Subdeacon Joe 25,916 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 One of the earliest fragments of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry, ca. 100 CE. It diagrams Euclid’s fifth proposition, and reads “If a straight line be cut into equal and unequal segments, the rectangle contained by the unequal segments of the whole together with the square on the straight line between the points of section is equal to the square on the half.” 3 1 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J-BAR #18287 6,017 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Eli Nickovich, my 10th grade geometry teacher, would be delighted. Me, maybe, not so much. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 22,486 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I read it three times. I have no idea what the hell Euclid’s talking about. Did they have LSD back then? 2 1 9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,058 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 There are a few problems with this. Mostly the translation. We make a guess at what was the intended message and pronounce it good. In actual fact we do not know the several nuances involved in the writings.. I have degrees in this topic and like Pat, I have no idea what the translation intends to say. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 3,240 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 It's all Greek to me. LL 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,058 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Note that Euclid lived a few hundred years before the claimed date for this work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badlands Bob #61228 1,886 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I had a hard enough time with Geometry when the teacher spoke in English. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arizona Gunfighter 391 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I actually understand Duffield's geometry equation. If geometry would have been as easy as his equation I would have passed geometry with an A. The geometry they tried to teach me in high school was not easy for me to understand and I got a D-. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Coffinmaker 3,454 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Whom Cares ?? 2 + 2 = 5, 7 out of 9 tries. I don't do check books either 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rye Miles #13621 6,531 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) I thought this was going to be about my town of Euclid, Ohio !!!! http://www.cityofeuclid.com/ Edited November 9, 2020 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bgavin 1,558 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 My wife says all these ancient science and math geniuses were taught by the Aliens or a DNA infusion that allowed for leaps of insight. I passed all my geometry exams with an "A" and got an "F" in the class because I refused to do the homework. BTW, if anybody is interested, that old slope of a line thing, Y=mx+B has real value if you want to interpolate powder charges and velocities. I used it to find intermediate powder charges to produce pressures for my BHN=9 bullets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eyesa Horg 1,643 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I thought this was going to be about my town of Euclid, Ohio !!!! http://www.cityofeuclid.com/ I thought it was gonna be about a big honkin dump truck. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rye Miles #13621 6,531 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Euclid Ohio 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sedalia Dave 12,781 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 If that makes your head hurt try spherical geometry. If you are really into torturing yourself then try Lobachevskian geometry. For any given line R and point P not on R, in the plane containing both line R and point P there are at least two distinct lines through P that do not intersect R. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,916 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said: If that makes your head hurt try spherical geometry. If you are really into torturing yourself then try Lobachevskian geometry. For any given line R and point P not on R, in the plane containing both line R and point P there are at least two distinct lines through P that do not intersect R. Except after dark on Tuesday. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,916 Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Euclid Ohio Who painted the trees? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rye Miles #13621 6,531 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Who painted the trees? I think it was God! Beautiful aren’t they? That’s a couple streets away from me. 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L 2,138 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: If that makes your head hurt try spherical geometry. ah, spheical geometry= where a triangle can have three (3) 90° angles Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MizPete 1,269 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 Always one of my favorites. In college, 2nd go-around; needed another 3 hours of math (English major). My faculty advisor recommended a theory course (the way he put it was "it still has numbers in it, but..." Proff asked for the pythagorian theorem & I spit it out. Grand silence. Then I blurted out: where the f**k did that come from? I had no further problem in that class, from the proff or the kids. Euclid, on the other hand, remains WAY above my pay grade. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme 1,156 Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 I grew up in the PA coal regions (Schuykill County). This is the only Euclid I'm familiar with. https://images.app.goo.gl/EmeXTYJH5bsMs58F8 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 875 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I thought it ws about Rye's town as well. Rye, those trees were gorgeous 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty Dan Dawkins 895 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, bgavin said: My wife says all these ancient science and math geniuses were taught by the Aliens or a DNA infusion that allowed for leaps of insight. Aliens are responsible for lots of stuff. Including this "Bigfoot/Yeti/Sasquatch" hoax they've been carrying on for the past few centuries. The greatest threat to mankind is the human-alien hybrid. Look up old Art Bell shows on Youtube. Edited November 10, 2020 by Dirty Dan Dawkins 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,916 Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I think it was God! Beautiful aren’t they? That’s a couple streets away from me. Thanks. Kinda thought so, His pinxit isn't always obvious, but it is always there. Plus it is hard to mistake His work. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eyesa Horg 1,643 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 17 hours ago, Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme said: I grew up in the PA coal regions (Schuykill County). This is the only Euclid I'm familiar with. https://images.app.goo.gl/EmeXTYJH5bsMs58F8 That's what I was talking about. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Hangtree 2,127 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 20 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Who painted the trees? Odd that every tree is in full color, indicating fall, yet not one single leaf in any yard, sidewalk, or street. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 7,058 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, Marshal Hangtree said: Odd that every tree is in full color, indicating fall, yet not one single leaf in any yard, sidewalk, or street. A watercolor? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 875 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 Taken before fronts started through. Once we get some rain and wind, they don't hang in there long. Most of them around me are pretty much bare now, and I'm about 70 miles away from Rye 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Widder, SASS #59054 7,655 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 I can't believe I read this whole thread for nothing...... absolutely nothing. I already know'd about that Gee-O-Nomitree stuff. ..........Widder 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 3,335 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 9:43 AM, Rye Miles #13621 said: Euclid Ohio Wow Rye. Just BEAUTIMUS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bgavin 1,558 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 55 minutes ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: I already know'd about that Gee-O-Nomitree stuff. Thanks to male order edjucation, less than too yeers ugo, i culd not spel 'enjineer'... now i are won. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 25,916 Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, Marshal Hangtree said: Odd that every tree is in full color, indicating fall, yet not one single leaf in any yard, sidewalk, or street. Lots of leaves on the ground and in the gutters. The photograph is somewhat overexposed so they kind of wash out but look to the blue circles for some examples. Leaves under almost every tree. Edited November 11, 2020 by Subdeacon Joe 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Coffinmaker 3,454 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Just as soon as that ray of municipal sunshine returns to the SUV and . . . . SNEEZES (gazunkheit) there'll some E-Freeking Norman's Leaf piles you betcha. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 875 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) One corner in the park here, leaves are pretty deep. In the club house parking lot, the landscape crew moved the leaves from the grass area next to the lot onto the lot, pile is more than knee deep. One tree Edited November 11, 2020 by Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 Can't seem to be able to spell this morning 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smuteye John SASS#24774 2,796 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/9/2020 at 12:43 PM, Rye Miles #13621 said: Euclid Ohio Cool pic! Same shot taken in the middle of January. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bgavin 1,558 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Ahhh Buffalo... come for the wings, stay to find your car... Maw-In-Law used to say Buffalo had two seasons: Winter and Road Repair. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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