I read somewhere that Bitcoin miners solve math problems

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 29, 2014, 09:22:49 AM

Quote from: williamj2543 on September 29, 2014, 08:22:14 AM

Heres a problem. A full day comprises of a day and a night. If a day is 24 hours, and a night is 12 hours, a day is therefore 36 hours, but before it was stated that a day was 24 hours, so a day has to be 36 hours, and a night is 12 hours, so a day is now 48 hours. Keep going and a day is infinite.

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Quote from: williamj2543 on September 29, 2014, 08:22:14 AM

Heres a problem. A full day comprises of a day and a night. If a day is 24 hours, and a night is 12 hours, a day is therefore 36 hours, but before it was stated that a day was 24 hours, so a day has to be 36 hours, and a night is 12 hours, so a day is now 48 hours. Keep going and a day is infinite.

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You're confusing a day with a solar day.

A day is a solar day + night.

A day is 24 hours. A solar day is 12 hours. A night is 12 hours.

Solar day + night = day.

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Heres a problem. A full day comprises of a day and a night. If a day is 24 hours, and a night is 12 hours, a day is therefore 36 hours, but before it was stated that a day was 24 hours, so a day has to be 36 hours, and a night is 12 hours, so a day is now 48 hours. Keep going and a day is infinite.

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 27, 2014, 07:07:30 PM

I once heard somewhere that Bitcoin mining works by having processing power solve enhanced math problems (algorithms) in exchange for Bitcoin

So can you guys solve this one? It's been bugging me for a while :S

On an equinox, how many hours are there in a full day? 24? Not according to systematically organized flawless arithmetic.

Let 'x' = sum of number of hours in a day and the number of hours in a night
Let 'n' = number of hours in a night
Let 'd' = number of hours in a day

On an equinox, the night is a bit greater than or smaller than 12 hours. So we will take the approximate value.

'n' = 12

According to Google's unit converter, a day is 24 hours long.

'd' = 24

Equation for 'x': x = n + d

Substituting for 'n' and 'd'

x = 12 + 24

x = 36

Therefore, a day is not twenty four hours long, but thirty six!!!

Googles unit converter includes the night into its interpretation of a "day"
If you had to exclude the night time part of a day, then D = 12, which will prove that x=d+n= 24 hours

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 27, 2014, 07:07:30 PM

Let 'x' = sum of number of hours in a day and the number of hours in a night
Let 'n' = number of hours in a night
Let 'd' = number of hours in a day

On an equinox, the night is a bit greater than or smaller than 12 hours. So we will take the approximate value.

'n' = 12

According to Google's unit converter, a day is 24 hours long.

'd' = 24

Equation for 'x': x = n + d

Substituting for 'n' and 'd'

x = 12 + 24

x = 36

Your equation is flawed , Since you take a day as 24 hours and you add a night of another day in it . It is no longer a day .

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Quote from: awesome31312 on September 28, 2014, 04:46:58 PM

Quote from: Bitcoin Magazine on September 28, 2014, 04:35:19 PM

what does 32 hours have to do with a day! this man is wrong. 24 hours is tops. the aboslute absoutle!! abosulte!!!

I supplied superior arithmetic proof that there are 36 hours in a day

didn't feel like 36 hours has passed since yesterday

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Quote from: Bitcoin Magazine on September 28, 2014, 04:35:19 PM

what does 32 hours have to do with a day! this man is wrong. 24 hours is tops. the aboslute absoutle!! abosulte!!!

I supplied superior arithmetic proof that there are 36 hours in a day

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what does 32 hours have to do with a day! this man is wrong. 24 hours is tops. the aboslute absoutle!! abosulte!!!

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Quote from: iluvbitcoins on September 28, 2014, 03:56:42 PM

you need to know the difference between a day and a day Cheesy

I don't know, could it be...a day?

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you need to know the difference between a day and a day Cheesy

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Quote from: williamj2543 on September 27, 2014, 07:09:34 PM

Probably the stupidest thing I will read all day, well I guess I have 36 more hours to find out.

Then you should take a look at some of his other threads here in offtopic, but this particular sub has never exactly been frittered with quality threads Grin

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Quote from: williamj2543 on September 27, 2014, 07:09:34 PM

Probably the stupidest thing I will read all day, well I guess I have 36 more hours to find out.

It's systematically organized flawless arithmetic. Don't be jealous

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Probably the stupidest thing I will read all day, well I guess I have 36 more hours to find out.

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I once heard somewhere that Bitcoin mining works by having processing power solve enhanced math problems (algorithms) in exchange for Bitcoin

So can you guys solve this one? It's been bugging me for a while :S

On an equinox, how many hours are there in a full day? 24? Not according to systematically organized flawless arithmetic.

Let 'x' = sum of number of hours in a day and the number of hours in a night
Let 'n' = number of hours in a night
Let 'd' = number of hours in a day

On an equinox, the night is a bit greater than or smaller than 12 hours. So we will take the approximate value.

'n' = 12

According to Google's unit converter, a day is 24 hours long.

'd' = 24

Equation for 'x': x = n + d

Substituting for 'n' and 'd'

x = 12 + 24

x = 36

Therefore, a day is not twenty four hours long, but thirty six!!!

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