To all the fans of "The Matrix"

[NY4Q]

Now you know the rest of the story...or do we... :)

http://www.africanglobe.net/headlines/sophia-stewart-real-creator-matrix-wins-billion-dollar-case/

[NY4Q]

Alas...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/matrix.asp

[W3WN]

Well. That does help explain why Matrix 2 & 3 sucked bilge water.

[WØTKX]

Wowsers. Thanks for this post.

I eagerly await her creative efforts that will be empowered by this settlement.

[N2RJ]

Matrix was awesome. In one of the movies they were using nmap and ssh to hack into the matrix. I have the whole collection on BD and DVD.

[K7SGJ]

Matrix was awesome. In one of the movies they were using nmap and ssh to hack into the matrix. I have the whole collection on BD and DVD.


Put em on. I got a bag of S&Ms I'll share. I get the chewy black ones, though.

[KG4NEL]

Call me old-fashioned, but seeing three exclamation marks in a row in a news story causes me to instantly question the validity of whatever follows it.

[n2ize]

Matrix was awesome. In one of the movies they were using nmap and ssh to hack into the matrix. .

That movie was all wrong. If you want to stop the matrix you don't hack into the matrix. You row reduce the matrix until it's in row reduced echelon form. Then you determine it's rank and the dimensions and bases of its 4 fundamental spaces. Then you determine if it's singular or non-singular. if it's non-singular you find if it's inverse and you multiply it by the matrix and you turn it into a harmless identity matrix. Oherwise it's degenerate and you transpose it, permute it, and then get the hell away from it.

[NQ6U]

Where's the fun in that? I'd rather see it get blowed up real good.

[N2RJ]

BE careful Carlo, recreational mathematics is addicting. The high is better than some drugs.

[n2ize]

BE careful Carlo, recreational mathematics is addicting. The high is better than some drugs.

There is truth to what you say. Actually there is indeed a "high" associated with it. When you successfully solve a difficult or challenging problem or learn a difficult concept and you achieve a successful result there is an endorphin rush. It is a kind of high as the endorphin's activate the same receptors of the brain as do opiates. Thus it can produce a sense of mild euphoria, and a sense of calmness, a content feeling of well being. Although it is much more subtle than tanking an actual drug. It is a similar feeling that a musician may get after a successful performance or a ballplayer may feel after a good game, a programmer/developer may feel upon developing a new piece of software, etc. So yes, there definitely is a high associated with such activities and I suppose it can be addictive to a degree.

[NQ6U]

BE careful Carlo, recreational mathematics is addicting. The high is better than some drugs.

I won't argue with that, but the same thing could be said about recreational explosives. There's a high to something getting blowed up real good as well.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUtdXzBSVaU&feature=player_detailpage

Especially if you're a fan of the old Second City Television show.

[NQ6U]

John, when I was at the grocery store the other day, the total came out to an exact dollar amount. I remarked how that doesn't happen very often and the checker remarked that they'd had a bunch of them that day. That got me thinking about the odd of such an occurrence. Just off the top of my head, it seemed like it should happen roughly once in every 100 transactions, but my math is very weak when it comes to stuff like this.

What do you figure the odds are on this?

[K7SGJ]

John, when I was at the grocery store the other day, the total came out to an exact dollar amount. I remarked how that doesn't happen very often and the checker remarked that they'd had a bunch of them that day. That got me thinking about the odd of such an occurrence. Just off the top of my head, it seemed like it should happen roughly once in every 100 transactions, but my math is very weak when it comes to stuff like this.

What do you figure the odds are on this?

Still tying to buck the system, or will you ever change?

[NQ6U]

Still tying to buck the system, or will you ever change?

Better watch yourself. When it comes to puns, I give no quarter.

[K7SGJ]

Better watch yourself. When it comes to puns, I give no quarter.


That makes no cents.

[W3WN]

Oh no. Are you guys going to nickel-and-dime this thread to death as well? Do that, and I wouldn't give you two bits for it.

[ka4dpo]

I wish someone would COIN a new phrase.

[NQ6U]

Oh no. Are you guys going to nickel-and-dime this thread to death as well? Do that, and I wouldn't give you two bits for it.

Dollars to donuts, we will. Lucre the draw, you know.

[K7SGJ]

Dollars to donuts, we will. Lucre the draw, you know.

Reminds me of a 50 cent piece I used to have, but I lost her phone number.

[W3WN]

Reminds me of a 50 cent piece I used to have, but I lost her phone number.
867-5309. Ask for Jenny.

(Sorry, I know. That was a cheap trick. )

[WX7P]

(Sorry, I know. That was a cheap trick. )

Then you should Surrender.

[K7SGJ]

867-5309. Ask for Jenny.

(Sorry, I know. That was a cheap trick. )

I thought her name was Penny.

[WØTKX]

This is just getting a little weird.

http://www.runaroundtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-24-at-10.42.16-AM.png

[K7SGJ]

This is just getting a little weird.

http://www.runaroundtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-24-at-10.42.16-AM.png


Where'd you get the chubby checkers?

[WX7P]

I thought her name was Penny.

Did you say Penny?

9696

[W3WN]

Then you should Surrender.You wish to surrender to me? All right, I accept.

[W3WN]

I thought her name was Penny.
Nope.
"867-5309/Jenny" is a song written by Alex Call (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Alex_Call) and Jim Keller (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Jim_Keller_(musician)) and performed by Tommy Tutone (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Tommy_Tutone) that was released on the album Tommy Tutone 2 (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Tommy_Tutone_2), on the Columbia Records (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Columbia_Records) label. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100) chart and #1 on the Billboard (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)) Top Tracks (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/Hot_Mainstream_Rock_Tracks) chart in 1982 (see 1982 in music (https://forums.hamisland.net/wiki/1982_in_music)). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8675309

[KG4NEL]

Reminds me of a 50 cent piece I used to have, but I lost her phone number.

http://printmatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/50-cent.jpg

[K7SGJ]

http://printmatic.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/50-cent.jpg

OH HELL NO

[W3WN]

OH HELL NO
That's TEAM Hell No.
http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/002/659/624/20120920_sd_kane_bryan_edge_crop_650x440.jpg?13497 51661

[n2ize]

John, when I was at the grocery store the other day, the total came out to an exact dollar amount. I remarked how that doesn't happen very often and the checker remarked that they'd had a bunch of them that day. That got me thinking about the odd of such an occurrence. Just off the top of my head, it seemed like it should happen roughly once in every 100 transactions, but my math is very weak when it comes to stuff like this.

What do you figure the odds are on this?

It depends on how you model the problem. If you assume everything to be randomized, i.e. all possible prices within a given range are possible, items are selected randomly, random quantity of items purchased, you might end up with a rough probability as you suggested. However, it's not random, a customer generally doesn't make random selections and prices are not randomly distributed across all items, a given customer can select different numbers of items such that the sum comes out to an exact dollar amount i.e. total = x + 0/100 . It essentially comes down to a problem in combinatorics, i,.e. given a particular set of prices {x1, x2, ... , xn} in the form $x + y/100 cents how many possible sequences can we select such that the sum of the sequence is of the form x + 0/100.