The Theory of Infinite Distance. - General

[QUOTE=StukovCA;17347749]They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back? it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots, but i digress.[/QUOTE] What are you doing. :confused:

[QUOTE=sheyzok;17347634]i still dont get what the fuck you guys are talking about. im no good at math either. so be kind to explain :D[/QUOTE] To go any distance, you have to cross an infinite number of smaller distances, so how can you get anywhere at all?

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17347785]To go any distance, you have to cross an infinite number of smaller distances, so how can you get anywhere at all?[/QUOTE] Couldn't it be explained that, the smaller you go, the faster you are moving across those particular areas?

[QUOTE=sheyzok;17347634]i still dont get what the fuck you guys are talking about. im no good at math either. so be kind to explain :D[/QUOTE] Well the y=1/x graph shown in the OP basically never reaches 0 it always gets closer and closer but never touches it because you can't get 0 from 1/x and you can't divide 1/0. However you can take the limit of something as X approaches the number. Think of a limit as not an exact point, but seeing what the graph approaches at that certain point. So say you have lim(1/x) as X approaches 0, what this basically says is what number does the function 1/x go to as X gets closer and closer to 0. The answer in this case is happens to be infinity because the number gets infinity large as x gets closer to 0. In reality there is no answer to 1/0 because it does not exist you can only see what it approaches.

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17347782]What are you doing. :confused:[/QUOTE] He's basically saying this thread makes as much sense as his post.

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17347693]Sure thing. Well, it comes that when you divide a number with another number, you'll get 1 always. The problems is that you can't divide 2 infinite quantities because they aren't the same. (I bet you don't understand this shit.) But when I think of the OP it reminds me of Half-life. Not the game, but a radioactive element half life(I don't remember it's full name) It means that if their life was 1.00 their half life would be 0.50 then its half life would be 0.25, then 0. 125....[/QUOTE] Hey! guess what!! you are right! i only understood the part above!

I don't get it. I there is one centimeter left, why I can't go foward by one centimeter without bothering?

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17347785]To go any distance, you have to cross an infinite number of smaller distances, so how can you get anywhere at all?[/QUOTE] That's...amazing, summed my OP up in a sentence....

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17347693]Sure thing. Well, it comes that when you divide a number with another number, you'll get 1 always. The problems is that you can't divide 2 infinite quantities because they aren't the same.[/QUOTE] You mean like, the set of all whole numbers is infinite, but so is the set of real numbers.. but the set of real numbers is obviously larger than the set of whole numbers because there's a bunch of real numbers in between every whole number... that shit boggles the mind, man

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17347839]That's...amazing, summed my OP up in a sentence....[/QUOTE] That's what happens when you have the magic of Grammar and sentence structure!

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;17347850]That's what happens when you have the magic of Grammar and sentence structure![/QUOTE] Hey, what is this magic you be talkin bout?

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17347866]Hey, what is this magic you be talkin bout?[/QUOTE] elven magic of course! silly you.

[QUOTE=sheyzok;17347874]elven magic of course! silly you.[/QUOTE] They have those magical learning books, yous mean?

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17347866]Hey, what is this magic you be talkin bout?[/QUOTE] [img]http://grokrobots.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/science_robot.gif[/img]

[QUOTE=shill le 2nd;17347847]You mean like, the set of all whole numbers is infinite, but so is the set of real numbers.. but the set of real numbers is obviously larger than the set of whole numbers because there's a bunch of real numbers in between every whole number... that shit boggles the mind, man[/QUOTE] Not that much But we all agree that real>whole numbers. But both are infinite, and thats contradictory.... This thread is now more senceless.

"I'm in high school, and I just saw my algebra teacher draw this graph *image*, now I'm a theorist."

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17347834]I don't get it. I there is one centimeter left, why I can't go foward by one centimeter without bothering?[/QUOTE] You can, people are being idiots by over-analyzing things. They are saying that you can't go from Point A to Point B in real life because you can't line yourself up on a point because a point has no size. However, if you were to assume that in a certain location of your body there was, to throw in game dev terms for the hell of it, an "origin", or a point of reference on your body, it would be possible to line that point up with the point you were trying to get to - it would be very difficult to be that precise, but possible nonetheless.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17347785]To go any distance, you have to cross an infinite number of smaller distances, so how can you get anywhere at all?[/QUOTE] You can have an infinite number of numbers equal a finite number. As the numbers get smaller and smaller the numbers approach a finite number and can never surpass it. So in reality if you have say .9 +.09 +.009 ad infinitum it approaches one and never surpasses it.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;17347893][img]http://grokrobots.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/science_robot.gif[/img][/QUOTE] Holy shit, i'll keep that [editline]09:49PM[/editline] You mean maths

[QUOTE=CptFuzzies;17347899]"I'm in high school, and I just saw my algebra teacher draw this graph *image*, now I'm a theorist."[/QUOTE] Did say that? No? Well, seems someones just an asshole.

[QUOTE=Valnar;17347906]You can have an infinite number of numbers equal a finite number. As the numbers get smaller and smaller the numbers approach a finite number and can never surpass it. So in reality if you have say .9 +.09 +.009 ad infinitum it approaches one and never surpasses it.[/QUOTE] I know, I was just summing up the idea.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17347945]I know, I was just summing up the idea.[/QUOTE] Ah, well then I guess I answered the OP.

[quote=ordnas;17347540]you get one theorically[/quote] Infinity is not a number. YOU CANNOT DIVIDE WITH IT.

[QUOTE=Athena;17348042]Infinity is not a number. YOU CANNOT DIVIDE WITH IT.[/QUOTE] And we stated that alredy. YOU CANNOT READ THE THREAD.

[QUOTE=Athena;17348042]Infinity is not a number. YOU CANNOT DIVIDE WITH IT.[/QUOTE] You can if you use a limit. lim x->∞ (1/x) = 0

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17348067]You can if you use a limit. lim x->∞ (1/x) = 0[/QUOTE] But that way it wouldn't be infinite anymore.

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17348081]But that way it wouldn't be infinite anymore.[/QUOTE] Huh

[QUOTE=OrDnAs;17348081]But that way it wouldn't be infinite anymore.[/QUOTE] well it kind of is, your seeing what it the graph would be like if it went to infinity.

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;17348088]Huh[/QUOTE] :iceburn: Haha, but see if you were a millimeter away from your destination, then took one full step over, you would cross the axis without ever reaching your destination. :wtf:

[QUOTE=john_pelphre;17346396]I don't know if this have been theorized or not, but I though of something. [img]http://imgkk.com/i/BhCpiC.png[/img] This is a graph. This graph is special for one reason. It will continue for ever, but will never cross the Y-axis or X-axis. Ever. It goes on forever, but never contacts the axi's. It will go to the the smallest interval, but will never touch "0", Why? Mathematically speaking, the reason this graph will never touch the axis is because is the graph of the equation (1/x). The reason it can never touch 0, is we have no clue what happens a number, such as 1, is divided 0 times. You also can have a square root of a negative number, because the answer becomes imaginary, but I digress. The reason for this? Well, you can use graphs to show relation to things in real life, and I began to wonder. What happens if this graph is related to real life? Now, lets use an example. Say you are walking to a destination one kilometer away. It takes 20 minutes to get there, average walking speed 3 Kilometer per hour, just as an example. . So, after 19 minutes, 30 seconds, your only about a meter away. So, you keep walking. Your one decimeter away. Continue. Your a centimeter away. Than, a millimeter. Pentameter. Hexameter. Septameter. Picometer. Nanometer. You can continue forever, to the nth-meter. There is an infinite measure of how accurate, and you can continue forever. There is a infinte distance you can be. From .01, to .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 Then how can you reach a destination, in anytime? Well, people round everything to set amounts. Such as you wouldn't say 1000 meters, you most likely would say 1 kilo. Not 100 centi-seconds, but one second. Its weird, but if you think about it. You are always some distance from your destination, even if it is 1 x 10^24 meters, or a yoctometer, away.[/QUOTE] Why so many dumb ratings? This really got me thinking of how we, when we are approaching something, constantly get closer performing an infinite loop, yet somehow reach our goal. WOW O_O