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FatGnome Super Geek  
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posted April 03, 2002 23:34
   
Yeah one of my favorite numbers 111 and this is post 111. I am officialy a geek. I like 111 because when I write it it looks the same forwards, backwards, and upside down and upside down and backwards. I love palendromes so that is why this will be one of my favorite years 2002 looks the same whether the numbers are put in the order 2002 or 2002. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.     
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posted April 04, 2002 05:52
that is a cool number. I am stuck right now between my favorite number being 7 or 3. AS for my favorite post number i think it was post number 666. Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated 
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posted April 04, 2002 06:39
God damn! I can't resist any longer... my favourite number has got to be ... 69.  (Ha ! Beat Zorro to it! Yes!)------------------ IP: Logged |
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greycat Super Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 07:14
Zero. Zero is the coolest of all numbers. All the other numbers wish they could be 0. IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated
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posted April 04, 2002 07:16
quote: ...I admit it has an attractive shape... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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platypus Super Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 07:28
quote: "My Hero Zero...." ------------------ IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
Posts: 1501 |
posted April 04, 2002 09:08
quote: The question is how did you know what zorro's favorite number would be? ------------------ IP: Logged |
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joliet_jane Super Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 09:52
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supaboy SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted April 04, 2002 11:18
Originally posted by macadddikt18: The question is how did you know what zorro's favorite number would be? Tell me we haven't all seen Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, please! Originally posted by joliet_jane: Nice one. I can't settle on one favorite number, so I'll list a few. 75 - Steve Millen's car number when he raced the Nissan IMSA GT 300ZX to overall wins at Daytona and Sebring, and a class win (5th overall) at the 24 hours at Le Mans in 1994. 75, not coincidentally, is the number I run on my own 300ZX at autocrosses. 240, 260, 280, and 300 - The Nissan Z car models. 355, 360, 550, 560 - Ferraris. 'Nuff said. 917 - The Porsche that killed of Can-Am racing because nobody wanted to run against it. 6061 - Most aluminum bike frames get made out of 6061 aluminum because it's workable and weldable. Hand-finished welds, hourglass shaped seat stays, and ovalized tubes are just damn sexy on a bike. IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
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posted April 04, 2002 12:08
i also like the number 60 for it is the purest form of carbon. c60 Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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mephisto Highlie 
Posts: 538 |
posted April 04, 2002 13:43
3.141592......... i like the first hundred digits. I had them meorised at one point, not because i wanted to. it just happened. I also like planck's constant. IP: Logged |
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dragonman97 Super Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 14:13
quote: Nayt, I know you appear to keep your head out of the gutter, but I wouldn't find it too hard to expect that to be Z's favorite number. Personally, I'm partial to the number 28. IP: Logged |
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tafkact Highlie
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posted April 04, 2002 14:36
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EroticLibrary Maximum Newbie 
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posted April 04, 2002 15:14
I enjoy 3 for a low number. I enjoy 900 for a high number. IP: Logged |
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snupy Super Geek
Posts: 192 |
posted April 04, 2002 17:12
quote: Good job, spungo. I bet you've got him crying IP: Logged |
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snupy Super Geek
Posts: 192 |
posted April 04, 2002 17:16
quote: There you go blaming me again. i think you're gonna give me a reputation. I'm a GOOD girl. My current favorite is 33. IP: Logged |
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ZorroTheFox SuperBlabberMouth!
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posted April 04, 2002 19:32
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snupy Super Geek
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posted April 04, 2002 21:46
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ZorroTheFox: [B] I have a friend who prefers 77, she says she gets ate more. Good one. I'll have to remember that.I think you better start explaining to Nayt now-it's gonna take awhile;-) IP: Logged |
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iballoondesign Assimilated
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posted April 04, 2002 23:55
12 is my favorite number. I can't wait for 12-12-12. It will be very special day for me. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Ruthenius Newbie Larva 
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posted April 05, 2002 00:05
I personally like 1, as in First Post, First in line, etc... ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated
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posted April 05, 2002 02:11
quote: Do you mean GOOD as in technique? Another good number is 68 ... i.e., 'you do me and I'll owe you one!' ------------------ IP: Logged |
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snupy Super Geek
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posted April 05, 2002 02:48
quote: Why, spungo, you're a bit frisky for this time of morning...good to know IP: Logged |
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Xanthine Highlie
Posts: 609 |
posted April 05, 2002 03:07
8.314510 is nice. Very very nice. Or maybe I'm just saying taht because I passed out doing pchem again... Other favorites are 12, 16, 15,1, and 130 (molecular weights of C, monoatomic O, N, H and xanthine respectively). I also like 4 and 20 but my all time favorite has to be 13. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated
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posted April 05, 2002 03:08
quote: Well, I know you're very good with words... so I suppose that means you have a talented mouth. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Aiyana Geek
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posted April 05, 2002 05:04
quote: I was wondering when that one was finally going to come up. I figured on a board full of geeks that would probably be *the* favorite number. Anyway, I'm with you, tafkact. <Deep Thought> Forty-two!! </Deep Thought> IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
Posts: 1501 |
posted April 05, 2002 05:30
what is so special about the number zero? Nayt ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated
Posts: 373 |
posted April 05, 2002 05:32
quote: My high school Math teacher (Good on ya, Jonesy!) used to say that what sets geeks apart from everyone else is that everyone else starts counting from 1. We count from 0. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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EngrBohn Highlie
Posts: 762 |
posted April 05, 2002 09:32
I suspect it's accidental that we start counting at zero. You'll notice the languages that pre-date C start their array indexing at one. But it made the implementation of C ("assembly code with a thin veneer of safety glass, with enough abstraction to be classified as a high-level language") much easier to start counting at zero, due to the equivalency of pointers and arrays. And then there are languages like Ada where you can start counting wherever you feel like it (when declaring the array, you can tell the compiler that the legal indices to the array are 42..59, for example). It's only the popularity of C and C-derived languages that's made zero-counting commonplace. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Super Flippy Super Geek
Posts: 131 |
posted April 05, 2002 12:36
77 is my favorite number and favorite band. (Has nothing to do with what Zorro said.) I also really like infinity because it makes calculus bearable. IP: Logged |
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snupy Super Geek
Posts: 192 |
posted April 05, 2002 18:30
quote: would you like to find out? I also have a lab coat...... IP: Logged |
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Alien Investor Assimilated
Posts: 361 |
posted April 05, 2002 19:34
My favorite number is 117, for opaque personal reasons. My second favorite number is 1170, for nostalgic dinosaur geek reasons. IP: Logged |
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TheAnnoyedCockroach Assimilated
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posted April 05, 2002 20:30
*Grabs fire exstinguisher* *Sprays snupy and spungo* Shoo! Shoo! Get a room! Or a laboratory. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Geordie Super Geek
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posted April 06, 2002 05:25
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ilovemydualg4 Geek Larva 
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posted April 06, 2002 06:32
mine is 42, of course, because it is the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything! (from the hitchhiker's guide) ------------------ IP: Logged |
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macadddikt18 BlabberMouth, the Next Generation.
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posted April 06, 2002 07:03
quote: Infinity is not a number it is a concept. A place holder if you will. Words such as 'dimension' and 'field' and 'infinity' are nothing more than conveniences for mathematicians and scientists. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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spungo Assimilated
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posted April 06, 2002 07:53
quote: Ha ha - sorry, Cockroach. You're quite right - we shouldn't be doing this here. C'mon, Snupy - let's go somewhere private where I can punish you for being a very naughty girl. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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EngrBohn Highlie
Posts: 762 |
posted April 06, 2002 10:11
- Super Flippy - I also really like infinity because it makes calculus bearable. Then you'll *love* Mathematical Analysis, which introduces different levels of infinity (granted, at least two levels -- Aleph_0 & Aleph_1 are included in Theory of Computation, but I think I'd have had a harder time dealing with it if I hadn't had Mathematical Analysis first). And where you learn to do some of the funky stuff with them. For those who don't know what I'm talking about, there are different levels of infinity, denoted by the Hebrew character Aleph and a subscript. Strictly speaking, these aren't numbers, but rather cardinalities. Aleph_0 is the size of a countably infinite set (e.g., the set of integers). Let S be a set with cardinality Aleph_0. Then the power set of S is of cardinality Aleph_1, and this is the first "uncountably infinite" (or just "uncountable") cardinality (the set of real numbers is of size Aleph_1). If T is a set of cardinality Aleph_1, then the power set of T is of cardinality Aleph_2. The remaining levels of infinity are similarly defined. Personally, I've never used anything beyond Aleph_1. Unless you're planning to do graduate work in mathematics or computer science, you probably won't even see these, much less use them.
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dragonman97 Super Geek
Posts: 230 |
posted April 06, 2002 10:28
quote: That sounds a little diabolical. If everyone can rwx a file, but you cannot, even though you are a part of everyone - wow - that's crazy. I just tested that. I personally prefer 700 to lock people out. Or 711. IP: Logged |
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GameMaster Super Geek
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posted April 06, 2002 10:59
42 is cool, so PI and 0. Suprised e wasn't mentioned sooner, and the square root of 2 has to be on the list. But 9, 7 and 13 are the coolest to me. First off 7 eight 9. Second, there is the 9 wizard. Third, 7 is going to heaven and don't for dice games. Now, the lady of the hour #13. I like it because even today there are a lot of people who will not work on floor 13. People freak out about Friday 13, and while I don't see anyother reason (mathmatically speaking) to adore 13.... I love it just to spite those that hate it. <edit type =ADD> IP: Logged |
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Super Flippy Super Geek
Posts: 131 |
posted April 06, 2002 16:40
quote: 13 was the favorite number of Sarah Winchester, an heiress to the Winchester gun fortune. If you visit the Winchester Mystery House you'll see that she used the number 13 throughout the house (e.g. 13 daisies in a stained glass window). IP: Logged |
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