Thoughtcrime

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Are you sure maths has one true answer or is it also context sensitive?

Is the sum of the internal angles of a triangle always 180 degrees?

It was in my High School geometry class. Mr. Fitzgerald...though he tended to get twitchy during my class since it was has last of the afternoon and his luncheon cigarettes (and whiskey?) were a while behind him then.

[Papewaio]

It was in my High School geometry class. Mr. Fitzgerald...though he tended to get twitchy during my class since it was has last of the afternoon and his luncheon cigarettes (and whiskey?) were a while behind him then.

:)

Only true for Euclidean (plane) geometry. In another context say a triangle drawn on a sphere the angles won't add up to 180.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

:)

Only true for Euclidean (plane) geometry. In another context say a triangle drawn on a sphere the angles won't add up to 180.

Thanks so much for the flashback to conic sections. Now you tell me the sections can be curved too. Neurons straining.....[thump]

[HoreTore]

Perhaps even Firefox's Eich has rethought LGBT equality since his 2008 donation.

This is the premis for Xiahou's linky conclusion, and it's disingenious at best. Eich has not rethought his stance, hence the uproar. He isn't someone who once donated to an anti-gay campagin, he is anti-gay.

The two situations are not at all similar.

[Xiahou]

This is the premis for Xiahou's linky conclusion, and it's disingenious at best. Eich has not rethought his stance, hence the uproar. He isn't someone who once donated to an anti-gay campagin, he is anti-gay.

The two situations are not at all similar.

And your making my point. It wasn't the donation, it was the "thought" that was the "crime" (thoughtcrime?).

Someone else can have donated money that hindered the same-sex marriage cause and still be fit to be CEO- because, opposing same-sex marriage wasn't his intent... it was more of a side-effect? However, if you donated money in opposition to same-sex marriage for that reason, then it's unforgivable. Never mind that the end result was no different. And never mind the fact that no one has ever accused Eich of behaving towards anyone in an "anti-gay" manner. It is indeed the thought that counts.

[HoreTore]

And your making my point. It wasn't the donation, it was the "thought" that was the "crime" (thoughtcrime?).

Someone else can have donated money that hindered the same-sex marriage cause and still be fit to be CEO- because, opposing same-sex marriage wasn't his intent... it was more of a side-effect? However, if you donated money in opposition to same-sex marriage for that reason, then it's unforgivable. Never mind that the end result was no different. And never mind the fact that no one has ever accused Eich of behaving towards anyone in an "anti-gay" manner. It is indeed the thought that counts.

So as long as someone hasn't taken any action, I should be happy shopping at the store of someone who considers me to be a second-class citizen...?

[Xiahou]

So as long as someone hasn't taken any action, I should be happy shopping at the store of someone who considers me to be a second-class citizen...?

How do you judge that if he treats you with the same level of respect of everyone who comes to the store? He even grants benefits to same-sex partners of his employees. Not exactly the second-class citizen treatment....

[Tellos Athenaios]

Thanks so much for the flashback to conic sections. Now you tell me the sections can be curved too. Neurons straining.....[thump]

Math is all fun and games until you find yourself looking at a picture with a simple ripple distortion, your quadrant shifted DTDF image of same (frequency domain), your mask, the convolution of the image in the frequency domain and your mask, and finally the inverse DTDF transformation of the output and conclude the image is in every way worse than the original you are supposed to clean up as part of the exam...

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Math is all fun and games until you find yourself looking at a picture with a simple ripple distortion, your quadrant shifted DTDF image of same (frequency domain), your mask, the convolution of the image in the frequency domain and your mask, and finally the inverse DTDF transformation of the output and conclude the image is in every way worse than the original you are supposed to clean up as part of the exam...

I would rather reconcile Lyotardian Differends with Habermasian Discursive Constructionism any day of the week -- even if I have to use Barthes to referee the integration.

[Tellos Athenaios]

I would rather reconcile Lyotardian Differends with Habermasian Discursive Constructionism any day of the week -- even if I have to use Barthes to referee the integration.

Careful now, there are Norwegians on this board!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Careful now, there are Norwegians on this board!

How inclusive of us. Next thing you know we'll be allowing Canadians in...