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Darkdragon · July 07, 2009, 11:29:38 AM

How do you calculate when a solar eclipse would occur?

ShadesFox · July 08, 2009, 07:45:47 AM

Quote from: Kenji on July 06, 2009, 02:09:40 AM
Why am I having to be sober?

Because rum is gone.

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 07, 2009, 11:29:38 AM
How do you calculate when a solar eclipse would occur?

With pig's feet and chicken's blood.

Zedd · July 10, 2009, 08:04:13 PM

How do you fix stupid?

Why is the wind always being a douche?

Do you mind I smoke?

Darkdragon · July 11, 2009, 04:10:40 AM

How do you start a fire without a flint or a match?

Lisky · July 12, 2009, 12:22:52 AM

where are my pants? and why do i have 'that feeling'?

Gabi · July 12, 2009, 01:15:41 PM

Quote from: Zedd on July 10, 2009, 08:04:13 PM
How do you fix stupid?

Why is the wind always being a douche?

Do you mind I smoke?

Sorry, it can't be fix. In the best of cases, it can at most be contained.

It's not the wind.

Yes, I do. Smoking is bad for you and everyone around you.

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 11, 2009, 04:10:40 AM
How do you start a fire without a flint or a match?

There are many ways: wood, a lighter, a magnifying lens under the sun... anything that involves heat, oxygen and something combustible.

Quote from: Basilisk2150 on July 12, 2009, 12:22:52 AM
where are my pants? and why do i have 'that feeling'?

You're dreaming. Don't worry, you will wake up soon.

Darkdragon · July 13, 2009, 10:44:54 AM

Why does it never rain on days which should but always rains on days it shouldn't?

Gabi · July 13, 2009, 12:25:07 PM

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 13, 2009, 10:44:54 AM
Why does it never rain on days which should but always rains on days it shouldn't?

Why do you think it should or shouldn't rain? Don't answer unless you have another question, but in any case it's not up to you to decide when rain should fall.

Mao · July 13, 2009, 12:50:25 PM

Why don't I have control over the weather?

Caswin · July 17, 2009, 11:59:30 AM

RE-EDIT: Scratch that, I do need help. How can I make a big, complicated flowchart of interconnecting relationships?

Darkdragon · July 18, 2009, 10:58:44 AM

Whose philosophy (id est, which philosopher's ideas) do the respective APF's agree with most?

Gabi · July 18, 2009, 11:53:48 AM

Quote from: Mao Laoren on July 13, 2009, 12:50:25 PM
Why don't I have control over the weather?

Because you lack God-like abilities.

Quote from: Caswin on July 17, 2009, 11:59:30 AM
RE-EDIT: Scratch that, I do need help. How can I make a big, complicated flowchart of interconnecting relationships?

As far as I know, flow charts are used for processes. For binary relations, I think a graph works best (you can look for graph-drawing programs, like dotty, or whatever suits your particular needs which you haven't specified). For arbitrary relations, a graph could still work but you'll end up having a lot of cliques. There may be better tools for that. It would help if you couldtell us exactly what you need.

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 18, 2009, 10:58:44 AM
Whose philosophy (id est, which philosopher's ideas) do the respective APF's agree with most?

Our own respective ideas, of course.

ShadesFox · July 18, 2009, 12:09:55 PM

Quote from: Caswin on July 17, 2009, 11:59:30 AM
RE-EDIT: Scratch that, I do need help. How can I make a big, complicated flowchart of interconnecting relationships?

Though Gabi answered already, I have some input too. You may need an additional layer of abstraction. If you are using bog standard UML flow charts you may wish to look into what is called 'packages'. A decent UML book will describe this.

Caswin · July 18, 2009, 11:27:01 PM

Yeah, I figured that that would probably be a little too vague. My mistake.

What I'm trying to make is a visual representation of relationships between a fairly large group of fictional characters. Said relationships (familial, social, hierarchical and more where that came from) are diverse enough to require either captions (as my paper draft uses) or a color-coded key to represent accurately. DOT and DOTTY look promising.

Pictures would be nice, but that would be secondary icing-on-the-cake. That said, not that I would seriously spend money on this, but I would be more than a little surprised if graphing software like that doesn't exist on the market.

Zedd · July 19, 2009, 09:56:44 AM

What do you do when seeing Ghost Nappa?

How do you get rid of that pain your eye when drinking chocolate milk?

Is there a even funner way to recycle pants?

Where can I find cherimoya fruit where I live?

Gabi · July 20, 2009, 11:36:07 AM

Caswin: that was not a question.
Zedd: your grammar fails.

*Locks the two in a cage together.*

Caswin · July 20, 2009, 11:54:43 PM

How do I reveal information requested by an All-Purpose Fox in the form of a question?

Darkdragon · July 21, 2009, 08:22:47 AM

Does there exist an exception to the rule "all rules have exceptions"?

Gabi · July 21, 2009, 04:06:35 PM

Quote from: Caswin on July 20, 2009, 11:54:43 PM
How do I reveal information requested by an All-Purpose Fox in the form of a question?

It's a skill.

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 21, 2009, 08:22:47 AM
Does there exist an exception to the rule "all rules have exceptions"?

Many. In fact, that's not even a rule, just a generalization. And most generalizations are flawed.

Kenji · July 21, 2009, 07:49:35 PM

If I have 3 apples and you have 4 oranges, how do we compare them?

Gabi · July 21, 2009, 08:56:11 PM

Quote from: Kenji on July 21, 2009, 07:49:35 PM
If I have 3 apples and you have 4 oranges, how do we compare them?

We can...
1. Compare the quantities: that's easy, it's 3 vs. 4.
2. Compare their respective shapes, colors, sizes and other visible aspects.
3. Compare their textures, temperatures and other tactile aspects.
4. Compare their smells.
5. Eat them and compare their tastes, possibly determining which ones are tastier, more ripe, etc.
6. Decide there's no point in comparing apples and oranges and go away.

Kenji · July 21, 2009, 09:07:34 PM

Can we just ferment them and make alcohol? All Purpose Alcohol, of course.

Gabi · July 21, 2009, 09:11:50 PM

Quote from: Kenji on July 21, 2009, 09:07:34 PM
Can we just ferment them and make alcohol? All Purpose Alcohol, of course.

Heh. That's not comparing, but sure, we can do that.

Darkdragon · July 22, 2009, 05:21:46 AM

What are some rules which uses themselves as an example?

Gabi · July 23, 2009, 02:07:47 PM

Quote from: Darkdragon on July 22, 2009, 05:21:46 AM
What are some rules which uses themselves as an example?

You shall not make posts such as this one in this thread. (Unless you're a member of the AP-Team).

Darkdragon · July 25, 2009, 04:47:04 AM

What are some rules which violate themselves?

Tiger_T · July 27, 2009, 05:52:26 PM

Here's one:
Every rule has an exeption.

Gabi · July 27, 2009, 06:46:14 PM

Quote from: Tiger_T on July 27, 2009, 05:52:26 PM
Here's one:
Every rule has an exeption.

But that's not a rule and it doesn't violate itself either!

Kenji · July 27, 2009, 06:52:22 PM

Quote from: Gabi on July 27, 2009, 06:46:14 PM
Quote from: Tiger_T on July 27, 2009, 05:52:26 PM
Here's one:
Every rule has an exeption.
But that's not a rule and it doesn't violate itself either!

But if you made it a rule, it could.
As a rule, it falls under the "every rule has an exception" category, meaning even itself has exceptions. This could lead to the fact that no rule has an exception, contradicting itself outright.

Gabi · July 27, 2009, 07:01:25 PM

Logic fail.

If "every rule has an exception" has exceptions, which it does, then how could that possibly mean that no rules have exceptions? It only means that some rules don't. What you (KK) say would only make sense if you made that the only rule in the universe.

Still, if something has an exception, I'm not very inclined to call it a rule.

Now, if you say "the only rule is that there are no rules" (which has been said before), there you have a rule that breaks itself.