Mathematics - 2011-10-26 (page 4 of 4)

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Asaf Karagila

23:00

Now in the "currently in" part, there's one for math with 2.5k on the bottom.

robjohn

I see the 1, but there is also a 2515 on the lower right, what is that?

Asaf Karagila

You have roughly 2520 messages.

robjohn

Ah :-)

t.b.

@Gigili: This one:

Asaf Karagila

1 means you've only been to one room ever. The 2515 means you have said 2515 messages in all the rooms. In this case, this room only.

t.b.

23:00

Asaf Karagila

Theo, the 1 only specifies how many rooms he has ever been to.

robjohn

I never clicked on the plain "user profile" until now

@AsafKaragila I was in another room at some point, I think.

Gigili

@tb Aha, thank you.

Asaf Karagila

@robjohn Very short visits do not count. If you immediately left then it does not count as being in a room.

Gigili

I'm not in "30" rooms, and I've never been.

robjohn

23:03

@AsafKaragila ah, it was a quick "hi there, boy, this is dead" and leave

Gigili

@robjohn No, it's not the number of rooms. I'm pretty sure. it's 30 for me.

t.b.

@Asaf: don't think so. clicking through the icons I see 1. robjohn 2. Asaf 3. J.M. 4. tb 5. Gortaur 6. Srivatsan which makes about sense

for the last day or few days

Asaf Karagila

Hover the number.

robjohn

@Gigili yes and it is 2 for Asaf, so I think tb is correct

t.b.

I definitely wasn't in 4 rooms.

Asaf Karagila

23:05

You and JM have 4 right now.

t.b.

Oh, well... :) Can you tell me in which four rooms I was? Must've been pretty drunk that I don't remember...

Gigili

Maybe JM was the number 4 when he left the room.

Asaf Karagila

I have no idea. It is possible that it is a residue from some user "moving the comments" to the chat or something.

t.b.

Well, that I remember, but that I did only once.

Asaf Karagila

I'm not making the rules. I only make them.

Gigili

23:09

@tb Better if you can tell me in which thirty rooms I was? Even being drunk would not work in this case ..

robjohn

there are 25 rooms and a lot of people with more than 30 in the lower left

Some with 40

Asaf Karagila

There are a lot of rooms that you don't see because they are inactive.

I know I can see them, but I'm not sure if it is due to my Koenig-ness or not.

robjohn

the top says 25 rooms

Gigili

If you can't see a room how you can enter the room?

Asaf Karagila

Yeah, you can click it and then see "all rooms", maybe.

If it is inactive, I'm not sure you can.

robjohn

23:12

I see. there are over 180 rooms

even though it says 26 at the top

Asaf Karagila

WOW. I am lucky that MO gave me CAPTCHA and that I saved my work.

I accidentally pressed "Post" instead "Preview"

robjohn

Oops

t.b.

Well, I found three rooms in which I was invited but didn't follow the invitation

So probably you're right after all, *grumble*

Asaf Karagila

Now think you disco duck, think! Why would there be u such that Tu not in E??

Aha!!

t.b.

I was thinking to myself: why on earth would anyone put a bounty on that question then I looked who it was and all became clear

Asaf Karagila

23:22

We both know why, and it would be unwise to voice this opinion in a public chatroom.

robjohn

Is 0^0 a prime number

to combine a few choice threads

t.b.

No it has too many prime factors

robjohn

okay, 0 has infinitely many, but you're raising it to the 0 power...

:-)

infinity*0=1 right?

t.b.

maybe you should ask that as a question?

I loved this answer by Jim Conant, obviously

robjohn

I kept being dumped off the room.

Asaf Karagila

23:27

I don't get why Bill uses \mathrm for this font.

robjohn

which font?

t.b.

Didn't you ask him that at some point?

robjohn

Bill Dubuque?

Asaf Karagila

The very same.

robjohn

He doesn't like my posts.

t.b.

23:30

Aha! Rahul it was, sorry fo the mixup

robjohn

He feels that I obfuscate matters.

t.b.

Gooooooooood Morning Jaaayyy M!

robjohn

@JM: awake again?

J. M.

echo... echo...

Well sure, apparently I didn't need so much sleep today. Good morning!

Asaf Karagila

Hmpf. What a foolish mistake. I retract my "Aha!" from earlier.

robjohn

23:33

@AsafKaragila ??

Asaf Karagila

I am still stuck.

robjohn

Not the "Disco Duck" aha?

t.b.

15 mins ago, by Asaf Karagila

Aha!!

What else?

Asaf Karagila

It's a reference to Futurama.

In Teenage Mutant Leela Hurdles, the professor is trying to find a cure to them getting younger and younger. He clutches his afro and says "Think you disco duck!"

robjohn

I may have seen one or two Futuramas, but I haven't seen many

Asaf Karagila

23:38

I know the entire series verbatim.

robjohn

It might be a passion I just haven't discovered yet.

Asaf Karagila

I highly recommend. In the new seasons one of the producers even proved a theorem just to write an episode about it. They include the proof in the episode...

robjohn

theorem about what?

J. M.

@JonasTeuwen More or less correct; they target a different set of neurotransmitter receptors as opposed to conventional antipsychotics.

robjohn

flashback time :-)

J. M.

23:47

It's his 50 rep after all, not ours... right? Still, peculiar...

Asaf Karagila

Interesting that unregistered users can offer bounties.

t.b.

@J.M seen this?

26 mins ago, by t.b.

I was thinking to myself: why on earth would anyone put a bounty on that question then I looked who it was and all became clear

J. M.

Yeah, I was combing through the transcript; unfortunately I forgot to link to yours.

t.b.

@Asaf: why?

Asaf Karagila

shrugs

J. M.

23:55

It's so great to be a complete newbie posting a mistaken answer. As long as all the downvotes to your post come before your first upvote, you're fine...

Asaf Karagila

Hah