Forum: Science & Technology
2021-09-19, 17:11
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Forum: Soap Box
2020-12-15, 09:28
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Replies: 90
Views: 26,044
Here's a screenshot of the relevant part.
This...
Here's a screenshot of the relevant part.
This thread is a good place to note that the long list of titles fails to include the gender-neutral (and profession- and qualification-neutral) title Mx....
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Forum: Lounge
2020-12-08, 19:26
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Replies: 1,691
Views: 194,400
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Forum: Soap Box
2020-11-08, 18:33
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Replies: 685
Views: 94,925
Thanks for that!
Nick and I have had a most...
Thanks for that!
Nick and I have had a most entertaining few minutes listening to that clip.
I can see that Meryl Streep was not exaggerating. She got Ms Foster Jenkins' talents down to a tee in...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-05-26, 09:13
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Replies: 163
Views: 20,920
Those Atlantis parties are pretty wild, aren't...
Those Atlantis parties are pretty wild, aren't they? The captain and navigation crew must have to adopt a particularly tolerant attitude during those particular cruises. When I think about it now, I...
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Forum: Soap Box
2019-05-15, 13:13
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,388
A little bit of history now...
Courtesy of...
A little bit of history now...
Courtesy of Kingpin Chess Magazine (http://www.kingpinchess.net/2019/05/for-the-ladies-2/) quoting "Chess" magazine of January 1974 we are reminded that Bloemfontein...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-05-04, 09:45
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Replies: 372
Views: 45,000
with a nod to Uncwilly...
with a nod to Uncwilly (https://www.mersenneforum.org/showpost.php?p=515590&postcount=944), I hope.:hello:
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Forum: Lounge
2019-05-04, 09:35
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Replies: 1,931
Views: 219,565
In this...
In this (https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2019/05/03/chewbacca-acteur-peter-mayhew-overleden-74-a3959037) Dutch language news source, which is not my normal choice of news outlet but which I happened to...
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Forum: Soap Box
2019-05-03, 15:09
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,388
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Forum: Soap Box
2019-05-01, 18:27
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Replies: 27
Views: 5,388
Women's sport: how to sort out who should qualify?
Today's judgment (https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/48102479) upholding the International Association of Athletics Federations' requirement that the South African athlete Caster Semenya will have...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-05-01, 06:22
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,257
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2019-04-30, 08:10
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Replies: 126
Views: 32,690
I thought your whole thread was very worthwhile...
I thought your whole thread was very worthwhile and would like to thank you for raising the issues. It has generated valuable discussion which is not necessarily finished, so I hope this thread stays...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-04-29, 14:55
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,796
Ever read "Train Spotting" by Irvine Welsh. I...
Ever read "Train Spotting" by Irvine Welsh. I managed a few pages once. The entire novel is written in Scottish. Not Gaelic, but English with the spelling in Scottish dialect. I just wanted to say...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-04-28, 16:24
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,257
Yes, this is very well known here in The...
Yes, this is very well known here in The Netherlands. We had a terrible miscarriage of justice here not very along ago where a nurse was convicted of murdering patients on the basis of statistics of...
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Forum: Lounge
2019-04-28, 15:15
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Replies: 37
Views: 4,257
As an addition to posting #2 (DNA advances...
As an addition to posting #2 (DNA advances solving many cold cases), it's a sobering thought that the same new technology is also exonerating many innocent people who have been spending years in...
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2019-04-27, 07:07
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Replies: 126
Views: 32,690
The Soap Box always used to be an arena of...
The Soap Box always used to be an arena of frenzied title changing. Those sometimes heated discussions are not generally the core specialisation of mersenneforum.org, but are they therefore not...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2019-04-26, 14:59
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2019-04-26, 14:30
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
k=3^4 . 11 . 757 . 93077^2
p=93077
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k=3^4 . 11 . 757 . 93077^2
p=93077
According to ATH p=93077 is the only known example where p|k. However I also observed that p^2 | k. Is that just a monstrous coincidence? Or is it necessary?
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2019-04-26, 14:20
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2019-04-26, 13:15
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,007
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Forum: Forum Feedback
2019-04-25, 16:05
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Replies: 126
Views: 32,690
Thread renaming is something which has happened...
Thread renaming is something which has happened here regularly for so long that I guess most of us accept it as part of the culture here. Usually its effect is humorous. Sometimes it makes threads...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2019-03-29, 13:04
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,700
@storm5510 I think what you write sums it up...
@storm5510 I think what you write sums it up exactly. At least that's my understanding too. I compare it in my mind with the "kilowatt hour" as a measure of consumption of electricity.
@M344587487...
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Forum: Lounge
2018-12-21, 14:07
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Replies: 368
Views: 65,997
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Forum: Lounge
2018-12-09, 15:51
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Replies: 67
Views: 15,868
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Forum: News
2018-12-09, 15:47
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Replies: 271
Views: 68,434
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