Thinking Christian

It’s a new decade (depending on how you divide your decades), and,

Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?

Is it a new era? Who knows. But it is Palindrome Day: 01/02/2010.*

Hence my theological ruminations for the morning, beginning with:

Dennis and Edna sinned.

In fact,

Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned.

And so have the rest of us. One of the first was

Cain, a maniac.

But before him, there was this introduction, this error, and this result:

Madam, I’m Adam.

Eve damned Eden. Mad Eve!

Live was I ere I saw Evil.

Speaking of theology, this looks like it could fit the topic:

O render gnostic illicit song, red Nero.

But what does it mean? (Come to think of it, some theologians are just about that clear.)

What, bored already?

Don’t nod.

The best advice is simple. We know that:

Evil is a name of a foeman, as I live.

No devil lived on.

Therefore:

Live not on evil.

Do go to God.

__________

*Some parts of the world use different date notation. Your Palindrome Day will come on 1 February.

(“Thank yous” to Fun With Words and Thinks.com)

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In case you were wondering…  

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I just found out this video is on YouTube:

No, I’m not a Yankees fan, but this game has considerable meaning to me anyway. While Don Larsen was pitching the only perfect game in World Series history, I was experiencing a personally historic moment of my own: being born! (I’m told the doctor was not at all happy with me for making him miss the game. At least my parents forgave me.)

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These are actual questions that have been posted at WikiAnswers.com. To be fair, I have got to believe some of these were typos, but they live on regardless. At the time I wrote this post, none of these had been answered at WikiAnswers.

Whoever wrote the questions in this first grouping apparently knows how to operate a computer and navigate the Internet. But when it comes to math, these questions were …

Too Tough For Me!

What is 87 milion?

How high is 46 meters?

One lb equals how many lbs?

What is 50 plus 100?

How do you count from 1-20?

How long is 235 km?

How much is 330 million?

Find the product of 75 and 1?

How many inches does 60 inches equal?

How long is two miles?

What is the equivalent decimal for 3.71?

Whew! Those were hard! You’ll be glad to know I can provide answers to these:

Is your width always you shortest distance?

No, sad to say, my width is not as short a distance as it used to be.

Do you hold a tattoo gun at a 45 degree angle?

No, I don’t, and that’s my final answer.

In math what are the 4 multiples of 7?

The first three are 7, 14, 21, and the other one is 49.

What are the rules of multiplying powers?

You might want to consult Machiavelli on that one.

How do you get volume of water in cylinder?

Hold the cylinder under the faucet, turn on the water …

What is 50 grams of chocolate equal to?

About 34 1/2 standard-size Hershey’s Special Dark bars.

How many m are in a m?

I don’t actually know the answer to this one but I think it’s probably related to the previous question.

Some questions have a definite theological connection:

Right angel is a?

See Isaiah 6:2-6 for a good example.

Who was the founder of natural number?

God.

If I have three numbers that are 97 83 and 89 which one is prime?

Why does this remind me of trying to explain the Trinity?

Wouldn’t you love to know the answer to these?

Which number is always a winning number?

What will happen 4000 years from now?

Some questions are just imponderable.

Why are numbers used in Math?

What is 70?

What has two million parts in it?

How much wood does a wood-chuck chuck?

Whose difference is 152?

What is the value of boldfaced digit 189612357?

Will you be my square root of three?

The problem with these is not “Too Much Information”

If and x equals -12 find y?

What is the sum of 14?

How many minutes are there in 67?

Where are the first 2?

Explain how you would tell another student how to find the value of x?

Math has a history

What metric system did spartans use?

How many metric systems did they have to choose from?

What year was math first discovered?

Definition Daffiness

What is difference detween foot and feet?

Is 2 a standard notation in math?

How much larger is a kilogram than a pound?

I’ll give points to the first commenter who knows why I included this question in this category. I’ll give even more points to the first commenter who knows why there are at least two reasons to include this question in this category. (The answers I’m thinking of have nothing to do with monetary systems.) Points are redeemable for free visits to this website at your discretion (you must provide your own access to the Internet, however).

Distance, area, volume: who cares?

Convert 110 meters to cubic meters?

How do you convert 31 inches wide into cubic feet?

How many liters in 1 cm?

1 feet is equal to how many square feet?

Geometry Gems

How many rectangles have a perimeter of 14 and 16 and 18 and 24?

A rhombus with no right angles is what kind of square?

What is formed by 2 or more figures?

Do you add volume?

Yes, unfortunately I do. See my answer above to “Is your width always you shortest distance?”

What is the area of Kentucky in math?

What is the name of a 3 sided solid?

Are all of those sides flat planes?

One degree is equal how many inches?

And finally, my three favorites:

What is the answer to question 322?

You gotta love the direct approach there.

Why was the maths book worried?

See above.

How do you find mathematics in your studies?

Do not see above.

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An evolutionary puzzled has been resolved: what kind of mental capacity did Homo erectus have? Virtually none, apparently. The L.A. Times puts it this way:

“‘Peking man’ older than thought”

There you have it.

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This, from Discover Magazine, is just for fun:

You don’t have to look to hard to find bad science writing. Here at Discoblog, we do our best to chronicle, analyze, and explain the worst of it, from the playing hockey with facts to the over-reliance on questionable studies to the always-popular “slapping pseudo-science on a stereotype and declaring bulletproof validation.” But sometimes an article comes along that’s so egregious, so sloppy, so far from anything resembling actual fact, that even we are astonished.

Case in point: “Shopping is ‘throwback to days of cavewomen,’” a piece by Ben Leach at the U.K. Telegraph. It refers to a study (we use the term loosely) led by David Holmes of Manchester Metropolitan University, which “found” that “skills that were learnt as cavemen and women were now being used in shops.”

[Link: Worst Science Article Ever? Women “Evolved” to Love Shopping | Discoblog | Discover Magazine]

On the other hand, what if Holmes is right?

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Yes, 2008 is going to be the longest year of my daughter’s life—because she was not born yet in 1992, which was the last time a leap second was added to a leap year. 1972, 1976, 1992, and now 2008 are the four years on record that totaled 366 days plus one second.

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