figure this one out

rofl i should post my little mind twisters more often; i make them up ona daily basis

 

I highly recommend reading How Would You Move Mt. Fuji if you like puzzles and are taking CS classes, since it is about some of the more difficult interview processes in the software industry.

 

I have to interview people a lot for software jobs and have my own particular brand of psychological torture... I mean interview questions.

 

--Wren

hmm.. thanks, il look into it.

 

btw google needs to make one of those

If it is not on ebay, it is on google.

if it is not on google. it is on ebay.

/buzzez in: what is your browser?

Erlin... lets go play wow... its so much more simple!

tsk, tsk... dag and erlin cant take the heat

 

perhaps we should start with the alphabet and some simple mathematics? lol jks

 

in any case, try this one on for size:

 

Some people believe the universe goes on forever; others think its circular like a planet; and others say it cant go on forever; thus ends at some point. If the universe DOES end at some point, what's on the other side?

 

i do believe this calls for a "du DU du duuuuuu"

I still stand by my solution to the paradox.

 

There's a difference between saying "I live in Atlanta" and the sentence "I live in Atlanta." One is making a claim, the other is merely a sentence.

 

Can you say that the sentence "I am." is true or false? You can certainly do so regarding the claim, but the sentence itself...not in my opinion.

Logic sentences can be true or false (just giving you a hard time)

 

ummm.... another universe? =?

I guess what I'm struggling with is the fact that words and meaning to me are inseperetable. I can't seperate form and meaning in my head. The form is the meaning, apples means apples and you cannot choose another word to mean apples without referring to the original word.

 

I don't see words as symbols which represent meaning, but they are in themselves meaning. I don't see "I live in Atlanta" as a sentence without meaning, the only way I could seperate it is if we label it with a letter like 'X' but then it all falls in to the meaning of it. Then again...logic or Phil of Language was never my strong point

That would be a perfectly acceptable viewpoint if other languages did not exist, but the fact that people from other languages can intertwine meaning and the word itself just as closely as you can means that the actual words are meaningless, but rather the idea behind them holds meaning. Sort of like Plato's forms for language...lol

 

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.

A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.

I think that shakespear just threw up in his mouth alittle...

man im in the wrong guild ya'll are too intellectual for me, gimme a few rocks and dirt pile and i'll be fine

rofl poor erlin; btw those rocks are 5g each and the dirt pile with shipping is 7.95

 

and now i am going to feel special about the big ass thread ive started.. until it leads to erlin leaving the guild.. then im declaring this esteb's post...

tsk, tsk... dag and erlin cant take the heat

 

perhaps we should start with the alphabet and some simple mathematics? lol jks

 

in any case, try this one on for size:

 

Some people believe the universe goes on forever; others think its circular like a planet; and others say it cant go on forever; thus ends at some point. If the universe DOES end at some point, what's on the other side?

 

i do believe this calls for a \"du DU du duuuuuu\"

 

Ah! Something i finally vaguely understand... not the definite answer but what you're talking about! =P

 

OMG... i just wrote a massive post about the short history on the cosmos and physics... cos i misread your question. Thought it was about which theories are likely to be true and not that if there is a boundary whats on the other side.

 

Ok here goes... whats beyond the galaxy that lies on the edge of the known universe? Is it even at the edge of the universe?

We dont know... the data we collect now i.e. radio waves and snapshots of the universe are ancient waves that departed from those locations millions and millions of years ago and just happened to reach Earth when the readings were taken.

That galaxy right now... is either gone or moved further and we wouldnt know which one would be right for a lengthy time ahead.

 

It is also plausible to assume that the first light that errupted from the big bang hasnt even reached the edge of the universe if it indeed exists (the closed universe theory tends to be the most accepted one out of the 3 major ones) - so the universe is so immensely vast beyond human comprehension.

Now... our most acclaimed theoretical physicist of the 20th century whose name escapes me at the moment proposes that there is indeed a boundary to our universe... think of our universe encased in a bubble. However, there're more bubbles... hence more universes - a multiverse (yes, it exists in the science world).

And each bubble has its own set of laws i.e. our physics wouldnt apply in them.

All of this has been proven mathematically using dimenions (forgot which ones) that humans cannot see or comprehend and also based on a lot of assumptions which is what our great thinkers are famous for - 'educated' guesses.

So the big picture is now bigger... insane.

He also proposes that each bubble goes through its cycle of expansion and eventually collapses back into a singularity before exploding again creating rifts with other bubbles and making new bubbles as well (for more variety).

If you wanna call them cells.. then think of how cells multiply through mitosis only with this theory, its more ambiguous when it comes around to detail but thats a rough picture.

Think of it this way... look at evolution on Earth... millions of species hv gone extinct and only the strong ones survived through natural selection (humans being lucky bastards and an obvious exception =P) basically nature is finding or experimenting trying to find a balance. Same thing with the whole bubble idea... new universes are created with new rules and new boundaries. Its like billions and billions of experiments. Where is gonna stop? No idea.

 

His theory is based on the general theory of relativity (core of quantum physics) and hence supports the idea of gravity in the universe as well as a centre of it. On top of that a realm where the speed of light, gravity and time are not constant (all proven by einstein).

 

Its all mindblowing... but the bottomline its all theories and no one knows for sure.

 

Pardon the lazy grammar and use of 'bubble'... saves time than always writing 'universe encased in a shell' or something. =)

the following sentence is false.

the previous sentence is true.

 

 

someone has some crazy amounts of time to waste.

uhhh loofa... thats why WoW exists...

 

were sitting around and the only parts of our bodies experiencing any movement are our fingers and eyes... i'd call that something for some1 with time to burn lol

What's beyond the edge of the universe?

 

Mu

 

Er... Wait... No...

 

The Answer!

 

--Wren

OMG!!! I'm gonna have to drink again!