0.999... = 1

I thought it was just me , his equations were labeled with (1) then he tried to say that the x was being multiplied by one. I suspect he was going all out to boggle people.

i knew this, interestingly:
(111111111)*(111111111)=(12345678987654321) isn't that neat?

you r right! I noe i'm not gud enough.

she even

It's all about practice, that's all.

I read the OcUK thread and it was like watching a car crash. Almost painful to read, but strangely compelling, inspiring a sort of morbid curiousity to find out just how dumb it could get.

What's really annoying about discussing this topic is that many people simply can't accept that they are utterly and completely wrong. All of a sudden, everyone's an expert, armed with indisputable 'common sense' and a somewhat dubious grasp of primary-school arithmetic. Increasingly, people seem to hold a deep-seated belief that every opinion always holds some sway, even on matters of concrete logic. If they accept it's not mathematically correct, they argue that perhaps they are right from a 'philosophical standpoint'. If you point out just how nonsensical that is, they'll retort that you are 'failing to see beyond maths' (which would be a lamentable fault if it wasn't for the fact that the whole issue is one of mathematics). Anything to avoid entertaining the possibility that they simply have it WRONG. What's worse, is that they feel justified in their stubborn ignorance by all the crap they've heard about the importance of being 'open-minded' and valuing everyone's opinions, no matter how retarded and incoherent. Though on that point, I remain open to the possibility that it's just down to lead in their water supply or something.

Of course, there comes a point where you just have to give up and leave people in blissful ignorance. But it's damn frustrating.

/rant

...Oh my goodness Unbelievable!
I'm such a Maths nazi. People can believe what they want on something that will have little or no effect on their lives... but even so, I just want to jump on them!