Old Escapist Thread Mentioned in Cracked Article

[ChocoFace]

Brace yourselves, flame-wars are coming.

Spoiler: clickity clack

Also i love cracked.

 

[Lukeje]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

No, it's like saying that 0.1(9)==0.2
Which, if you make the assumption that 0.(0)1==0, is true.

It begins.

I really hope not. I think my post succinctly describes the argument (whether the assumption that 0.(0)1==0 is justified) well enough that we don't need to have said argument.

And, just to have this on the first page in the case it does build into a flamewar, one can define numbering systems in which 0.(0)1 =/= 0. But if you do that then a lot of maths breaks (e.g. (1/3)*3 =/= 1) so it's a lot easier to set 0.(0)1 == 0.

 

[ZeroMachine]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

No, it's like saying that 0.1(9)==0.2
Which, if you make the assumption that 0.(0)1==0, is true.

It begins.

I really hope not. I think my post succinctly describes the argument (whether the assumption that 0.(0)1==0 is justified) well enough that we don't need to have said argument.

And just to have this on the first page in the case it does build into a flamewar, one can define numbering systems in which 0.(0)1 =/= 0. But if you do that then a lot of maths breaks (e.g. 1/3*3 =/= 1) so it's a lot easier to set 0.(0)1 == 0.

But seriously, stop it, now. It's irrelevant to the thread, pointless, and in all honesty, doesn't matter unless you're working to be an engineer.

So just don't.

Please.

 

[staika]

Please people! let's not get into a flame war over this! we already had this flame war and I don't want this to happen again!

Spoiler: Please don't let this picture be used!

 

[Rylot]

Funny article, and doesn't really paint all that negative a picture of the escapist; flame wars show up here too. I do find it kinda funny that Cracked's comments section has had some of the biggest flame wars I've seen, and that author (Christina H) in particular seems to spark a lot of them. Granted they aren't really her fault, just people vehemently liking or not liking her articles.

Edit: See what I mean?

 

[Andalusa]

Wow, I remember that old thing. Confused me then.. after reading it, it still does. I hate maths.

 

[SirFlamingLoboOfDoom]

Apparently I am about to divide by zero..not sure if I want to do this now..but I missed the last thread.

 

[Thaluikhain]

The Escapist Forums was mentioned on Cracked.

So...does that mean that the Escapist doesn't really have forums anymore, or is Cracked allowed to not be wrong about some things sometimes?

 

[ZeroMachine]

The Escapist Forums was mentioned on Cracked.

So...does that mean that the Escapist doesn't really have forums anymore, or is Cracked allowed to not be wrong about some things sometimes?

I honestly have no clue what you mean.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

No, it's like saying that 0.1(9)==0.2
Which, if you make the assumption that 0.(0)1==0, is true.

It begins.

I really hope not. I think my post succinctly describes the argument (whether the assumption that 0.(0)1==0 is justified) well enough that we don't need to have said argument.

And, just to have this on the first page in the case it does build into a flamewar, one can define numbering systems in which 0.(0)1 =/= 0. But if you do that then a lot of maths breaks (e.g. (1/3)*3 =/= 1) so it's a lot easier to set 0.(0)1 == 0.

I know but, you know how these things are. Personally I hope it does snowball again because that would be really fucking funny.

 

[Grayjack]

I remember that thread. And now it seems like it'll happen all over again.

 

[Lukeje]

The Escapist Forums was mentioned on Cracked.

So...does that mean that the Escapist doesn't really have forums anymore, or is Cracked allowed to not be wrong about some things sometimes?

I honestly have no clue what you mean.

I think the implication was that the articles on Cracked are always lies, or something. Maybe.

 

[ZeroMachine]

I remember that thread. And now it seems like it'll happen all over again.

Don't worry, if there's one more post about it other than "ok, I'll stop", I'm going to ask for the thread to be locked.

 

[Stall]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

Note that 1/3 = .3 repeating
3*(1/3) = .9 repeating
But 3*(1/3) = 1
Thus, by transitivity, we have .9 repeating = 1

It's an elementary proof.

 

[ZeroMachine]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

Note that 1/3 = .3 repeating
3*(1/3) = .9 repeating
But 3*(1/3) = 1
Thus, by transitivity, we have .9 repeating = 1

Yup.

Locking the thread.

 

[Thaluikhain]

The Escapist Forums was mentioned on Cracked.

So...does that mean that the Escapist doesn't really have forums anymore, or is Cracked allowed to not be wrong about some things sometimes?

I honestly have no clue what you mean.

Cracked articles are about as reliable as Fox. [small]Admittedly, neither of them really pretend to be news services, but people get annoyed when Fox proves it isn't.[/small]

 

[Lilani]

I remember that thread. And now it seems like it'll happen all over again.

Don't worry, if there's one more post about it other than "ok, I'll stop", I'm going to ask for the thread to be locked.

And if it does go on to be another full-sized flame war, I think it's safe to say Cracked is a successful troll.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Man am I really that old that I remember that thread? Boy were the flames high that day.

No worries my friend, I do too. And I still can't wrap my head around the whole issue. It just looks so...stupid. Then again, me and numbers have never been on the same page.

 

[Lukeje]

HOW THE HELL IS THAT EVEN A QUESTION???? Thats like saying 0.11111111 repeated is bigger than 0.2
OMG?!?!?sjsdashsiahdajsdjdas

Note that 1/3 = .3 repeating
3*(1/3) = .9 repeating
But 3*(1/3) = 1
Thus, by transitivity, we have .9 repeating = 1

It's an elementary proof.

It's a misleading and broken proof.

 

[ZeroMachine]

I remember that thread. And now it seems like it'll happen all over again.

Don't worry, if there's one more post about it other than "ok, I'll stop", I'm going to ask for the thread to be locked.

And if it does go on to be another full-sized flame war, I think it's safe to say Cracked is a successful troll.

Indeed they are.