A free-for-all thread

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Johnny Tightlips » Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:02 pm

Cowbacca wrote:
siliconfury wrote:Cowbacca's on the right line with sets. When you have a set of numbers form 1 to infinity, you could have an infinite number of sets of those sets of numbers.

I did this in uni and we had to prove it (as in proper mathematical proof, not with words), and I vaguely remember something like this.


Thats pretty much spot on. This is one of the very first things we were taught at university level maths. If you're starting at 1 and moving to infinity, you can always call that set a subset of a larger set. In that case, the number of subsets are infinite. Therefore, the size of the largest set you have at any given time is larger than any of its subsets, and therefore is a larger infinity. You will, of course, never reach a finite set with finite subsets, so it just keeps going.

An even better one I prefer is to escape the conventional thinking that infinity goes "upwards". If I start with a set A = {n,1}, where A∈ℝ and try and list every subset imaginable, I'd soon begin to realise that it was impossible. Even though the numbers would tend to zero, because the set of Real numbers contain all rational and irrational numbers, my decimal figures would just keep getting longer and longer.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Brendancoles » Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:49 pm

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NeglectedField wrote:What's this whole Wildside Party thing that's going on on the BOA Sunday?


I thought it might be some sleaze night kind of thing


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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby MetalBeast » Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:32 pm

keera_envenomed wrote:
NeglectedField wrote:What's this whole Wildside Party thing that's going on on the BOA Sunday?


I thought it might be some sleaze night kind of thing


I've heard they've booked former Tory MP David Mellor to act as master of ceremonies.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby NeglectedField » Wed Aug 08, 2012 4:54 pm

Just polished my new boots. Don't know why I bothered :lol:

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Azubi » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:16 pm

NeglectedField wrote:Just polished my new boots. Don't know why I bothered :lol:


Helps keep them waterproof and maintain durability of the material.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby peypea » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:19 pm

Azubi wrote:
NeglectedField wrote:Just polished my new boots. Don't know why I bothered :lol:


Helps keep them waterproof and maintain durability of the material.


This is why I get annoyed when people don't look after their boots.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Purple n Batty » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:41 pm

In need of plastic bottles to empty alcohol into. Purchased a bottle of sparking elderflower water which I'm working my way through but it keeps making me burp.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby NeglectedField » Wed Aug 08, 2012 5:43 pm

Azubi wrote:
NeglectedField wrote:Just polished my new boots. Don't know why I bothered :lol:


Helps keep them waterproof and maintain durability of the material.


There is that I suppose. Still, little point me working them up to a shine when they're gonna get filthy. Oh well. Nice boots.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Noodle » Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:11 pm

It supposedly makes it easier to wash the mud off afterwards.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Beardy » Wed Aug 08, 2012 10:31 pm

I've used dubbin on my boots so no worrying about them losing their shine for me.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Azubi » Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:11 am

Noodle wrote:It supposedly makes it easier to wash the mud off afterwards.


It does help.
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Re: A free-for-all thread

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Metalchemyst » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:03 pm

Azubi wrote:
NeglectedField wrote:Just polished my new boots. Don't know why I bothered :lol:

Helps keep them waterproof and maintain durability of the material.

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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Danroush » Thu Aug 16, 2012 12:48 am

2013 section is up: can't do anything with it yet though, Lee's still fiddling with it :lol:
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TheLotusEater193 wrote:To be fair 1 and a half minutes is really good if you've never done it before.


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Re: A free-for-all thread

Postby Lee Bloodstock » Thu Aug 16, 2012 1:33 am

Stupid permissions system :rolleyes: :lol: All good now though....
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