DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
On what?
On what?
I don't speak for Dixie; just me. I ax'd anyone here if they can split one dollar equally among three people so that they each have the equal amount of money. Apparently you can't, so you offer me two examples that are unrelated where you can divide something by three.
A 12" ruler can be divided equally into three parts because it is an object. The number 12 can be divided equally by three into whole numbers. $1.20 can be divided equally into 3 as well, but again, that's not my question.
Care to answer it?
Yes moron....
A dollar split into thirds would be 33 1/3 cents. That is how it would look mathematically.
Yes moron.... No one suggested that everything can be physically split into equal thirds. No one. However you can state mathematically how it is done.
A dollar split into thirds would be 33 1/3 cents. That is how it would look mathematically.
Ditzie has been arguing that simple things like a 12" ruler cannot be split into equal thirds.
NOWHERE HAVE I EVER POSTED SUCH A THING!
Again you avoid a simple question. No wonder your wife left you.
Are you saying Superfreak created another straw man argument?![]()
Everyone who has disagreed with me, has stated that anything can be split into equal thirds, with no remainder. That IS the argument.
But what is 1/3 cent? DEFINE THE VALUE! You can't split a penny into three parts, so which "THIRD" gets to keep the extra penny? And WHY is there an extra penny, if ONE can be divided equally by THREE? You've not answered his question, you just keep regurgitating nonsense and ridiculing me over stating mathematical facts.
from ditzie: Inches are a man made unit of measure. I never claimed that something can't be divided into thirds, or that what we divide into thirds can't be presumed to be equal thirds. Those are claims you think I have made, but they only exist inside your pinheaded mind. "33 1/3" is not defined as a value. We presume it to be "1/3" and the remainder value is assumed by one of the three parts. Again, I refer you to the simple math problem above... fill in the blank with a defined value, and you win! You've proven me wrong! Until you can do that, you haven't proven me wrong, and you can't... math is math.
from ditzie: Really? A 12" wooden ruler measures atoms and microns? I didn't know that! Amazing invention! So you can divide a printed wooden ruler into three equal parts of 4", and each part will contain the exact same number of molecules? Like magic, huh?
from ditzie: .333e is a value, it is undefined, however. Unless you resolve "e", which you can't, it will always and forever be undefined. We can assume the value, for the sake of being able to divide things into thirds, and the remainder is so insignificant it becomes irrelevant, but that doesn't mean it didn't exist.
Fractions are representatives of value, not values.
from ditzie: .333e + .333e + .333e = .999e .....hmmmm... something is missing!
from ditzie: What I defined as being a third + What I defined as being a third + What I defined as being a third = ONE! ....voila!
more desperation from ditzie: The VALUE of 1/3 depends on what 1/3 represents the value of. 1/3's value in a 12 oz. cup of coffee is not the same as 1/3's value in a 15 oz. cup of coffee, two distinctly different values for the same "number" ....odd, huh? Not when you understand, 1/3 is not a value or number, it is a REPRESENTATIVE of value. We made it and said, this is what it means! 1/3 has NO value until you know what it is referring to! 1/3 of WHAT?
It seems to be, certain pinheads here, want to misconstrue what has been said, and pretend that I have made some bizarre claim that isn't supported by mathematics. All I have ever posted, is that 1 divided by 3, produces a remainder, and thus, can not be absolutely equal. We presume absolute equality because we have to, in order to make math work and move on with our lives. The remainder is simply calculated and divided to a point that it is no longer relative, it doesn't matter that one of the three thirds assumes it's value, it doesn't make a discernible difference to the value of each third, and we can presume them equal. Such is the case in the ruler example, our 'criteria' for the thirds is a unit of measure known as inches, each piece has 4 inches, of the 12 inch ruler... we presume equal thirds. There is no guarantee the actual molecular volumes of the three thirds are the same, we aren't defining 'equal' to that degree, only by the printed ruler marks on the wooden ruler. The same can be done for cakes and pies.
Is that why she left you alone?
No ditzie. We have stated that you can break down anything into thirds mathematically. It is you who proclaims that 1/3 has no value. If it has no value then it equals ZERO.
Oh, that's a really GREAT sig line! I'll have to use it!IT IS MATHEMATICAL YOU FUCKING MORON... NOT LITERAL.
THIS IS A QUESTION OF MATHEMATICS.
READ CAREFULLY.... EVERYTHING CAN BE SPLIT INTO THIRDS! WE DIVIDE THINGS INTO THIRDS ALL DAY LONG! THIRDS EXIST! DIXIE HAS NEVER, NOR EVER WILL, MAKE THE CLAIM THAT THIRDS DO NOT EXIST, OR THINGS CAN'T BE DIVIDED INTO THIRDS, OR EVEN, THAT WE CAN'T DIVIDE THINGS INTO THIRDS AND PRESUME THEM TO BE EQUAL! DO YOU COMPREHEND WHAT YOU JUST READ? PLEASE READ IT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE! IF YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST NOTION THAT WHAT I JUST POSTED, SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT THIRDS NOT EXISTING, OR NOT BEING ABLE TO DIVIDE BY 3, PLEASE READ IT AGAIN! THAT HAS NEVER BEEN MY ARGUMENT!
again, you pretend that the remainder is simply forgotten when we divide things that ARE equally divisible by thirds.
The above was a direct response from you to the simple... and I do mean simple.... math problem of 1/3 + 1/3 +1/3 = ONE. Not with a remainder. EXACTLY ONE. You still pretend that is not the case, because again you insist that the only way to represent portions is with decimals.
The above is ditzie pretending that I 'Superfreak' just invented the concept that 1/3 is equal to a third.
Again ditzie... what was your point in the above? (other than to show your ignorance again) Do answer this time. Is 25% of a 12oz cup of coffee the same as 25% of a 15oz cup of coffee?
Your wife.
Yes. That's why you chose the name "Solitary". How sad.![]()
Why would I waste my time?