke Scholtz wrote:Heh, if we generalize 'kids' that far, I've another two:
A half year old Rhodesian Ridgeback with name 'Roos':