Trivia Game - answer the question, then add your own!

The Bay of Bengal?

quote:

Originally posted by Deane F:
The Bay of Bengal?

Correct.

Beano, since you ask about those Laplace functions, they're a naimotraumatisationiserfunctions, that's because of the effect they've had
on many a Naim dealer when they had to learn about this function in order to show they were worthy.

Actually what it does is this: imagine you have an electrical signal that comes out of your cd player.
You can describe the ups and downs of the signal over time as a mathematical function,
and you want to do things with this function, run it through electrical stuff so it becomes another function of time.
For example a bigger function that looks just the same.
Now when doing the math some people like to use "function kits".
These are sets of functions that are relatively easy to calculate with - at least for the subject at hand.
For example take a big bag of all sizes of sine functions. Laplace functions are similar, more general kit.
It's easy to find out what happens if you run those kit functions through the electrical setup
or its mathematical equivalent of running them through electrical stuff and look at the outcome.
Once we know how the function kit behaves, we don't have to run the actual music signal through the setup.
All we have to do is calculate what judicious adding up of 'kit' functions is needed to imitate the music signal we're interested in,
and then apply the same adding up to functions generated by the electronics working on the kit functions.

So the functions you list calculate "what this function f(t)looks like in terms of kit functions".

Well I'm glad that's cleared that up!

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Originally posted by AlexanderVH:
Beano, since you ask about those Laplace functions, they're a naimotraumatisationiserfunctions, that's because of the effect they've had
on many a Naim dealer when they had to learn about this function in order to show they were worthy.

Actually what it does is this: imagine you have an electrical signal that comes out of your cd player.
You can describe the ups and downs of the signal over time as a mathematical function,
and you want to do things with this function, run it through electrical stuff so it becomes another function of time.
For example a bigger function that looks just the same.
Now when doing the math some people like to use "function kits".
These are sets of functions that are relatively easy to calculate with - at least for the subject at hand.
For example take a big bag of all sizes of sine functions. Laplace functions are similar, more general kit.
It's easy to find out what happens if you run those kit functions through the electrical setup
or its mathematical equivalent of running them through electrical stuff and look at the outcome.
Once we know how the function kit behaves, we don't have to run the actual music signal through the setup.
All we have to do is calculate what judicious adding up of 'kit' functions is needed to imitate the music signal we're interested in,
and then apply the same adding up to functions generated by the electronics working on the kit functions.

So the functions you list calculate "what this function f(t)looks like in terms of kit functions".

Good stuff Me ould segotia, I do hope you didn't phone a Friend for all that though! Only kidding Alexander; I'd have settled for Mathematical theorem used in control engineering or physics etc...

quote:

Originally posted by Beano:
Good stuff Me ould segotia, I do hope you didn't phone a Friend for all that though! Only kidding Alexander; I'd have settled for Mathematical theorem used in control engineering or physics etc...

the lengths I'd go to post a question here, Beano I figured if I made it sound complicated you wouldn't dare suggest it's completely wrong.

May I? May I?
Name two movies from the last decade where someone exclaims "Whoopsie daisy".

Gangs of New York and Notting Hill (although I think Hugh Grant actually says 'whoopsa daisies'

Correct.

What do these people have in common?


* Hasil Adkins
* David "Stringbean" Akeman
* DJ Uncle Al
* Peter Arne

B

* Judith Barsi
* Alan Berg
* Paul Bern
* Big L (rapper)
* Scrapper Blackwell
* Nida Blanca
* Marc Blitzstein
* Francis Boggs
* Junior Braithwaite
* Dino Bravo
* Buck Naked and the Bare Bottom Boys
* Bugz
* Jaki Byard

C

* Susan Cabot
* Margaret Campbell
* Charizma
* Barbara Colby
* Tara Correa-McMullen
* Bob Crane
* King Curtis

D

* Jill Dando
* Dimebag Darrell
* B. H. DeLay
* Dominique Dunne

E

* E-Moneybags
* Valentín Elizalde


E cont.

* Euronymous

F

* Prince Far I
* Fat Pat
* Freaky Tah

G

* Marvin Gaye
* Dedrick D. Gobert
* Tito Goya
* Anna Guarini

H

* Phil Hartman
* Bryan Harvey (musician)
* Big Hawk
* Yvonne Hughes

I

* Blade Icewood
* Ichikawa Danjūrō I
* Peter Ivers

J

* Al Jackson, Jr
* Johnny Jackson

K

* Alexa Kenin
* Victor Kilian
* August von Kotzebue
* Vijaya Kumaranatunga
* Karyn Kupcinet

L

* Scott La Rock
* John Lennon

M

* Mac Dre
*
* Sal Mineo
* Jason Mizell

N

* Haing S. Ngor
* The Notorious B.I.G.
* Ramón Novarro


O

* Orion (singer)

P

* Felix Pappalardi
* Nasrat Parsa
* Pier Paolo Pasolini
* Paul C
* Taliep Petersen
* Proof (rapper)

S

* Chalino Sánchez
* Merlin Santana
* Rebecca Schaeffer
* Selena
* Tupac Shakur
* User:SqlPac
* Adrienne Shelly
* Paco Stanley
* Grady Stiles
* Dorothy Stratten

T

* Igor Talkov
* Sharon Tate
* William Desmond Taylor
* Peter Tosh
* Marie Trintignant
* Roger Troutman

V

* Theo van Gogh (film director)
* Deon van der Walt
* Michel Velleman
* Luis Vigoreaux

W

* Delphine Walsh
* John Whitehead (singer)

Z

* Mia Zapata

Acad

On another thread...Diccus62 posted this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Murdered_entertainers

Blimey, that is a coincidence.

Errm...are they all murdered entertainers?

quote:

Originally posted by Chillkram:
Errm...are they all murdered entertainers?

Correct - How did you guess Mark? Your turn to ask a question.

I was gonna guess that,without the slight hint.

quote:

Originally posted by acad tsunami:

quote:

Originally posted by Chillkram:
Errm...are they all murdered entertainers?

Correct - How did you guess Mark? Your turn to ask a question.

Ok.

Who were Adeimantus and Glaucon?

quote:

Originally posted by Chillkram:

quote:

Originally posted by acad tsunami:

quote:

Originally posted by Chillkram:
Errm...are they all murdered entertainers?

Correct - How did you guess Mark? Your turn to ask a question.

Ok.

Who were Adeimantus and Glaucon?

Going back to m'old Herodotus, Adeimantus was the Corinthian commander at the Battle of Salamis 481BC, at which the Persians were finally trashed in their second invasion of Greece.

And going back to Thucydides, Glaucon was the commander of an Athenian at the battle of Corcyra 433BC , which really marked the beginning of the protracted Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.

Unless you're thinking of Glaucon the brother of Plato.

James

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:
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And going back to Thucydides, Glaucon was the commander of an Athenian

Hardly a huge responsibility.

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:

Who were Adeimantus and Glaucon?

Going back to m'old Herodotus, Adeimantus was the Corinthian commander at the Battle of Salamis 481BC, at which the Persians were finally trashed in their second invasion of Greece.

And going back to Thucydides, Glaucon was the commander of an Athenian at the battle of Corcyra 433BC , which really marked the beginning of the protracted Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.

Not the two I am looking for, but impressive knowledge none the less. Clearly the benefit of a classical education, James!

quote:

Unless you're thinking of Glaucon the brother of Plato

Correct for half a point.

Mark

quote:

Originally posted by acad tsunami:

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:
[QUOTE]


And going back to Thucydides, Glaucon was the commander of an Athenian

Hardly a huge responsibility.

"... Athenian Fleet..." (blast no proof reader on this thing!)

quote:

Originally posted by Chillkram:

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:

Who were Adeimantus and Glaucon?

Going back to m'old Herodotus, Adeimantus was the Corinthian commander at the Battle of Salamis 481BC, at which the Persians were finally trashed in their second invasion of Greece.

And going back to Thucydides, Glaucon was the commander of an Athenian at the battle of Corcyra 433BC , which really marked the beginning of the protracted Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.

Not the two I am looking for, but impressive knowledge none the less. Clearly the benefit of a classical education, James!

quote:

Unless you're thinking of Glaucon the brother of Plato

Correct for half a point.

Mark

Well then, that'll be Adeimantus of Collytus (rather than Adeimantus of Corinth), the other brother of Plato.

"And he had brothers, whose names were Adimantus and Glaucon, and a sister called Petone, who was the mother of Speusippus." Diogenes Laertius, 'Life of Plato' IV.

James

quote:

Originally posted by JWM:


Well then, that'll be Adeimantus of Collytus (rather than Adeimantus of Corinth), the other brother of Plato.

"And he had brothers, whose names were Adimantus and Glaucon, and a sister called Petone, who was the mother of Speusippus." Diogenes Laertius, 'Life of Plato' IV.

James

That's the one!

What is the name of this watch? Who made it and why?

Acad

Is it what you use to time the drying paint?

Mark

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Originally posted by Chillkram:
Acad

Is it what you use to time the drying paint?

Mark

I wish! This watch is worth millions!