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Post by milewalker on Jan 22, 2008 16:02:25 GMT
So i guess my question is - What happened if the horse only has one leg on the ground? Does that mean the horse died of some unnatural cause? I am minded of the sad story of the passing of Mr. Ed. After a very somber - in fact downright sad - funeral ceremony, his tombstone was unveiled: A corpse is a corpse, of horse of horse...Jon |
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Post by Martin on Jan 22, 2008 16:11:20 GMT
Mind you I have seen a statue of a horse with all four legs in the air! In fact it wasn't even dead - it was a national hunt horse in mid-flight.  Martin |
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Post by milewalker on Jan 22, 2008 16:30:58 GMT
A jiffy is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. One could of course also google a googol. If you do, you will find that it is 10 100. Why someone would ever need a number like this is of course another question. Jon |
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Post by comet on Jan 22, 2008 16:45:13 GMT
I saw a carved statue of a horse that had four legs in the air from one side and when you walked around it 90 degrees it then appeared to be standing on the ground.
Maybe someone can locate a picture of it somewhere , well two pictures would be needed to show both views.
I have no idea who carved it or where it is located..
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Post by postscript on Jan 22, 2008 19:18:53 GMT
Some fun facts with numbers  If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, it means that the person died in battle. If the horse has one leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. What happens if he died because of wounds received in battle? Did you know that the number nine is very strange? If you multiply any number by 9 or a multiple of 9, the resulting product will also be a multiple of nine when you add up the digits. For example, 2 times 9 is 18 and 1+8 = 9. Also 231107 times 3591 = 829905237. 8+2+9+9+0+5+2+3+7 = 45, which is a multiple of nine. Jon May I project this into a slightly more serious mode? Chance is supposed to be statistically calculable. Is there therefore such a thing as 'chance' (i.e. total random opportunity) or are all things calculable and 'chance' per se does not actually exist? Peter S. |
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Post by postscript on Jan 22, 2008 19:23:12 GMT
Your post 7 in this thread Joe is interesting. I was not aware of such significance regarding statues. However, I do recall that at the Earl Mountbatten's funeral his horse was led in the funeral procession with his riding boots in the stirrups either upside down or back-to-front. Can anyone else remember this?.
Peter S.
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Post by petertong on Jan 22, 2008 20:11:45 GMT
hi Grant, If that happens then I'd say that person was trying to kill all the rest of us if you get my drift  haha What happens if the person died as a result of injuries caused by the horse?  Roger The person has both legs in the air and the horse is lying down! Grant |
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Post by milewalker on Jan 22, 2008 20:36:37 GMT
May I project this into a slightly more serious mode? Chance is supposed to be statistically calculable. Is there therefore such a thing as 'chance' (i.e. total random opportunity) or are all things calculable and 'chance' per se does not actually exist? Peter S. In order for this assertion (that chance can be statistically calculated) to be the case in any meaningful way the universe must be finite. If there are an infinite number of possibilities, the answer would be meaningless Further, If the universe is finite, it must also be knowable in totality. Consider something as simple as a molecule of water. Suppose that we were going to try to determine the odds of two specific hydrogen and one specific oxygen atoms combining to produce one specific molecule of water. Think about all of things you would need to know to make such a determination with 100 percent accuracy. In the end, I suspect that the actual answer to your question depends on the kinds of assumptions you make about the universe and the nature of ultimate reality. I suspect therefore that, while fascinating, this is a topic with so many other ramifications that it might be best left for discussion elsewhere.....Just one example: If there were a way to determine with 100 percent accuracy that I would mow my lawn tomorrow, doesnt that imply there is no free will? Or are you really asking something else ? Jon edited to correct a brain cramp by the author . I should know better than to try to write a post like this with a phone under my chin..... |
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Post by Joe on Jan 23, 2008 4:08:28 GMT
It seems there should be some statue of limitations; maybe a gallop poll would give us a leg up on this. Hi all, Here's something else to saddle up to ... Some statues from the American Civil War follow a different idea...if the horse faces north, the rider were killed in battle, but if they face south, they survived the war. Oh, have lots of fun with these numbers: 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321 QUIZ TIME! ANSWER THIS: If you were to write each number out in words, starting with one, two, three, and so on, what would you see the first of, in one thousand? |
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Post by milewalker on Jan 23, 2008 5:42:48 GMT
ANSWER THIS: If you were to write each number out in words, starting with one, two, three, and so on, what would you see the first of, in one thousand? the letter "a"? Jon |
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Post by Joe on Jan 23, 2008 6:07:18 GMT
ANSWER THIS: If you were to write each number out in words, starting with one, two, three, and so on, what would you see the first of, in one thousand? the letter "a"? Jon You are correct, sir! Joe |
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Post by Richard on Jan 23, 2008 9:25:44 GMT
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Post by grant on Jan 23, 2008 9:36:54 GMT
The first 'a' actually occurs in one hundred and one. That was my first thought Richard, but then I thought it was too obvious so I kept quiet. My answer would have been sand  Best wishes Grant |
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Post by Richard on Jan 23, 2008 13:46:26 GMT
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Post by milewalker on Jan 23, 2008 14:22:32 GMT
Heh I suspect a cultural issue here In the United States - at least where I live - the "and" in one-hundred-and-one is not used. This is also the way I was taught in school to write a check. For example, a check for $101.46 would be written as One Hundred One and 46/100 dollars.....I think it is the tendancy in the US, and actually probably for language in general for "superfluous" words to simply drop out of usage. For my part, I have never really understood what the heck you mean by the phrase "must needs" if I have it right. Jon PS - a brief check around various sites does suggest that the "correct" way to say this depends on the country you are in. In US text it still appears both ways, ie "One Hundred and One Dalmations" but most schools teach you to drop the "and" In the UK using the "And" is preferred. Here is another question about numbers. Is the correct way to say 1400 "one thousand four hundred" or "fourteen hundred"? I have heard it often both ways. When speaking, the latter expression is more efficient because it has two fewer syllables. Jon |
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