Most Terrible Band Name

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:15 pm

How are you guys dealing with the hyphen character? Looks like a pair of ranges in base 32 to me (aka Duotrigesimal). Translated into base 10 we have the range 13,655 - 24 subtracted from the range 510,944-24. Which, assuming these ranges are inclusive, could produce the range 510,944 - 13,656, which would mean that:

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  five-o
-  dan-o
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  five-dao

A quick Google produces this site. Apparently dan-o is into Feng Shui.

Freudian Slip · Post by **Freudian Slip** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:38 pm

HeuristicsInc wrote:dan-o from five-o seems like a math problem to me.
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five-o
-dan-o
--------
fetq00
or something. unfortunately there seems to be no natural zero in the a-z math language.
-bill

Heh...Okey-- And all this time I thought it was actually a cheesy reference to "Hawaii Five-O" As in, "Book 'em, Dan-o". Ach, well-- Silly me. I guess I can cut the cue to the theme music whenever I read it now. ("Dah-da-da-da -- dah-da. Da-da DAH-da-dah... Da-da-dah-da-DAA..." Whoops, damn-- Hit the "play" button by mistake, my bad...)

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 5:40 pm

galactic cowboys

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 7:03 pm

the Jazz wrote:How are you guys dealing with the hyphen character?

without bothering to think about it too much (as you seem to be doing), just glancing at bill's original statement makes me believe he's just pretending the "-" represents any arbitrary digit, and the fact that you are subtracting some string of digits ending in "-o" from another string of digits ending in "-o" the result would be a third string of digits ending in "00".

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 8:42 pm

tviyh wrote:
the Jazz wrote:How are you guys dealing with the hyphen character?
without bothering to think about it too much (as you seem to be doing), just glancing at bill's original statement makes me believe he's just pretending the "-" represents any arbitrary digit

Once the floodgates of math geekery are opened, there is no such thing as thinking about it too much.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 11:53 pm

the Jazz wrote:
tviyh wrote:
the Jazz wrote:How are you guys dealing with the hyphen character?
without bothering to think about it too much (as you seem to be doing), just glancing at bill's original statement makes me believe he's just pretending the "-" represents any arbitrary digit
Once the floodgates of math geekery are opened, there is no such thing as thinking about it too much.

Yeah. Keep telling yourself that Jazz!

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:32 am

the Jazz wrote:the floodgates of math

that's a pretty terrible band name right there

the Jazz · Post by **the Jazz** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:54 am

...which I call dibs on! Heh, heh...

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:43 am

Oh man, the Jazz, then you'd better make your song fast, or I'm going to!

I've been wanting to do a math-heavy piece for a while now.

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:45 am

Mogosagatai wrote:Oh man, the Jazz, then you'd better make your song fast, or I'm going to!

I've been wanting to do a math-heavy piece for a while now.

Beat you both. I did a math song a while back and got extra credit in school for it and all

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 10:56 am

Yeah yeah, but you weren't called "the Floodgates of Math", which was the point.

Or <i>were</i> you? DUN DUN DUNNN!

Kapitano · Post by **Kapitano** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 11:00 am

I used to be in a band called The Clangers.

Actually, I was in a band called The Hanging Garden, which I left when they changed their name to The Clangers.

Poor June · Post by **Poor June** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:11 pm

haha i was in a black metal band called Virgin Blood...

yea that didn't last (they were crazy...)

Mogosagatai · Post by **Mogosagatai** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:17 pm

I was in a punk band called Suit Yourself. We wore suits on stage.

I don't know why I'm putting this in "Most Terrible Band Name". That was an awesome name.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:39 pm

Bjam wrote:
Mogosagatai wrote:Oh man, the Jazz, then you'd better make your song fast, or I'm going to!

I've been wanting to do a math-heavy piece for a while now.
Beat you both. I did a math song a while back and got extra credit in school for it and all

well i did a song about how i hate math. nerds 8)

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:16 pm

the Jazz wrote:How are you guys dealing with the hyphen character? Looks like a pair of ranges in base 32 to me (aka Duotrigesimal). Translated into base 10 we have the range 13,655 - 24 subtracted from the range 510,944-24. Which, assuming these ranges are inclusive, could produce the range 510,944 - 13,656, which would mean that:
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  five-o
-  dan-o
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  five-dao

Dan-O from Five-O

No no no... you guys are all wrong. He was merely encoding a hidden meaning into his name using IBM standard ASCII character codes. I can't believe no one else sees this. Look:

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"Dan" = 68 + 97 + 110 = (275)

"-O" = 45 + 79 = (124)

"from" = 102 + 114 + 111 + 109 = (436)

"Five" = 70 + 105 + 118 + 101 = (394)

"-O" = 45 + 79 = (124)

...therefore...

275 + 124 + 436 + 394 + 124 = (1353)

After thinking about the above fact all day long, I really honestly could not for the life of me figure out what the significance of "One-Thousand-Three-Hundred-Fifty-Three" could possibly be.

Then it hit me! The little light bulb inside my head clicked on and I realized that he wasn't encoding the "-" character! He was using in it's mathematic form as a modifier in conjunction with the IBM-ASCII significance of the "O" character, the value of which is "79". Therefore:

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"Dan-O" = [275] - 79 = (196)

"from" = [436] = (436)

"Five-O" = [394] - 79 = (315)

...and so...

196 + 436 + 315 = 947

947! Of course! Why didn't I see it before! 947 (as everyone knows) is the new overlay area code in Michigan that will be replacing the 248 geographic area, as they have exhausted all the 248 numbers. This includes "Clarkston Michigan", where I live and have lived for the last 5 years.

http://www.whitepages.com/9900/maps/DET

Obviously, this is an omen of some kind. Any theorys?

Bjam · Post by **Bjam** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:16 pm

Southwest_Statistic wrote:Confusing stuff

You have too much time on your hands, dude.

erik · Post by **erik** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:20 pm

No matter how firmly one's tongue is planted in one's cheek, math jokes are never funny.

Phil. Redmon. · Post by **Phil. Redmon.** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:23 pm

SS, you is an genius.

Math on.

Southwest_Statistic · Post by **Southwest_Statistic** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:23 pm

Bjam wrote:You have too much time on your hands, dude.

15-16 puzzle wrote:No matter how firmly one's tongue is planted in one's cheek, math jokes are never funny.

Songfight needs more programmers.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 8:24 pm

15-16 puzzle wrote:math jokes are never funny.

and songs about math jokes are pretty much guaranteed to be even less so.

slowRodeo · Post by **slowRodeo** » Mon Dec 06, 2004 1:11 am

sws + his post = my mind blown(i had no idea we had a new area code coming up.)