lol...check out the front-page article on wikipedia

[Compton]

Originally posted by: NTB
Found it!

Nathan

I remember that thread, but I didn't remember that it was locked.

 

[The Green Bean]

.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Here's the first one...

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Mathematics: .99999....
The Green Bean: 0

 

[SaltBoy]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Mathematics: .99999....
The Green Bean: 0

LOL :thumbsup:

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Mathematics: .99999....
The Green Bean: 0

LOL :thumbsup:

Good stuff.

 

[Vegitto]

I don't really know why people think .999 recurring isn't 1. 0.3 != 0.4 because you can fit a number in between, such as 0.35. Since the 9's go on until infinity, you cannot place a number in between to distinguish a difference between .999 recurring and 1, .999 = 1.

 

[jman19]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
I don't really know why people think .999 recurring isn't 1. 0.3 != 0.4 because you can fit a number in between, such as 0.35. Since the 9's go on until infinity, you cannot place a number in between to distinguish a difference between .999... recurring and 1, .999 = 1.

Fixed.

 

[Rangoric]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
I don't really know why people think .999 recurring isn't 1. 0.3 != 0.4 because you can fit a number in between, such as 0.35. Since the 9's go on until infinity, you cannot place a number in between to distinguish a difference between .999 recurring and 1, .999 = 1.

Hmmm odd. Have proof that that is the reason that 0.3 != 0.4? Being able to fit a number in between doesn't seem important in the determination that they are not the same. The fact that they look different, and also have a difference (defintion of the result of subtraction) would be enough.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Mathematics: .99999....
The Green Bean: 0

LMFAO

Topical humor FTW

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Rangoric

Originally posted by: Vegitto
I don't really know why people think .999 recurring isn't 1. 0.3 != 0.4 because you can fit a number in between, such as 0.35. Since the 9's go on until infinity, you cannot place a number in between to distinguish a difference between .999 recurring and 1, .999 = 1.

Hmmm odd. Have proof that that is the reason that 0.3 != 0.4? Being able to fit a number in between doesn't seem important in the determination that they are not the same. The fact that they look different, and also have a difference (defintion of the result of subtraction) would be enough.

Actually, for some reason I think that this is similar to how you would use real analysis (or something of that name, I stick with advanced Calc math courses) to prove that .999... = 1.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Speaking of dumb people, dumbass, "0.000000000......1" is not even a number. It's no more a number than 1.0.0.03.0.3.dkx.33.Qfuck.03 is a number. It's just an arbitrary arrangement of characters that you've thrown together in a vein attempt to make others look less intelligent than yourself, when in fact, you've proven - quite well, I might add - just the opposite.

The "1" never comes into play. You've already stated there is an infinite number of 0's and, as such, you've already defined 0 for the place value wherever which you think 1 resides. Infinity is forever. You don't just waltz to the end of it and slap a 1 on for good measure.

In short, 0.000... is ALWAYS, without question, ZERO.
0.000...x is ALWAYS, without question, GIBBERISH.

Twit.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
I remember this proof:

1/3 = .3333...

2/3 = .6666...

1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3 = 1

.3333... + .6666... = .9999... = 1

Originally posted by: johneetrash
cripes, i havent been on this board in yeaaaaaaaaaaars and the first thread i look at is an old thread i remember

lol, I was thinking the same thing

That is not a proof. using rounded numbers won't get you anywhere.

What rounded numbers?

I think he means "truncated".

In any case, I don't care what anyone says, in my world, .999!=1.

If .9999=1, then it would also imply that: .9999...8 = .9999...9
if that is true, then .999...7 = .9999...8, and so on...

therefore, in the scale of infinity, all numbers are equal.

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Speaking of dumb people, dumbass, "0.000000000......1" is not even a number. It's no more a number than 1.0.0.03.0.3.dkx.33.Qfuck.03 is a number. It's just an arbitrary arrangement of characters that you've thrown together in a vein attempt to make others look less intelligent than yourself, when in fact, you've proven - quite well, I might add - just the opposite.

The "1" never comes into play. You've already stated there is an infinite number of 0's and, as such, you've already defined 0 for the place value wherever which you think 1 resides. Infinity is forever. You don't just waltz to the end of it and slap a 1 on for good measure.

In short, 0.000... is ALWAYS, without question, ZERO.
0.000...x is ALWAYS, without question, GIBBERISH.

Twit.

How can infinity only be at the end of something? Why can't it be in the middle?

and you should really stop getting so worked up over this.

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
I remember this proof:

1/3 = .3333...

2/3 = .6666...

1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3 = 1

.3333... + .6666... = .9999... = 1

Originally posted by: johneetrash
cripes, i havent been on this board in yeaaaaaaaaaaars and the first thread i look at is an old thread i remember

lol, I was thinking the same thing

That is not a proof. using rounded numbers won't get you anywhere.

What rounded numbers?

I think he means "truncated".

In any case, I don't care what anyone says, in my world, .999!=1.

If .9999=1, then it would also imply that: .9999...8 = .9999...9
if that is true, then .999...7 = .9999...8, and so on...

therefore, in the scale of infinity, all numbers are equal.

There is no such thing as .999..98 or .999...9x for any x!=9.

How can infinity only be at the end of something? Why can't it be in the middle?

... Borrowing from Babbage, I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

 

[Stuxnet]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: jbourne77

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Speaking of dumb people, dumbass, "0.000000000......1" is not even a number. It's no more a number than 1.0.0.03.0.3.dkx.33.Qfuck.03 is a number. It's just an arbitrary arrangement of characters that you've thrown together in a vein attempt to make others look less intelligent than yourself, when in fact, you've proven - quite well, I might add - just the opposite.

The "1" never comes into play. You've already stated there is an infinite number of 0's and, as such, you've already defined 0 for the place value wherever which you think 1 resides. Infinity is forever. You don't just waltz to the end of it and slap a 1 on for good measure.

In short, 0.000... is ALWAYS, without question, ZERO.
0.000...x is ALWAYS, without question, GIBBERISH.

Twit.

How can infinity only be at the end of something? Why can't it be in the middle?

and you should really stop getting so worked up over this.

1. By definition, it can't be in the middle. What an absurd notion.
2. I'm not worked up over it; I simply replied with the same tone and ridicule he used. The difference being, I'm right .

 

[jagec]

"Where I live we have an animal that we call a cougar. It's like a big cat."
"We have something similar where I live, we call it a mountain lion. Do you suppose it's the same beast?"
"Can't be, it's got a different name."

^---- The .9999... != 1 argument in a nutshell.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: halik

Originally posted by: The Green Bean
.99999...is not eual to one. Its 1 - 0.000000000......1

Sadly, dumb people will never realize that mere earthlings will NEVER be able to grasp the concept of infinity.

Here's the first one...

Actually 0.9999.. is = to 1 - 0.0000000.....1

it's just that 0.0000....1 = 0.

So heh.

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: linkgoron

Originally posted by: Cawchy87
I remember this proof:

1/3 = .3333...

2/3 = .6666...

1/3 + 2/3 = 3/3 = 1

.3333... + .6666... = .9999... = 1

Originally posted by: johneetrash
cripes, i havent been on this board in yeaaaaaaaaaaars and the first thread i look at is an old thread i remember

lol, I was thinking the same thing

That is not a proof. using rounded numbers won't get you anywhere.

What rounded numbers?

I think he means "truncated".

In any case, I don't care what anyone says, in my world, .999!=1.

If .9999=1, then it would also imply that: .9999...8 = .9999...9
if that is true, then .999...7 = .9999...8, and so on...

therefore, in the scale of infinity, all numbers are equal.

Statements like these make me cry. We're ATOT for goodness sakes.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: CelSnip

Originally posted by: sao123
Wiki: A plane on a conveyor belt

lol, it's even being disputed there...note the link at the bottom

Link to the thread =]

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Injury
I think he means "truncated".

In any case, I don't care what anyone says, in my world, .999!=1.

If .9999=1, then it would also imply that: .9999...8 = .9999...9
if that is true, then .999...7 = .9999...8, and so on...

therefore, in the scale of infinity, all numbers are equal.

Infinity = infinity -1 = infinity -2, if that's what you mean. Infinity is not a number, as we think of numbers. There's a huge conceptual difference between "infinity" and "really really really a lot." But it's hard to grasp.

Let me put it in a more concrete way, if concepts don't do it. .99999 repeating is equal to 1 minus (the smallest possible number), right? Well, in the real world, things are quantized once you get small enough. So the smallest possible number in real life is 0.0(a finite number of zeros) 1, and therefore .9999(infinite number of 9s) = 1, no more, no less. Because if you subtract the smallest possible number, there will be a finite number of 9s.

 

[zebano]

Originally posted by: sao123
Wiki: A plane on a conveyor belt

Oh my, They link back to us. That is scary.

 

[zebano]

Originally posted by: Rangoric

Originally posted by: Vegitto
I don't really know why people think .999 recurring isn't 1. 0.3 != 0.4 because you can fit a number in between, such as 0.35. Since the 9's go on until infinity, you cannot place a number in between to distinguish a difference between .999 recurring and 1, .999 = 1.

Hmmm odd. Have proof that that is the reason that 0.3 != 0.4? Being able to fit a number in between doesn't seem important in the determination that they are not the same. The fact that they look different, and also have a difference (defintion of the result of subtraction) would be enough.

Pray tell, what is that difference?


hint, hint, it's 0


Oh yeah 3/3 looks different than 1, are they different numbers?

 

[mordantmonkey]

dude, the plane won't take off. yeah the engines move atmosphere, but there is plenty of air to go around for the air around the wings to be relatively still.

how can i disagree with wiki on this but still realize that .999... = 1?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: mordantmonkey
dude, the plane won't take off. yeah the engines move atmosphere, but there is plenty of air to go around for the air around the wings to be relatively still.

how can i disagree with wiki on this but still realize that .999... = 1?

It's a poorly written article, but the plane takes off. In order to keep it from taking off, the treadmill must somehow exert an equal and opposite force on the BODY of the plane to counteract the engines. However, it is only able to act on the wheels, which will simply spin around merrily as the plane taxis forward and takes off.

 

[Cristatus]

I was going to post this exact same thing on here.

And, according to WP, 0.99999 = 1, so boo-yah!

Just needed to get that out.