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This is just some interesting permutations of 2 + 2 = 5. This is not hacking related, rather, more of "out of the box" thinking.
Before you read on, I would like to state:
This article is not hacking related and is really more of an interesting thing to read, hence its placement in "other".
I was reading today a proof for 2 + 2 = 5 and have come up with some fun looking derivatives of it that would make any college math teacher squirm and any college science teacher proud.
2 + 2 = 5 based on significant figures. Since the numbers do not have a trailing period, indicating precision, you can reasonably assume that 2 and 5 are off by a margin of error of within
plus or minus .5.
Therefore 2 + 2 = 5 assuming that 2.5 + 2.5 = 5.
Now, you can also realize that the 5 is mutable in this equation and end with
2.333 + 2.333 = 4.6667. In this case the numbers are only off by 1/3.
To continue on this path and get closer to the actual number, I will bisect 2 into two 1's.
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5, assuming that
1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 = 4.8.
In this case, we are only off by 1/5.
And finally, the version that will blow any 8 year olds mind and cause a college student to doubt all of his education:
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1.111 + 1.111 + 1.111 + 1.111 = .889 + .889 + .889 + .889 + .889
As you can see four 1's are equal to five 1's.
The numbers in this final case are off only by 1/9, or .11111 repeating. This is a rather good amount of precision allows for the sides to match.
Sources:
System showed me this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_+_two_=_five#Significant_digits
Which made me think of this stuff.
Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any laws of mathematics or physics that you break by applying information in this article. Any disruptions of time/space are NOT my fault. You assume all the risk.
This article is not hacking related and is really more of an interesting thing to read, hence its placement in "other".
I was reading today a proof for 2 + 2 = 5 and have come up with some fun looking derivatives of it that would make any college math teacher squirm and any college science teacher proud.
2 + 2 = 5 based on significant figures. Since the numbers do not have a trailing period, indicating precision, you can reasonably assume that 2 and 5 are off by a margin of error of within
plus or minus .5.
Therefore 2 + 2 = 5 assuming that 2.5 + 2.5 = 5.
Now, you can also realize that the 5 is mutable in this equation and end with
2.333 + 2.333 = 4.6667. In this case the numbers are only off by 1/3.
To continue on this path and get closer to the actual number, I will bisect 2 into two 1's.
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 5, assuming that
1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 + 1.2 = 4.8.
In this case, we are only off by 1/5.
And finally, the version that will blow any 8 year olds mind and cause a college student to doubt all of his education:
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
1.111 + 1.111 + 1.111 + 1.111 = .889 + .889 + .889 + .889 + .889
As you can see four 1's are equal to five 1's.
The numbers in this final case are off only by 1/9, or .11111 repeating. This is a rather good amount of precision allows for the sides to match.
Sources:
System showed me this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_+_two_=_five#Significant_digits
Which made me think of this stuff.
Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for any laws of mathematics or physics that you break by applying information in this article. Any disruptions of time/space are NOT my fault. You assume all the risk.
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0.999 recurring = 1 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0.999...)
