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Post by Horsie on Sept 21, 2015 0:26:43 GMT
I have to agree with Canuovea; I have no trouble reading it, but I can't speak for others.
Try wingdings.
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Post by TempestFennac on Sept 21, 2015 5:35:47 GMT
I can read it without any problems.
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Post by StyxD on Sept 21, 2015 7:25:03 GMT
I have no problems with that font. It has a few weird-looking letters, but I was able to identify them based on their surroundings the first time they appeared.
Then again... what if we are the echo chamber that holds Harkovast back? D:
Also, just so you know, I'm still waiting for someone to inform that smartass Ganobarro that infinity is not a number!
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Post by Canuovea on Sept 21, 2015 8:30:42 GMT
He's not talking about infinity, I think. He is thinking about, probably, an irrational number. Like pi. Is pi an irrational number? Or am I mixing up my math terms? The idea is that after the decimal, it just goes on and on and on forever. 3.3repeating for instance.
Looked it up, yes, that is it, an irrational number.
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Post by StyxD on Sept 21, 2015 10:15:29 GMT
3.3repeating is not an irrational number, it's just a number that cannot be expressed accurately as a decimal. Otherwise, it's just 3 + 1/3.
But Ganobarro could possibly mean such number, since they do look like they never end - this seriously used to warp my mind in middle school.
This, however, assumes that both Eslum and Al-Saigal are using decimal fractional system, and are talking about representation of numbers in that system. Irrational numbers, in themselves, are not "without end". If you try to write out the value of pi in decimal, you'll get an endless representation, but if you take pi's definition as "ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter", there's nothing "without end" there.
Also, if Al-Saigal are using decimal fractions, they would not be surprised that such numbers exist. You really can't do division for five minutes in that system and not stumble upon a natural example of infinite fractional part: 1/3 is 0.3repeating.
And if Al-Saigal are not using decimal fractions, Al-Hasing would just say "Dude, your numbers suck".
So maaaybe, but I'm going to just say it's too roundabout and still assume they are talking about the concept of infinity.
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Post by Canuovea on Sept 21, 2015 16:46:13 GMT
Maybe? I'm not really sure as I'm not a math person. If it is infinity, though, it doesn't make sense because the simple reposte is "how long has Thane been around?" And the Al-Saigal are required to say "Forever", which is "a number without end."
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Post by StyxD on Sept 21, 2015 17:49:15 GMT
Yeah, but Al-Hasing said "Thane would not create such a thing". Thane himself is probably beyond measurements in Al-Saigal theology. Also, he has not existed forever, he has willed himself into existence at some point.
Or is it what Darsai believe, and not Al-Saigal?
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Post by Canuovea on Sept 21, 2015 18:19:15 GMT
Darsai believe that. Al-Saigal think it ridiculous (as the Darsai think existing forever is ridiculous).
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Post by Harkovast on Sept 21, 2015 22:55:04 GMT
I was thinking of Pi, but it was really just meant to be a vague mathematical concept. I am not a maths wiz, so I wasn't too specific in what I was talking about with that.
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Post by Canuovea on Sept 22, 2015 2:06:19 GMT
So they're both kinda wrong and right. Though when I looked up the definition of an irrational number, pi was the example given.
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Post by Harkovast on Sept 22, 2015 2:38:38 GMT
That's what I was thinking when I wrote it, but I was also thinking about a fraction that recurs. I wasn't thinking of infinity, but it could be that. Al-Hasin describes it as a number that goes on forever, but that might just be him mischaracterising something he rejects, rather than an accurate picture of what Ganobarro means.
It's maths stuff! Ganobarro is smart is the lesson. Smarter than me, obviously!
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Post by Harkovast on Sept 22, 2015 23:21:06 GMT
Then again... what if we are the echo chamber that holds Harkovast back? D: I found this statement funny coming from StyxD. There is literally zero chance of you, StyxD, ever acting as an echo chamber that always agrees with me. I consider it a win if I manage to do something that doesn't totally disappoint you!
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Post by Harkovast on Oct 10, 2015 19:35:12 GMT
You know, it occured to me the other day that one real world culture that there isn't an equivilant too in Harkovast is African Americans. I mean there are American inspired cultures and American cultures but there isn't really one inspired by the African American experience. It's a really unique history to have a race of people who are enslaved by another culture but then get freed and are still part of that culture.
Harkovast doesn't have anything really like that. I don't think its something I could really fit in at this stage, but its just me observing something I didn't do.
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Post by Canuovea on Oct 10, 2015 20:16:03 GMT
Well, when you think about it, it really depends on where you go with the Knarl Empire and the West. When they fall, does everything just revert to the way it was before? Do the individual members still work together in some way? Do the Bardabor and the Tolpish remain a joint nation, with the Bardabor having freedom officially but still treated badly? It could be done. So you mightn't have it now, but something like that could happen in the future of the world... if there is actually a future and the KITW doesn't just win.
However, Harkovast is a bit limited in its ability to do this simply due to how magic seems to relate to culture.
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Post by Harkovast on Oct 10, 2015 21:44:17 GMT
The KITW not winning? You've lost me completely.
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