tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post2893561836397106887..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Candidate equivalenciesZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-21079431728139461452008-11-04T10:16:00.000-08:002008-11-04T10:16:00.000-08:00ods15,Obama isn't 2. He's 1. That 1.ods15,<BR/>Obama isn't 2. He's 1. <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed-k1xOCsMs" REL="nofollow">That 1</A>.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17204472992759448532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-89649738783006281452008-10-28T15:03:00.000-07:002008-10-28T15:03:00.000-07:00I don't like the idea of Obama being "irrational"....I don't like the idea of Obama being "irrational". How about Obama being 2? It's a nice, rational integer, and also the first prime number...ods15https://www.blogger.com/profile/03790990540151322806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-65207288451577761172008-10-14T06:16:00.000-07:002008-10-14T06:16:00.000-07:00An occasional reader, first time commenter. I hope...An occasional reader, first time commenter. I hope foreigners are allowed to have a try as well?<BR/><BR/>Obama's well known, Biden less so; the two, though different, can be connected; and both (being politicians) can go on and on without any end and pop up just about everywhere.<BR/><BR/>McCain's something that seems impossible but is just perpendicular to all we (Europeans) know, and does include a negative denizen of a (root) cage turned to a victory of "I"; and Palin is something we don't even have words for, and really would rather not discuss at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-10631624610333197972008-10-11T07:26:00.000-07:002008-10-11T07:26:00.000-07:00Well, i is a very nifty an useful number ... so I'...Well, <I>i</I> is a very nifty an useful number ... so I'm a bit offended.<BR/><BR/>But of course it <I>is</I> orthogonal to the real world.<BR/><BR/>But π is so much older than <I>e</I> so shouldn't they be the other way round?Jens Knudsen (Sili)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14078875730565068352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-5838156476931908342008-10-09T05:22:00.000-07:002008-10-09T05:22:00.000-07:00Mmmm, pi.(...she said, lowering the tone of the di...Mmmm, pi.<BR/><BR/>(...she said, lowering the tone of the discussion significantly. She simply couldn't help herself!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-86350934189398978352008-10-08T22:23:00.000-07:002008-10-08T22:23:00.000-07:00llewelly: No, Bush is already 2 + 2 = 5.llewelly: No, Bush is already 2 + 2 = 5.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-41704455291739533062008-10-08T21:31:00.000-07:002008-10-08T21:31:00.000-07:00Which just goes to show that we can't afford to ra...Which just goes to show that we can't afford to raise anything to the power of John McCain.<BR/><BR/>Or raise John McCain to power. Or something like that.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-38737159855454790272008-10-08T19:56:00.000-07:002008-10-08T19:56:00.000-07:00So Joe Biden raised to the power of John McCain mu...So Joe Biden raised to the power of John McCain multiplied by Barack Obama is just a step in the wrong direction? With Sarah Palin being completely irrelevant?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-75168928741046282032008-10-08T16:51:00.000-07:002008-10-08T16:51:00.000-07:00llewelly, don't you remember that 1/0 is a new num...llewelly, don't you remember that <A HREF="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/68947" REL="nofollow">1/0 is a new number</A>?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-63923044558692905972008-10-08T14:50:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:50:00.000-07:00Shouldn't the last one be Palin -> 2 + 2 = ...Shouldn't the last one be Palin -> 2 + 2 = 5 ?llewellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001213921499191213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-89674847173109921202008-10-08T14:34:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:34:00.000-07:00Obama's arguments are circular? ;-)Also: does bein...Obama's arguments are circular? ;-)<BR/>Also: does being transcendental make up for being irrational? (I guess it's still better than being imaginary and undefinable).Eamon Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262012749524758120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-32884342147976905372008-10-08T14:19:00.000-07:002008-10-08T14:19:00.000-07:00Perhaps McCain is not real.And, yes, division by z...Perhaps McCain is <I>not real</I>.<BR/><BR/>And, yes, division by zero is undefined, hence <I>meaningless</I>.Zenohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-37368847058768655142008-10-08T13:40:00.000-07:002008-10-08T13:40:00.000-07:00Do you really think McCain has an imaginary unit? ...Do you really think McCain has an imaginary unit? It may be a little flaccid, but...<BR/><BR/>I don't have a joke for Palin, because I'm stupid at math and I forget exactly what 1 divided by zero is. It's unknown or something, right?Jeff M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04846971323356895103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-66670683449311882642008-10-08T13:36:00.000-07:002008-10-08T13:36:00.000-07:00Obama-Biden is the transcendental ticket, McCain's...Obama-Biden is the transcendental ticket, McCain's economic policy shows he's living in a fantasyland, and Palin's words are meaningless?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com