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What do you believe?  

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  1. 1. What do you believe?

    • The glass is half full
      18
    • The glass is half empty
      12
    • The glass is all ways full
      14
    • There is no glass
      25


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Posted

It's nearly empty, the glass is ****en ugly and the stuff inside is not worth drinking anyway.

 

*cuts himself*

 

 

:thumbsup:

 

 

 

Seriously though, it's usually half full, has a silver lining and looks on the bright side.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

Posted

somebody needs to point out that an exactly half full, half empty, or any specific measure, glass is not possible to achieve.

 

taks

comrade taks... just because.

Posted (edited)
somebody needs to point out that an exactly half full, half empty, or any specific measure, glass is not possible to achieve.

 

taks

Leave Heisenburg out of this.

 

It's possible to achieve. Just not possible to verify.

 

edit: tale

Edited by Tale
"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Posted

it's not about heisenberg. statistically speaking, there will _always_ be measurement error, even if the measurement is capable of reaching an atomic count (which would then be counting error). oddly, if you could count atoms, your accuracy would be at a minimum +/- 1/2 of an atom (though probably higher). wrap around that for a bit.

 

taks

comrade taks... just because.

Posted (edited)
it's not about heisenberg. statistically speaking, there will _always_ be measurement error, even if the measurement is capable of reaching an atomic count (which would then be counting error). oddly, if you could count atoms, your accuracy would be at a minimum +/- 1/2 of an atom (though probably higher). wrap around that for a bit.

 

taks

Well, your argument is the same principle as Heisenburg in this case. You're speaking difficulty measuring, not physically impossible. Which means it's not impossible, just highly unlikely, and impossible to verify.

 

I would think the more difficult, and possibly what would make it impossible, is if the volume held by a glass is not evenly divided by the volume of water molocules at that pressure.

 

Captain Kirk

Edited by Tale
"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Posted

I believe the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.

"Of course the people don't want war. But after all, it's the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it's always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it's a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger."

 

- Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials

 

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Posted
Whats so positive about a glass that is half full.

You're focusing on presence as opposed to focusing on absence.

"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Posted

It is still the same amount of water.

Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer.

 

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Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy."

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Posted (edited)

{Deleted what I previously said in this post of mine}.

Edited by The Architect
Posted
Half empty. I hate my life.

There there. It could be half empty of something like bile.

"It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"."

             -Elwood Blues

 

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Posted
Who cares about the glass? Just pass me the bottle.

You know, I rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. :)

Murphy's Law of Computer Gaming: The listed minimum specifications written on the box by the publisher are not the minimum specifications of the game set by the developer.

 

@\NightandtheShape/@ - "Because you're a bizzare strange deranged human?"

Walsingham- "Sand - always rushing around, stirring up apathy."

Joseph Bulock - "Another headache, courtesy of Sand"

Posted
Who cares about the glass? Just pass me the bottle.

Hefeweizen is meant to be drunk out of a glass.

 

However, if that bottle is whiskey...

"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Posted
Well, your argument is the same principle as Heisenburg in this case. You're speaking difficulty measuring, not physically impossible. Which means it's not impossible, just highly unlikely, and impossible to verify.

no, it is NOT a difficulty of measuring. it is simply a statistical nuance that makes precise measurement impossible, not just difficult.

 

it is a statistical issue alone. there is _always_ statistical error in _any_ measurement, be it counting or otherwise.

 

taks

comrade taks... just because.

Posted (edited)
Well, your argument is the same principle as Heisenburg in this case. You're speaking difficulty measuring, not physically impossible. Which means it's not impossible, just highly unlikely, and impossible to verify.

no, it is NOT a difficulty of measuring. it is simply a statistical nuance that makes precise measurement impossible, not just difficult.

 

it is a statistical issue alone. there is _always_ statistical error in _any_ measurement, be it counting or otherwise.

 

taks

Poor wording on my part. Impossibility measuring does not prevent impossibility of occurance.

 

I never meant to imply that atomically accurate measurement could occur in this case.

Edited by Tale
"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."
Posted (edited)

Yeah, but what I'm getting from Tale is that the glass could be half full, even if we cannot measure it.

 

I see Tale beat me to it by a breath.

Edited by Cantousent

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Posted

i'll buy that.

 

still improbable, however, as the surface of any liquid is rather dynamic.

 

a facetious jest in any case. i was being that technical simply because somebody needed to be. :)

 

taks

comrade taks... just because.

Posted
it is a statistical issue alone. there is _always_ statistical error in _any_ measurement, be it counting or otherwise.

 

taks

 

So if I have a box, and I put a spoon in it, and I say "There is one spoon in this box", I'm wrong? I'm confused.

Posted
it is a statistical issue alone. there is _always_ statistical error in _any_ measurement, be it counting or otherwise.

 

taks

 

So if I have a box, and I put a spoon in it, and I say "There is one spoon in this box", I'm wrong? I'm confused.

You actually have 1.1 spoons.

"Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater."

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