Monday, 16 April 2012

Logic doesn't come into the equation

It seems to me that, logically, two squared plus three squared should equal (two plus three) squared, but it doesn't. I have spent a long time trying to find the fault in my logic and I think I have it - at last! (I have tried writing those figures in a word processor and pasting into Blogger but the little 2 meaning squared doesn't come out properly.)

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Back to that list of 50 Things to Do Before You're 11¾ two days ago. Buck commented that he had to Google a number of them. He's not alone. "Wild swimming" was something I had never heard of but I guessed it meant swimming in the sea, a river or lake. I was right. But I still don't know what a grass trumpet might be.
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9 comments:

  1. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skip16 April 2012 at 15:36

    "But I still don't know what a grass trumpet might be"

    I feel better now ;-)

    Incidentally, Buck explained it over at WHTPFIHC

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  2. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skip16 April 2012 at 16:16

    2² x 3²

    ...had to try

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  3. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skip16 April 2012 at 16:17

    I mean 2² + 3²

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  4. Brighton Pensioner16 April 2012 at 18:05

    Yes, I say Buck's comment - but how did you get the superscript? I tried pasting and it came out as 22 and 32.

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  5. Brighton Pensioner16 April 2012 at 18:06

    I meant I saw Buck's comment.

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  6. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skip16 April 2012 at 18:35

    I just pasted directly from an Open Office document

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  7. Brighton Pensioner16 April 2012 at 18:36

    I suppose it serves me right for using Wordperfect.

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  8. stephen Hayes16 April 2012 at 21:06

    Now that I've had time to think about it, I remember that some of my friends growing up would hold a blade of grass in their mouths, cup their hands around it and blow. The blade of grass would vibrate and give off a curious sound. I wonder--is this a grass trumpet?

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  9. Brighton Pensioner17 April 2012 at 10:07

    Stephen, you've got it.

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