Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[RoughCoronet0]

Pineapple coming right up!

Jokes on you, I actually like pineapple pizza.

Unless you aren't joking, in which case wow, this place has everything!

 

[overgeeked]

Sorry, but 2+2 does = 4 regardless of what you think or how you feel about it.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Sorry, but 2+2 does = 4 regardless of what you think or how you feel about it.

Unless you're adding up the damage for a two-handed weapon, in which case it's 5...

(Don't bother, I'll slap myself for that one...)

 

[RealAlHazred]

Sorry, but 2+2 does = 4 regardless of what you think or how you feel about it.

You obviously don't work with computers. Any computer will tell you the correct answer is 3.99999999...

EDIT: For people who think I'm incorrect:

n = 3.99...

10n = 39.99...	multiply both sides by 10
9n = 36.	subtract n from the left side, and the value of n from the right.
n = 4.	divide both sides by 9.

QED. If you don't understand this, then you have been brainwashed by the "wokeness" in education!

 

[Ryujin]

You obviously don't work with computers. Any computer will tell you the correct answer is 3.99999999...

EDIT: For people who think I'm incorrect:

n = 3.99...

10n = 39.99...	multiply both sides by 10
9n = 36.	subtract n from the left side, and the value of n from the right.
n = 4.	divide both sides by 9.

QED. If you don't understand this, then you have been brainwashed by the "wokeness" in education!

Intel math?

 

[trappedslider]

 

[RealAlHazred]

Intel math?

It's just math.

Look, let's use the notation that (3) is a recurring infinite series of 3s and (9) is a recurring infinite series of 9s.

3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 4
3 + .(3) + .(3) + .(3) = 4
3 + .(9) = 4
3.(9) = 4

 

[Scribe]

It's just math.

Look, let's use the notation that (3) is a recurring infinite series of 3s and (9) is a recurring infinite series of 9s.

3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 4
3 + .(3) + .(3) + .(3) = 4
3 + .(9) = 4
3.(9) = 4

And this is why I walked out on my first year of uni math final in disgust.

 

[overgeeked]

For some reason I'm reminded of Zeno's "paradox" of motion.

Zeno's paradoxes - Wikipedia

To travel the whole distance from A to B, you must first travel half that distance. To travel half that distance, you must first travel half that distance. To travel half that distance, you must first travel half that distance. Ad infinitum. Therefore, it's impossible to travel from A to B.

 

[Ryujin]

It's just math.

Look, let's use the notation that (3) is a recurring infinite series of 3s and (9) is a recurring infinite series of 9s.

3 + 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3 = 4
3 + .(3) + .(3) + .(3) = 4
3 + .(9) = 4
3.(9) = 4

Sure, except that (3) in that case only approaches 1/3. 3(.9) isn't 4, except maybe in "might as well be for practical purposes."