Forum: Student Life
11-22-2007, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 326
Re: GOING TO LONDON....!?
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yo,
it's me again. i'm going to london next semester. Specifically Queen Mary, University of London.
Anybody go there/no anything about there.
it's in the east end, fwiw.
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Forum: Student Life
09-14-2007, 07:36 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 104
Re: An awesome way to lengthen papers
Is this a US thing? Because certainly here in the UK there are 2 reasons this 'tip' is pointless:
1) Paper lengths are given in words, not pages (since this is clearly more sensible)
2) Papers...
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Forum: Probability
08-27-2007, 06:07 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 73
Re: ShuffleMasters
Thanks for that - thnking about it, I should have realised that the effect only occurs in bridge due to the stacking of tricks, so wouldn't affect poker anyway.
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Forum: Probability
08-23-2007, 07:43 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 73
Re: ShuffleMasters
If the card distributions 'appear clumped' compared to a hand shuffle, that probably indicates that the Shufflemasters are giving you a MORE random shuffle than hand shuffling, since in general...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
08-10-2007, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 141
Re: Poker Spyware story
I would imagine it works like this:
1. Sell people software that shows up random cards for $30 a person - cost to develop software about $10 total
2. 75% of them ask for their money back
3. Give...
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Forum: Student Life
08-10-2007, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 320
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 11:41 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 133
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 133
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 06:40 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 133
Re: Three and a half billion years fossils!
Sorry - the time difference between the formation of the earth (approximately 4 billion years) and these fossils (3.5 billion years (GYa)) is ~500 million years. I was pointing out that NotReady was...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 133
Re: Three and a half billion years fossils!
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Amazing the way they popped up like that in only 400,000 years.
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Eh?
Midge, do you have a link? A quick google search revealed nothing.
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
08-08-2007, 05:18 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 46
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-25-2007, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 245
Re: Ask Gugel Anything About the Big Bang
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Okay, new question about whether there is a center point to the universe. I understand the idea that space itself expands. The universe itself may be endless, but what about the matter...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-25-2007, 10:29 AM
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Replies: 58
Views: 245
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-20-2007, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 75
Re: Checkers game question is settled!
Question - actual quantum computing to solve 'real' problems? I know they can build computers of the order of a few qubits now, but do you have any references on the prospects for building bigger...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
07-12-2007, 10:28 AM
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Replies: 68
Views: 253
Re: Ethics of Software Ownership
Isn't 'prior art' supposed to invalidate a patent though? Although given how screwed up the laws on software patents seem to be, I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
06-28-2007, 05:06 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 73
Re: Bodog verification form - fax?
Update - by repeatedly emailing them until I got someone who said I could scan and email them (it seems to just depend on who answers the email), my problem is now solved. To be fair to Bodog, once I...
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Forum: Internet Gambling
06-27-2007, 02:47 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 73
Bodog verification form - fax?
In order to cash out from Bodog they want a form saying I'm not going to charge back to my card, about 15 sorts of ID, a rubbing of my credit card (?) and so on. So far, so standard (if more than...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
06-07-2007, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 78
Re: So what if I had a vision from God?
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it says in the bible if you claim to be a prophet and you make a prediciton and your prediction is false then you are put to death.
so I guess if you are always right then you got no...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
05-29-2007, 05:47 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 81
Re: Russian Roulette (sort of)
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I hope i'm not being levelled here, but there is an obvious difference in your chances of dying based on position. Russian roulette is played by placing a single bullet in a 6 chambered...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-20-2007, 05:37 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 177
Re: thought experiment
True - I wasn't as clear as I could have been, and a picture would definitely have helped - but I'm lazy /images/graemlins/smile.gif
The Gauss result is definitely not obvious, at least at first....
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-19-2007, 06:25 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 177
Re: thought experiment
You're right of course - the gravitational field at any point inside the sphere is determined only by the mass 'inside' any given point. What I was really objecting to was describing bits of the...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-19-2007, 06:08 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 177
Re: thought experiment
If we assume uniform density, the hole remains intact throughout etc., we don't need to worry about the Earth 'pulling upwards' - the net gravitational field inside a uniform spherical shell due to...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
04-19-2007, 06:03 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 177
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-25-2007, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 67
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-21-2007, 04:13 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 57
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