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Postby Rooster » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:48 pm

Fact - If you add 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, & 42 together, you get 108. Any Lost fans in? <!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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Postby Tavis » Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:08 pm

Fact: With that series, the <i>fans</i> are lost.<br><br>Fact: You are welcome to prove otherwise.

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Postby Bocaj Claw » Sat Jan 14, 2006 2:45 am

Fact: I have only seen that show twice, both times glancing over somebody's shoulders sporadically.
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Postby Rooster » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:44 am

Fact - No one has any idea what's going on in Lost.<br><br>Fact - I love complicated stories.<br><br>Fact - Everyone has their own opinions.<br><br>Fact - I write fanfiction for it.<br><br>Fact - I am ashamed...<!--emo&:wag:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... ailwag.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tailwag.gif' /><!--endemo-->

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Postby Gizensha » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:10 pm

FACT: Contrary to popular belief, Doctor Who fans do not hold a monopoly on overreaction<br><br>FACT: Apparantly, certain Stargate fans started panicing when they learnt that Doctor Who was getting the Atlantis slot in Sci-Fi channel in March<br><br>FACT: Apparantly Trek fan forums are more circus-like than Doctor Who forums<br><br>FACT: I didn't think it was possable for a forum to be more circus-like than a Doctor Who forum prior to hearing that, and I can't imagine it.
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Postby Muninn » Sun Jan 15, 2006 11:52 am

Fact - Apparently "poppycock" is derived from an old Dutch word meaning cow droppings.

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Postby Henohenomoheji » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:55 pm

Fact: Mosquitos are more likely to bite you after you've eaten a bananna.
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Postby Bocaj Claw » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:44 pm

Fact: I have a minor allergy to the oils found in raw bannanas.
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Postby Richard K Niner » Mon Jan 16, 2006 12:57 pm

Fact: Plaid elephant cheese, Ozy. Banana!<br>Fact: I forgot to check for the prexistence of the above fact.<br><br>Fact: e is defined as being greater than or equal to 2, but strictly less than 3.<br><br>Fact: I know a Θ(n) solution to the sorting problem. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>Fact: Sorting is supposed to be Ω(n log n).<br>Fact: If anyone here actually understands the above, I'll be very impressed.<br><br><span style='color:blue'>Additional Fact: When making the original post, I made a factual error. Blame the fact that I made it in the early morning.<br>Additional Fact: Solving Facts 4-6 is still left as an exercise for the reader.</span>
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Postby GhostWay » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:17 pm

Fact: Richard made my head hurt. Ow, maths! <!--emo&:splode:--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... splode.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='splode.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Postby Richard K Niner » Mon Jan 16, 2006 3:58 pm

Fact: I was using Computer Science, not Mathematics.
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Postby Muninn » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:43 pm

Fact - To the math-ignorant (or maybe just me) that looks like math.

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Postby Richard K Niner » Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:04 pm

Fact: Here is what it looks like in Math: <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>Fact: I know a Θ(n) solution to the sorting problem. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--><br>Fact: Sorting is supposed to be O(n log n).
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Postby Holyman83 » Thu Jan 19, 2006 8:23 pm

Fact: simple sort is easier than Bubble sort.
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Postby Spray » Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:40 pm

Fact: In Doom 2, assuming that all the pellets hit, the odds of killing a Revenant in one super shotgun blast are 1-in-5-million!!<br><br>Fact: The odds that you will destroy a barrel with one non-berserk punch are 1-in-10.<br><br>Fact: The odds that you will fail to kill an Imp with one shotgun blast (assuming all pellets hit) are 1-in-8.<br><br>Fact: The odds that you will fail to kill a Demon/Specter with one super shotgun blast or 3 shotgun blasts (again, assuming all pellets hit) are 1-in-3500.<br><br>Fact: I really ought to play a different game sometime. <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->


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