BobbyJoeCool

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Ahhh... but they can reproduce. Women homosexuals have been known to be artificially inceminated or have a man impregnate them. Male homosexuals are known to pay a woman to bear their child for them. Thus, if it is indeed genetic, the genes as it were can be passed on. As for your comment of attacking something that isn't exactly like them.. "How can you stand people who claim to love America but clearly can't stand Americans." In this social-cultural melting pot of America, everyone is different. If scrutenized, conservatives are mildly against most minorities (except christianity). Yet another reason to be liberal.

isn't there another way to do it? He specifically told us that epsilon and delta proofs wouldn't EVER be used in this class... (then again, he assigned a problem on a quiz that required L'Hopital rule while still learning limits, as in no deriviatives) The hint he gave us was the squeze theorm... I don't understand what it is from reading the book though... and kx^2 for all x that are irrational doesn't have a limit (or a value) at x=0. Or so I was taught... because the graph is just a bunch of points, and it jumps around so much (because it also is the graph x=0 for rational) there is no limit at any number, but that this one is special and has a limit as x goes to 0, and is continious at x=0 (because the lines x=0, and kx^2 converge at 0)

when I say punish, I mean like jailing... But marrage is supposed to be for two people who love eachother, and well many men and women get married just for the benifits (and not because they're in love). I do not believe that the government should restrict it, but I can see where they're comming from. The church can restrict it all they want, just go to Vegas to get married (or come to me... I'm an ordanded minister and can perform such acts of marrige ). I don't mean puinish as in "take something away" as the behavioral psychological definition of the word...

Not exactly... but, taking the principle root is what usually happens... the radical symbol doesn't mean principle root, but it's usually what the answer is (because a half of time, the non-principle roots are complex...). I can almost see that they say that in your quote, but they don't... they are just saying [math]x^{1/2}=\sqrt{x}=r[/math] since there are two ways to write square root (to the 1/2 power and using the radical sign). EDIT: also, the sign in front of the radical can tell you which one to use (but in the example we used, YOU put the radical there, it wasn't in the equation, so you need to specify which solution(s) that are useable.) And, in order for that to be true, you'd also have to put [math]+\sqrt{4}=+2[/math]

"...then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. It also must be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Show me that, defend that, teach that in your classrooms... THEN you can stand up and sing of the land of the free..." My personal opinion... the government has no right to punish people from being gay. I can see not allowing gay marrage (because then two guys living together, who aren't in love, but will live together for a long time could get married, and share in the benifits (such as health coverage, tax break, etc...)). But to say being gay is a crime, is just utter bull-sh*t. If being gay is a crime, than being in love must also be a crime. And being happy. If the government starts punishing gay people for having emotions (which they can't control), My theory about how the conseratives are pushing us back into the dark ages will be confermed. But here in America, we talk about how we're the land of the free, but they restrict that freedom... Which is good, because someone could say "land of the free, so I'm free to steal, shoot, and rape at will." But there's a fine line between protecting and attempting to conform... another quote from the movie I quoted above (5 points if someone can name it) "How can you stand people who claim to love America but clearly can't stand Americans?" Don't get me wrong though, I'm not a hard-core liberal... I do believe in many conserative policies, but they come off as more of "you must be a certain way, or you will be punished by us calling you un-patriotic." It's utter bull-sh*t. Abortion, I can see, because you're stealing life from another being (although there's a debate about when the child has life of it's own). /rant anyway, to answer your question, it is absolutly a restriction of freedom to say that gay people need to be punished for their gayness.

ok. I see what you were saying. Whomever led you to believe that saying [math]x=\sqrt[3]{8}[/math] either didn't know better (unlikely) or didn't want to confuse you by saying that it [math]\sqrt[3]{8}[/math] has three solutions... In elementary math, you're taught the you only look at the positive answer for the square root (and thus only the positive, real value for the nth root) because it's the only one you'll use until you get to advanced mathematics. Even in calculus, I haven't seen much of taking any answer but the positive real value... but's it's a bad habit to get into thinking that sqrt 4=2 but does not equil -2. because it does...

opps... yea thats right. And no, the answer is [math]\sqrt[3]{8}[/math], because in the equation x^3=8, there are three values for x that will give you the answer. x={[math]2,-1+\sqrt{3}i,-1-\sqrt{3}i[/math]} if you plug any of these three into the original equation (x^3), you'll get 8. So, there are three solutions for x^3=8. But saying the [math]\sqrt[3]{x}=2[/math] (or [math]-1-\sqrt{3}i[/math] or [math]-1+\sqrt{3}i[/math]), there is only one solution, x=8, because you can only plug in one x, value to get the solution. Even though [math]\sqrt[3]{8}=2,-1+\sqrt{3}i,-1-\sqrt{3}i[/math], only one of those answers works in the original equation... This type of situation shows how you have to plug all answers into the original equation and if it doesn't work, you know that the answer you got is either wrong (you did something wrong), or it doesn't work (as in you got multiple answers from such a situation, and one of them isn't the right answer) It's a mistake a LOT of people make, sometimes, just because they don't know better. When helping people with their math homework, it's one of the things I usually have to correct people on.

You can bypass this by burning it to a cd and then uploading it through iTunes...

would the sample eventually completely decay? or would there always be at least 1 particle...

something has a half life of say... 15 minutes. Every 15 minutes, half of it decays. So, what happenes when there's only one molecule left, and 15 minutes passes? does it decay too? Or is this not how half-life works...

I figured it out now... [math]\sqrt[3]{8}=2[/math] [math]\sqrt[3]{8}=1+\sqrt{3}i[/math] [math]\sqrt[3]{8}=1-\sqrt{3}i[/math] note that if you cube both sides of any of the above equations you get: 8=8

The square root of any non-zero number has two values... [math]\sqrt{-1}=\pm i[/math]

Yes it does. The square root has TWO solutions. it will always have 2 solutions. whether or not you put the plus or minus sign in front of the square root of 4, the solutions will always be 2 AND -2. Because when you square both sides with either of those solutions, you get 4=4, which is a true statement. And the cubed root of 3 does have three solutions... 2 are in the complex plane. I really can't think of what they are off the top of my head, but they do exist. We do not mean to insult you. Well, at least I don't. But a couple of statements are false (common misconceptions, so don't feel bad). In high-school/college level mathematics, you're taught not to look at the negative solutions of a square root (because if you graph all solutions to nth root, you'll notice that it no longer passes the line test of a function. as at x=4, y=2 AND y=-2). Some school systems even say that you need the plus or minus in front in order to look at both solutions, but to say the don't exist is wrong.

Here's the error... [math]\sqrt[4]{(-1)^2}=\sqrt[4]{1}=1' date='-1,i,-i[/math'] Now, since the original equation calls for plus or minus i, that's our answer (as you have to plug each possible answer into the original equation in order to get an actual solution...) you'll notice of course, that by raising both sides of the equation to the 4th power... [math]1^4=(-1)^4=i^4=(-i)^4=\sqrt[4]{1}^4=1[/math] when you have an nth root, there are n number of answer to the equation... NOT ALL OF WHICH will work in the original equation... which is why you have to plug them in and figure it out. PS: How do you get the braces in Latex to show a set of numbers?

I'm kindof wondering this... this is the question (Extra Credit)... The following function is continuous at one and only one point. x=0. Prove it's continutity... f(x)=0 when x is rational & fx^2 when x is irrational. To prove a function is continuous at a point n... 1) f(n) must exist 2) [math]\lim_{x \to n}{f(x)}[/math] must exist. 3) [math]\lim_{x \to n}{f(x)}=f(n)[/math] f(0)=0. [math]\lim_{x \to 0}{f(x)}=0[/math] I have no idea how to prove this, but I know it's true because the question says that it's continous, and f(0) has to equal the limit, so the limit must be 0, but I don't know how to do this limit... I know how to do the limit on a composition of functions, but this baffles me. anyone able to help?

I have my 2 year college (the cheep stuff) courseload pretty much set. Gen ed, with focus on Math and Science (which is what my major will end up being in). My plan is to transfer and major in Physics, or possibly Chemistry. I want to keep my options open for a possible major in Mathematics (and/or double major/minor in such things), but it requires either overloading my schedual for a term or taking a class in the summer in order to take all the classes I need to get the neseccary classes that a junior at my college I'm transfering to (UNI) would need to have in order to get the string of classes in (with pre-req and co-req and whatnot) within two years (I don't want to spend more than 4 years in undergrad school unless I ABSOLUTLY have to). So, you Math people, what all can someone with a math major do? (obviously a lot more than I realize) And you physics/chem people, what kind of advantage of a double major in math (or just a massively more extencive background in math than required) help if I was a physics/chemestry major? I probably will go on to grad school, but I haven't really decided on that yet. I'm gonna see what happens then... Anyway, any answers anyone can give me would be appreciated.

I refuse to say parts of the pledge. Liberty and Justice for all... bull. Under God... bull. indivisible... bull. But I do pledge allegnece to the flag of the united states of america...

And what about me?

I, also have had similar experiences. Although I think the strangest thing that ever happened for me while sleeping was that I dremt I woke up, got out of my bed, went out, found out some really bad news, and came home and went back to bed on the couch. Normally this isn't strange, but I went to sleep that night in my bed, and woke up on the couch. (So somehow I moved from my bed to the couch, like I had in the dream.) And, I was freaking out because I thought for a long time it had actually happened. Imagine my suprise... seeing as she wasn't pregnant... That was a very interesting day. But I've also had this experience before... not being able to move, control my breath, or anything else... just being aware. It's freaky scary. Fun stuff...

if you mean abiogenesis Amino Acids (ond other things) come together to form a protien. (I'm not sure if RNA is required for that to happen.) Protien forms DNA, which then repicates itself (and more protiens) to form the first cell. Evolution takes over from there.

How are you guys getting your picutres like that? When I try it, it makes links to them...

I'm an extremest because I believe that people who are always perkily happy (or seem that way anyway) have serious mental issues. jk. IMM, you seem to be a lot like a good friend of mine. Her Grandmother is dying of Breast Cancer, and she doesn't care about the bad... she's focusing on the good side of things. She always as a positive attitude about thing, and you remind me a lot of her. Except she wouldn't be caught dead in a science/political debate (mainly because she'd lose badly cuz she doesn't know that much about them)... I wish I could be that positive about things, or just be happy. But I can barely fake it anymore. Oh well. Here's to people with positive attitudes (which would not be me). *Raises glass of Mt. Dew as a toast*