Pigs on the Wing - fear the force :)

[BiPoLaR]

Wow, PotW starts off with some harmless remark about owning people.

And it turns into an argument about Chaucer/Shakespeare, English lit, and of all things the binomial expansion theorem?

WTF.  

p.s., Sardaukar, your formatting of the theorem is gibberish. It means nothing. You have not defined any variables nor named any assumptions. Nor does the equation you state even make sense. It is not even a proper equation. I'm sorry, as a mathematically trained person, it makes me sick just looking at it, especially knowing the real statement of the theorem.

lay it on us there mr "weird science"
knock yourself out.

[Saurdaukar]

p.s., Sardaukar, your formatting of the theorem is gibberish. It means nothing. You have not defined any variables nor named any assumptions. Nor does the equation you state even make sense. It is not even a proper equation. I'm sorry, as a mathematically trained person, it makes me sick just looking at it, especially knowing the real statement of the theorem.

Derivatives.  

With: h small, (x + h)^(p/q) ≈ x^(p/q) [1 + (p/q)(h/x) + O(h/x)^2
Thus: limit h->0 [f(x + h) - f(x)]/h ≈ [x^(p/q) + (p/q)hx^(p/q - 1) +O(h/x)^2 - x^(p/q)] / h
≈ (p/q)x^((p/q)-1) +O(h)
Thus: if f(x) = x^(p/q), f ' (x) = (p/q) x^((p/q)-1)

Thanks for your input, but you've missed the point of the post.

The point has nothing, whatsoever, to do with calculus.  In fact, gibberish might have been more effective.

[boomerlu]

Yes yes, your point is that none of what Bustr says matters in any real sense. "OOOoooo, I know more about literature than you..." does not demonstrate superior intelligence. It does not demonstrate much besides an ability to memorize and a propensity to apply that ability towards English lit.

I was just very surprised the thread got to something like that.

[TnDep]

Yes yes, your point is that none of what Bustr says matters in any real sense. "OOOoooo, I know more about literature than you..." does not demonstrate superior intelligence. It does not demonstrate much besides an ability to memorize and a propensity to apply that ability towards English lit.

I was just very surprised the thread got to something like that.

Do you have lice, you scratch your head alot     

[boomerlu]

LOL, I donno... but it looks like I must have passed them critters on to you Dep.

[Saurdaukar]

Yes yes, your point is that none of what Bustr says matters in any real sense. "OOOoooo, I know more about literature than you..." does not demonstrate superior intelligence. It does not demonstrate much besides an ability to memorize and a propensity to apply that ability towards English lit.

I was just very surprised the thread got to something like that.

Threads like this are generally steered off course when people take themselves too seriously.

In this case, when a poster sees fit, not only to insult a member of this BBS, let alone his child, but to do so with an aura of superiority about him thanks to an intimate knowledge of when and when not to put an "e" at the end of the word "old," well... that's just plain old unsatisfactory.

[boomerlu]

Yeah, I've seen that happen *sigh*. Oh well, that does it for my contribution to this ever so wonderful thread.

[Ardy123]

Derivatives.  

With: h small, (x + h)^(p/q) ≈ x^(p/q) [1 + (p/q)(h/x) + O(h/x)^2
Thus: limit h->0 [f(x + h) - f(x)]/h ≈ [x^(p/q) + (p/q)hx^(p/q - 1) +O(h/x)^2 - x^(p/q)] / h
≈ (p/q)x^((p/q)-1) +O(h)
Thus: if f(x) = x^(p/q), f ' (x) = (p/q) x^((p/q)-1)

Thanks for your input, but you've missed the point of the post.

The point has nothing, whatsoever, to do with calculus.  In fact, gibberish might have been more effective.

Oh look at me... I too can post math formulas, do you like multi-dimensional DCTS, formulas currently being used for many video/audio compression algorithms such as H.264 (Actually H.264 uses a modified/simplified version that is more akin to 8 *8 spatial block transform).



or would you prefer

or would you prefer wavelet transforms used in JPEG2000 & Dirac  Video compression algorithms which is applied to 4:2:2 color space (extra points if you know why?)



If you want, I can throw in some inverse Jacobian matrices and a practical application for LU decomposition (frequently used in IK computations)?

look at me, I also know math... and wikipeda to help math equations look better

sorry, this thread has gotten way off track, from mindless jokes around chest beating & tool shedding to straight up "I know more than you" first grade behavior.

[Masherbrum]

Oh look at me... I too can post math formulas, do you like multi-dimensional DCTS, formulas currently being used for many video/audio compression algorithms such as H.264 (Actually H.264 uses a modified/simplified version that is more akin to 8 *8 spatial block transform).

(Image removed from quote.)

or would you prefer

or would you prefer wavelet transforms used in JPEG2000 & Dirac  Video compression algorithms which is applied to 4:2:2 color space (extra points if you know why?)

(Image removed from quote.)

If you want, I can throw in some inverse Jacobian matrices and a practical application for LU decomposition (frequently used in IK computations)?

look at me, I also know math... and wikipeda to help math equations look better

sorry, this thread has gotten way off track, from mindless jokes around chest beating & tool shedding to straight up "I know more than you" first grade behavior.

Awesome hijacking skillz yourself.

[Ardy123]

Awesome hijacking skillz yourself.

Thank you.. sarcasm is something your still learning I take it. 

[Saurdaukar]

Oh look at me... I too can post math formulas, do you like multi-dimensional DCTS, formulas currently being used for many video/audio compression algorithms such as H.264 (Actually H.264 uses a modified/simplified version that is more akin to 8 *8 spatial block transform).

(Image removed from quote.)

or would you prefer

or would you prefer wavelet transforms used in JPEG2000 & Dirac  Video compression algorithms which is applied to 4:2:2 color space (extra points if you know why?)

(Image removed from quote.)

If you want, I can throw in some inverse Jacobian matrices and a practical application for LU decomposition (frequently used in IK computations)?

look at me, I also know math... and wikipeda to help math equations look better

sorry, this thread has gotten way off track, from mindless jokes around chest beating & tool shedding to straight up "I know more than you" first grade behavior.

Geez.  I must concede that Buster is probably right.

This one appears to be one of those aforementioned victims of inadequate schooling.  That or the reading comprehension professor was more interested in porking his/her students than teaching them.

No pun, of course.

[ink]

Derivatives.  

With: h small, (x + h)^(p/q) ≈ x^(p/q) [1 + (p/q)(h/x) + O(h/x)^2
Thus: limit h->0 [f(x + h) - f(x)]/h ≈ [x^(p/q) + (p/q)hx^(p/q - 1) +O(h/x)^2 - x^(p/q)] / h
≈ (p/q)x^((p/q)-1) +O(h)
Thus: if f(x) = x^(p/q), f ' (x) = (p/q) x^((p/q)-1)

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will you please stop that !!!!!!!!   damnitall

[Masherbrum]

Thank you.. sarcasm is something your still learning I take it. 

It wasn't sarcasm.   Sarcasm is funny, but you weren't funny.    I think you've become a victim of your chosen crowd.   (no smilie needed)

[Saurdaukar]

will you please stop that !!!!!!!!   damnitall

Actually, I think that would be "that you stop please will."  

[Masherbrum]

Actually, I think that would be "that you stop please will."  

agree with I ya.