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Let's settle this shit once and for all
#21
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 8:34 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I still think Losty should be making cakes for everybody.

If she does it has to be easily divided into 5 pieces. I'm not hurting my brain again.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#22
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
Pool, we don't edit post content that doesn't break the rules.
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#23
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
Did anyone already point out the obvious? You can't have your cake and eat it too.
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#24
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 11:18 am)vorlon13 Wrote:
(August 10, 2017 at 9:46 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Wait!

I don't have a cake??

Sad

The piece of cake I don't have doesn't have any berries on it either . . . .

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#25
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 9:46 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Wait!

I don't have a cake??

Sad

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Ceci n'est pas un gâteau.
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#26
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 11:32 am)mh.brewer Wrote:
(August 10, 2017 at 8:34 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I still think Losty should be making cakes for everybody.

If she does it has to be easily divided into 5 pieces. I'm not hurting my brain again.

No!!

We don't have to divvy up any cakes if she makes EVERYBODY THEIR OWN CAKE !!!

Shy
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#27
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
pool, at best you have an argument for how we describe the action of cutting a cake in terms of numbers, but not the math itself.

Dividing by zero is undefined but the limit of 1/x as x approaches zero is infinity. This is why what you are describing is nonsensical. In reality, when we say we divide something x times, we would describe how many pieces we then have with 1/(x+1). So if we cut a cake 1 time, we would wind up with each piece being 1/(1+1) or 1/2 of the cake. If we cut a cake zero times, we would end up with each piece being 1/(0+1) or 1 cake.

Dividing something x times is not the same as dividing by x.
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#28
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
To the OP, it is not logically possible to have a non-existing set (the denominator) with members (the numerator) in it. In other words, you can have a pantry with no cakes in it but you cannot have a cake in a pantry that doesn't exist.
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#29
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 12:03 pm)vorlon13 Wrote:
(August 10, 2017 at 11:32 am)mh.brewer Wrote: If she does it has to be easily divided into 5 pieces. I'm not hurting my brain again.

No!!

We don't have to divvy up any cakes if she makes EVERYBODY THEIR OWN CAKE !!!

Shy

Great, now we have to take a head count. OK.....one......
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#30
RE: Let's settle this shit once and for all
(August 10, 2017 at 11:39 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Pool, we don't edit post content that doesn't break the rules.

Well then make an exception man. Rules are supposed to keep things flowing smooth we don't have to fight tooth and nail down to every last detail. Besides that 120 minute post editing rule is just a pain anyway! ><
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