Nauseated

There were some good times back then, as there are now.  Do you remember Professor Lopez,

Yes I do. She and Kitty were among the few who answered questions in Spanish. 

Prof. Lopez married and has 2 children now.  I suppose she is teaching them mathematics.  

Well I suppose it’s true. I would never presume to compare meself to Bertie even if we did pass the same test.  If I do belong on the totem pole of this forum’s high-end mathematicians, it’s the lowest part – like the part that’s buried in the ground. :)

There is one thing about my magic book of formulae: only one copy of that particular book exists.  My skill set consists primarily of knowing which formula to use. Think of a skilled surgeon who has before his finger tips fine surgical instruments.  He’s an expert at using them but he doesn’t have the skill to create most of them.

Of the many formulas in my book, there are many I can derive, but I lack the skill to present most of them formally. Some, like the one mentioned here, I really do not understand it other than in a broad sense based on computerized analysis.   

This formula may be one of the most esoteric I have. What that formula was used for is amazing of itself. It was used as part of an iterative series to weight oscillating gravity fields of finite space-time intervals over long time-period intervals. It worked well for areas of less than 70 cubic AUs.    

The fact that it would solve Squareroot’s question was intuitive to me more than an immediate recognition of its application –I may not have recognized it except he had posted the result. I’m sure there is more than one way to solve his question.

Wait  . . . You already put me on the totem pole. This was too easy  . . .  You must be a in a Christmas-y mood.  I’m not going to complain, though.  . . . :)

I remember when I was the only mathematician and there were no questions that I could not answer.

Yes, that's true, you could answer them all.  The most common question was 2+2 and the most complex question was 9*9.  So it was sort of like coming in first in a one person race.   LOL

I remember those days too. I was a troll on here even then. There were no scores then just page view counts—my troll posts were quite high. Still, it was barely worth trolling until Melody cracked her whip and had a few rivers and canals dredged. They all need bridges and that was a great expansion of the old homestead.  This troll started feeling right at home.

Here a reference to Melody’s bridge-building skills. 

Lancelotlink gave me a solar powered decoder ring. Consistent with his corporate philosophy, it runs on banana power at night.  In any case, no harm, your squire came to your aid. Good help is hard to find. Hither to and henceforth Dragonlance is now Squire Dragonlance.

Melody, I’m sure it was just a minor oversight, but you left my name off the “high-end, non-moderator, mathematicians” list. 

Bertie and I passed the same test with high scores. Receiving high marks on a test we didn’t actually take demonstrates how ultra-high brilliants precedes the persons who emanate it.

Time again for Naus’ _{mildly snarky,} annual holiday greetings.

Merry Christmas, Happy holidays, or Happy whatever floats your boat. Chanukah is well passed, so this year it’s included with the whatever.

The list is different from last year.  Looks like someone dropped two notches with a drop of 8 thousand points from the peak score. Maybe he was put on Santa’s SOL list. (What do you think Dragonlance?)

Anyway,

Merry Christmas (or whatever) to Melody, CPhill, and Alan.

Fröhliche Weihnachten (oder Wasauchimmer) to Radix.

Merry Christmas (or whatever) to . . . ah . . .  ah, whoever the fifth person is.  

क्रिसमस की बधाई  to Rosala.

Fröhliche Weihnachten (oder was auch immer Ihr Boot schwimmt) to Heureka.

and

Merry Christmas (or whatever) to Bertie and Rom. 

There are some Great Birthday Greetings here, Sir CPhill. Hayley gave the best one: “Don't drink too muuchh! you might want to remember you'r birthday!”  Hayley even slopped up the spelling to emphasize her point. Truly great!

 You might remember what happened last year – oh wait, you probably don’t – I’ll remind you: Melody “whited out” my main greeting to you, but alas your mod-god powers allowed you to see it. So, in keeping with tradition, another greeting, this time slightly encrypted with ones and zeros for your enjoyment.

01001000 01100001 01110000 01110000 01111001 00100000 01000110 01110101 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01000010 01101001 01110010 01110100 01101000 01100100 01100001 01111001 00100001 00100000 01010011 01101001 01110010 00100000 01000011 01010000 01101000 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 00111010 00101001

Alas, none of the zeros are Roman – you’ll have to continue your quest.    . . .

Oh no! I went to feed my pet vultures.  On my I return I find the doctor of quackery at hand. I have a pet duck and he does not quack properly, maybe you can help.

Why do you nauseate me so?

The answer is easy:

I may be nauseating to others because nausea is sympathetically induced when one is exposed to another who is experiencing the effect. The rate is about the same as a yawn. BTW: I call myself Nauseated because I’m nauseated by CDD and related disorders in others.

And yes I also knew I was just your play toy, but I like being a puppet.

You are not a puppet. You are an interactive participant. You may be an audience of one but you are a catalyst to our repartee.

Guest: Melody’s comments are just obiter dictum. Nothing is intended to be a literal criticism. You are simply part of the game. Now if you post a math solution and demonstrate CDD then my trolling is serious business.

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There are many posts where Melody and I deliver witty repartee. Our best one hit critical mass and became thermonuclear.  I still have radiation burns.