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    If you don't know the answer you're too stupid to use the site

    If you think some captchas are hard to read, try the signup page for this site for a hard question to verify that you are a human:

    Quantum Random Bit Generator Service





    PS kudos for using my link to fetch the site title, instead of just using the URL as text.
    Last edited by Ignis Fatuus; 8 March 2011, 08:50.
    Job motivation: how the powerful steal from the stupid.

    #2
    zeitghost could get that right but it doesn't verify he's human.

    Plus any number of daleks.

    Security lapses like that could open us up to world domination.

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      #3
      Quantum Random Bit Generator Service: Sign up
      Congratulations! You have successfully registered for QRBG Service.

      Now, you can log in and check your quota and usage statistics, or just start using the Service.

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        #4
        Presumably one could download terrabytes of random numbers and check out the non-deterministic nature of photonic emission in semiconductors and subsequent detection by photoelectric effect for oneself. Einstein could have had a field day.

        But an inner voice tells me that it is not yet the real thing. The theory says a lot, but does not really bring us any closer to the secret of the "old one." I, at any rate, am convinced that He does not throw dice.
        --Uncle Albert.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Ignis Fatuus View Post

          If you think some captchas are hard to read, try the signup page for this site for a hard question to verify that you are a human:

          Quantum Random Bit Generator Service

          PS kudos for using my link to fetch the site title, instead of just using the URL as text.
          I managed to sign up, but not sure what to.

          Would I be right in thinking I'll now be bombarded with spam comprising, literally, random numbers?
          Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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            #6


            sas, give us a hand mate!

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              #7
              I could maybe answer that as still have a lot of maths books on my office bookshelf. Or perhaps not as I may not understand them anymore, I just leave them there because they look impressive.
              bloggoth

              If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
              John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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                #8
                Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post


                sas, give us a hand mate!
                Dunno if the x=0 signifies anything special - just the value to input? The plain differential is surely easy enough even for Sas though?

                (4.cos(2x - PI/2) - 12.sin(3x))


                And the answer is a bit of an anticlimax.

                Also, wolfram can answer it I bet... oh.
                Last edited by d000hg; 8 March 2011, 11:44.
                Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                Originally posted by vetran
                Urine is quite nourishing

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                  #9
                  Ok, now I've got the data, wtf should I do with it?

                  Anybody want some?

                  Userid is "MarillionFan"
                  Password is "FatBastard"

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
                    Dunno if the x=0 signifies anything special - just the value to input? The plain differential is surely easy enough even for Sas though?

                    (4.cos(2x - PI/2) - 12.sin(3x))

                    And the answer is a bit of an anticlimax.

                    Also, wolfram can answer it I bet... oh.
                    The "x=0" is the value of x to plug into the partial derivative result which, in replying, I see you quoted in white ..

                    edit: Not sure if you noticed, but your result was one of the "alternative forms" at the bottom
                    Last edited by OwlHoot; 8 March 2011, 12:41.
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