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Let's see the Lexus LX tackle this!
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U just need a good driver, the car in no.2 in the equation.
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That's not a road to me.
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Let's see an X5 "magically feel" its way down this road...
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i don't think a land rover could do this....(and you all know how much i love land rovers).
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Holy shit!!! Nothing can tackle this. Not even a Land Rover.
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Did you see the 9th picture?? Hilarious!
Here's the link:
http://static.flickr.com/121/295090600_7d78481e51_o.jpg
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The Lord is my Shepherd.....
I will be having nightmares about this tonite. Kinda takes me back to my years growing up in the Caribbean.
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Disagree......
Detroit. Los Angeles. DC.
Very nice pictures though, I won't complain so much when 95 is backed up again.
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Wait isn't that a LandCruiser in the 3rd picture.
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So... where does the hole from the outhouse lead? I mean, how careful do you have to be as you climb up the mountain?
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More photos of biking down the World's Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia can be found here: http://www.gravitybolivia.com/gallery/
PhotohighlightsfromtheWorldsMostDangerousRoad
This is a regularly scheduled biking tour (when its not rainy season) and actually not that dangerous if done with a reputable tour operator.
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#5 made my testicles go up into my pelvis.
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U.S. Highway 60 through the Salt River Canyon outside Phoenix, Arizona, provides some pretty striking views. But the two-lane highway is paved and has guard rails, though there are some scenic views with unprotected walking trails. I almost slipped down one myself.
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Ashpalt?
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Yeah I've been on some of those roads in Peru, but these seem a little bit worse....
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Perhaps you want to take a look at 'el caminto del rey' in Malaga, Spain : http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey
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El Camino del Rei, in Spain pictured
here should get a look-in on this list. It is a 2 foot wide cement catwalk, travelling along high cliffs, with no barrier, previously used by engineers to service a hydroelectric scheme. Absolutely lethal, especially since huge sections have collapsed.
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And I thought the Prekestolen ( Norway ) was quite an adventures trail...
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I went down the Bolivian Death Road with a public bus about two years ago. It was very foggy in between and all people were scared to death. The bus had to reverse several times (one time one of the wheels was hanging over the cliff) and the locals were screaming. Quite an experience. Especially because you could see a lot of crashed cars, busses an trucks when you were looking down the cliff.
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The Bolivian bike trip is amazing, and Gravity Assisted is the most reputable company to go with. Even flying along at 30-40mph, I never once felt threatened or unsafe.
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Makes me want to fire up my Triumph Tiger and go for a spin.
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A friend of mine had an accident while biking down the Bolivian road, and had to undergo surgery in a bolivian public hospital: you might want to reconsider your positive opinion on how safe the ride is.
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Very Nice! I live in the Himalayas, and relate well to the pictures.
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I get scared just looking at this roads and I am a veteran of car accidents in China (twice in one day!) and Russia. Glad to be sitting in the office today.
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I was holding my breath the entire time just sitting here looking at the pictures...Yikes!
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Super Fotos !
Da soll sich bei uns noch mal jemand über schlechte Strassen aufregen !
Conni
www.ii-tv.de/2 Bikes
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A very Interesting Web seit ,specially for thos who want travel in dangerous roads safly with websurfing from there office.
B.Majnonian
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Great blog... Some of this roads goes direction to Tarragona, in Catalonia?
Thanks!
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You forgot a coastal road in south-eastern Maui. It curves its way around bends and ridges, just like many of the roads described, similarly without any edging or protection for a slipping or sliding car. However the worst part of this road is that it is 1 lane. It is a few miles long, and if you happen to meet someone head on in the middle of this road, one of you (one who's closer to their end) has to back up and navigate this road in reverse!! Only locals and insane tourists go there. none of the rental companies will come rescue you on that road, a taxi cab won't go to pick you up, and 911 (except for extreme emergencies) will not respond. Rental insurance also does not work there. Something happens on that road, and you pay for the whole value of the car repair or replacement out of pocket.
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riding your bike on the World's Most Dangerous Road was one helluva experience....
check out the blog from the ride!
World's Most Dangerous Roadhere are the
fotos from it
cheers
jp
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I get butterflies in my stomach just looking at some of these roads, great pictures.
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I've been on one of those! Number 3 to be exact. I'm from the Rep of Georgia, and I've been to Sukhumi on that "military" road. It is indeed insane, but I've seen worse in Georgia as well.
It's especially fun when rocking a lada with doors that swing open on turns. hahahahahahhaha
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that is soooo interesting!! and scary.... suddenly the windy cliff roads back at the ol' family farm don't seem so bad!
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"No sane road from Kathmandu to Everest would go near Tibet, since both are in Nepal and there are very large mountains between. I think the entry on Tibet needs some modification..."
Mt. Everest creates the border of Nepal and Tibet. The South side is in Nepal, and the North side is in Tibet. There are no roads to Everest from the Nepal side. If you want to reach it, it's about a 10 day walk up a few mountains from the closest road (I've hiked it.. in the winter..)
If you want to drive to Everest, the only way to do so is to cross the border into Tibet, and reach it from the other side. That's the road shown in the picture. And it's nowhere near as steep as that one in Bolivia. But then again, there's the ice. :)
I have pictures from the drive here:
http://photos.00ff00.com/tibet/drive/
Another neat fact, China boasts that this road is the highest elevation highway in the world.
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i think i know the last photo with the toilets, it is actually in Slovakia, High Tatras (not so dangerous, but still great place for treking)
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I'm oficially terrified of driving as of today! I thought I'd seen some dangerours roads before, but some of your pictures are simply too cruel...
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Well seeing those sunken cars will make me think twice next time I'm stuck in traffic on the I95.
Hahha imagine being stuck in traffic and suddenly your car starts to sink into the ground.
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HAS ANYONE DRIVEN THE MT WASHINGTON ROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?
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Some of those pics looked like the roads in the country in Jamaica. I always wonder how they do it.
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I've been through Toroko Gorge highway several times. It isn't as bad as the old Suao-Hualien Highway or "Death Highway". 2000 foot drop directly into the ocean. One lane, constant mudslides and the bus drivers and truck drivers drive way too fast, (they toss "ghost money" to appease ghosts and improve their luck and feel more invulnerable than they should).
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I got vertigo from looking at some of those pictures! I'm glad I live near sea level. :)
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I went on the extreme mountain bike ride along that road. Pretty scarey in some ways, especially because I was really hung over, it was pissing it down and you had to stay on the left (ie. right next to the edge) because cars were coming at you. A few days before I did it, an Israeli girl had gone over the edge and died. Although I can see it happening, it would take quite a concentration lapse or extreme fatigue to go over the edge...reckon she just killed herself.
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WOW!! I saw the Bolivia road either on the National Geographic tv show or the Discovery Channel, and seeing the still pictures of this horrific road had my hairs standing up again, just like static electricity. I drove through,well, as a passenger and not on purpose, on the Cordillera Central's road in Puerto Rico. This road runs right smack the center of the island, and it is not nearly as high, only 4,389 feet, but let me tell you, bring a barf bag and wear a heavy duty pamper. It is very curvy and very narrow, and no guard rails. Yes, the view is beautiful, mango trees down below, which clearly will stop your car on the way down the cliff. I guess is less intimidating because is like a forest, but I'll keep on the freeway, thank you very much!!
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Fantastic Webpage, the most interesting site I have ever been to, even beats the porn sites !
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I've been to the most dangerous Chinese hike and it's not true. That dangerous hike in China is actually just a side trek off the main walk. That trek takes you to some of the temples build by monks whom use to live up there. The mountain mention is Hua Shan near Xian.
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I just wanted to mention that I made a listening comprehension resource based on this road and a video on youtube. Please feel free to check it out at: http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/intermediate/TV.html
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I'ts a very nice places,but I don't think I like the higher places, cause I'm afraid!!!!
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kart1 said...Wait isn't that a LandCruiser in the 3rd picture.
Well yes it is, You can tell it isn't a Patrol, if it was a Patrol, it would have been pulling the trucks out not just a van !
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holy crap !!!
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someone was so impressed, he felt the need to let his own readers about it... without credit..
http://thecontaminated.com/the-most-dangerous-road-in-world/
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To drive on these one must complete his will first.
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This is wicked stuff. There's a post similar to this but more comprehensive which you might find interesting http://www.juicemag.co.uk/40-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-word
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I was just in bolivia and did the gravity assisted bike tour. It was the most fun adventure I've ever had. But it's really not as dangerous as the books make it sound. A bypass has been constructed so cars and trucks no longer use that road for routine travel. It's basically just tourist craziest enough to mountain bike down the road.
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WWWWWoooooWWWW, Great collection man.
No one can believe these roads. Fantastic road gallery, really great collection ........
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I wonder how many car fall over the edge? No second chances on these roads...
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sukhumi military road:
http://www.radiosoma.com/mil_road/road.htm
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wow thats real scary i'd never drive on those roads
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What the name of that dangerous road in Russia? I'm very curious about this road. I'd be content for as much information as possible! Thanks.
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These photos remind me of my travels in Indonesia many years ago.
I was with a group of tourists in a bus traveling up to the top of Mount Probolingo. The width of the roads are really narrow and winding; dirt tracks would be a more accurate description.
Somewhere along the way up the treacherous road, while we were muttering prayers for safety's sake, it came as a shock to me: A man's face looking downwards into the bus appeared on the windscreen. He was shouting and warning the driver.
All this time, he had been lying prone on top of the bus and was looking out for vehicles coming towards us! Well I never!
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An honorable mention has to be the Karakoram highway between Pakistan and China. One of the highest and most spectacular roads in the world it is also not one for the faint hearted! 900 people died building it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram_Highway
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holy crap that wood board path would be so much fun! ;)
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Did any of you see Jeremy Clarkson in Top Gear go down the Bolivian road of death? Funniest thing EVER!
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Trying to beat incoming traffic to the turn? Wooops and you're out. Man, the curves on those mountains can't be tamed by an F1 driver! I'm talking about the Bolivia's "Road of Death". And just to think you're seeing clouds underneath, woops... not me!
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Did any of you see Jeremy Clarkson in Top Gear go down the Bolivian road of death? Funniest thing EVER!
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I really don't understand why people would risk their life using those roads. I prefer walk.
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In that last picture showing a WC on that trail in China, I burst out laughing. Wonder where all the crap ends up. No need for piping. Just let it go down the hatch! There must be a mountain sized pile of crap down somewhere.
Eric
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This is what we call heavy roads
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I do not have to say, really awful, well done for these photos
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That China hiking thing looks like a task from the Amazing Race...
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Horrible photos, bravo, this is a beautiful collection, fantastic ...
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When i got to your first set of pictures i was going to comment that i have driven along roads similar to that in southern france - but then i saw the rest of your images and i am pretty speechless
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Looks like something especially attractive for adrenalin seekers.
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I've travelled in Bolivia using that road that you picture here. Just like the author of the note says, this is one hell of a road!
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Having spent some time in South America, India, Nepal and Tibet I have seen my life flash past me as over confident drivers hurtle up these little beaten tracks at excessive speeds and still wonder why I am still alive today!!
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Oh wow, it's as if these roads are open invitations for a road accident or worse! How could they ever live with that?! Every single time passengers take those ridiculously dangerous roads, they're starring in their own reality show. Let's hope they take road accidents seriously and do something about those roads. "Road of Death." Yipes.
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I wanna travel all these roads. But lacl money. Any sponsors? Thanks
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The photos are beautiful, I like that there are extremely, and also the angle photography is excellent...
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really breathtaking pics!!
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Cool, roads seem science fiction, but they are real
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wow those are amazing...kinda look like faces of gouls and goblins (with the long teeth?) i dont know maybe im seeing stuff
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I beat the internet, the guy at the end was hard.
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I betcha you did not escape the "deathclock" :)
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That google search on hell.com is similar to :
http://www.blackle.com/
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"the guy at the end was hard."
... just the way you like 'em.
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I found another end of the internet. If you visist http://sir.clickalot.com/ there's a shortcut to http://reallythe.endoftheinternet.org/
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that is super cool!!
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I really like these kind of stairs. Really pretty layout.
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The tower looks like something James Christiensen would paint... with fairy tale characters leaning out of the windows.
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Making some of those things must be maddening!
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I've been wondering about the possibility of a better designe ear-friendly plane.
Looks Kool!
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cool plane but the silhouette looks like a penguin about to leap into the water.
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LOL... did not think about that!
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If you go back 40 years ago in the EAA (Experimental Aircraft Association), you will see a very similar but simpler homebuilt aircraft called the Delta Dyke. This new one has the same concepts, but more bells and whistles.
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The last 2 pics (the X-33 concept) aren't technically flying wings, they are considered 'lifting bodies.'
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>The last 2 pics (the X-33 concept) aren't technically flying wings, they are considered 'lifting bodies.'
They are actually waveriders -- a quite specific subset of lifting bodies, optimized for hypersonic performance.
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And if you ever stumble across an infinite legged horse, a spherical cow, a cat with nine tails, and a white zebra, you can be pretty sure you have entered the realm of the mathemagician from "The Phantom Tollbooth".
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what is "the phantom tollbooth"?
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a book...
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"...The USDA once wanted to make cows produce milk faster, to improve the dairy industry. The foremost mathematician of his time offered to help them with the problem. Upon hearing the problem, he told the delegation that they could come back in the morning and he would have solved the problem. In the morning he handed them a piece of paper with the computations for the new, 300% improved milk cow.
The plans began:
A Proof of the Attainability of Increased Milk Output from Bovines:
Consider a spherical cow....."
One of the funniest jokes recently!
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The love the expanding example...and the note by the teacher: "very funny Peter" made me lol
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Dugg for the expanding example as well haha
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i dugg this math entry. I'd have loved to solve stuff that way.
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Wonderful. Thanks.
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Did anyone else catch the error in the limit problem. That first one should be negative infinity.
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Shouldn't it be zero not infinity or negative infinity?
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lol... i like the solve for x "here it is" one... my friend attempted that once... that same friend answered a question with x... where x = the correct answer and got it right simply because our teacher didn't want to deal with it.
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Actually it depends on the direction you approach. If you let x go to 8 from the right side of the number line, it is indeed infinity. From the left it is negative infinity.
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The limit is approaching two different directions(negative infinity and infinity) from different sides. Thus, the limit does not exist.
Haven't any of you taken Calclus before?
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" The limit is approaching two different directions(negative infinity and infinity) from different sides. Thus, the limit does not exist.
Haven't any of you taken Calclus before?"
Yay! Someone else who isn't a complete idiot on a page about math idiots!
The rest of you should start sending in your homework so we can double the size of this list.
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Anonymous said...
The limit is approaching two different directions(negative infinity and infinity) from different sides. Thus, the limit does not exist.
This guy wins.
Calculus, for great justice
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A general limit doesn't exist, but there is a left handed and right handed limit.
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Sorry to break it to you guys...but CALC II talks about divergence of functions. I would recommend reading.
On a side note...Those types of limits are extremely useful in physics. So learn and love them :)
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@andy:
Also, in physics, we don't worry about minus signs. If something is a positive quantity when it should have been a negative one (which you know from "physical reasoning" ... this is a proof for physicists) you just change the sign. You may also optionally comment "must have lost a minus sign somewhere".
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Haven't any of you taken Calclus before?
Yes -- as well as English and typing ;)
(That 'u' must be around here somewhere)
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Scott said...
Did anyone else catch the error in the limit problem. That first one should be negative infinity.
2:39 PM
Duncan Grazier said...
Shouldn't it be zero not infinity or negative infinity?
2:42 PM
Anonymous said...
lol... i like the solve for x "here it is" one... my friend attempted that once... that same friend answered a question with x... where x = the correct answer and got it right simply because our teacher didn't want to deal with it.
2:44 PM
Joseph Hardin said...
Actually it depends on the direction you approach. If you let x go to 8 from the right side of the number line, it is indeed infinity. From the left it is negative infinity.
These can go in as real life jokes.
rotfl no offense
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I loved them all :P.
But there's a little mistake in the joke about Jesus... to have a parabola, you need one of the variables to be squared, but the other one must remain lineal... meaning each one represents an axis (x or y).
So it should be like "3x squared plus 8y minus 9" if the parabola was parallel to Y, or "3y squared plus 8x minus 9"...or whatever, if it was parallel to X.
Sorry for my English.
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Proof that Women are Evil
Women consume Time and Money-->
Women = Time*Money
Time is Money--> Time = Money
Substitution --> Women = Money^2
Money is the root of all Evil -->
Money = Sqrt(Evil)
Square both Sides --> Money^2 = Evil
Substitute --> Women = Evil
Enjoy
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Hehehe, that one was cool :P
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Its great to see mathematics gaining importance on digg. After Beauty Of Mathematics : via www.nonstopmasti.be this one is yet another example how fond people at digg are of mathamatics.
Proof: As Of Now this post has been dugg 988 times and the post Beauty of mathemagic dugg 1800 times in 5 days. Funny Isnt it???
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A mathematical limerick:
A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared, and not a bit more
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I once graded a paper where the student knew the end result but couldn't quite get there because of a zero in the numerator and a zero in the denominator. In a fit of pseudo-genius, the student claimed zero divided by zero was one and his proof worked.
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They forgot the annihilator function. Which is something that we made up when we got bored in precal with functions.
The Annihilator Function = The Square root of X divided by the Square Root of -X.
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Pffft, we made up math related Chuck Norris facts when I was in precalc.
Chuck Norris can make parallel lines intersect.
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just from my school notebook! 8)
Realy fun!
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i heard of one where it was a SAT's question saying "name the shapes" underneath the triangle they put 'sheila' and under the square 'tom' etc etc
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Duh!! Guys. Sorry but What's so funny about it...
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Expand...ROFL
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thank you
that's very refreshing
you make me smile this day..
I think that is answer for desperates student who can find the right answer.. :p
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Regarding the limit problem, there is no such thing as negative or positive infinity. Infinity is infinity! That's all!
One more thing: as X approaches 8, the equation approaches to one divided by zero, which in Math means infinity (try yourself...).
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"Regarding the limit problem, there is no such thing as negative or positive infinity. Infinity is infinity! That's all!"
That's not true. In simple terms, a limit of infinity means the function increases without bound, while a limit of negative infinity means the function decreases without bound.
The formal definition of
lim(x->a) f(x) = -infinity
would be
For all e in R, e > 0, there exists d in R, d > 0 such that if |x - a| < d, then f(x) < -e
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@murripita
actually there cant be 2 different variables in the parabola... its right how it is.. because if you have a graphing calculator, you have to have Y= and then the equation. it makes a parabola how it is written.. oyu should check your facts before posting a comment for all the world to see.
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"actually there cant be 2 different variables in the parabola... its right how it is.. because if you have a graphing calculator, you have to have Y= and then the equation."
While it is right how it is, there can, in fact be two variables in a parabola. The general form of a parabola is:
(y-k)=a(x-h)^2
The equation doesn't necessarily need to be strictly y= . Defining values for k and h shifts the parabola so that its vertex is not at 0,0. But you are right -- if you wanted to graph it on a calculator, you would need to rearrange some things and isolate the y.
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Those are some slick-looking machines! I'm no car-buff, but I'm still pretty surprised that I'd never heard of these... Thanks for sharing!
(btw, I was in love with the Countach all through High School and College)
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I've seen a few Contaches in Calgary recently... but our city's boom is not booming enough to get one of these puppies in, yet!
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Dude..... Those are some ugly cars..... Thank god they were never put into production!!!!
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This was the time when Bertone was leaning toward the unconventional lines of Zagato.
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Hah...I've seen these...insane!
I like the silver one with the red grille.
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Excellent images and a righteous blog, keep up the good work.
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The clouds are AWESOME!
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This is WONDERFUL......Thank You so much Avi !!
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Amazing pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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This is a beautiful gallery..I hope more people take a look. You tought me something new. Thank you.
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breathtaking beautyful !
higher resolution - someone please ?!
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Wow! I love your blog...thank you!
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THAT WAS AWESOME!!!! those clouds are beastly!
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"The chips are covered in a gummy capsule, and are edible after use."
"The chips are sold in packages just like candies."
Like gum with baseball cards. Could be done today... I smell lawsuit :) Nice idea though. RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive) would love them and it would be the first Epeat (Environmentally Preferable) gold if you could eat the entire thing.
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A computer you can eat :) I want one!!!
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I guess those high school math classes might have been worth attending after all...
Call me crazy, but I think I might like to try out one of those hotel "rooms"...
It's an Irish specification Toyota Corolla Van being removed from the dock not a Ford car. The green truck in the last photo has been photoshopped.
The last "fishing" one looks photoshopped, but these are funny
@ ericskiff: The last one is photoshopped, I remember seeing a movie on this, or a full story anyways. The second truck pulled both cars out.
P.S. The car in fishing is not a Ford, it's a Toyota Corolla.
They all're Irish - that explains a lot. The ingenious car "fishing" with two cranes drowned could only happen in Ireland, and nowhere else in the world! )))
Those guys installing the air-conditioner look like they have done this before. Very creative plan they had there
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