spudtater: (Default)
( May. 29th, 2007 11:08 am)

: and
: if...then; implies
: not
: ...from this I conclude

1. Complete the following

a)

b)

c) ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
    ,
                 

2. How might each of the above be useful in solving Sudoku puzzles?

Answers by tomorrow, please. For full marks, show all working.

8^)

Edit: I was only kidding about having to show all working, honest! My 'evil teacher' persona took over...   8^P

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As those of you who follow internet rumour will recall, the letters "NYC", when rendered in the Wingdings font, display as a skull-and-crossbones, a star of david, and a thumbs-up sign. Obviously Microsoft is anti-semitic! OMGWTFBBQ!!1!

I take this quote from the Snopes page on the subject:

"Young calculated the odds of three letters of the alphabet being combined with 255 symbols, and said he found that the odds of obtaining the message were less than one in a trillion."

More great journalism from the New York Post, then.

One in a trillion!? Even with the most naive calculation I can think of—26 * 26 * 26 * 255 * 255 * 255—I get only a quarter of a trillion. What crack was he smoking?

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( Apr. 2nd, 2005 08:53 pm)
Non-algebraic proofs of Pythagoras' theorem:
- First an animation. Although it might not be strictly a proof, it's a great demonstration. (Alternate local copy.)
- Then a more thorough proof by tiling. A little less accessible, though.

I want to do geometric proofs! For example,
Is this a proof? )
Oh, and blah blah Pope blah.
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