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Comment Re:interesting stuff, but misleading (Score 1) 212

I am honestly surprised that the environmentalist movement is not attacking the government over hemp.

You and me both.

I would presume, though, that the fact that a natural plant like this can't be patented, copyrighted, or otherwise maneuvered into having a government-granted monopoly, corporations are fighting tooth and nail to keep it down as long as they can.

Comment Re:Open set it is! (Score 1) 248

Your math is correct. What I believe is being discussed is that while multiplying the primes from 2 to 23, you're making the (admittedly invalid) assumption that the primes from 2 to 23 are all that exist. We know that there are more primes than that, we're intentionally making that assumption to prove a point...

If {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23} are all the primes that exist (we know that they aren't, but just assume for the moment that they are), then the total 223092871 is indeed prime when compared to all of the primes that "exist", thus invalidating the original assumption and proving it false because now we have another known prime. If you count the fact that 317 and 703763 are indeed prime factors, this also invalidates the original assumption in that there are primes in addition to all that "exist", also proving the assumption false.

Given that numbers are infinite, there would be no point in which you could truthfully say "here is the set of all existing prime numbers", thus proving that there are an infinite number of them. That's all that's being said by the proof posted so far above: There are an infinite number of prime numbers, and here is my proof as to why that is so.

Comment Re:not where from, where to? (Score 1) 523

Also, with LoL, the game "ends". This allows you to swallow your victory or defeat, then start again with everyone on the same footing. This is somewhat similar to WoW's PvP, but your character persists between the matches. So, if you're undergeared/underleveled/whatever going into one PvP match, you're pretty much going to be in the same situation next time unless you go out and grind more equipment.

(poor proofreading) I meant to say that in WoW, your character persists and you need to grind gear between matches if you want to improve.

Comment Re:not where from, where to? (Score 1) 523

I'm a 30+ ex-WoW player. LoL has been a great alternative for me. I think the difference, though, is that LoL is not "persistent" like WoW is. In my case, I'm an alt-o-holic and like to try all of the class/race combinations. I've never really been interested all too much in end-game as it's pretty much the same experience over and over again. LoL, even though it primarily uses the same map, is a different experience every time you play it because of the 100+ character selection options and, even within that, each character can be built/played in different ways. This brings a different experience to every game.

Also, with LoL, the game "ends". This allows you to swallow your victory or defeat, then start again with everyone on the same footing. This is somewhat similar to WoW's PvP, but your character persists between the matches. So, if you're undergeared/underleveled/whatever going into one PvP match, you're pretty much going to be in the same situation next time unless you go out and grind more equipment.

If you are someone who hasn't tried LoL and liked the old Warcraft 1/2/3 or Starcraft games, I highly recommend trying LoL - doesn't cost anything but time. :)

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