From: Rodan on

"Bill Putney" wrote:

..... how many people know what a singularity is?
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I would guess it's probably the opposite of a plurality.

Rodan. <-- probably not a math major
From: Bill Putney on
Rodan wrote:
> "Bill Putney" wrote:
>
> .... how many people know what a singularity is?
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> I would guess it's probably the opposite of a plurality.
>
> Rodan. <-- probably not a math major

LOL! You'd think so, but nope.

--
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From: Tony Harding on
On 03/26/10 07:17, Dave Kelsen wrote:
> On 3/26/2010 5:25 AM Tony Harding spake these words of knowledge:
>
>> On 03/15/10 12:22, Rodan wrote:
>>> "jim beam"<me(a)privacy.net> wrote;
>>>
>>> dude, you're utterly clueless. this is about control systems.
>>> diesels have had control systems from day one.
>>> have you any idea /why/ they're always used?
>>> what would you have us do to them?
>>> ______________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Please ask an experienced diesel mechanic that question.
>>> Surely he/she will tell you that diesels have no throttle
>>> plate to control, therefore no use for a throttle plate cable.
>>>
>>> As you gain experience as a devil's advocate, please try
>>> to keep your demurrals related to the subject at hand,
>>> lest your sincere postings be mistaken for trolling.
>>>
>>> Rodan.
>>
>> Hm, you seem very thoughtful.
>>
>
> You're thinking of Rodin. Rodan was the pterodactyl-like creature who
> was a foe of Godzilla.

Ooops! My bad.
From: clare on
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 20:03:26 -0400, Bill Putney <bptn(a)kinez.net>
wrote:

>Rodan wrote:
>> "Bill Putney" wrote:
>>
>> .... how many people know what a singularity is?
>> ________________________________________________________________
>>
>> I would guess it's probably the opposite of a plurality.
>>
>> Rodan. <-- probably not a math major
>
>LOL! You'd think so, but nope.
depends in what context.

It can be the quality of being one of a kind.
It can be a (usaully) weather phenomenon that is likely to occur with
reasonable regularity around a specific set of circumstances (like
calendar date)
It can be a self improving artifical intelligence
It can be a point at which an (mathematical) object is undefined or a
point in an exceptional set where it fails to be well behaved in some
particular way.

Or it can be a scifi novel.
From: Dillon Pyron on
Thus spake "Rodan" <Rodan(a)Verizon.NOT> :

>
>"Bill Putney" wrote:
>
>.... how many people know what a singularity is?
>________________________________________________________________
>
>I would guess it's probably the opposite of a plurality.

No, that's how we elect a lot of our presidents.

>
>Rodan. <-- probably not a math major

Probably not even a math 1st Lt.

(chortling back at you)
--

- dillon I am not invalid

The more I drink, the less I think. The less I think,
the better I feel. The better I feel, the more I drink.
And so goes the circle of life.