Challenge Thread: Was Pluto our Ninth Planet in the Fourth Century?

[Yttrium]

To be considered a planet in the 4th century it would have to be visible to the observers of the time. So no, it wasn't a planet back then.

 

[dlamberth]

Affirmative.

A movie?

 

[Sabertooth]

The same definition we used when he had that "old time religion."

That definition of planets is not that old. Copernicus was the first to hypothesize heliocentrism in 1517. You couldn't really consider the idea of "neighboring" planets (or dwarf planets) until then.

 

[Ponderous Curmudgeon]

You started it.

First, you have been at it a lot longer than I have and second, mockery is not fundamental to my position. I appreciate your position much as I appreciated Mad Magazine in its day.

 

[Vince53]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

 

[Sabertooth]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

(That's the old math... and incorrect. )

 

[Hans Blaster]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

being only half as high, wouldn't it be more like:

vii

 

[Ponderous Curmudgeon]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

We seem to have a married Baptist US Republican with a sense of humor. I welcome you as a foil to the usual rep.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

That is only the top half. The bottom half is Λll

 

[sjastro]

Is there a contest of who can create the dumbest thread I'm not aware of?

 

[Hans Blaster]

Is there a contest of who can create the dumbest thread I'm not aware of?

They would have to add a feature to the board so that threads created by people you block don't appear on the thread lists or feeds.

 

[sjastro]

They would have to add a feature to the board so that threads created by people you block don't appear on the thread lists or feeds.

Irrespective of whether threads can be blocked or not, this thread doesn't make any sense like many of the OP's 'challenges'.
It's almost as if he is trying to outdo himself in the level of inanity.

 

[Ponderous Curmudgeon]

Irrespective of whether threads can be blocked or not, this thread doesn't make any sense like many of the OP's 'challenges'.
It's almost as if he is trying to outdo himself in the level of inanity.

Almost?

 

[AV1611VET]

Speaking of numerology, you do realize that 1/2 of XII is VII.

LOL

Can you justify this statement: OCT 31 = DEC 25?

 

[AV1611VET]

Irrespective of whether threads can be blocked or not, this thread doesn't make any sense like many of the OP's 'challenges'.
It's almost as if he is trying to outdo himself in the level of inanity.

Maybe you're not trying hard enough to understand?

 

[Ponderous Curmudgeon]

LOL

Can you justify this statement: OCT 31 = DEC 25?

LOL

Can you justify this statement: OCT 31 = DEC 25?

Pagan holidays are all equivalent, even those that have been adopted by Christianity, otherwise it is just a nerd joke about base 8 vs base 10.

 

[Subduction Zone]

LOL

Can you justify this statement: OCT 31 = DEC 25?

Yes, can you?

On a related note how high can you count on the fingers of one hand?

 

[AV1611VET]

On a related note how high can you count on the fingers of one hand?

Five -- (eleven if I use both hands).

 

[Subduction Zone]

Five -- (eleven if I use both hands).

Thank you, That answers the first question that I asked too.

I can count all the way up to New Year's Eve on the fingers of one hand DEC 31

 

[pgp_protector]

Yes, can you?

On a related note how high can you count on the fingers of one hand?

One hand 31,
Two hands 1023