did u know that in theroy u can never actually make it to any destination?? this is because say between u and your computer screen there is a halfway point and between that half way point there is another and another and another and so on so the halfway points never end meaning the number never reacher 0 so u cant actually touch your computer screen in theroy of course it is physically possible but just think about that for a while and its a good excuse next time the mother of wife or other pants wearing weasle in your life asks u to do something.
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suasa said:
Ok I've been 'lurking' around here for a long while now, never thought I would ever have anythign worth contributing, until now.
What you speak of is known as Zeno's paradox. You are right in that the distance from you to the computer can be divided by half, and half again, and half again.. etc etc (infinetly). Calling this distance "1" what you desrcibed would be 1/2 + 1/4 +1/8 +1/16 +1/32 +....etc etc, this would be infinite. However the sum of these infinite parts would equal 1.
Hope that helps.
/nerd mode off
suasa said:
The same can be said for time, so not only can you never get anywhere, but you can never even start.
Wrap your alcohol starved brain around that one for a while.
Well, that is why we pick a unit of measure to work with, like feet and inches, -or the system used by godless commies, the metric system. 
Just remember "Where ever you go, so there you are"
Beer's kinda strong up there in White Horse, huh. With your theory, next time just tell your drummer that "I'm not off tempo, the sound waves are never reaching you"
Party on Garth. Party on Wayne
Beer's kinda strong up there in White Horse, huh. With your theory, next time just tell your drummer that "I'm not off tempo, the sound waves are never reaching you"
Party on Garth. Party on Wayne
This doesn't really mean it's impossible to get somewhere. I move from one location to another all the time. If, as people always assume, the universe is infinate, then we take up an unmeasurably small percentage of the universe and therefore don't exist. But you know, we do exist. Or.....so we think. 
Bah. With my Delorean and the cruise control set to 88 mph, I can get to anywhere I want, anytime I want.
And I mean anywhere and anytime .
So there.
Bob
And I mean anywhere and anytime .
So there.
Bob
wow i didn't think i would get so many responses implying i had too much beer on my hands especially since i am 15 but meh whatever.
Well, ratio-wise one never reaches the destination, but if you've ever taken advanced math...
For example, have you ever done a math problem like this:
If a rabbit runs 4 miles in the first hour, 2 miles in the next hour, 1 mile in the hour after that, and so on, how many miles will he run in total? (if he keeps running forever)
The answer is '8 miles', by the way.
For example, have you ever done a math problem like this:
If a rabbit runs 4 miles in the first hour, 2 miles in the next hour, 1 mile in the hour after that, and so on, how many miles will he run in total? (if he keeps running forever)
The answer is '8 miles', by the way.
So thats why I like metric so much.Blisshead said:Well, that is why we pick a unit of measure to work with, like feet and inches, -or the system used by godless commies, the metric system.
Leigh
