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#26 2014-05-27 02:07:49
Re: X-Child Policy
Or, 78334 children per bobbym
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#27 2014-05-27 02:09:37
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Re: X-Child Policy
Is that not a lot of kids? I am not that fond of children.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#28 2014-05-27 07:41:35
- anonimnystefy
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Re: X-Child Policy
Hi mathaholic
I do not see how what you said is a con really is a con? I guess it's just a matter of opinion because I do not support fatalism.
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#29 2014-05-27 12:42:28
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Re: X-Child Policy
I meant cons are disadvantages.
Bobbym: What did you notice in the census?
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#30 2014-05-27 12:53:12
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Re: X-Child Policy
So? Stefy's statement remains the same.
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#31 2014-05-27 13:57:34
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Re: X-Child Policy
Hmm, maybe you're right, Shivam. Anyways...
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#32 2014-05-27 14:25:09
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Re: X-Child Policy
Bobbym: What did you notice in the census?
The population per day is going down.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#33 2014-05-27 14:38:56
Re: X-Child Policy
Is he using calculus in the right way?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#34 2014-05-27 14:40:22
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Re: X-Child Policy
Extrapolation is always a little risky.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#35 2014-05-27 14:41:28
Re: X-Child Policy
What is fatalism that stefy is telling?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#36 2014-05-27 14:43:20
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Re: X-Child Policy
Fatalism: the belief that what will happen has already been decided and cannot be changed.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#37 2014-05-27 14:48:59
Re: X-Child Policy
Is it like: Therefore get up and prepare to fight. After conquering your enemies you will enjoy a flourishing kingdom. They are already put to death by My arrangement, and you, O Savyasaci, can be but an instrument in the fight.?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#38 2014-05-27 14:51:13
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Re: X-Child Policy
Maybe in some sense. Precognition does lend itself to the idea of fatalism.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#39 2014-05-27 20:09:53
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Re: X-Child Policy
Bobbym: What did you notice in the census?
The population per day is going down.
Yup, that's what other censuses did, so I decided to do so too. 
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#40 2014-05-27 21:58:48
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Re: X-Child Policy
That is why you are predicting the end.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#41 2014-05-27 22:53:12
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Re: X-Child Policy
Yup.
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#42 2014-05-27 22:56:39
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Re: X-Child Policy
How do you arrive at the date?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#43 2014-05-28 13:46:14
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Re: X-Child Policy
Hmm...
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#44 2014-05-28 19:25:49
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Re: X-Child Policy
Did you get that by plotting the points?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#45 2014-05-28 20:02:46
Re: X-Child Policy
I think he has made an excel formula
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#46 2014-05-28 20:10:26
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Re: X-Child Policy
You can get that from the hmmm?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#47 2014-05-31 13:22:00
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Re: X-Child Policy
I think he has made an excel formula
Correct! For every 50 years, rates go down by 0.5%.
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