# Kozmik, pass 4th Grade before you post about Math **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 19, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934 "2005-10-19T16:51:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/41 "2005-10-20T06:25:40Z")
When come back, bring pi. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/42 "2005-10-20T10:25:01Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Fourth principle: All matter is composed of stuff. Did you all forget the first and second principle? First principle: You do not talk about principles. Second principle: You do NOT talk about principles. Of course the fifth principle: Water is composed of wet stuff unless it’s really cold.Then it’s cold hard stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/43 "2005-10-20T10:30:21Z")
I submit that nobody should be allowed anywhere near a computer if their intention is to i **m** put data. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/44 "2005-10-20T13:20:56Z")
> [@severus](#): > > Can I use this as a signature line, **ultrafilter**? The mental picture is just priceless. Be my guest. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/45 "2005-10-20T14:06:55Z")
> [@Orual](#): > > > [@rayh](#): > > > > Wait until he gets into Cantor and starts manipulating infinities. His brains will be melting out of his ears. > > He has brains? I’m sure when **rayh** said “brains” he meant “whatever passes for brains deep within that thick skull of yours” but didn’t want to type all that out. 😉 Since he noted that the substance in question “will be melting out of his ears”, I’m going to guess it’s Velveeta. Who’s got the [Rotel](http://www.texmex.net/Rotel/main.htm)? ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/46 "2005-10-20T16:05:03Z")
0/0 actually equals 42. I know it can equal anything, but since the answer to life the universe and everything is 42 then being anything must tend toward the value 42 as anything tends towards everything. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/47 "2005-10-20T17:15:23Z")
> [@Bippy the Beardless](#): > > 0/0 actually equals 42. > I know it can equal anything, but since the answer to life the universe and everything is 42 then being anything must tend toward the value 42 as anything tends towards everything. Yes, but we know 6 \* 9 = 42, I bet he could have some fun with that. As for his brains, I will admit to being in error. All this stuff that is echoing round his head implies there’s nothing getting in the way. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/48 "2005-10-20T19:26:49Z")
I don’t get it. You can solve an equation but you can’t prove it? It’s getting hung up on rhetoric when you say a word doesn’t mean what the word actually means, but as long as the system works, why prove it al all? That’s junkie math for ya… ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/49 "2005-10-20T19:34:57Z")
Eh, he’s not the first to question the validity of _a priori_ knowledge or to demand it be supported/proven as well as _a posteriori_ knowledge is. He won’t be the last. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/50 "2005-10-20T21:04:31Z")
We all know from the current administration that 2+2=5. … and I agree with whoever said that x/x = 42. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/51 "2005-10-20T22:28:03Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > we know 6 \* 9 = 42 But only in a flawed and prematurely terminated computer simulation. Where’s the _proof_??? ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/52 "2005-10-20T22:56:07Z")
Hey, **Voyager**! You had your chance: :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/53 "2005-10-20T23:03:46Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Wait until he gets into Cantor and starts manipulating infinities. His brains will be melting out of his ears. Not a fair test. That happened to Cantor, and he was… well… Cantor. Wait until \*\*Kozmik \*\* gets to pre-calculus. Then, Velveeta, etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/54 "2005-10-20T23:04:40Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > Hey, **Voyager**! > > You had your chance: > > :dubious: Haha, **Voyager**!!! BURN!!! ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/55 "2005-10-20T23:07:41Z")
**Voyager** , I think it’s pretty obvious that: ;j ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/56 "2005-10-20T23:47:55Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > We all know from the current administration that 2+2=5. That’s only true for very large values of 2, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/57 "2005-10-21T00:40:09Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I can explain this to you all. But only if you FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER!! > > First, go purchase a copy of “Sexxxy Nurses 12”. Send it to me. I will then provide further instructions. I think you’re just trying to prove “XXX=Doubleplusgood.” ---
**Author:** ![Faust\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@Faust\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faust_1)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/58 "2005-10-21T01:40:02Z")
Let S(x) be the stupidity function. Given an arbitrarily large number M Let d = 1/M. For 0 \< x - **Kosmik** \< d we have stupidity \> M. ---
**Author:** ![BooBoo316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@BooBoo316](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BooBoo316)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/59 "2005-10-21T01:51:13Z")
Boo read thread. Math hard. Brain hurts. Boo go lay down now. ---
**Author:** ![Nilor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Nilor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nilor)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kozmik-pass-4th-grade-before-you-post-about-math/326934/60 "2005-10-21T02:21:08Z")
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