I get annoyed by the TV show, "Bones." Mainly because the main character is just as annoying as Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory," except that she's not written as a caricature. Well, I would think that she wasn't, but then I hear this exchange:I read somewhere (probably TVTropes) that the Brennan character has gotten more and more stereotypically Aspie (or something) as the show goes on - in early seasons she was just withdrawn and maybe a bit nerdy, but now she has the emotional and intellectual depth of a non-Spock Vulcan.
"Burning the midnight oil?"
"Oil hasn't been used as a light source for hundreds of years."
I mean, who talks like that? I'll accept that someone new to the English language and all its idioms could make that mistake.
Yeah, I think we've had this discussion on this board already (although I didn't chime in), but I count natural numbers as the set {0, 1, 2, ...}. So n! is defined for n = 0, 1, 2, ... only, whereas Gamma(x) is defined for all complex x except x = 0, -1, -2, ... But Gamma(n+1) = n! which is why there's a difference between where they work.So why is it defined for zero?Hence why factorial is defined only on the natural numbers0!/(-1)! =Just because its true for one set of numbers, doesn't make it true for 0!
1337!/1336! = 1337
58008!/58007! = 58008
3720!/3719! = 3720
edit: I guess 0 is a natural number in some circles
Hence why factorial is defined only on the natural numbers, and the gamma function has essential singularities at the negative naturals.0!/(-1)! =Just because its true for one set of numbers, doesn't make it true for 0!
1337!/1336! = 1337
58008!/58007! = 58008
3720!/3719! = 3720
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factorial#DefinitionI define factorial as the Gamma function, translated by 1 and restricted to integers, from which 0! = 1 is an automatic consequence.
http://www.zero-factorial.com/whatis.html
It depends on how you define 0!, and it turns out that the most consistent, most logical, and most convenient (if not most immediately intuitive) definition of 0! is 1
Unsolvable power level issues are rarer and take longer to give up on. There was a card in the main set at one point that I finally gave up on in Guilds.Hooray for Secret Histories teaser!
As an April Fools' joke, a board that I used to frequent set up word filters for totally innocuous, common words and rendered everyone unintelligible for a day.The xkcd forums have a "Mod Mental Health Month" where the mods are given free access to wordfilters and other such fun things. If there's a really good filter, it may not even be rolled back when the month is over.
Bizarrely, they have made 0 posts. I don't understand why you'd make 40 spam accounts and no posts. They didn't even have website spam links. It's a bit like the comment spam on the main blog right now: spam with no links or advertising, wtfSome of it is diversionary or delaying tactics - prevent you from looking closely at which ones are or aren't spamming, or wait a while before putting in the spam posts hoping that you're only scrutinising the new users. Another tactic that's coming up on a different forum is to create an account that replies to threads with either very generic comments like "Very interesting, thanks for the info" or copies text from somewhere else, aiming to get the account confirmed and the posts up, then either starts its spamming or just changes its signature to include the spam link now that it has a "legitimate" post.
First Nomad Camps (almost) adding Ambassadors and stuff, and here comes Crossroads. What will that contain? Harem? Great Halls? Silk Roads?Just wait until you see the Catapult ...
But I support more expansions. As long as they are fun.
Edge case challenge. Putting stashes at the bottom to fish out with Pearl Divers. Is there a scenario in which this would be a useful strategy?Hmm ... Scrying Pool deck? Put Stashes on the bottom, then pull them up one by one as you need them (especially if you're at a stage where you're not sure if you can play all your +Buy cards).
You mean get the license to use Touhou art. Tanto Cuore is just a modified clone.What can you say about translations? When will they be released? What languages are currently planned? Will the interface be translated too or only the cards itself?For starters, just German. The interface will be translated but probably not initially. I think Japanese would be the next most useful to have, but don't know what the plans are there.
(I know hsiale alredy asked this, but it isn't in the overview (maybe because he posted several questions in one post))
Presumably for the Japanese translation you'll need to get the art from Tanto Cuore.
But I think these are the kinds of combo this thread is aboutDefinitely one of the things I want to see - the combos so blatantly ridiculous that even after finding the magical kingdom that supports them the only reason you get to pull them off is because your opponent is laughing so hard at them..
