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[RomanClock]

No it can't. If the treadmill keeps it from moving even with forward thrust, there will be no wind moving under the wings to provide lift!

Lol, the plane won't stay on the treadmill is what happens.

[SoBe Clock]

Lol, the plane won't stay on the treadmill is what happens.

If it's moving forward and the treadmill is moving backwards at the same speed it  will stay in the same place and won't be able to lift off the ground.

[Topcatyo]

[RomanClock]

If it's moving forward and the treadmill is moving backwards at the same speed it  will stay in the same place and won't be able to lift off the ground.

The treadmill doesn't stop the jets from sucking in air.

[peyoteclock]

The treadmill doesn't stop the jets from sucking in air.

yeah but it does stop it from rolling which stops it from gaining lift.

[BinaryClock]

Also this.

Guys. 0.999 is not equal to 0.999...

0.999 can be rewritten as 999/1000

0.999... are 9s repeating into infinity, which has been proven to equal 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...

[GodClock]

how did this thread get passed 1 page

[SeedClock]

im just glad snake isnt here to whine about this kind of stuff

[China Clock]

how did this thread get passed 1 page

MONETARY THREAD, AWAY!

[Ingram-J/WristbandClock]

[HeinekenClock]

Guys. 0.999 is not equal to 0.999...

0.999 can be rewritten as 999/1000

0.999... are 9s repeating into infinity, which has been proven to equal 1.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...

Wow that's bullshit. 0.999 isn't one, neither is 0.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

all of them are nearly 1 but aren't. Whoever wrote that article has flawed logic, you can say that for simplicity reasons, we're all going to assume 0.999 is 1 because there's no decimal way of writing 1/3's.

1/3's is NOT 0.333 because that would make 3/3's .999
3/3's is 1.

[HeinekenClock]

Let's hear it for texas instruments.
Also doing a logic test on a ti-83 results in a 1 for true and an 0 for false.

[Exclamation Mark]

im just glad snake isnt here to whine about this kind of stuff

[Slurpee]

Wow that's bullshit. 0.999 isn't one, neither is 0.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999

all of them are nearly 1 but aren't. Whoever wrote that article has flawed logic, you can say that for simplicity reasons, we're all going to assume 0.999 is 1 because there's no decimal way of writing 1/3's.

1/3's is NOT 0.333 because that would make 3/3's .999
3/3's is 1.

oh my god I can't even believe I just got sucked into this

incorrect.


.999... = 1 because the 9's repeat to infinity, hence the ellipsis.
The reason you think .999... somehow falls short is because you're not thinking of it as infinity, you're just thinking of a very, very long finite number, and you think there's one infinityth missing to keep it from being 1, but there isn't. Infinity doesn't have same the properties as regular numbers.

Your calculator is looking at three nines after a decimal point. The number in question is infinite nines after a decimal point, which is considerably different.

x = (.999...)
x * 10 = (.999...) * 10
10x = (9.999...)
10x - (.999...) = (9.999...) - (.999...)
9x = 9
x = 1

[HeinekenClock]

If there was a row of of 9's stretched to the width of the galaxy, it'd be awfully close to being 1, but not.

[HeinekenClock]

Oagh no nevermind you probably know more about this than me it's just that I will never believe your crazy theories.

[Slurpee]

If there was a row of of 9's stretched to the width of the galaxy, it'd be awfully close to being 1, but not.

that's because the galaxy is finite you dick

[VCRClock]

Guys I am basically really really sorry about starting this shit. I thought people would be smart enough not to start arguing about something nobody can agree on, but I was wrong. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN

[China Clock]

.999... = 1 because the 9's repeat to infinity, hence the ellipsis.
The reason you think .999... somehow falls short is because you're not thinking of it as infinity, you're just thinking of a very, very long finite number, and you think there's one infinityth missing to keep it from being 1, but there isn't. Infinity doesn't have same the properties as regular numbers.

Except that something partial cannot be infinite which makes the play of semantics false when taking this into regard aswell? If it was part of the infinite then it would never be referred to as a partial in the first place.

We have our logic thinking for a reason, and anyone telling me that something less than one can equal one due to a formula, then they are wrong. Nothing to discuss until they find an anomaly in physics that would fluctuate something in that kind of frame, then sure, we'll adopt the nonsense.

^ Keep repeating "but it's infinite lololo" to yourself, it still is bullshit. If it's the eternity, then it would simply be called 1, not .999..., it's nothing more than a play on words produced by a very, very bored mathematician. Which is reasonable considering his job.

It's the same as if you could split ∞ then you wouldn't get "0.5∞*2", you'd get 2*∞. The reason why this isn't something that is even up for discussion is because there's no way to fucking do it, meaning it is only discussable as something absurdly unrealistic. Or since the higher echelon of the Clock Crew seems to be fond of latin: Ad absurdum.

[PecanClock]

The earth is flat.