poke me.

"There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, worth fighting for"

I do not believe this and don't know where it came from, but it is food for thought.

Tina (~!~)

http://dictionary.reference.com/

http://www.walkerart.org

have a look at some art!

Desiderata


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.


If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.


Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.


Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.


Strive to be happy.

Desiderata


Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.


If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.


Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But let not this blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.


Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore, be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be. And whatever your labors and aspirations in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams; it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful.


Strive to be happy.

My brain is starving! Post something I should consider. A book ... a fact...

Muse2noPharaoh said:

How-to Clean a Fish

Now that you have caught your fish, you have to clean it. There are several ways to do it. Always wash the fish first with cold running tap water. Avoid using the lake or river water if possible. Also, try to clean the fish as soon as possible after removing it from the water.

The first and easiest way to clean a fish is to lay the fish on its side and using a sharp knife, cut from the gills through the backbone. Then when you snap and pull on the head, the entrails will just follow. Then cut along the belly of the fish from the gills to the vent. Inside the fish, scrape along the backbone to remove the blood vein. Then rinse the fish thoroughly with cold water. If you wish, you can just cook the fish with the skin on it until the skin begins to peel away from the flesh. Easily remove the skin and the dorsal fin will follow.

The second way to clean a fish begins by rinsing the fish using cold tap water and then descaling it. Not all fish need to be descaled. To determine if your fish needs to be descaled, lay the fish flat and with the dull edge of a knife, at almost a 90 degree angle to the fish, use short strokes moving from the tail to the head. If the scales are large and flat, then they should be removed. Keep removing them until the fish is smooth. Repeat on other the side. Note that if you are planning on skinning the fish before cooking, then this is not necessary.

Next, with a sharp knife, cut from the gills along the belly to the vent ( the small anal opening near the tail) Open up the fish and remove all of the entrails with your fingers. Then scrape along the backbone, using your thumbnail or spoon, to remove the blood vein. Wash the fish thoroughly again using cold tap water. If you are planning on cooking the fish whole, it's a good idea to remove the dorsal fin (top fin) next. just cut along both sides and pull using a pair of pliers. Rinse the fish one last time. For tips on boning the fish, click here.

For your safety, always use care when using sharp knives. Also, when storing fish in a cooler on ice, be sure that the fish is not allowed to sit in the melted ice water. Allow the water to drain away from the fish, and keep the fish with its cavity facing down so that melted ice won't pool inside the fish. Never store the fish for prolonged periods of time.

... a fact...

Muse2noPharaoh said:

1996 Gross Domestic Product per capita, Afghanistan (in USD): 483.

serpan99 said:

Well written!

2the9s said:

Care to expound the thought?

Squaring the circle

Squaring the circle, i.e. constructing a square whose area equals that of a given circle, is one of the three famous construction problems of antiquity. Its (negative) solution was eventually obtained in 1882 from the following theorem by the German mathematician Lindemann:

Theorem
The expression

(*) A(1)ea1 + A(2)ea(2) + ... + A(n)ean

in which all coefficients A and a are algebraic, A's are non-zero and a's are all different, cannot vanish.

Remark:

Note that, in the simplest case of a single term ea, the theorem implies that the only point on the graph of y = ex with both x and y rational is (0,1). Although the set of rational points is dense in the plane, the graph of y = ex somehow manages to cut the plane without passing but through just one of them.

The theorem is also associated with the French mathematician Hermite(1822-1901) who, in 1873, proved the special case in which the coefficients and exponents were rational numbers. Hermite applied his theorem to prove that e, the base of natural logarithms, is transcendental. (Indeed, if P(e) = 0 for a polynomial with integer coefficients, then we'll get an expression (*) with a's being integers 0,1,...,n.)

From the Lindemann's theorem it follows that the number is also transcendental. This follows from the wonderful Euler's identity

e(i) + 1 = 0
Indeed, on the left we have an expression in the form (*). Since it equals zero, the exponent i can't be algebraic. Hence, is transcendental.

Now returning to the problem of squaring a circle. The area of a circle with radius 1 is exactly . To construct a square with this area we must be able to construct a segment of length . Numbers for which it's possible to construct (with a compass and a straightedge) a segment of that length are called constructible. For now, please take my word for it that constructible numbers are algebraic. Also, a product of two constructible numbers is also constructible. Thus if were construcitble so would be . But then it also would be algebraic in contradiction with the Euler's identity and the Lindemann's theorem.

Thus it's impossible to square a circle using a straightedge and a compass; but like the problem of angle trisection, this one can be solved by other means. Have a look at the diagram on the right. Assume a circle of unit radius is rolled half a turn on a straight line. Then the distance between the points A and B will be exactly . If we draw a semicircle on AC = AB+1 as a diameter, and continue the vertical radius of the right circle to the intersection with the semicircle at a point D, then AB×BC = BD2. Which, of course, solves the famous problem because AB = and BC = 1.

Note, however, that the distance measurement with the help of a rolling circle is routinely used on modern cars as part of the odometer mechanism.

References

R.Courant and H.Robbins, What is Mathematics?, Oxford University Press, 1996

H.Dorrie, 100 Great Problems Of Elementary Mathematics, Dover Publications, NY, 1965.

W.Dunham, Journey through Genius, Penguin Books, 1991.

M.Kac and S.M.Ulam, Mathematics and Logic, Dover Publications, NY, 1968.

R.B.Nelsen, Proofs Without Words, MAA, 1993.





edit for thought
[This message was edited Fri Mar 7 9:41:08 PST 2003 by 2the9s]

Muse2noPharaoh said:

Can't stop...posting facts...

Muse2noPharaoh said:

How-to Clean a Fish

Now that you have caught your fish, you have to clean it. There are several ways to do it. Always wash the fish first with cold running tap water. Avoid using the lake or river water if possible. Also, try to clean the fish as soon as possible after removing it from the water.

The first and easiest way to clean a fish is to lay the fish on its side and using a sharp knife, cut from the gills through the backbone. Then when you snap and pull on the head, the entrails will just follow. Then cut along the belly of the fish from the gills to the vent. Inside the fish, scrape along the backbone to remove the blood vein. Then rinse the fish thoroughly with cold water. If you wish, you can just cook the fish with the skin on it until the skin begins to peel away from the flesh. Easily remove the skin and the dorsal fin will follow.

The second way to clean a fish begins by rinsing the fish using cold tap water and then descaling it. Not all fish need to be descaled. To determine if your fish needs to be descaled, lay the fish flat and with the dull edge of a knife, at almost a 90 degree angle to the fish, use short strokes moving from the tail to the head. If the scales are large and flat, then they should be removed. Keep removing them until the fish is smooth. Repeat on other the side. Note that if you are planning on skinning the fish before cooking, then this is not necessary.

Next, with a sharp knife, cut from the gills along the belly to the vent ( the small anal opening near the tail) Open up the fish and remove all of the entrails with your fingers. Then scrape along the backbone, using your thumbnail or spoon, to remove the blood vein. Wash the fish thoroughly again using cold tap water. If you are planning on cooking the fish whole, it's a good idea to remove the dorsal fin (top fin) next. just cut along both sides and pull using a pair of pliers. Rinse the fish one last time. For tips on boning the fish, click here.

For your safety, always use care when using sharp knives. Also, when storing fish in a cooler on ice, be sure that the fish is not allowed to sit in the melted ice water. Allow the water to drain away from the fish, and keep the fish with its cavity facing down so that melted ice won't pool inside the fish. Never store the fish for prolonged periods of time.

Well Ms. Muse you are not gonna get it fed being here...I suggest you go outside and take a walk... Look at the beauty around you, and contemplate life...


Hi Baby!

Shaddup sag.

Here's a website that randomly generates passages from Edward Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

http://www.his.com/cgi-bi...une.gibbon



This is the last one that came up for me:

"There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times."

Ain't that the truth...



Forgot the link edit
[This message was edited Fri Mar 7 9:48:24 PST 2003 by 2the9s]

Shaddup sag.

Here's a website that randomly generates passages from Edward Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

http://www.his.com/cgi-bi...une.gibbon



This is the last one that came up for me:

"There exists in human nature a strong propensity to depreciate the advantages, and to magnify the evils, of the present times."

Ain't that the truth...



Forgot the link edit
[This message was edited Fri Mar 7 9:48:24 PST 2003 by 2the9s]

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