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Login/Join to Participate110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Posted:
Now look, it says very clearly on the list of forums that this is the Temporary Discussion Area, but there are NO discussions about the nature of time. So i'm making one.
Time confuses me for several reasons
1. you can't poke it with a stick.
2. we all seem to be moving along it at the same speed but...
3. when i try to think about how 'fast' we are moving in time, without reference to time to determine speed, my brain stops working and starts thinking about iced buns instead.
4. did i say several reasons? um...
5. how small does time go till you get to an indivisible elementary particle of time, eh? eh?
6. if the answer to the last one is 'infinitely small' then what sense does 'now' make, eh? eh?
7. is the future already there, or does it get made as it happens?
um yeah.
So anyone want to give me some of their time?
(go on Dom, i've forgotten how your theory that time doesn't exist actually went )
and finally, to fit in with the rest of this Forum, i'd like to blame the USA for its abuse of time and general temporal irresponsibility
Now look, it says very clearly on the list of forums that this is the Temporary Discussion Area, but there are NO discussions about the nature of time. So i'm making one.
Time confuses me for several reasons
1. you can't poke it with a stick.
2. we all seem to be moving along it at the same speed but...
3. when i try to think about how 'fast' we are moving in time, without reference to time to determine speed, my brain stops working and starts thinking about iced buns instead.
4. did i say several reasons? um...
5. how small does time go till you get to an indivisible elementary particle of time, eh? eh?
6. if the answer to the last one is 'infinitely small' then what sense does 'now' make, eh? eh?
7. is the future already there, or does it get made as it happens?
um yeah.
So anyone want to give me some of their time?
(go on Dom, i've forgotten how your theory that time doesn't exist actually went )
and finally, to fit in with the rest of this Forum, i'd like to blame the USA for its abuse of time and general temporal irresponsibility
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
Quantum Theorist
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Posted:
hehe Time is a quantum state - enough said. I'll elaborate when it's not 2 in the morning and I have classes in the morning
hehe Time is a quantum state - enough said. I'll elaborate when it's not 2 in the morning and I have classes in the morning
In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird, now the world is weird and they take prozac to make it normal again.
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Posted:
actually, because
T = L(4.75x - g)
where x is the number of hours worked by CEO's in America, L is lightsabres per officially religious jedi in england, and g is gold it can be conclusively proved that
T = $
or put more simply, time is money.
if i had more time i would elaborate on the proof so that all could understand. unfortunately i don't.
but if you press me then maybe later i will.
actually, because
T = L(4.75x - g)
where x is the number of hours worked by CEO's in America, L is lightsabres per officially religious jedi in england, and g is gold it can be conclusively proved that
T = $
or put more simply, time is money.
if i had more time i would elaborate on the proof so that all could understand. unfortunately i don't.
but if you press me then maybe later i will.
Holistic Spinner (I hope)
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Posted:
humm, some corrections:
ucof, its crystal maze, not dome
blu,
i think youll find
T = w and $ = w/$ x t where w = work done
therfore T = w/$ x T
but you know...
time be time man. :smokingsmilycencored:
therefore i surmise that is was the koala in the scullery with the candlestick (its always the candlestick)
T
humm, some corrections:
ucof, its crystal maze, not dome
blu,
i think youll find
T = w and $ = w/$ x t where w = work done
therfore T = w/$ x T
but you know...
time be time man. :smokingsmilycencored:
therefore i surmise that is was the koala in the scullery with the candlestick (its always the candlestick)
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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Posted:
tom - your equations need some brackets dude.
although, even with brackets they simplify to either $=1 or $=w - which from your T=w gives you the original postulate of T=$.
i can prove girls are evil though...
define: G=Girls, T=Time, $=Money, E=Evil, square root=[root]
first state girls require money: G=Tx$
and using bluecat (and inadvertantly your) equation that 'time is money': T=$
therefore: G=$x$ --> G=$^2
recall that 'money is the root of all evil': $=[root]E
therefore: G=([root]E)^2
and we can conclude that: G=E --> Girls=Evil
i have some new (to me) ideas about time that i came to recently.
it all sorta stems from the philosophy of the qabalists - they say that time is one of the 10 basic ideas that form the 'universe' (i use quotes on universe as it is the microcosmic as well as the macrocosmic universe being referred to here ie. what is happening and how we percieve it).
i would go on but i'm tired and you're probably bored already, besides the fact that the other copy of this thread is a lot less random and probably a better place to ramble on about the anthropic principle as applied to time...
[ 15. October 2003, 23:17: Message edited by: coleman ]
tom - your equations need some brackets dude.
although, even with brackets they simplify to either $=1 or $=w - which from your T=w gives you the original postulate of T=$.
i can prove girls are evil though...
define: G=Girls, T=Time, $=Money, E=Evil, square root=[root]
first state girls require money: G=Tx$
and using bluecat (and inadvertantly your) equation that 'time is money': T=$
therefore: G=$x$ --> G=$^2
recall that 'money is the root of all evil': $=[root]E
therefore: G=([root]E)^2
and we can conclude that: G=E --> Girls=Evil
i have some new (to me) ideas about time that i came to recently.
it all sorta stems from the philosophy of the qabalists - they say that time is one of the 10 basic ideas that form the 'universe' (i use quotes on universe as it is the microcosmic as well as the macrocosmic universe being referred to here ie. what is happening and how we percieve it).
i would go on but i'm tired and you're probably bored already, besides the fact that the other copy of this thread is a lot less random and probably a better place to ramble on about the anthropic principle as applied to time...
[ 15. October 2003, 23:17: Message edited by: coleman ]
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
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Posted:
Mr Coleman,
whay dont you take your fine mathematical brain and... and.... work out how many four wrap combinations there are with four limbs assuming that each hand can wrap from the front on its own side twice, and on the other side wraps twce from the front and twice from the back, so I can put "X wraps listed" on my thread?
T
Mr Coleman,
whay dont you take your fine mathematical brain and... and.... work out how many four wrap combinations there are with four limbs assuming that each hand can wrap from the front on its own side twice, and on the other side wraps twce from the front and twice from the back, so I can put "X wraps listed" on my thread?
T
This is a post by tom, all spelling is deleberate
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Posted:
there are twelvety wraps possible in total.
that's quite a few you know...
there are twelvety wraps possible in total.
that's quite a few you know...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Corporate Circus Arts Entertainer
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Posted:
Not eleventy one?
Not eleventy one?
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Posted:
no Tubbs, twelfty.
no Tubbs, twelfty.
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Posted:
my what wierd linkage you have mr cole.
can you please tell me how it is relevant to the topic? except for being a waste oof time and therefore money(temporarily of course...)
R
my what wierd linkage you have mr cole.
can you please tell me how it is relevant to the topic? except for being a waste oof time and therefore money(temporarily of course...)
R
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mULti-torTOISe
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Posted:
Temporarily on the topic of time, as we (betimes) find ourselves: here's a chronic query: have any of you read the book Pip Pip? Unfortunately I've forgotten the author, but it is many manic pages devoted to time. Very well written and wild... worth a read, if, er, you get the time.
Temporarily on the topic of time, as we (betimes) find ourselves: here's a chronic query: have any of you read the book Pip Pip? Unfortunately I've forgotten the author, but it is many manic pages devoted to time. Very well written and wild... worth a read, if, er, you get the time.
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Posted:
plop.
plop.
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Posted:
ping.
ping.
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Location: London
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Location: London
Posted:
Hmm, this thread is kinda irrelevant now that this isn't a Temporary Discussion area.
quick, talk about politics before a mod finds us!
the tony blair, he's rubbish.
i watched him on Give Us A Clue so many times, and he never made me laugh once.
he's an ok dancer though...
Hmm, this thread is kinda irrelevant now that this isn't a Temporary Discussion area.
quick, talk about politics before a mod finds us!
the tony blair, he's rubbish.
i watched him on Give Us A Clue so many times, and he never made me laugh once.
he's an ok dancer though...
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Posted:
i dont think much lof his hair though..
and simain...
just because someone is not ont he list of displayed users.....does not mean that they are not posting on HOP.
Now gedbacktayaworkyalurvelymunkii.
i dont think much lof his hair though..
and simain...
just because someone is not ont he list of displayed users.....does not mean that they are not posting on HOP.
Now gedbacktayaworkyalurvelymunkii.
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Posted:
does anyone know where the other version of this thread is...?
it got split into two somewhere on the first page and the subsequent pair of threads were subjected to a phenotype identification type experiment.
this one went a bit mad and random.
the other one become very confusing to think about (as well it should given the topic).
i'd like to visit the sibling of this thread but am at a loss as to its current whereabouts
only a timemonkey can ease my plight now...
does anyone know where the other version of this thread is...?
it got split into two somewhere on the first page and the subsequent pair of threads were subjected to a phenotype identification type experiment.
this one went a bit mad and random.
the other one become very confusing to think about (as well it should given the topic).
i'd like to visit the sibling of this thread but am at a loss as to its current whereabouts
only a timemonkey can ease my plight now...
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Posted:
a time in monkey is a time in need...
or..
a.k.a
Monkey, who's yo papa?
or...
time is, in itself, a popular misconception.
a time in monkey is a time in need...
or..
a.k.a
Monkey, who's yo papa?
or...
time is, in itself, a popular misconception.
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Posted:
apparently, time is an illusion.
but mcp reckons that an illusion is essentially a pireoutte, while i believe it also involves doing the splits vertically...
[Old link]
i would like to make it clear that i deny any intention of experimentation into thread mutation
apparently, time is an illusion.
but mcp reckons that an illusion is essentially a pireoutte, while i believe it also involves doing the splits vertically...
[Old link]
i would like to make it clear that i deny any intention of experimentation into thread mutation
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Posted:
how's that relevant?
to time per se?
how's that relevant?
to time per se?
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Posted:
sentences with no identifiable subject are hard to interpret.
but to answer your question; that is relevent because of this.
sentences with no identifiable subject are hard to interpret.
but to answer your question; that is relevent because of this.
"i see you at 'dis cafe.
i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
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Posted:
no identifiable subject or definitive article, gernerally implies toteh last thing that was spoken about.
In this case; time being an illusion.
I heard Life was the only illusion.....
no identifiable subject or definitive article, gernerally implies toteh last thing that was spoken about.
In this case; time being an illusion.
I heard Life was the only illusion.....
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Posted:
This assertion contains an implicit assumption that there is a continuity of events, which in turn presupposes the existence of time. Which is the exact thing that i wasn't really disagreeing with.
and i told you already, illusions are when you throw your stick in the air and do a pirouette with vertical splits, drawing a circle around your body with your foot.
i think...
Quote:
no identifiable subject or definitive article, generally implies the last thing that was spoken about.
This assertion contains an implicit assumption that there is a continuity of events, which in turn presupposes the existence of time. Which is the exact thing that i wasn't really disagreeing with.
and i told you already, illusions are when you throw your stick in the air and do a pirouette with vertical splits, drawing a circle around your body with your foot.
i think...
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Posted:
Therefore you are. Well, in actuality, it has been proposed that the entire universe is a figment of your imagination, in which case you wouldn't really exist, in spite of the fact that you think.
Of course, that leaves the rather sticky question of what exactly is doing the thinking if you don't exist.
Personally, I think with my arse. No, wait...I speak out of my arse. I think with my *censored*.
Quote:
i think...
Therefore you are. Well, in actuality, it has been proposed that the entire universe is a figment of your imagination, in which case you wouldn't really exist, in spite of the fact that you think.
Of course, that leaves the rather sticky question of what exactly is doing the thinking if you don't exist.
Personally, I think with my arse. No, wait...I speak out of my arse. I think with my *censored*.
-Mike
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110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Posted:
hmm, how about:
something is thinking, therefore something is
a much safer version than the presumptious original
although whether "existence" is a property of an entity is a fairly moot point
does Oliver Twist 'exist'?
does Charles Dickens?
hmm, how about:
something is thinking, therefore something is
a much safer version than the presumptious original
although whether "existence" is a property of an entity is a fairly moot point
does Oliver Twist 'exist'?
does Charles Dickens?
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Posted:
who is luke and why is he warm?
similarly, who is scot and why is he free?
who is luke and why is he warm?
similarly, who is scot and why is he free?
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i come to 'dis cafe quite a lot myself.
they do porridge."
- tim westwood
110% MONKEY EVERY TIME ALL THE TIME JUST CANT STOP THE MONKEY
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Posted:
luke is warm because he is channelling all the heat from his upper extremities to the lower ones. Thus he has warm feet, and everyone knows if you have warm feet, then you feel warm all over, even if your hands are cool
Scots are free because of Mel Gibson in his woad days
i think he died for our sins too, didn't he?
luke is warm because he is channelling all the heat from his upper extremities to the lower ones. Thus he has warm feet, and everyone knows if you have warm feet, then you feel warm all over, even if your hands are cool
Scots are free because of Mel Gibson in his woad days
i think he died for our sins too, didn't he?
"Switching between different kinds of chuu chuu sometimes gives this "urgh wtf?" effect because it's giving people the phi phenomenon."
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Posted:
Does Oliver Twist?
Does Doc Holiday do the shake 'n' vac?
Does Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub put sugar on their cornflakes before or after putting on the milk? Do they even take sugar?
Where can I find out?
Does Oliver Twist?
Does Doc Holiday do the shake 'n' vac?
Does Hugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub put sugar on their cornflakes before or after putting on the milk? Do they even take sugar?
Where can I find out?
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Posted:
more importantly (for me at least), and swinging the thread back on track...
exactly how long is a jiffy? (not the condoms before anyone says it)
and how are people able to stretch minutes, moments and seconds out indefinatley when the say they'll do something in one?
and is all night on the phone for glastonbury tickets reading threads such as these time well spent?
more importantly (for me at least), and swinging the thread back on track...
exactly how long is a jiffy? (not the condoms before anyone says it
)and how are people able to stretch minutes, moments and seconds out indefinatley when the say they'll do something in one?
and is all night on the phone for glastonbury tickets reading threads such as these time well spent?
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Posted:
7 bloody hours!!
just spent pressing the redial button..
*yawn*
7 bloody hours!!
just spent pressing the redial button..
*yawn*
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Posted:
i agree
i agree
RoOtZ
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Posted:
I think it has to do with relativistic effects. According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, as you move more quickly, an outside observer will observe that time has slowed for you.
Therefore, the faster you work, the longer it will take for you to complete a task! Q.E.D.
(Gosh, I'm brilliant!
)
Quote:
and how are people able to stretch minutes, moments and seconds out indefinatley when the say they'll do something in one?
I think it has to do with relativistic effects. According to Einstein's Theory of Relativity, as you move more quickly, an outside observer will observe that time has slowed for you.
Therefore, the faster you work, the longer it will take for you to complete a task! Q.E.D.
(Gosh, I'm brilliant!
) -Mike
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