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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 12:45 PM
if this is possible:

let t = ∞(1/2)1second

then how can time pass
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 12:47 PM
Basically what I'm saying is you can cut a second in half and that in half... an infinate amount of times to get an infinitly small amount of time. If it would take infinity of those to pass in 1 second, which is not possible in any legnth of time, how can time pass?
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popinman322 is not online. popinman322
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14 Feb 2015 12:53 PM
Because time is an abstraction.
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mew903 is not online. mew903
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14 Feb 2015 12:55 PM
Because if you manage to divide it down to zero then times not really passing
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 12:56 PM
But in a realist sense, that makes no sense.
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 12:56 PM
mew, it is impossible to have a number that's not zero, a divide it by another number and get zero.
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mew903 is not online. mew903
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14 Feb 2015 12:57 PM
With integers it's possible
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 12:58 PM
Is that so? Provide an example.
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protectiveEBob is not online. protectiveEBob
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14 Feb 2015 01:03 PM
He means if you only use integers i.e. no decimal points.
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 01:04 PM
It is impossible to get zero from dividing any number (besides 0) by any other number, regardless of integerial status..
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protectiveEBob is not online. protectiveEBob
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14 Feb 2015 01:06 PM
True, because 1/2 gets .5, which is then rounded up back to 1.
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asdfasdf is not online. asdfasdf
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14 Feb 2015 01:07 PM
I mean.. technically speaking.. since there's an infinite amount of numbers, when you're dividing, wouldn't it just keep getting smaller and smaller? The number would /never/ be equal to zero. If there's an infinite amount of numbers, then that means there can be an infinite amount of numbers to a decimal point. So, the number could be infinitesimal, but not zero. It's a never ending paradox.
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 01:08 PM
We are not rounding here, wtf.
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 01:08 PM
asdf knows what he is talking about. Are the rest of you in first grade or something?
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cody123454321 is not online. cody123454321
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14 Feb 2015 01:10 PM
Mathematically this is possible to say that we can have infinity smaller numbers, however this isn't pi - we have no definite number of how small or how large it can be about. Therefore, time can be the slightest pentananomilisecond.
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asdfasdf is not online. asdfasdf
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14 Feb 2015 01:12 PM
I mean really, it's just simple logic.
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protectiveEBob is not online. protectiveEBob
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14 Feb 2015 01:15 PM
I guess I should stop trying to explain his post...
And I meant if you use integers, if the number is halfway between two numbers, it gets rounded.

Numbers are infinite in every way, infinite up and down, so there is no limit of decimals possible.

So the true answer to ∞=? is any number, because infinity is always happening.
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asdfasdf is not online. asdfasdf
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14 Feb 2015 01:17 PM
Well, if you use integers and round, then the number is hardly accurate to what it would really be. He's not asking for rounded integral numbers he's asking how time passes when you straight up divide a second in half and that in half for an infinite amount of time.
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mew903 is not online. mew903
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14 Feb 2015 09:26 PM
This is a Lua forum on roblox. If you want to talk about this I suggest finding some sort of science forum, versus a forum where posts like this can cause confusion.

Unless you posted this here just to look smart, and put down people who didn't understand your original post. In that case I suggest taking your narcisism somewhere else plz
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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14 Feb 2015 09:57 PM
Hey dumbfuck, the thread was abandoned. If you REALLY wanted me to go you would have just left this thread alone.
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asdfasdf is not online. asdfasdf
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15 Feb 2015 12:59 AM
Mew, it's related to math. Lua is related to math. Therefore it has 100% relevance. Your argument is invalid.
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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15 Feb 2015 10:08 AM
^
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eLunate is not online. eLunate
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15 Feb 2015 10:20 AM
It's based off of the entire abstraction that everything is related to eachother in ratios and proportion rather than amount.
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mew903 is not online. mew903
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15 Feb 2015 12:07 PM
Last time I checked Lua uses math, it's not math. Go to a math or a science forum if you want to discuss such topics, but I believe your malignant attitude would be better appreciated on a board such as 4chan

If you ever want to discuss Lua, feel free to post here. Otherwise, there's other sites with much more knowledgable people. I'm posting this because you're getting upset that << coders >> on << Roblox >> don't understand what your point is here
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FrostyFires is not online. FrostyFires
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15 Feb 2015 01:22 PM
Keep bumping this thread. If you bump it one more time, then I will follow suit and bump it every single day.
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