Archived threads in /sci/ - Science & Math - 1515. page

>>8225371
Is it just printing the string? If so it's a redundant implementation.

>>8225371
i'm no wizard, but couldn't you just printf it?

>>8225371
Yes. It is trivial.

Not science. Get the fuck out.

>>8225340
They are attracted to social value.

For instance the equivalent of a 10/10 banging chick for a female is a celebrity male.

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>>8225349
Op's topic does have validity for some further inquiry, just like gluten sensitivity and genetic based differences on racial superiority.

It helps build problem solving skills. What's the point of learning Algebra when you use a calculator to solve all your problems? What happens when you get to advanced levels of math and you have no clue how to solve problems because you are used to just plugging it in? Math is taught without dependency on a calculator because when you learn math the answer is only half the problem, the meat of mathematics is solving and understanding why things work.

Since you mentioned you aren't trolling ill give you an example. Hundreds of years ago, we didnt know how to calculate the area of arbitrary shapes. It wasnt something we had a formula for or something we could "calculate" with an abacus. Not until Newton/Leibniz invented calculus could we do so. Calculators can only solve problems that have first been solved by humans. Sure a calculator can solve your trigonometry and algebra problems, but the calculator was programmed to do so based off of logic and rules created by humans. As humanity faces tougher and more abstract mathematical problems in our future, we need clever people devising new methods and strategies to tackle these problems. Calculators are only a tool, they do not possess the ability to think intelligently and solve any problem thrown at them...at least for now

>>8225307
A calculator doesn't teach you how algebra or trigonometry works.

>>8225269
t. Lovecraft

>le giant rocks and le giant explosions
cosmology is such a meme

A nuclear bomb is just as terrifying, though I know that the chances of me being inside detonation range is near slim to none. I don't live near any urban areas, and I know that the people operating them aren't complete morons, so I don't really mind about their existence.

>>8225126

Really you probably don't need a fluke. Go to home depot and get whatever multimeter they sell.

True RMS is only useful for measuring AC, things like duty cycles of wave forms.

the value of a fluke meter comes from their reliability, auto ranging, ability to measure high resistance and the display, which updates really fast.

>>8225201
it might be different where you live, but the meters my home depot carry are edging on $200

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>>8225263
/diy/ might help you more, but i have a mastech MY-68 which has lasted me 3+ years with only the electrodes needing changing, and I would recommend it as an addition to a toolkit. It's a great multitool. Apparently they aren't that expensive either

>>8225109
http://4chan-science.wikia.com/wiki/Recommended_material

>>8225116
I've seen that before but I'm looking for just books not textbooks.

>>8225127
Oh, you're looking for popsci books? I guess I can help.

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It's basically an astronomy book, though It touches all subjects. From the origin of the universe and the laws behind it, etc., until today.

Cosmos by Carl Sagan. Kinda the same as above, though it doesn't just skims the other subjects. It goes kinda deeper.

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Basically a science history book. How we went from being ignorant to being less ignorant. My personal favorite.

The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins. Great book on evolution. He starts from today and goes all the way back to the beginning, in high detail. Barely any mention of religion and god, unlike some of his other books.

The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking. It's got black holes, and shit.

Well, I think that's as far as I go.

You need gases and shit. You're not gonna do anything with household items.

liquid notrogen + fan

1. open your freezer a few inches, put a fan in it blowing outwards
2. keep your face damp with water
3. sit right in front of the freezer so the fan is blowing on your damp face

the rest of your body will cool down as your face does

lmao who's gonna hire a gender study graduate ? wtf do they even do ?

>>8224925
>wtf do they even do ?
Count to two.

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>>8224918
>4 billion women on planet
>not offering gender studies course

>>8224866
What's gay about it?

>>8224872
Nothing. I'm gay for it if anything

Think I preferred it with Craig Charles as presenter... Still pretty fun though.

none

mechanics sucks dick

thank god for giving us a weird universe #quantum #relative

>>8224848
I think it's pretty cool that stuff happens.

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>>8224848
Perpetual motion devices.

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>>8224631

Reminds me of meditation really. Meditation is supposed to reveal inner layers of consciousness such as the dream state, which has solved many problems.

http://www.cracked.com/article_20498_5-famous-things-you-wont-believe-were-invented-in-dreams.html

http://www.famousscientists.org/7-great-examples-of-scientific-discoveries-made-in-dreams/

>>8224631
I know Modafinil has been marketed as "The Limitless Drug" but its mostly shite.

If such a drug actually exists, its probably kept under wraps anyway. The people using it wouldn't want anyone else to know it exists for obvious reasons.

>>8224631

>suggests that there are sublayers of the brain that are normally inaccessible to the consciousness of regular folk.

Nope.

>>8224624

That's not even a circle

>>8224700
y-yes it is?
the green almost-hexagon fits inside the red circle exactly, im looking for the ratio of the big/red circle to the small/black circle, with respect to the number of circles in the radius of the big/red circle

i assume something in the form R=x+ar

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[math] \dfrac {r_i}{r_u} = \dfrac { \sqrt{3} } {2} = 0.866 [/math]

[math] R = (1+2+2+1) \cdot r_i + 1 \cdot r_u = \left( 6 \cdot \dfrac {r_i}{r_u} + 1 \right) r_u = 6.196 \cdot r_u [/math]

not science, fuck off

>>8224602
You've been twoin in the pinkin and onein in the stinkin too much

I think you have tired your hands a little.

Probably psychology because of them unreproductible studies.

As a /k/ommando, that news article makes my heart weep.

>>8224588
computer science

>>8224653
computer science isn't science
it's a subfield of math

>>8224564
When you are 6 feet tall the horizon is less than 3 miles away

>>8224583
True, but I'm not sure what you mean to get at by pointing this out?

At 2,500 ft the horizon is 61.3 miles away. Say you were riding in a helicopter; technically, the statue of liberty could be seen from roughly that same height and distance. Admittedly the image doesn't provide any specifics as to the conditions of the viewing or other relevant data, but if it is to be believed then shouldn't the statue not be visible in the scenario described above due to the curvature (even though it could, in theory, still be detectable to the naked eye)?

Then again, perhaps the conditions were such that the naked eye was not what was used to measure the sight of the statue in the image. They could have used a telescope.

In any case I don't see how citing the fact that the horizon is about 3 miles away at 6 ft elevation refutes or in any way answers the question.

>>8224564
>>8224753
Have you any proof that it IS visible from 60 miles away?