Comments on: Counted for Five Hours http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/ by Patrick Edwards-Daugherty Sat, 19 May 2012 11:20:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Heather http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-3656 Heather Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:04:03 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-3656 I miss you. I miss you.

]]> By: flower http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2437 flower Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:39:43 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2437 Wow. Wow.

]]> By: Kate http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2428 Kate Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:31:31 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2428 Everytime I read this, me heart begins to race. Everytime I read this, me heart begins to race.

]]> By: orinoco womble http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2198 orinoco womble Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:56:52 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2198 And then there are the irrational numbers, described to me by a writer I admire as "the spaces between the numbers." And then there are the irrational numbers, described to me by a writer I admire as “the spaces between the numbers.”

]]> By: Bryan http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2196 Bryan Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:11:04 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2196 This makes solving improper integrals a little difficult. I'll have to save that thought for when I'm not taking calculus. It's kinda fun thinking about measuring something as it approaches infinity. We use the term 'almost all' pretty loosely, but it has a specific meaning in math. Almost all means all except a certain set. So you can say "almost all numbers aren't one", but what reminds me of this is that you can say "almost all numbers are very, very large" because for whatever humongous number you want to think of, there are an infinite number of larger numbers. A googol is 10^100, pretty freaking huge, but take a googol of googols, and do that a googol times, raise that to a googol, there's still an infinite number of numbers larger. Maybe I'm weird but I think conceptualizing insanely huge numbers is neat. Well, for a few minutes anyway. This makes solving improper integrals a little difficult. I’ll have to save that thought for when I’m not taking calculus. It’s kinda fun thinking about measuring something as it approaches infinity.

We use the term ‘almost all’ pretty loosely, but it has a specific meaning in math. Almost all means all except a certain set. So you can say “almost all numbers aren’t one”, but what reminds me of this is that you can say “almost all numbers are very, very large” because for whatever humongous number you want to think of, there are an infinite number of larger numbers. A googol is 10^100, pretty freaking huge, but take a googol of googols, and do that a googol times, raise that to a googol, there’s still an infinite number of numbers larger. Maybe I’m weird but I think conceptualizing insanely huge numbers is neat. Well, for a few minutes anyway.

]]> By: Triss Teh http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2193 Triss Teh Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:29:11 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2193 I want to sabatoge the power of a city for one hour, let the truth speak for itself, blind the people with numbers. I want to sabatoge the power of a city for one hour, let the truth speak for itself, blind the people with numbers.

]]> By: simmy http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2191 simmy Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:26:08 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2191 i remember a black-out a few years ago. all the stars and headlights were gorgeous. and i even saw what my neighbor said was Mars (and i hope i actually <i>did</i> see it for real, but i doubt i'll ever know for sure). i'm actually anticipating another, odd as that may sound. this sounds beautiful, by the way. i would absolutely adore to be able to do this at some point in my life. i remember a black-out a few years ago. all the stars and headlights were gorgeous. and i even saw what my neighbor said was Mars (and i hope i actually did see it for real, but i doubt i’ll ever know for sure). i’m actually anticipating another, odd as that may sound.

this sounds beautiful, by the way. i would absolutely adore to be able to do this at some point in my life.

]]> By: Circe http://secretvespers.com/2008/10/02/i-counted-for-five-hours/#comment-2188 Circe Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:47:49 +0000 http://secretvespers.com/?p=451#comment-2188 How about hiding out on a rooftop from the unmanageable number of anything, but of stars, which are conveniently scattered into the wide open space we call the "sky," counting with your friend contemplating about your last kiss with the person you never thought you'd hold that way? This seems to be the perfect solution to your equation with multiple unknowns... And who cares that you can't count all the stars in the space of one night? They'll be there tomorrow, won't they??? The finishing doesn't matter much, but the process that is priceless... How about hiding out on a rooftop from the unmanageable number of anything, but of stars, which are conveniently scattered into the wide open space we call the “sky,” counting with your friend contemplating about your last kiss with the person you never thought you’d hold that way? This seems to be the perfect solution to your equation with multiple unknowns… And who cares that you can’t count all the stars in the space of one night? They’ll be there tomorrow, won’t they??? The finishing doesn’t matter much, but the process that is priceless…

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