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Old 12-16-2003, 04:41 PM
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Originally posted by SidViscous
Never say Never?

No Nah Never, No Nah never no more.
Sid,

You forgot "clap, clap, clap" "clap...clap"----I don't mean the kind that you visit the doctor for.
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Originally posted by Z-man
Correct!

Ok, here's last week's question: what's the most common number in nature?

No, it's not Pi (3.1415927)

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e?
fibonachi?
Old 12-16-2003, 04:51 PM
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1?
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I heard this somewhere. Is it 12?
Old 12-16-2003, 04:59 PM
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Old 12-16-2003, 05:03 PM
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No correct answer yet!!!

HINT: it is the ratio of the distance of your head-to-floor vs. belly-button-to-floor. (Get out those measuring tapes!! ) Or, try the ratio of the bones in your finger: the ratio of the smallest bone to the largest bone in any finger.



Some other places to find this number:
- The ratio of each successive spiral in a nautilus shell.
- Seed spiral ratios on a sunflower
- The spirals of a pinecone
- The spirals on a head of califlower

Have fun! Hehe...
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Originally posted by iloveporsches
e?
fibonachi?
Not e, but Fibonacci is on the right track.

-Z .

PS: Just doing my part to get this thread to 30.
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Illuminati?
Old 12-16-2003, 05:13 PM
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Originally posted by Z-man
No correct answer yet!!!

HINT: it is the ratio of the distance of your head-to-floor vs. belly-button-to-floor. (Get out those measuring tapes!! ) Or, try the ratio of the bones in your finger: the ratio of the smallest bone to the largest bone in any finger.



Some other places to find this number:
- The ratio of each successive spiral in a nautilus shell.
- Seed spiral ratios on a sunflower
- The spirals of a pinecone
- The spirals on a head of califlower

Have fun! Hehe...
-Z.
Those are all fibonnacchi numbers though, right? It's the sum of the two numbers before it.

Edit: Nevermind, forgot about this:
the golden ratio = 1.61803399
Old 12-16-2003, 05:24 PM
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Golden Ratio!

Who has seen the movie Pi??? Great movie! Same guy did Requiem for a Dream I think.
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Originally posted by iloveporsches
Those are all fibonnacchi numbers though, right? It's the sum of the two numbers before it.

Edit: Nevermind, forgot about this:
the golden ratio = 1.61803399
Ding! ding! We have a winner!

Phi, or 1.618, or "the golden proportion" is the ratio of each succeeding number in the Fibonacci series. You can find it just about EVERYWHERE in nature.

Congrats, iloveporsches: you get the trivia award for the day! The prize? You get to race Nexoline and his monster 944 from 0 to 200mph!! Whoo Hoo!!
-Z.
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72? Oh, wrong book.
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1.73

golden ratio?
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ah *****..im late


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