Can someone explain what exactly this is finding?

TheMoz · 2012-05-25T20:58:49.496612+00:00

($3.65/gal)*[(xmiles/(44.7miles/gal - 28miles/gal)] = $7200

gives the right answer... I'm not sure how to explain when to use 1/(x-y) and when to use 1/y - 1/x, though.

endogirl · 2012-05-25T20:44:22.212363+00:00

Some people think that the world of physical stuff is all that there is--that if it isn't made out of stuff like blocks and plastic or muscles and brains, it isn't real. Some other people, like a French guy named René Descartes, thought that was wrong--that things like ideas and dreams and mathematical proofs are real, even if there isn't a physical spot that you could point to and say "that's where that idea is". People who agree with Descartes are called "dualists".

Karl Popper decided that not only is there a "world of stuff" and a "world of ideas", there's an entire third "world" created by people trying to get their ideas and dreams and mathematical proofs into other people's heads. So things like movies, schoolbooks and Reddit are part of this "world 3".

So how much of what makes my mind "mine" is from what I've seen of the "world of stuff", and how much is what I've learned from other people's minds through "world 3"?

Biganon · 2012-05-25T20:09:27.315351+00:00

He hasn't taken high school physics... he's 5.

TheMoz · 2012-05-25T19:59:35.763406+00:00

Could you explain how you got 147,838.69 miles?

aaanders · 2012-05-25T18:02:59.141590+00:00

But that was already taken.

ThePorticus · 2012-05-25T02:10:40.296877+00:00

Pre-DCnU, Eclipso made the Blue Beetle her champion in a convoluted scheme involving magic circles, and the champion of good was the Blue Beetle's best friend. Then this happened.

NapalmKnight13 · 2012-05-25T02:06:04.261350+00:00

Yes, the Tanuki at the end has a perfectly good excuse for having gigantic balls. Why the four creatures before that have gigantic breasts, I have no idea.

herbenmint · 1 day

And the YouTube Poetry version.

Trishlovesdolphins · 2 days

Hawkeye doesn't wear hearing aids any more, as getting recreated by Franklin Richards during Heroes Reborn repaired his eardrums. But watch out for Blue Ear!

Jebus812 · 2 days

Babylon 5 does suffer from "Universal Up", but the Starfury fighters actually obey Newtonian physics, as you can see in this clip. All of the fighters turn off their engines and still maintain velocity, and Sheridan even turns his to face the other direction while staying in motion.

AndItsOllie · 2 days

Gonna stage gladiator vs. creeper fights? ;-)

TheFrozenToast · 5 days

Unfortunately, Dr. Seuss didn't say it.

GoodMilk · 6 days

There's a difference between the question "Did Mohammad say these things?" and the question "Are the things Mohammad said true?". The first can be studied by historians, the second cannot.

Note: should non-Muslims put "peace be unto him" or "pbuh" after Mohammad's name to be polite?

happyamosfun · 6 days

You can donate to St. Baldrick's or a charity that does a better job of getting donations to where they belong without dealing with Sam Adams in any way.

happyamosfun · 6 days

By the way, the mayor of Portland, OR didn't even run for re-election because he had sex with one of his interns, and hid this fact until he'd been elected mayor (even issuing denials in the face of point-blank questions from the local alternative weekly).

psYberspRe4Dd · 7 days

They're listening to Creed, as if they weren't unsympathetic enough already....

eleventyisanumber · 8 days

Well, a cabana is something that you often see at tropical or tropical-themed bars. I find it difficult to believe a tropical-themed bar would be in Corbi, Romania, but I found several people with the last name Corbi--maybe one of them opened a bar at some point?