09-12-2004, 10:34 PM
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| Weekly Trivia Question #2
Ok, here goes.
This time I'ma ask 5 questions. You can only answer one. They'll be on a few different topics.
1. In what language is the verb "to be" pronounced "b!tch"?
2. In what software company do the head programmer and the head designer share the same last name?
3. Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt-and children"?
4. What function, discovered by Euler, can be defined as f(x) = x!, even though it was not originally defined in that way?
5. Who wrote The Republic, and why? | 
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09-12-2004, 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs Ok, here goes.
This time I'ma ask 5 questions. You can only answer one. They'll be on a few different topics.
1. In what language is the verb "to be" pronounced "b!tch"?
2. In what software company do the head programmer and the head designer share the same last name?
3. Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt-and children"?
4. What function, discovered by Euler, can be defined as f(x) = x!, even though it was not originally defined in that way?
5. Who wrote The Republic, and why? | well number 3 sounds suspicously like mark twain. | 
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09-12-2004, 10:38 PM
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| Ah, crap. In two minutes. I didn't think it'd be THAT easy.
Oh, well, rep point for you. | |
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09-12-2004, 10:42 PM
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| #1 = German??
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09-12-2004, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs Ah, crap. In two minutes. I didn't think it'd be THAT easy.
Oh, well, rep point for you. |
you'll notice I picked the easy one, math ain't my long suit and I am not sure I would get the reason for writting The Republic right  | |
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09-12-2004, 11:22 PM
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| #1 russian?
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09-12-2004, 11:32 PM
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| 1. I don't know
2. I don't know
3. ... already said
4. arg.. I don't know, math is evil
5.Plato, and I believe that he wrote it so others could understand his philosophy.
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09-13-2004, 12:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs Ok, here goes.
This time I'ma ask 5 questions. You can only answer one. They'll be on a few different topics.
1. In what language is the verb "to be" pronounced "b!tch"?
2. In what software company do the head programmer and the head designer share the same last name?
3. Who said "Familiarity breeds contempt-and children"?
4. What function, discovered by Euler, can be defined as f(x) = x!, even though it was not originally defined in that way?
5. Who wrote The Republic, and why? | 4) gamma function
tell me if its wrong so i can answer another one  | |
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09-13-2004, 12:25 AM
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| Nah, you got it | |
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09-13-2004, 12:26 AM
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| MrBriggs, was it Plato? (for the last question)... or did I get it wrong...
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09-13-2004, 12:29 AM
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| Yes, it was Plato, but that's only half the question.  | |
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09-13-2004, 12:58 AM
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| whoo
<- computer engineer, me and euler are like this: || | |
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09-13-2004, 01:38 AM
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| Ok, I think that the other half is that it was because he believed that mathematics was the best way to train the mind.
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09-13-2004, 03:03 AM
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| wasn't it because he wanted his political philosophy to be enumerated?
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09-13-2004, 05:32 AM
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Originally Posted by gulebukser #1 russian? | My pathetic contribution to this thread is that I can confirm gulebukser hasn't got this one right. (sorry gulebukser I am not intending to sound know-it-all-y)I'd love to be able to tell you how the russians do pronounce "to be", but it'd take about a paragraph (all about vowels in teh back of the mouth and a soft sign after the t) ...if anyone's bored i will... 
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09-13-2004, 08:28 AM
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09-13-2004, 10:00 AM
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| #1. Polish.
Can't bother to think about the other questions... *It's MONDAY* 
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09-13-2004, 10:04 AM
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| Oh yeah...
#5. Plato. But I don't know why (and I've never read it).
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09-13-2004, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Sarah Ok, I think that the other half is that it was because he believed that mathematics was the best way to train the mind. |
well that doesn't do total justice to plato's intention.
hint hint | |
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09-13-2004, 02:23 PM
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| I think you mean #4 to be the Gamma function y(s), but you've badly worded it. The Gamma function is well-defined on the upper-half complex plane, and through analytic continuation you can extend it to the entire complex plane minus the negative integers and 0. However, the function f(n)=n! is defined on the non-negative integers, with 0!=1 for convenience. The fact that y(n) = n! for positive integers n is merely a coincidence due to the structure of the gamma function, for these two functions are quite different animals altogether. | |
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