relationship questions

Quote: Nareed

Funny thing, someoen asked me today, seriously, how Jews celebrate Christmas :)

I would hope that you were paying attention to my posts enough to give them my answer:

We go to church - The Church Of The Loaded Dice.

What? You don't think people pray at that church?

Quote: DJTeddyBear

I would hope that you were paying attention to my posts enough to give them my answer:

We go to church - The Church Of The Loaded Dice.

What? You don't think people pray at that church?

I hear they pray far more sincerely there ;)

I dind't think of it, sorry. I told him about finding Chinese restaurants open in Houston and San Antonio on Dec. 25th, which my family used to do, and the fantastic deals you could get at stores from Dec. 26th onwards. I think there was some mention of Hannukah :)

Quote: Nareed

On relationships, does anyone remember an old MGM cartoon about a romance between a dot and a line? I recall a few other math related cartoons, mostly by MGM and Disney, but that was the only one with a mathematical romance.

I vaguely recall that. If you find that topic interesting, have you ever read the book Flatland? I read it in high school. As I recall the females were triangles, and I think the more acute, the more attractive. Males were simple squares.

Quote: Wizard

I vaguely recall that. If you find that topic interesting, have you ever read the book Flatland? I read it in high school. As I recall the females were triangles, and I think the more acute, the more attractive. Males were simple squares.

I've heard of it, and I tried to get it back in the late 80s when Carl Sagan mentioned it in "Cosmos." Maybe I should look it up. Sagan brougt it up to explain a fourth spatial dimension by analogy.

Quote: Wizard

I vaguely recall that. If you find that topic interesting, have you ever read the book Flatland? I read it in high school. As I recall the females were triangles, and I think the more acute, the more attractive. Males were simple squares.

There's an app for that ... really. Called "Classics," it has Flatland in it, as well as about 15 other classics (Treasure Island, Frankenstein, etc.) I think it's $9.99.

The "males were squares" and "females were triangles" thing isn't right, but I won't spoil it for ya!

I will say that the book told a far different story than what I thought it would, or the Carl Sagan Cosmos discussion that Nareed mentions. VERY different.

Those books should be free download from many sites, as they are out of copyright. In fact a quick search and I found it free on Kobo, for one (along with Treasure Island).

Kobo ereader is also free.

Quote: Nareed

I've heard of it, and I tried to get it back in the late 80s when Carl Sagan mentioned it in "Cosmos." Maybe I should look it up. Sagan brougt it up to explain a fourth spatial dimension by analogy.

For all you Carl Sagan worshippers, try reading 'Carl Sagan and Immanuel Velikovsky' by Charles Ginenthal. I never liked Sagan, he was an egocentric bully.

"Which reminds me, when is the last day I can leave my Christmas lights up? "

While I don't have a specific rule for it, I've always taken them down the first convenient weekend in after New Year's.

Quote: Wizard

I vaguely recall that. If you find that topic interesting, have you ever read the book Flatland? I read it in high school. As I recall the females were triangles, and I think the more acute, the more attractive. Males were simple squares.

I think the police and soldiers were pointy triangles. The more acute, the more dangerous, and the lower the class. Women were just lines. As you went up in status, you became more and more polygonal (more sides), until you achieved circular perfection.

Quote: mkl654321

I think the police and soldiers were pointy triangles. The more acute, the more dangerous, and the lower the class. Women were just lines. As you went up in status, you became more and more polygonal (more sides), until you achieved circular perfection.

Your memory serves you well. There is a summary of the book at Wikipedia.