whizzball1

Myriad Reality

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That's not possible sounding at all.

@Legend

It's not improbable that a bus driver being bugged by a little girl to lick a iickable sticker would end up licking the sticker. It's not improbable that another little girl had previously sprayed the stickers with bug-spray because she thought they were bugs. I think you can guess the conclusion from there. And of course, it's not impossible for two fugitives to hijack a bus, especially if the only people on the bus are little kids, a mother, and an old bus driver, and if there's no one around for a good distance.

Myriad Reality

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Math*

That's sad.

@Legend

It is. But seriously, this author is so good at making stories so very absurd and yet totally possible.

Myriad Reality

My maths book just had the most hilarious bout of logic I've ever read. Context: A bunch of little kids in a bus accidentally poisoned the bus driver, and he's dead. Just as they realise that, the bus is hijacked by a fugitive colonel and sergeant. So the sergeant points his pistol at the driver and tells him to wake up, but the colonel tells the sergeant that it's illegal for bus drivers to sleep on the job. Thus, he must be dead. But the sergeant retorts that when they were at an ATM that only a driver could reach, there were instructions in braille. That would mean that they must let blind people drive, so they're probably letting sleeping guys drive as well.

My maths book is insane. And also hilarious.

Myriad Reality

Yup. I thought about my question more and realised it was silly in retrospect. What I was trying to ask is what the equation of an ellipse would be if that ellipse was rotated so that the line between its vertices would be diagonal relative to the axes. Then I realised that you could always rotate it so it would have a "normal" orientation and position, and then you would get the equation of that exact ellipse--just rotated a bit.

I love thinking about these things. =D

Myriad Reality

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I don't use your terminology.

@Legend

...I'm soryy but my knowledge cannot aid you in that because I do not know what you're talking about...

@Spiritblitz

Darn. I'll have to think about it a bit more, then. But I think I'm hitting upon an answer.

Myriad Reality

Guys, right now I'm learning about conics and about the formula for graphing them. But I'm confused, for the reason outlined: First of all, which axis is semi-minor (m for reference) and which is semi-major (M for reference) doesn't seem to matter to where in the formula for graphing conics it is placed. All that matters is which axis is on the x axis and which is on the y axis. That leads me to wonder what would happen if the ellipse is oriented such that m and M are not on the x axis or y axis. How do we figure it out, then? If we rotate it to figure it out, which axis do we choose to be on the x axis and which on the y? Or does it not matter at all?

EDIT: And in fact, how would we even rotate it? All we'll know is m and M. What would be the formula for the graphing of such a ellipse? Can you even graph it, or does it have to be positioned with m and M on the established axes?

Myriad Reality

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You can't refer to past events to determine future outcome. I'm kidding, anyway.

@Legend

Oh, okay then. Phew.

Myriad Reality

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Lucky for you, I study cryptology because of cyber security.

@Legend

If you had put a code I wouldn't have joined. Soul wouldn't have joined. Who knows who we could be missing out on because they haven't fully realised themselves yet?

Myriad Reality

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Maybe we should encode it so only people who can solve the code can join.

@Legend

what even
how would we even do that

Myriad Reality

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Right. And we should probably go into more detail in the template.

@Legend

How can we? Name needs no explanation. Powers is explained if the potential player read the rules. Personality needs not explanation. Image is explained, further if the potential player read the rules. The only way I can think to make it more detailed is if we actually gave an example.