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This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). So why the distinction for Germany? Do other countries/languages refer to Germany as "Germany" or do they use "Deutschland" or some other name? EDIT: Baldbeard posted:What are the diamond shaped indentations on the side of truck trailers? Sometimes they are bolted in, sometimes they have seams, sometimes they have various flaps. What the hell are they? Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFPA_704
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CzarChasm posted:This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). Its more than just Germany that we made up our own name for. Japan, for instance. e: heres a bunch http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa082399.htm KoB fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Jan 24, 2014 |
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Jan 24, 2014 21:34
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CzarChasm posted:This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Germany#Names_from_Germania The short version is that English is roughly 50/50 Romance / Germanic in origin (at least vocabulary-wise), this just happens to be one of the times that the Latin form won out (although oddly, the Romance languages don't use the Latin version themseleves) quote:In English, the name "Almain" or "Alman" was used for Germany [similar to the Romance language countries] and for the adjective German until the 16th century, with "German" first attested in 1520, used at first as an alternative then becoming a replacement, maybe inspired mainly by the need to differ them from the more and more independently acting Dutch. [which wikipedia doesn't go into detail about, but apparently they had previously been lumped in with the Germans?]
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Jan 24, 2014 21:39
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CzarChasm posted:This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). I think those are for DOT placards not NFPA.
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Jan 24, 2014 21:59
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Hazmat placards. http://environmentalchemistry.com/yogi/hazmat/placards/ edit: d'oh, there was another page.
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Jan 24, 2014 22:01
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regulargonzalez posted:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_Germany#Names_from_Germania It probably doesn't help that Germany/Deutschland as a single political entity isn't even 150 years old, and we've apparently been calling that area "Germany" since long before that. (Edit: And yes I know about the Holy Roman Empire shut up) (Edit 2: However, it does seem like the English names for all the HRE principalities generally match up pretty well with their native names) dupersaurus fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Jan 24, 2014 |
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Jan 24, 2014 22:13
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CzarChasm posted:This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). Its the same thing with other places like India (Bharat in Hindi), China (Zhōngguó in Chinese) and a whole lot of other older counties. When an area became relevant to English speakers, they gave it a name. Sometimes that name was based on what the locals called it, but often it was just whatever some explorer/cartographer picked. And even there were large amounts of anglicisation/drift in the spelling/pronunciation because some of these places were so far away. Before instant communication and fast travel the names never got corrected before they became an accepted fact. Counties that more recently came into being tend to have their local names more aligned with their international names.
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Jan 24, 2014 23:00
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CzarChasm posted:This is probably a very stupid question: Why do we (English speakers) refer to Germany as "Germany" rather than "Deutschland"? I mean, the Germans, when referring to their own country call it "Deutschland", the phrase is "sprechen sie Deutsch" not "sprechen sie German". French people come from France, speak French, and refer to themselves and their language as French ("parlez vous Francais"). Mexicans call their country Mexico, Russians call their country Russia (pretty sure). In Latin, their name for the Germanic tribes was "Germania", iirc, and after the Norman Conquests happened, we used their Latinate words for a lot of things relevant to the nobility, so we got used to their words for countries. This is also why we say "mutton" instead of "lambflesh". Japan we first learned about through China, and "Japan" is the Chinese pronunciation for the characters that mean Land of the Rising Sun. The Japanese use the same characters but read them as Nihon/Nippon.
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Jan 24, 2014 23:05
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English isn't the only language to do this. Check out this map of literal translations of Chinese names for European nations. (Sweeden is named "Very Lucky Soldiers".)
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Jan 24, 2014 23:14
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DNova posted:I think it's just because argon acts as an easily pumped momentum transfer media and helps pump out lighter atoms and molecules. Actually, I AM doing sputter coating. By lipids I mean potential incidental skin oils and poo poo. So I was told that the argon back filling helps the last bits of stuff desorb into the gas phase and be pumped away. Why does the argon help? I can't figure out why re-pressurizing the chamber would make developing a deeper vacuum easier.
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Jan 25, 2014 00:01
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We're not even the only nation to have a very non-deutsch word for German. The French and Spanish use the same root ("allemand" and "alemán," respectively), but in Italy, it's "tedesco."
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Jan 25, 2014 00:08
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alnilam posted:Actually, I AM doing sputter coating. By lipids I mean potential incidental skin oils and poo poo. Nothing like that would ever come close to a real high vacuum chamber! quote:So I was told that the argon back filling helps the last bits of stuff desorb into the gas phase and be pumped away. Why does the argon help? I can't figure out why re-pressurizing the chamber would make developing a deeper vacuum easier. I don't think it helps in any kind of desorption. I'm pretty sure it's just a big-rear end atom that works well as a momentum transfer medium. Look up how turbo-molecular pumps and diffusion pumps work. I think it's basically a conceptual combination of those two pumping mechanisms. It's also most likely partially folklore. A lot of things that are done in labs are done for historic/superstitious reasons.
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Jan 25, 2014 00:09
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I'm learning Python in my introductory Computer Science course, and I need a super friendly IDE for Mac. My school uses Wing professional and I'd like to use it as well, but for whatever reason it won't work despite following both the instructions given to us by my school, and the instructions on the Wing website. It keeps telling me the variable is not defined, even though I literally just defined the variable. The exact same piece of code works fine in IDLE and on the school computers. I would be totally fine with IDLE except that the print is so tiny and I have grandma eyes 
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Jan 25, 2014 00:11
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vivisecting posted:I'm learning Python in my introductory Computer Science course, and I need a super friendly IDE for Mac. My school uses Wing professional and I'd like to use it as well, but for whatever reason it won't work despite following both the instructions given to us by my school, and the instructions on the Wing website. It keeps telling me the variable is not defined, even though I literally just defined the variable. The exact same piece of code works fine in IDLE and on the school computers. I would be totally fine with IDLE except that the print is so tiny and I have grandma eyes I use Bluefish and iPython side by side on my mac. It's not really an IDE, but the two together sort of emulate Matlab functionality.
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Jan 25, 2014 00:27
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hoobajoo posted:In Latin, their name for the Germanic tribes was "Germania", iirc, and after the Norman Conquests happened, we used their Latinate words for a lot of things relevant to the nobility, so we got used to their words for countries. This is also why we say "mutton" instead of "lambflesh". Mutton is the meat of sheep that are older than lambs, normally we call lambflesh lamb. There's a progression in terms of age, so a sheep up to 1 year old's meat is called lamb and then from 1-2 years is called hogget and over 2 years old the meat is called mutton.
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Jan 25, 2014 01:33
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Crankit posted:Mutton is the meat of sheep that are older than lambs, normally we call lambflesh lamb. There's a progression in terms of age, so a sheep up to 1 year old's meat is called lamb and then from 1-2 years is called hogget and over 2 years old the meat is called mutton. Beef and veal instead of cowflesh is probably a better example, then. Same reason.
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Jan 25, 2014 02:08
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hoobajoo posted:Beef and veal instead of cowflesh is probably a better example, then. Same reason. Beef vs. cowflesh is probably from the Norman conquest. Pork, venison, and beef are from French roots, whereas pig, deer, and cow are old English. One could argue English words were used by the people in the field and French words were used when it was on the plate.
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Jan 25, 2014 02:50
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Crankit posted:Mutton is the meat of sheep that are older than lambs, normally we call lambflesh lamb. There's a progression in terms of age, so a sheep up to 1 year old's meat is called lamb and then from 1-2 years is called hogget and over 2 years old the meat is called mutton. Fun fact: in the US, there's no labeling restriction, so everything is just called lamb since it sounds more appealing.
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Jan 25, 2014 03:50
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KernelSlanders posted:Beef vs. cowflesh is probably from the Norman conquest. Pork, venison, and beef are from French roots, whereas pig, deer, and cow are old English. One could argue English words were used by the people in the field and French words were used when it was on the plate. Walter Scott argued this in Ivanhoe, in fact. "I am very glad every fool knows that too," said Wamba, "and pork, I think, is good Norman-French; and so when the brute lives, and is in the charge of a Saxon slave, she goes by her Saxon name; but becomes a Norman, and is called pork, when she is carried to the Castle-hall to feast among the nobles; what dost thou think of this, friend Gurth, ha?" "Nay, I can tell you more," said Wamba, in the same tone; there is old Alderman Ox continues to hold his Saxon epithet, while he is under the charge of serfs and bondsmen such as thou, but becomes Beef, a fiery French gallant, when he arrives before the worshipful jaws that are destined to consume him. Mynheer Calf, too, becomes Monsieur de Veau in the like manner; he is Saxon when he requires tendance, and takes a Norman name when he becomes matter of enjoyment."
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Jan 25, 2014 04:20
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KernelSlanders posted:Beef vs. cowflesh is probably from the Norman conquest. Pork, venison, and beef are from French roots, whereas pig, deer, and cow are old English. One could argue English words were used by the people in the field and French words were used when it was on the plate. It took a few hundred years for the Norman kings to really start speaking and thinking of themselves as English, and not (entirely) as should-be French kings. Until then French was the language of the court, so it's not like you'd have to argue that distinction.
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Jan 25, 2014 05:12
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I have a computer technical support question that isn't large enough to warrant its own thread. I recently purchased a new USB wireless adapter to replace one that broke. It works fine but my PC recognizes the connection as "Wireless Network Connection 2." I tried renaming it to "1" but it forbids me because apparently the other network connection, the one used by the old USB adapter, still exists. How the hell do I delete it? Its not anywhere in the Network and Sharing Center in my Control Panel.
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Jan 25, 2014 07:01
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:I have a computer technical support question that isn't large enough to warrant its own thread. I recently purchased a new USB wireless adapter to replace one that broke. It works fine but my PC recognizes the connection as "Wireless Network Connection 2." I tried renaming it to "1" but it forbids me because apparently the other network connection, the one used by the old USB adapter, still exists. How the hell do I delete it? Its not anywhere in the Network and Sharing Center in my Control Panel. The latter should work in any case. You may have to uninstall and re-install the new adapter as well to get it to change its name.
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Jan 25, 2014 12:41
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So we have epistemology, roughly the study of how we know. And we have ontology, how we be. Is there a similar -ology for how we do? I was hopeful when I read axiology, but that's just values and poo poo.
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Jan 25, 2014 15:57
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tuyop posted:So we have epistemology, roughly the study of how we know. And we have ontology, how we be. Is there a similar -ology for how we do? Anthropology? Anthropology builds upon knowledge from natural sciences, including the discoveries about the origin and evolution of Homo sapiens, human physical traits, human behavior, the variations among different groups of humans, how the evolutionary past of Homo sapiens has influenced its social organization and culture, and from social sciences, including the organization of human social and cultural relations, institutions, social conflicts, etc.
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Jan 25, 2014 17:03
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regulargonzalez posted:Anthropology? That seems a bit different. Anthropology, psych, economics, and sociology are like, disciplines studying people in general. Ontology and epistemology are part of all of those disciplines because they're components of explanations of human behavior.
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Jan 25, 2014 17:12
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tuyop posted:So we have epistemology, roughly the study of how we know. And we have ontology, how we be. Is there a similar -ology for how we do? Psychology can be described as why we do, and ethics is how we ought to do. But just answering the question of how we do is just anatomy, neuroscience, or physics depending on what you mean by "do".
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Jan 25, 2014 20:28
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hoobajoo posted:Psychology can be described as why we do, and ethics is how we ought to do. But just answering the question of how we do is just anatomy, neuroscience, or physics depending on what you mean by "do". Yeah, this is a lot more complicated than I thought. But thanks, it's much more intelligible to talk about a population's psychology, ethics, and pedagogy than to use a term that seats, say, Dene parent-children relations under some umbrella term like "demology" or something. Actually, I just googled demology and that is roughly what I was looking for. From the latin dare (infinitive of "to do") "Demology is the study of human activities and social conditions." http://www.ask.com/question/what-is-the-definition-of-demology
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Jan 25, 2014 20:55
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Is there a good way to thoroughly clean a nalgene water bottle? No matter what I do, it still has a weird smell emanating from it. The mouth is too small to jam my hand in with a sponge and shaking soapy water in it and rinsing it a million times doesn't seem to work :/ Could I put baking soda into it or something? It just smells likes stale water and leftover flavored powder drinks.
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Jan 25, 2014 20:56
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tuyop posted:Yeah, this is a lot more complicated than I thought. But thanks, it's much more intelligible to talk about a population's psychology, ethics, and pedagogy than to use a term that seats, say, Dene parent-children relations under some umbrella term like "demology" or something. But demology kind of refers to demographics, I.e.grouping people based on social context and studying behavior trends... not really in the same category as ontology and epistemology. I do think you're looking for anatomy, psychology, and physics, as someone else said.
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Jan 25, 2014 21:13
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Flipperwaldt posted:If this still works anything like it did in XP, you should be able to go to the device manager and find an option there to show hidden devices and uninstall it from there. Or maybe Nirsoft's USBDeview is needed if you can't reconnect the old adapter, I'm not sure. In device manager are they the ISATAP Adapters? Should I delete those?
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Jan 25, 2014 21:36
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Whoops, this has been covered.
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Jan 25, 2014 21:50
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:In device manager are they the ISATAP Adapters? Should I delete those? Try the USBDeview program, it should show you stuff under a user friendly name; you might remember what your previous wireless adapter was called, or what brand it was or something. You may have to enable viewing disconnected stuff there too. If you feel lost, I wouldn't start randomly deleting stuff you don't recognise. Maybe, try the Windows thread in SH/SC with a relevant screenshot or something.
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Jan 25, 2014 21:51
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Flipperwaldt posted:I don't know what those are, so in good conscience I can't really recommend doing that. Yeah I'll try that USBDeview thing. Thanks
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Jan 25, 2014 21:55
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Wedemeyer posted:Is there a good way to thoroughly clean a nalgene water bottle? No matter what I do, it still has a weird smell emanating from it. The mouth is too small to jam my hand in with a sponge and shaking soapy water in it and rinsing it a million times doesn't seem to work :/ Could I put baking soda into it or something? It just smells likes stale water and leftover flavored powder drinks. You want to get something like Milton's liquid (that's what I use in the UK but there's probably other brands in other countries) it's a liquid for cleaning baby bottles so babies don't die of diptheria. After you use baby bottle cleaner there might be a different smell taste and you can use something like half a cup of rubbing alcohol or cheap vodka to remove that, you probably don't even need that much.
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Jan 25, 2014 22:09
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Wedemeyer posted:Is there a good way to thoroughly clean a nalgene water bottle? No matter what I do, it still has a weird smell emanating from it. The mouth is too small to jam my hand in with a sponge and shaking soapy water in it and rinsing it a million times doesn't seem to work :/ Could I put baking soda into it or something? It just smells likes stale water and leftover flavored powder drinks. Denture tablets. You can get them at a dollar store. Baby bottle cleaning wands are also handy to have around.
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Jan 25, 2014 22:31
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Wedemeyer posted:Is there a good way to thoroughly clean a nalgene water bottle? No matter what I do, it still has a weird smell emanating from it. The mouth is too small to jam my hand in with a sponge and shaking soapy water in it and rinsing it a million times doesn't seem to work :/ Could I put baking soda into it or something? It just smells likes stale water and leftover flavored powder drinks. In addition/ lieu to the other chemicals people suggested, I'd recommend getting a bottle brush ($5 at your grocery store/ Amazon). That will allow you to actually scrub the inside surfaces very easily.
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Jan 25, 2014 23:52
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I want to sell on Ebay for the first time, and I'm a little confused here. I have only ever bought stuff, using a credit card (MasterCard) linked to my PayPal account. I need to know what is the easiest/preferred way to set up a DEBIT card? I don't want to use a checking/savings account.
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Jan 26, 2014 06:04
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You know that idea that pi contains a digital version of every picture and piece of writing possible? Has that ever been done? A program that will calculate pi to so many digits, then print the results of digits X through Y, interpreted in a way to output the Last Supper or Hamlet.
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Jan 26, 2014 08:22
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Have the forums been loading really slow for anyone for the last few days? It takes loving forever for a page to load for me, but every other site is fine.
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Mescal posted:You know that idea that pi contains a digital version of every picture and piece of writing possible? Has that ever been done? A program that will calculate pi to so many digits, then print the results of digits X through Y, interpreted in a way to output the Last Supper or Hamlet. No, for the same reason that no one's ever written Graham's number out. It's just way too many digits to calculate.
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