Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-28, 00:34
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Replies: 17
Views: 338
No legal prohibition to a convicted felon...
No legal prohibition to a convicted felon becoming US president AFAIK. IIRC the now late Lyndon Larouche ran for president while incarcerated as a convicted felon (but did not come anywhere close to...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-28, 00:17
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Replies: 1,319
Views: 96,391
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-27, 16:17
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Replies: 195
Views: 27,130
They look like either Common Grackles, or...
They look like either Common Grackles, or possibly some other kind of blackbird. Brewer's Blackbirds and Rusty Blackbirds are not entirely ruled out by coloration, due to unfavorable light...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-27, 13:49
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Replies: 17
Views: 338
This is from a recent AP story about the CPAC...
This is from a recent AP story about the CPAC shindig (https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-ted-cruz-elections-c5273f2cf5e1c478dd0d9b11b902bdf9).
Never mind the election, let's make him an...
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Forum: Reading
2021-02-26, 13:26
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,715
I tried to find out how much power a slug of...
I tried to find out how much power a slug of corium produces, without much success. I read that a lot of the heat is produced by the radioactive decay of short-lived isotopes. When the stuff hits...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-26, 12:13
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Replies: 56
Views: 9,301
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-24, 17:19
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Replies: 2
Views: 143
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Forum: Reading
2021-02-24, 16:32
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,715
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-24, 14:07
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Replies: 17
Views: 338
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-24, 01:47
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Replies: 684
Views: 51,919
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-23, 23:02
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Replies: 1,072
Views: 68,711
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-23, 21:04
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Replies: 684
Views: 51,919
And so it ends...
Supreme Court rejects Trump election challenge cases (https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-pennsylvania-elections-us-supreme-court-5cc6aee8c328c7bb1d423244b979bcec)
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-23, 15:18
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,258
Heh-heh. This means that each of the 25 primes...
Heh-heh. This means that each of the 25 primes less than 100 is a quadratic residue (mod p) and (mod q). We know that the smaller factor (say p) is less than 10^50 which is about 2^166. There are...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-22, 21:52
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Replies: 10
Views: 319
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-22, 15:05
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Replies: 9
Views: 345
I am reminded of a long-ago next door neighbor...
I am reminded of a long-ago next door neighbor of mine who had come from Texas. Not a bad guy by any stretch, and if there were a Sweetest Gal on God's Green Earth contest his wife would have been...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-21, 21:31
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,784
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-21, 21:20
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Replies: 9
Views: 345
At this point Senator Cruz could probably help...
At this point Senator Cruz could probably help the most by keeping his mouth shut and lying low. Or perhaps he could try to drum up some donations.
After Texas voted for #45 in the 2020 election,...
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Forum: Soap Box
2021-02-21, 17:28
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Replies: 9
Views: 345
Texas is already getting "donations" from...
Texas is already getting "donations" from taxpayers of all 50 States, thanks to President Biden signing a Major Disaster Declaration for a large part of Texas.
Yes, "LET THE YANKEES FREEZE IN THE...
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Forum: Science & Technology
2021-02-20, 16:50
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Replies: 79
Views: 6,085
In Texas, the frost line runs from about 2 feet...
In Texas, the frost line runs from about 2 feet down in the north to less than 6 inches in the south. They bury the mains and service lines somewhat deeper of course, but sometimes the freeze makes...
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Forum: Science & Technology
2021-02-20, 15:09
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Replies: 79
Views: 6,085
This is up to the people of the Great State of...
This is up to the people of the Great State of Texas. If they're willing to live with a power system that collapses in cold spells, nothing will be done. The major difference this time around from...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-20, 14:35
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,258
D'oh! Of course!
So we've got a square root...
D'oh! Of course!
So we've got a square root of Mod(2, u^4 + 1) which can be re-expressed as Mod(u^3 - u, u^4 + 1)^2 = Mod(2, u^4 + 1).
Perhaps even more obvious is
Mod(x, x^2 + 1)^2 =...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-20, 14:27
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Replies: 1,677
Views: 138,085
He was getting pain pill scrips from several...
He was getting pain pill scrips from several different doctors, and getting all the scrips filled at the same pharmacy. I read he got 2000 Ocycontin pills over six months, which works out to a bit...
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Forum: Lounge
2021-02-19, 23:53
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Replies: 4,254
Views: 302,323
When I was a kid, my dad programmed an IBM 360...
When I was a kid, my dad programmed an IBM 360 where he worked. One time I was talking to him about I forget what, and said, "You can even check it with a computer!"
He looked at me blankly and...
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-19, 17:53
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,258
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Forum: Miscellaneous Math
2021-02-19, 16:54
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Replies: 72
Views: 2,195
AFAIK the greatest mathematical importance of...
AFAIK the greatest mathematical importance of Fermat's Last Theorem is that no proof was known, and efforts to find a proof greatly advanced the subject of Algebraic Number Theory
Fermat's "little...
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