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  1. Daedalus

    Ah... Another trip around the Sun completed!

    1. MigL

      MigL

      For the Earth or for you ?
      If for you, Happy Birthday !

      ( just noticed your birthdate in your profile; mine is on Friday, the 19th )

    2. zapatos

      zapatos

      Happy birthday! The anniversary of your forceful expulsion from your mother's loins!

  2. Daedalus

    Nice cover photo Imatfaal!!!

    1. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Thanks.  It is a view from Barf - a fell in England's Lake District; which we are all very fond of but is tiny when compared to the lakes of most of the world.  It is home to England's Highest Peak Scafell Pike at a towering 978m  which again shows how England tends to be on a smaller scale than most of our neighbours and even more so compared to other places on other continents

  3. Daedalus

    I actually made a Flat Earther leave a conversation on FB all butt hurt! He even blocked notifications from me on the thread!!!

    1. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Gotta be done.  Hopefully the flat-earther will have a sudden dawning recognition that they have been wrong all this time

  4. Daedalus

    Let's put all the Anti-vaccers, Flat Earthers, and Moon Hoaxers on several rockets and shoot them into the Sun... We'll inoculate everyone so they don't get sick and die on the way there, we'll make sure they orbit the Earth a few times so they can see that it's a sphere, and then we'll have the rockets fly by the Moon so they can see the lunar landing site but, after all of that, the rockets will take them to the Sun where they will never be able to infect others.

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    2. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      What can I say? He was a Flat Earther...

    3. koti

      koti

      That puts a whole new context to greek mythology. What can I say, you learn something new every day :P

    4. Tim88

      Tim88

      Such people are the least dangerous for people like us. Ten times more dangerous for us are textbook writers who spread misinformation that goes unnoticed by gullible readers (once upon a time I fell in that category).

  5. Daedalus

    On a side note, I'm finally moved into my new home, and my internet speeds are a blazing 386 Mbps down / 36 Mbps up. I know it's not the 1 Gbps that a few lucky people get, but it's the fasted available in my area :P

    1. Function

      Function

      72 here lol

    2. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Glad you are up and about - I presume the surgery went well. Are you still convalescing?

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      I'm finally able to walk using a cane, but I'm getting better everyday. When I'm on my pain medication, I can walk without it. I have about 1.5 more months until I should be fully recovered.

  6. Daedalus

    Finally, I'm able to walk pretty good without having to use a cane. Granted, I still need it in the mornings before I take my pain medications, but I'm no longer needing to take the dosage I was having to take. Pain medications can help, but they are also extremely addictive. However, my doctor has been lowering my dosage, and I'm feeling much better.

  7. Daedalus

    I go to Norman Regional Healthplex at 7 am tomorrow for my hip replacement. Too bad I won't be awake to record the surgery. Wish me luck!!!

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    2. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      I made it home :D and yes Zapatos, I had a gorgeous nurse named Asheton who took me to physical therapy each morning.

    3. zapatos

      zapatos

      Great to hear Daedalus.

      Thank you Raider. I appreciate being judged.

    4. Raider5678

      Raider5678

      You're welcome.

  8. Daedalus

    Finally, I'll be having my hip replacment surgery April 21st. I'm not looking forward to having the operation but, if it will stop all this pain, then I'm all for it.

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    2. Sriman Dutta

      Sriman Dutta

      Hope you recover soon.

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      I appreciate the comments everyone! I'm definitely looking forward to getting around and being able to sit at my desk longer than a few hours.

    4. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Woot! My doctor has bumped my surgery up to Tuesday, April 18th.

  9. Daedalus

    Well, the core decompression surgery did not work. I now have to get a hip replacement. At least I'll be able to sit down at my PC for more than an hour after having the surgery. As it stands now, I'm in constant, excruciating pain. :'(

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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      I hope you surgery goes well.

    3. Raider5678

      Raider5678

      Your*

    4. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      It's a mechanics cum carpenters kit isn't it Daedalus?

  10. Daedalus

    Ah... I survived another trip around the sun!

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    2. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Thank you imatfaal. Oh, I also solved that problem I was telling you about. Now I have to rewrite my paper...

    3. Raider5678

      Raider5678

      I have passed 14 times.

  11. Daedalus

    Happy Birthday Sirona!!!

  12. Daedalus

    Happy New Year SFN!!!

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    2. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      I'll light a match to 2016 with you; it was shit... 1977 all over again for... another annus horribilis.

    3. jimmydasaint

      jimmydasaint

      What happened in 1977? It was the year of punk rock wasn't it? Amazingly high energy tunes with exactly the right amount of rebellion. Never mind the bollocks...

    4. jimmydasaint

      jimmydasaint

      etc...

       

  13. Daedalus

    The surgery went good, and I'm now back at home fully medicated hehehe. I appreciate all the support and comments. Thank you everyone.

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    2. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      I......eeeee have become comfortably numb. :)

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Hehehe... he's got me on 10mg oxycodone. So, I'm feeling good, but I didn't sleep at all last night.

    4. koti

      koti

      That's some strong hehehe right there but the dosage seems to be low so you should sleep tonight.

  14. Daedalus

    The core decompression surgery I'm having on my left hip is just one week away...

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    2. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Good Luck with the OP. Hope to see you back soon

    3. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Hope you get well soon!

    4. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Well, tomorrow is the big day... I appreciate all of the comments. Hopefully, I'll be back in action and walking normally in about 6 weeks :D

  15. Daedalus

    The Cosmic Watch app is really awesome!!! Check it out: http://cosmic-watch.com/

  16. Daedalus

    Sitting at the doctor's office waiting on the results of my MRI...

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    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Whoa! Sorry to hear that dude!

    3. koti

      koti

      That sucks, sorry to hear that Daedalus. On the bright side, I have a friend who had the same condition, he's 4 years after the operation (65 years old) and he's good as new. Also be thankful that it's a ball in the hip. Could have been a lot worse ;)

    4. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      jeez thats bad news

  17. Daedalus

    I finished another composition and, I must say, it's a very beautiful piece of music! Enjoy!!! http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/98721-a-concert-by-deadalus/?p=949577

  18. Daedalus

    First my brother and now me rofl... I went to step off the porch and my left ankle gave out and I fell. So, I put my hands out to break my fall and end up getting a radial head fracture in my left and right elbow. The right elbow isn't too bad but my left arm is in a splint for a few weeks.

    1. Function

      Function

      Ouch ... Have a good recovery!

    2. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Jeez - nasty. Hope recovery quick

  19. Daedalus

    Check out my latest composition! It truly is my finest work yet!!! http://www.scienceforums.net/topic/98721-a-concert-by-deadalus/

    1. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      Great stuff people! Very enjoyable!

    2. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Thank you Moontanman! I definitely appreciate the comments and I'm glad you enjoy my work. :D

  20. Daedalus

    I'm now light years beyond the Collatz conjecture ;) I just proved 5x+1 using the same mathematics that I used to prove 3x+1, which also works for 1x+1. Now, I'm almost done proving 7x+1, and hope to have the proof for m x + 1 by this weekend :D

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    2. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      That's awesome StringJunky. I used to have a a Marshall full stack and a Mesa Boogie Triple Rectifier full stack, but we never listened to the radio through them because of the lack of voice coils in the speakers.

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      So far, the pattern is holding for odd times X plus one. I'm now working on 9 x + 1. Once I work out the complete proof for odd x + one, I'll try to modify the pattern for O1 times X plus O2.

    4. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      However, I already know that O1 x + O2 has cycles for odd integers greater than one if O2 > 1. I just need to determine how many cycles occur.

  21. Daedalus

    After a few more pages, I'll be done writing my proof of the Collatz conjecture. I know it has been almost two months since I proved it, but I had to do a lot of research to write this paper. Plus, I still have to work and take care of day to day life. However, I will be posting new software that I'm writing that uses my equation to list all possible trajectories of a given height. This stuff is really awesome, and I even have a reporter from KOCO that wants to do an exclusive on me a...

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    2. Mordred

      Mordred

      Keep at it, it is always nice to see some of our advise being applied in a positive direction of advancement.

    3. studiot

      studiot

      I'm impressed to see your objective brought to fruition.

      I followed your original htread on this but the subject is not my scene so I dropped out early.

      But congratulations on succeeding.

    4. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Thanks for the support Mordred and Studiot. I'm hoping to have the paper submitted by the end of the month. :D

  22. Daedalus

    Just got back from lake Thunderbird where my niece, her boyfriend Owen, and I got to see a spectacular show put on by the universe! The Perseids meteor shower was not disappointing tonight! Tomorrow, I'm going to take my boys out to my dad's place where the light pollution is much lower than at the lake. Tomorrow's viewing should prove to be even better than what we seen tonight.

    1. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      Cool!

    2. Theoretical

      Theoretical

      Lucky! I didn't see one here in Los Angeles.

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      It was awesome! We seen even more at my dad's place. He lives way out in the country where you can actually see the Milky Way. So, we even seen the faint ones and several meteors that streaked across the entire sky!!!

  23. Daedalus

    The elevators in my building have been overhauled and they now have Genuine People Personalities (GPP). Of course, you can tell that they are prototypes, but I didn't realize that OTIS was a subsidiary of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation.

    1. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      O God! Here I am... [said in my best paranoid Android voice]

    2. Moontanman

      Moontanman

      SKYNET is coming!

  24. Daedalus

    Well, last Monday, my brother got up again around 12 a.m. while we were all sleeping and fell and broke his left ankle. He now has two broken ankles. :'( After explaining the situation with the hospital's case worker, she recommended that he goes to a nursing home for the next 3 - 6 months so that he can get the proper medical care while his ankles heal.

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    2. StringJunky

      StringJunky

      You are a fine brother and human.

    3. zapatos

      zapatos

      I know how stressful caring for family members can be. I'm glad to hear at least some of that stress is being reduced. I second StringJunky's comment.

    4. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      I appreciate it guys. Thank you! The past few months have been crazy.

  25. Daedalus

    Wow!!! What a crazy night. My brother is on new medications for his pain and to help him sleep. Around 12 am last night while everyone was asleep, he got up to get him a drink of water and ended up falling and breaking his right ankle. He eneded up snapping it to the right about 40 degrees. I didn't get to bed until 4 am and had to be up at 7 am to take my niece to school and get to work.

    1. Sirona

      Sirona

      Oh no mate, that's terrible! You've had so many obstacles recently. You should take a day off and catch up on sleep. Take care of yourself.

    2. imatfaal

      imatfaal

      Chin up - being primary carer for a relative is really hard work and you will feel the pressure. You can cope

    3. Daedalus

      Daedalus

      Thanks for the support Sirona and Imatfaal. We've been through worse and will always pull through :D I've just been really worried about him, but he's finally being released from the hospital today. It's been a crazy month where I got rear-ended, seen a collapsed bridge outside the office window, and then my brother breaking his ankle. Crazy things tend to happen in threes :P

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