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[Urwumpe]

I thought they were purple.

No, purple John Deeres would only work on purple lavender fields. Thus we also use green John Deeres here.

 

[mojoey]

No, purple John Deeres would only work on purple lavender fields. Thus we also use green John Deeres here.

Good Country Germany: Uses all colours of tractors.

 

[jedidia]

I have no idea about tractor brands, but in Switzerland they seem to be traditionally royal blue, although there is a visible shift towards red and green lately as far as I can tell by what's rolling on the road.

 

[Izack]

Hm, at some point I'll have to post a picture of that 1940s-50s era JD Model M we have. It WAS green once upon a time, now it's just rust. Still pulls trees out of the woods and cars out of the ditch, though.

 

[mojoey]

It's a simple question of weight ratios. Could a five ounce swallow carry a one pound coconut?

 

[Scav]

It's a simple question of weight ratios. Could a five ounce swallow carry a one pound coconut?

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? :huh:

 

[palebluevoice]

I have discovered a prime number with a rational square root! The square root of 313 can be represented as 105797/5980
Go ahead! Try it! I'm sure to win a nobel prize for this. Either that, or its only rational for the first eight digits and my calculator doesn't know the difference. Yeah, probably the calculator.

I have discovered a pseudo-rational root of a prime number!!!

Its also a Pythagorean prime and a happy number[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_number"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_number[/ame]

 

[Izack]

I have discovered a prime number with a rational square root! The square root of 313 can be represented as 105797/5980
Go ahead! Try it! I'm sure to win a nobel prize for this. Either that, or its only rational for the first eight digits and my calculator doesn't know the difference. Yeah, probably the calculator.

I have discovered a pseudo-rational root of a prime number!!!

Its also a Pythagorean prime and a happy numberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_number

How could you tell it was rational after it carried on for eight digits?

It's not, by the way. 20 digits and counting...

 

[Linguofreak]

I have discovered a prime number with a rational square root! The square root of 313 can be represented as 105797/5980
Go ahead! Try it! I'm sure to win a nobel prize for this. Either that, or its only rational for the first eight digits and my calculator doesn't know the difference. Yeah, probably the calculator.

Qalculate says that (105797/5980)^2 is ~ 313.0000003.

Wolfram Alpha gives it as: 313.00000025 (and quite a few more digits, it's apparently a repeating decimal with a cycle of almost 20,000 digits).

 

[mojoey]

Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate? :huh:

No...the swallow grabbed it.

 

[Urwumpe]

Hm, at some point I'll have to post a picture of that 1940s-50s era JD Model M we have. It WAS green once upon a time, now it's just rust. Still pulls trees out of the woods and cars out of the ditch, though.

Nothing beats the sound of a old Lanz tractor though, we have some of them in the local farming museum at the castle. Two-stroke oil burner FTW!

 

[Artlav]

Xkcd again.
http://xkcd.com/1133

 

[NukeET]

Xkcd again.
http://xkcd.com/1133

Ironically, I have read the Up Goer Five manual:

http://www.orbiter-forum.com/showthread.php?p=360241&postcount=663

LOL!

:facepalm:

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

Xkcd again.
http://xkcd.com/1133

:rofl:Thats hilarious :lol:. In spite of the silliness, I dont think I knew that any of the "computers" (must be guidance software?) were located in the SIV-B directly beneath the LEM. You learn something new everyday...

 

[Izack]

Qalculate says that (105797/5980)^2 is ~ 313.0000003.

Wolfram Alpha gives it as: 313.00000025 (and quite a few more digits, it's apparently a repeating decimal with a cycle of almost 20,000 digits).

Hm, I must have input it wrong, because I had a (as far as I knew) nonrepeating irrational beginning immediately after the decimal point. On a second attempt, I have the same result (313.000000251675[...]) as you. Oops.

Edit:

Xkcd again.
http://xkcd.com/1133

Huh, there aren't mistakes in his comics very often. The part about the things that hold that kind of air that makes your voice sound funny is duplicated without reason.

 

[Urwumpe]

must be guidance software?

The Saturn rockets had their own special IBM computers in the ring called "Instrument Unit", sitting on top of the S-IVB. Had been digital and analog computers.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Launch_Vehicle_Digital_Computer"]Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

[BruceJohnJennerLawso]

The Saturn rockets had their own special IBM computers in the ring called "Instrument Unit", sitting on top of the S-IVB. Had been digital and analog computers.

Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Why are so many components labelled as missing?

 

[Urwumpe]

Why are so many components labelled as missing?

Because the photo was made from a IU in a museum, which was not complete.

 

[DarkWanderer]

Teaser screenshot

 

[Izack]

Teaser screenshot

Stiletto!!

I see you have substantial progress. This is very exciting.