The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VI

[Dachs]

That depends which language you're using. Salty Mud lives, I think, somewhere in Britain, where Asian means subcontinental.
You're American, where Asian means Oriental and Oriental is often regarded as a derogatory term.
If we were using the word simply, both Indians and Chinese (to take the largest countries of each type) would be Asian, along with a large number of Arabs, Russians and less well-defined [something]-stanis.
Given that there are a lot of Oriental women visible in the US, perhaps he meant Asian rather than Oriental.

I hear one of those "Asian" girls living in the US got (pretty atrociously) run off the forums last year. What more do you need?

 

[Sashie VII]

So this girl I know wants to block her ex's number from calling her. I asked the telco hotline and unfortunately they don't have that service. How do we do this? Is it dependant on phone model etc?

 

[Mesousa]

Normally a service provider should be able to block a number from calling you, but it'll cost you. If he's really harassing her with calls, and your country has laws for that, I'd go to the police.

Or she could get a new number, if he can't find out easily.

 

[Sashie VII]

Normally a service provider should be able to block a number from calling you, but it'll cost you. If he's really harassing her with calls, and your country has laws for that, I'd go to the police.

Or she could get a new number, if he can't find out easily.

Thanks for the reply. She prefers not to change her number.

 

[Camikaze]

Prove
2 sin 3x sin 2x = cos x − cos 5x

I'm tired and can't think straight, so this is only some stuff that will help, not the full solution.

cos 5x= 16cos(^5)x - 20cos(^3)x + 5cos x

Therefore, RHS = -16cos(^5)x + 20cos(^3)x - 4cos x

Now, LHS = either of the following (I'm tired- try and figure out yourself which is correct. I think the second one is, but I couldn't be bothered checking)

1. 2sin(^2)x.cos x(3-4sin(^2)x)
2. 2sin(^2)x.cos x(2cos(^2)x - 1 + 2cos x)

Anyway, assume both sides equal and prove true.

Divide through by cos, tidying it up a bit. Then, you can simplify -8 cos(^4)x + 10cos(^2)x -2 by changing it to:

-8 cos(^2)x.(cos(^2)x - 1) + 2cos(^2)x - 2 = -8 cos(^2)x.sin(^2)x + (-2sin(^2)x) (same thing done on the end, to get rid of the cos)

And then you can divide through by sin(^2)x, eliminating all the sines.

I couldn't be bothered to do the rest, but it looks like it'll work out.

 

[Bobbtjoe]

What happened?

While I was there, adults were crying at one part. I don't want to spoil it for you. But it was a great movie, for a kids movie. I would recamend it.

How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

It depends on the woodchuck, the wieght of the wood, the temp., and others. It is usually about 12 boards of wood per 10 min. But the real question is how much ground could a ground hog grind if a ground hog could grind ground?

Why is Bobbyjoe such a n00b?

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My question is how come z4chdabeast and I can't stand 10 consectutive seconds without starting a flame war? We've kinda became legonds...

 

[GoodGame]

I think doing the right hand side by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigonometric_identity#Product-to-sum_and_sum-to-product_identities

by the Cos(x)-Cos(y) rule is a little more eloquent path. It reduces the right-hand side to sin(3x)*sin(2x) which is exactly the left-hand side of the equation.

 

[Mad Man]

My question is how come z4chdabeast and I can't stand 10 consectutive seconds without starting a flame war? We've kinda became legonds...

And my question is whats a "legond"?

 

[Bobbtjoe]

And my question is whats a "legond"?

I ment legend.

 

[Mad Man]

I ment legend.

Are you sure, I thought it was a leaked fifth gen ground type Pokemon that is shaped like a leg.

 

[Bobbtjoe]

Someone suggested to ask my question from my "How should I deal with this?" thread, so here it is:


edit: nevermind

 

[cardgame]

That's not a question.

My question: how many of you lie during polls just to screw with people? (DONT LIE TO ME, PLEASE? )

 

[Bobbtjoe]

That's not a question.

It was before I edited it.


I would have never guessed my thread to become this poular!

 

[holy king]

my question: How many of you lie during polls just to screw with people?

237


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[SS-18 ICBM]

That's not a question.

My question: how many of you lie during polls just to screw with people? (DONT LIE TO ME, PLEASE? )

Probably small. There's no discernible benefit in it. Just look for the small group of people who "voted-for-all-options-because-[they]-can".

 

[Grimz101]

Thanks for the maths help Camikaze and Goodgame, it helped .

 

[Camikaze]

Yeah, okay, I'm an idiot. I thought about it a bit more today, and came up with a much easier solution:

Let 2x=A, and 3x=B
Therefore, LHS = 2.sinA.sinB
Now, RHS = cos (3x-2x) - cos (3x+2x)
= cosAcosB + sinAsinB - (cosAcosB - sinAsinB)
=2sinAsinB
=LHS

 

[Phlegmak]

Why isn't the hammer and sickle considered equally evil as the Nazi swastika? Historically, Communists have been significantly worse than Nazis. It seems to me that they should be banned in every country that bans the Nazi party, and any website that promotes Communism should be loathed equally as websites that promote anything Nazi.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

There are a lot more communists out there today than Nazis, though.

 

[Yeekim]

Why isn't the hammer and sickle considered equally evil as the Nazi swastika? Historically, Communists have been significantly worse than Nazis. It seems to me that they should be banned in every country that bans the Nazi party, and any website that promotes Communism should be loathed equally as websites that promote anything Nazi.

I think that question is worth more than its own thread... because there just isn't an easy answer.