Props too to the guy in the red plaid shirt, who was dragging one leg behind him. He clearly put a bit of thought into how an ambulatory corpse might move.
Petition to have “grumpyredneck” change their nick to “stupidortrolling” based on their participation in this thread:
https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-40-bridge-into-memphis-closed-for-emergency-inspection/
I assume you mean Crankyhillbilly? We can use real names here, and when I started perusing that thread, I had no idea who you were referring to, but was guessing you meant Urbanredneck. I was naturally thrown for a loop on not seeing him anywhere in the thread.
Come to think of it, Crankyhillbilly showed up around the same time Urbanredneck got his 30 day suspension (from which he seems not to have returned). Hmmmm…
We can. But maybe if we don’t we’ll get fewer of them stumbling in and peeing on this thread as well. Magical thinking probably, but I’m going to try.
I had the same confused thought, but convinced myself we used to have a genuine “grumpyredneck” who’d been banned. And that @naita was suggesting cranky was a fresh sock of grumpy.
I now bow to your superior sleuthery that cranky is probably a reincarnation of the not dead 'es just resting urban fellow.
Idk, how’s the spelling and grammar? Urbanredneck had a lot of consistent errors with those.
Oh sure, I believe he’s a Real FDR Dem. I also believe he’s a new poster. I also believe he was being honest when he said “honestly”.
Three huge red flags in just a user name and the first 7 words of the post.
It’s also from a year ago.
Doh! the Apr registered but not the '00; mea culpa.
He’s still got an active account, tho.
He’d have to be at least 97 to have voted in 1944.
You mean '20. If it was '00 it would be more plausible that the poster could be a real FDR Democrat.
~Max
D’oh!
New watch list candidate: Someonewastaken
It’s that profile again - joined 18 hours ago, three posts, three new threads (all on math and physics, no less - see GQ) three topics viewed, 22 min read time.
I wondered about this as well: “I also know that the Riemann sum has change of x as a critical component and, as far as I can tell, the Taylor series formula doesn’t.”
A weird tongue in cheek namecheck for @Riemann?
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Possibly but I’d wager not.
There is something in math called Riemann integrals (as in noted 19th century German mathematician Bernhard Riemann).
Taylor series are summations of an infinite number of terms. Some integrals can be considered a type of infinite summation as well, so it’s not unreasonable to ask the question if they can be made to look related.
Though it requires being in a weird space where you know enough to pose the question in the first place but not enough to figure out if it’s a useful or interesting question to ask.
Edited to add: This seems to be the consistent theme to all the topics started - they indicate a certain level of knowledge beyond what the ‘average’ person might know but not at the level of an expert. Probably not a troll. Could be a relatively intelligent high school student who needs a bit more seasoning, though, and those often act in ways quite similar to internet trolls.
Weirdly, one of these questions from a brand new user was answered by another brand new user a few hours later.
KennyT, is now among the rare sliver of posters I consider so repulsive I won’t even put him on ignore. Because if I do that, it will be harder to pick out posts of his to report.
This in response to his recent effort (a pit thread he started about 30-40 minutes ago, as of this posting), entitled “I want to offer a contrarian take on this story: BLAME THE WOMAN MOM.”
Since I now figure it for a troll, I won’t give it the satisfaction of replying to it in that thread directly.
^^What is up with that guy? Jesus Christ!!!
Yeah. I’d always assumed our @Riemann chose his name in homage to the mathematician. Riemann’s not a household name among folks whose last math was in highschool, but he’s somebody to the folks with some higher math under their belt.
My guess? He’s a few candy eggs short of an Easter basket. Because, you know… Jesus Christ!!!
Just look for the big orange K.