Surprised you didn't mention Al'Khwarizmi (~790-850 AD).

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Post #14,483 by a6l6e6x 10/21/01 9:16:50 PM Reply	Surprised you didn't mention Al'Khwarizmi (~790-850 AD). An Arab mathematician whose name is the source of the word algorithm. In 730 AD he wrote Al-jabr wa'l muqabalah, a treatise os solving quadratics. Al-jabr is where the word algebra comes from. His book about how the Hindus wrote down numbers (after later being translated to Latin) is why we call 0.1....9 Arabic numerals. Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Post #14,487 by ben_tilly 10/21/01 9:49:47 PM Reply	Follow the link I devoted my post to material and opinions that were not in it. :-) Cheers, Ben
Post #14,499 by a6l6e6x 10/21/01 10:09:12 PM 10/21/01 11:46:08 PM Reply	Indeed. I should have read more of the link. May the manure of a thousand camels cover my grave. ;) Alex Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. -- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Edited by a6l6e6x Oct. 21, 2001, 11:46:08 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #60,737 by bepatient 11/2/02 1:13:55 PM Reply	3 to 1, 2, 1. Probability factor of 1 to 1 We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefor your own problem. [link\|http://193.15.117.36/~g736397/ram/hhgttg/px.ram\|Please relax.] You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #60,762 by deSitter 11/2/02 3:04:41 PM Reply	^^ This is irritating ^^ -drl
Post #60,803 by bepatient 11/2/02 8:13:29 PM Reply	If there had been enough time... ...I'm certain that the sperm whale would've come to the same conclusion. Thud. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

Pakistani revolution predicted - (bluke) - (29) - Oct. 21, 2001, 08:28:11 AM EDT

Re: I'm lazy ... - (dmarker2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 08:44:43 AM EDT

err the general in charge IS an Islamic fundamentalist? -NT - (boxley) - (27) - Oct. 21, 2001, 10:23:51 AM EDT

Err . . apparently he doesn't go to the right mosque. - (Andrew Grygus) - (26) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:04:17 AM EDT

Can't say that. - (addison) - (24) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:34:32 AM EDT

Did this "Islamic Golden Age" ever extend . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (23) - Oct. 21, 2001, 12:36:11 PM EDT

We're on the boundaries of my knowledge. - (addison) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 01:10:05 PM EDT

I'm no expert either, but I'd like to put that another way: - (CRConrad) - (2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:18:53 AM EDT

But...but.... - (bepatient) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:27:44 AM EDT

Some stuff is so obvious, don't need to be Xpert to know it -NT - (CRConrad) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:35:37 AM EDT

I believe it did - a personal anecdote - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Oct. 21, 2001, 05:25:50 PM EDT

Surprised you didn't mention Al'Khwarizmi (~790-850 AD). - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:16:50 PM EDT

Follow the link - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:49:47 PM EDT

Indeed. I should have read more of the link. - (a6l6e6x) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:46:08 PM EDT

3 to 1, 2, 1. Probability factor of 1 to 1 - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 2, 2002, 01:13:55 PM EST

^^ This is irritating ^^ -NT - (deSitter) - (1) - Nov. 2, 2002, 03:04:41 PM EST

If there had been enough time... - (bepatient) - Nov. 2, 2002, 08:13:29 PM EST

Re: Addison is making sense - you are not winning this arg - (dmarker2) - (7) - Oct. 21, 2001, 07:02:02 PM EDT

But he is open to evidence. - (brettj) - (2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:10:29 PM EDT

Interesting nugget - (boxley) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:52:40 PM EDT

Re: But he is open to evidence - yes - (dmarker2) - Oct. 21, 2001, 09:58:52 PM EDT

The point was deliberately inflamitory . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - Oct. 21, 2001, 11:33:49 PM EDT

This is part of what made this thread interesting. - (brettj) - (1) - Oct. 22, 2001, 09:24:04 AM EDT

Oh yeah? - (Silverlock) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:39:48 AM EDT

Are you sure - (cwbrenn) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:12:34 AM EDT

Yup, AFAIK, it did. - (CRConrad) - (3) - Oct. 22, 2001, 10:04:42 AM EDT

So, then, what happened? - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:27:48 AM EDT

And when? - (wharris2) - Oct. 22, 2001, 11:38:39 AM EDT

I am no scholar but... - (ben_tilly) - Oct. 22, 2001, 01:43:53 PM EDT

In that case, who the fsck CARES what they say?!? - (jb4) - Oct. 22, 2001, 01:54:20 PM EDT

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