What you need to know about the real world of mathematics? - MQL4 and MetaTrader 4

Виктор 2010.06.18 17:20 #1681

sergeev:
It's called pulling death's whiskers :) adrenaline junkie. It's not enough I'm doing something extreme on the fore, but I've started pestering the moderators :)

I knew this was gonna be a lot of fun. But the good old men, shivering but not losing their composure :))

Владимир Тезис 2010.06.18 17:41 #1682

From BashOrg:

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richie 2010.06.18 17:54 #1684

RomanS: 100% correct answer, it's also called a handwheel, nowadays "such" electric locomotives are no longer produced. It doesn't rotate around the axis, it just tilts 20/30 degrees to the right/left to dial positions

I used to think it was a handbrake for emergency manual stopping of electric locomotives. Turns out it's a "variable resistor" :))

Владимир Тезис 2010.06.18 17:55 #1685

Mathematics (geometry)

Oral examination in Mathematics at Moscow State University.
An applicant tells the theorem about parallel lines:
- Through any point not lying on a given line you can draw one line parallel to the given line if it is drawn exactly...
- WHERE DID YOU READ THAT?
The aspirant with a clever look takes out a book and shows the right place to the examiner:
"Through any point not lying on a given line you can draw exactly one line parallel to the given line...".

[WARNING CLOSED!] Any newbie First sacred cow: "If [Archive!] Pure mathematics, physics,

Sceptic Philozoff 2010.06.18 18:14 #1686

Great, drknn. An illustration that in the exact sciences one has to be extremely careful with the terminology. If it were the word "only" or "only", there would be no problem with interpretation.

Петр 2010.06.18 18:43 #1687

Oh, man, you guys... You haven't read the author.
That is the question...

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))) At least read Lozinski's translation. Boris Leonidovich's (Pasternak's) is far from the original.