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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 05:52:17

it not every day this happens

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7180

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Seventhnight
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2878 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 08:31:31

Thats pretty interesting! Thanks for the link

Corey

"If the only tool you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." - Mark Twain

rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen

3279 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:08:08

Interestingly Mladen has now twice the number of posts that Corey has (plus one as I write this)
(3031 - 1515).
Wonder how much his posting rate must accelerate over time to keep that up... ?
Assuming Corey's remain at the constant rate of C.

rockmoose

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:32:48

you mean deaccelerate rocko

there a posts per day info in our description page if you haven't noticed.
interestingly corey reached 1k before me. then he got a kid

see what having a life does to a person...

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

rockmoose
SQL Natt Alfen

3279 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:38:44

No I meant that, if Corey posts at a constant rate.
How much faster will You have to post for your postcount to always be 2x + 1 higher than Corey's.

>> see what having a life does to a person...
HAHAHAHAHA *LOL*

rockmoose

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:54:22

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

it not every day this happens

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn7180

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Hey, Mladen, that's a great website! Ramanujan is one of my historical heroes...next to Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Theodosius the Great, Copernicus, George Washington, Ronald Reagan, and Stephen Hawking!

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

Stoad
Freaky Yak Linguist

1983 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:55:46

quote:

Ramanujan, who was born in India in 1887 and flunked out of college after just
a year because he neglected his studies in subjects outside of mathematics.

Reminds me young Bill Gates :| Or am I wrong here?

quote:

Ramanujan was brought to England in 1914 and worked there until shortly before
his untimely death in 1920 following a mystery illness.

As I "remember" he died from TB.

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 14:58:37

i think we're preety constant now...
EDIT:
i have to jump to cca 11 to keep it constant

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 15:01:23

Ramanujan died of appendicitis.

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 15:02:30

so xerxes why is he you hero?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Stoad
Freaky Yak Linguist

1983 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-22 : 15:57:15

quote:
Originally posted by Xerxes

Ramanujan died of appendicitis.

In England of 1920? Hm...

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 00:05:24

Nice link. Thanks spirit1.
1729 is popularly known as Ramanujam's Number. Can you find out the speciality of this number?

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

rrb
SQLTeam Poet Laureate

1479 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 01:17:07

there was a young maths freak called Ramanujan
who apparently was smarter than any-man (or woman)
but not smart enough
to work out he could bluff
his way through his economics exam-oh man!

PS Xerxes - you left out Homer J Simpson!

--
I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money"

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 06:02:03

madhivanan you mean because it is the smallest number that
can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways??

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator

22864 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 06:28:50

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

madhivanan you mean because it is the smallest number that
can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways??

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Exactly

Madhivanan

Failing to plan is Planning to fail

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 10:24:14

What about zero? It can written as the sum of two cubes in an infinite number of ways:

select	power(-3,3)+power(3,3)	union all
select	power(-4,3)+power(4,3)	union all
select	power(-5,3)+power(5,3)	union all
select	power(-6,3)+power(6,3)	union all
select	power(-7,3)+power(7,3) and so on...

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

madhivanan you mean because it is the smallest number that
can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways??

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

CODO ERGO SUM

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 10:58:12

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

so xerxes why is he you hero?

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

Because he was one real smart son of a gun!!

Sorta like a Mozart of Mathematics.

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 10:59:24

quote:
Originally posted by rrb

there was a young maths freak called Ramanujan
who apparently was smarter than any-man (or woman)
but not smart enough
to work out he could bluff
his way through his economics exam-oh man!

PS Xerxes - you left out Homer J Simpson!

--
I hope that when I die someone will say of me "That guy sure owed me a lot of money"

rrb --- where's that $20 you owe me---DOH!

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 11:01:02

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Valentine Jones

What about zero? It can written as the sum of two cubes in an infinite number of ways:

select power(-3,3)+power(3,3) union all
select power(-4,3)+power(4,3) union all
select power(-5,3)+power(5,3) union all
select power(-6,3)+power(6,3) union all
select power(-7,3)+power(7,3) and so on...

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

madhivanan you mean because it is the smallest number that
can be written as the sum of two cubes in two different ways??

Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow

CODO ERGO SUM

But, Colonel, it's so much easier to just draw a circle!

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 11:20:52

It's Kernel, just sounds like Colonel. I don't want guys that really earned the title Colonel mad at me.

BTW, where did you get the name Xerxes from? The Persian king who invaded Greece?

quote:
Originally posted by Xerxes
But, Colonel, it's so much easier to just draw a circle!

CODO ERGO SUM

Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior

666 Posts

Posted - 2005-03-23 : 12:01:33

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Valentine Jones

It's Kernel, just sounds like Colonel. I don't want guys that really earned the title Colonel mad at me.

BTW, where did you get the name Xerxes from? The Persion king who invaded Greece?

quote:
Originally posted by Xerxes
But, Colonel, it's so much easier to just draw a circle!

CODO ERGO SUM

Oh? Like a database kernel? Besides, I've got all kinds of my buddies who want to know what you were a Colonel of

!! And that 'A Few Good Men' parody has really livened things up!

Just kidding, Mike!

Actually, I think it's fun using rank

. I ALWAYS addressed Tara as "SQL Warrior Queen"

, but apparently her DBA-itis has maturated so much so that she has been elevated to Goddess stature

. So, why shouldn't you be a Colonel

?!

And weren't you the main character in Heinlein's "Stranger In a Strange Land"? Ooops, that's Michael Valentine Smith. Sorry, Colonel.

You're right, I got Xerxes from the Persian king's name because it was interesting. I'm a serious student of ancient history. Plus, I had a cat with that name, too. It was a toss up between Xerxes, Clovis or Ptolemy. Of course, I guess I could have signed in as Gunnery Sergeant Philip L. Fowler, United States Marine Corps (Retired) or GySgtFowlerUSMC, but Xerxes is easier and well, if you look at it backwards (with 'rex' meaning 'king') well, it spells something else!

BTW, I sure like you're postings. I find them enjoyable and informative! Thanks!

Have a great day!

Semper fi,

XERXES, USMC(Ret.)
------------------------------------------------------
The Marine Corps taught me everything but SQL!

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