Yoruichi-san
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But what if instead of a boat...we had a seaplane...that was traveling at the same speed as the river...would it take off?
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Well...I'd rather name my kid Sin(x+pi) than George W. Bush...XP
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How about what not to name your twins?
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College...maybe high school if you're lucky...
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As much as I'd really like to work on this puzzle...I need sleep and I don't have access to a printer...but I'll give a suggestion...
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Another oldie - can you get them all?
Yoruichi-san replied to bonanova's question in New Logic/Math Puzzles
I know what it is...;P Remember 6 P in the N of C? -
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Yeah...that was the episode alright...except Hattori Heiji used kanji to send the SOS to Shinichi...;P Good job, Dd...that's the completed message. Actually Heiji figured it out without the 'snake eyes' hint b/c on a die, the 1 is the only face that's in red...so it sticks out. I decided to give an extra hint. Now if only someone could solve the two puzzles I posted after this...
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Then you're misinterpreting/misreading the equation...using your example, v would be equivalent to your V1 (velocity of particle 1, which is also the velocity of particle 1's frame of reference relative to the initial inertial frame), u is V2 (velocity of particle 2 in the initial inertial frame), and u' would be the velocity of particle 2 in the frame of reference of particle 1. Honestly...I think you're mis-defining the variables...d3k3's interpretation of your equation makes more sense...and keep in mind that what's constant is the speed of light , i.e. the speed of particle 2 is constant in all frames and is equal to c only if particle 2 is a photon...
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Okay, being slightly more awake...there's definitely something wrong with your equation...the velocities should subtract instead of add, since if the two particles are moving in the same direction (i.e. have the same sign), then their velocity relative to each other should be less, not more, than if they are moving in opposite directions. Also, the square root term bugs me, since if the particles are moving in opposite directions, (V1)*(V2) will be negative...and the square root will be complex, which doesn't make sense. I'll try deriving an equation for relative velocity using the regular equation later when I have time...
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Lol...actually...I must confess...I didn't come up with this one all on my one...it's based off a method I saw in a episode of Detective Conan... But anyways...don't forget the kid had been looking at dice...and kids have a thing with shapes...
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Err...where did you get the formula for 'relative velocity'? I'm not sure what they're defining 'relative velocity' as...but... Say you're in a frame of reference, S, and you see an object moving with velocity u, and I'm in a frame of reference, S', which is moving at a velocity v with respect to S. Then I will see the object moving with velocity u' = (u-v)/(1-uv/c2). If u=c, i.e. if the object is moving at the speed of light in frame S, then the equation becomes u'= (c-v)/(1-v/c)=c, i.e. it is also moving at the speed of light in frame S'. Edit: Okay, I think I kind of see where you're confused...'relative velocity' is NOT the velocity of particle 2 in any frame of reference...so there's no reason for it to be equal to the speed of light...I'm too sleepy right now to figure out what it is actually is though...
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*Sigh*...and there used to be a time where I didn't look at everything through calculus-colored glasses...ah, the end of innocence...
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Okay, being that I'm sad that the quote hasn't been solved...here's a hint...
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I feel like there should be a better way of doing this though...I'm not really seeing any obvious patterns in the numbers... If someone has a more elegant way of solving this, I'd love to see it...
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Well...if I were naming identical twins that were going to live in the same house...I'd have to name them...
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Err...no swapping, order matters...but there is a significance to having 9 numbers...it wouldn't work with 8 or 10...;P
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Err...I must be missing something b/c I have 2 possible answers...
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Yep, it's just like any other cryptogram...except I'm using a particular 'encryption algorithm'. The title hints to that algorithm. ;P
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Yes! Thank you! . Someone else actually PMed me the quote, but they never figured out the second "algorithm". Great job! ;P Edit: Oh, and there's another puzzle I recently posted with no replies that's kind of related to the quote here...
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There is only one algorithm, and it's different than L/S...that's why the title is different. If something's misspelled...uh...oops ...
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Haha...okay...the quote actually has nothing whatsoever to do with Quantum...the title is similar to...