Daily Archives: May 29, 2006

Place Value Systems

Posted by Yabu at 11:05 PM
I find it interesting the Maya used a vigesimal (base twenty) system of numeration. The first five in the vigesimal system are 1, 20, 400, 8000, 160000. In a decimal (base ten) system of numeration. The first five are 1, 10 100, 1000, 10000. I also find it interesting that the Maya understood the value of Zero. Most [...]
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The World Is “Maybe??? Too Fucking Flat…

Posted by Yabu at 10:19 PM
…and Got-Dam, I’m Fucking Pissed. My woman and I were issued travel vouchers from the fucking “Greekâ€? airline because they had a “practice strikeâ€? and cancelled our outbound flight from another country. They put us up in a cheesy casino that smelled like shit, and now…I’m really double fucking pissed. There is more [...]
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Thank You

Posted by Yabu at 06:39 PM
Took this on Thursday, December 08, 2005, 12:55:14 PM…and I had tears in my eyes.
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Counterclockwise 230 + MPH

Posted by Yabu at 12:29 AM
Can you imagine driving a car at that speed? I’ve driven 150, and ridden faster, but I’ve never done 230 MPH laps or 250 + MPH in the straights. I’ll tell you, 150 MPH is too fast, but 250 + is way too fast. But, I guess, doing those speeds in a [...]
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