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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2006, 04:18:12 pm »
I was going to say permutations but I think dd is right. Thanks Blazed!

Permutation is something you do with discrete mathematics, ie sets... factorials are (primarily) used in statistics.  I'm not sure how you'd confuse them. ;)

Also, happy birthday. :P
The formula for the number of permutations a set has involves factorials.  I know that in school we learned about factorials/permutations/combinations together, so it's easy to mix them up if you don't use them. 

And yes, Happy Birthday.

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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2006, 05:02:08 pm »
Why does almost everyone refer to me as "Blazed"?  I'm not Gamesnake!
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...

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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2006, 05:12:31 pm »
The formula for the number of permutations a set has involves factorials.  I know that in school we learned about factorials/permutations/combinations together, so it's easy to mix them up if you don't use them.

And yes, Happy Birthday.

Exactly. PS, thanks.

@Blaze: It's fun. :)





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I'd personally do as Joe suggests

You might be right about that, Joe.


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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2006, 05:13:39 pm »
The formula for the number of permutations a set has involves factorials.  I know that in school we learned about factorials/permutations/combinations together, so it's easy to mix them up if you don't use them. 

Oh, yeah, but I still don't think I could mix them up. :)

I'm sure there are equally dumb things that I do, though... :P

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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2006, 05:18:22 pm »
Why does almost everyone refer to me as "Blazed"?  I'm not Gamesnake!
And now that you've pointed that out, everybody is going to say it! Way to go! 

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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2006, 05:21:35 pm »
Why does almost everyone refer to me as "Blazed"?  I'm not Gamesnake!

Oh... sorry about that... Blaze....d.

Haha.  I know your name as "Blaze."  I'd articulate it as "Blaze," but I don't doubt that I've mistyped it as "Blazed" a few times.

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Re: Happy Birthday Joe!
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2006, 05:27:24 pm »
Why does almost everyone refer to me as "Blazed"?  I'm not Gamesnake!
And now that you've pointed that out, everybody is going to say it! Way to go! 

I'd change my name if you weren't so against that.
And like a fool I believed myself, and thought I was somebody else...