Octagon. Okay. Well, that's 8 isosceles triangles with a 45 - 67.5 -67.5 angles and a side of length x opposite the 45. Such a triangle will have a height of x/(2tan(pi/8)) and area x^2/(4tan(pi/8)), so the octagon would be of area 2(x^2)/tan(pi/8), hmm. I can't remember how to calculate tan(theta/2). Blech.
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Natter 36: But We Digress...
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:01:52 am PDT #1142 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:32 am PDT #1143 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end
Oh, don't mind us. Play through!
Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:58 am PDT #1144 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
You know what? Repetitions of "sqrt" in conversational prose may lead one to believe that squirting is a math function. Like, I did figure it out eventually, but, not at first.
Hello, all. I am in the sunny (when not stormy) southland, planning quesadillas for supper, and my Red Sox are in the sunny (I presume) Wrigley Field, having their asses handed to them. What is a girl to do? I mean, besides eat quesadillas and hope the Yankees and Orioles were similarly gifted in the ass dept.?
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:04:30 am PDT #1145 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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cool!
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:31 am PDT #1146 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
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Show-off. -t, what my brain tells me when I look at your post is "Tant pis means what a pity." That's all I got.
Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:56 am PDT #1147 of 10001
brillig
Do I lose my geek license when I can't follow the geekery?
-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:06:06 am PDT #1148 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
a=0 b=1+sqrt(2) c=-1
(eta: What a pity indeed)
tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:07:19 am PDT #1149 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Do I lose my geek license when I can't follow the geekery?
No, just your math merit badge....
Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:08:19 am PDT #1150 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So not, say, one of these?
A. x^2 + 2x – 1 = 0
B. x^2 – 4x + 2 = 0
C. 3x^2 + 2x – 1 = 0
D. 7x^2 – 8x + 2 = 0
P.M. Marc - Jun 10, 2005 11:09:07 am PDT #1151 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
1. fresh peaches, fresh blueberries in a glass of sweet white wine, or mojitos (gin and tonics are year-round).
2. beach
The rest: beats me.
And for guys, it's STDs. I remember this one classmate of mine -- he went to the health center, they tried to tell him he had VD, so he went to the real hospital, and they told him he had a bad case of food poisoning. To which I responded, "What, you were having an orgy with a raw chicken carcass?"
I had a friend who, after straining something while wanking, had to explain to the college health center several times that he'd never had sex, so the antibiotics weren't needed, and could they please tell him if he'd done severe damage to himself, thank you kindly.