[olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)

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Wed Oct 28 21:48:19 UTC 2009


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i gotta stop.




On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Aric Aasgaard <aric at omahax.com> wrote:

> :)
> That's the diesel of math.
>
> I guess it is pointless to argue what base a number system is.  Odd are
> still odd, primes are still prime and we have computers to convert them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> charles.bird at powerdnn.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 2:29 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)
>
> It depends on how much coffee u have
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Aric Aasgaard" <aric at omahax.com>
> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:06:26
> To: 'Omaha Linux User Group'<olug at olug.org>
> Subject: Re: [olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)
>
> One dot is one dimension, 2 dots is a line thus 2 dimensions. It takes 2 to
> measure.
> Speed is point A to point B / the time dimension. Right.  According to
> Einstein, isn't time just the constant of the speed of light as the
> universe
> expands, time dilation the changing of the relative distance, and gravity
> that of changing the relative speed to a reference point.  IDK.
>
> Since most math is ratio or relative to another point it makes more since
> to
> me to use numbers that that easily half, quarter, double without
> representing them as fractions.
>
> 2 implies a knowledge of 1.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Ed
> Pluta
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:26 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)
>
> ---- Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> > Someone wrote:
> > >You can't think of 1 as multi dimensional thing.  If 1 is a
> > > value as distance from the origin it should be circular in 2 dimensions
> not
> > > a square.
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 15:23, Ed Pluta <epluta3 at cox.net> wrote:
> > > Kinda confused here. Are you making the case that one is a
> non-dimensional
> > > thing or that it is dimensionless unless it is used as a measure of
> distance or change?
> >
> > The only common "1D" measurement I can come up with is "Time".  You
> > have forward and back (i.e. tomorrow, or 2 hours ago)...
> >
> > Dan
> >
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> According to Einstein, Time can be affected by gravity and is actually
> another dimension of the physical universe.
>
> Time cannot be one dimensional. It would assume it is not moving, or your
> perspective of the object being observed is not changing; it's a relative
> thing. Time is actually a measurement, or difference, from some origin.
> Using your example, tomorrow is a change in the variable T on a graph. The
> value of the change is 1 day. Not sure what the other axis is (I think it's
> space, which gives it 4 dimensions) but one variable is moving, thus you
> have at least a line, and a multi-dimensional equation. In other words try
> to graph a change in time using just one dot. It can't be done.
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