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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, Ian McColl wrote: That's because of American linguistic imperialism. "Milliard" is a bit old-fashioned, because of the prevelance of talking "business" in American English. But it is indeed correct English. One probably shouldn't get into the habit of arguing about words with Bill. I ain't saying he knows them better than everyone else, but he certainly cares about them more than most people here seem to do. Ian, here is one cast-ironrule of the Internet: no matter what is being discussed, and no matter how much you think you know, somebody knows more than you do. Always. (Even people like Stephen Hawking or Terence Tao or Jeff Stone should stay away from the Internet if they always want to be right.) |
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Ian McColl Inner circle 1493 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, stoneunhinged wrote: Everyone here knows more than me, I know this because they keep telling me.
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MobilityBundle Regular user Las Vegas/Boston 120 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, stoneunhinged wrote: Wow, the dumb guy would probably be thrilled to have been mentioned with the other two. (And good for Hawking. He could probably use a little ego boost.) |
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stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, MobilityBundle wrote: It doesn't happen often, that's for sure. |
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landmark Inner circle within a triangle 5194 Posts |
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On Mar 2, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Wow, if that's true. The one thing I would expect is that numbers behave the same way no matter where they are on the spectrum. Examples, anyone?
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Mr. Mystoffelees Inner circle I haven't changed anyone's opinion in 3623 Posts |
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, landmark wrote: We know that primes get sparser as you travel farther from zero.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts |
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On Mar 3, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: But that they never run out. (We also know that twin primes get sparser as you travel farther from zero, but have no idea whether they ever run out or not.) |
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