ANN: New screen name

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-01-07 12:40am

For those of you who already have my screen name, I had to change it. The old account was originally created with AOL, and my dad finally canceled his AOL subscription, so that name was suspended. Sad, but it was being overrun with IM spam anyway. So I got a new screen name. It is the same as the old one, except the "64" portion has been changed to "49". Just IM me and I'll add you to my buddy list if I wasn't able to recall your screen name.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-01-07 12:52am

Well somebody likes numbers that can be squared

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-07 12:57am

Exonerate wrote:Well somebody likes numbers that can be squared

Don't you mean perfect squares?

All numbers can be squared.

~ver

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-01-07 01:01am

I wasn't sure of the terminology, I've forgotten a lot of stuff...

On that note, I thought that technically that whole numbers don't exist or something...

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-01-07 01:02am

verilon wrote:
Exonerate wrote:Well somebody likes numbers that can be squared
Don't you mean perfect squares? All numbers can be squared.

Way back when I created my first screen name, I needed a number in there, and I figured that I might as well make my screen name 64-bit compatible when the era of 64-bit computing finally hit.

49 is 7-squared, and 7 is just the coolest number there is.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-01-07 01:04am

*whips out little black book and scribbles in it*

PS~Seven is the coolest number there is? Huh. Learn somethin' new everyday.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-01-07 01:07am

Zaia wrote:*whips out little black book and scribbles in it*

PS~Seven is the coolest number there is? Huh. Learn somethin' new everyday.

It's a mathematical fact. I'll have to get around to proving it someday.

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-01-07 01:09am

Durandal wrote:It's a mathematical fact. I'll have to get around to proving it someday.

I didn't think coolness was measurable when dealing with mathematics, but I wouldn't really know as I'm just a music teacher. Besides, I was always partial to the number eight. That's just because it looks pretty on ice, though.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2004-01-07 01:12am

I always liked 5, goes into 10 well. And our whole number system is base 10.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-01-07 01:18am

I've always been partial to ~7.389056099
Naturally

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2004-01-07 01:18am

Gandalf wrote:I always liked 5, goes into 10 well. And our whole number system is base 10.

That's only because we have 10 fingers

IIRC, Mayans had a base 20 number system...

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2004-01-07 01:23am

Durandal wrote: 49 is 7-squared, and 7 is just the coolest number there is.

Seven may be the coolest in your opinion, but even it is subordinate to the Law of Fives.

5 = 2 + 3

5 * 2 - 3 = 7

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-07 01:32am

Zaia wrote:
Durandal wrote:It's a mathematical fact. I'll have to get around to proving it someday.
I didn't think coolness was measurable when dealing with mathematics, but I wouldn't really know as I'm just a music teacher. Besides, I was always partial to the number eight. That's just because it looks pretty on ice, though.

Cool is a qualitative value, whereas coolness is a quantitative value. Of course it's a mathematical fact. -chuckles-

As for myself, I like 13.

~ver

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2004-01-07 01:53am

verilon wrote: Cool is a qualitative value, whereas coolness is a quantitative value. Of course it's a mathematical fact. -chuckles-

As for myself, I like 13.

~ver

Hee hee, I like 13 myself. Poor Templars.

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-01-07 03:04am

Knife wrote:
verilon wrote: Cool is a qualitative value, whereas coolness is a quantitative value. Of course it's a mathematical fact. -chuckles-

As for myself, I like 13.

~ver
Hee hee, I like 13 myself. Poor Templars.

13 is indeed a good number.

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2004-01-07 02:58pm

Kuja wrote: 13 is indeed a good number.

Yes, but personally I like pi and e more.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-01-07 03:18pm

IM spam? I've had my AIM SN for many years and I've never received IM spam.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-01-07 04:25pm

phi. 1.618. THE coolest number ever.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2004-01-07 04:45pm

I like 12. It's nice and orderly (a 1 and a 2) while still being small, and the word "dozen" is just cool. And lots of things come in dozens, like pastries.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-01-07 05:36pm

7 was easily the scariest number, as 7 8 9.

<shoots self...out of a cannon...into the sun>

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-01-07 06:37pm

Exonerate wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I always liked 5, goes into 10 well. And our whole number system is base 10.
That's only because we have 10 fingers

IIRC, Mayans had a base 20 number system...

That's because we have 20 digits.
10 fingers + 10 toes....

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2004-01-07 10:49pm

phongn wrote:IM spam? I've had my AIM SN for many years and I've never received IM spam.

I made the mistake of listing my screen name on /. and one or two BBS's. This mistake will not be repeated.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-01-08 06:23am

phongn wrote:IM spam? I've had my AIM SN for many years and I've never received IM spam.

Odd, as I the only IM spam I receive is on ICQ extremely occasionally, and Y! even moreso. Never get any on AIM or MSN.

~ver