Movies and TV

[reno cool]

Oh, he must be the guy who played they younger goofy kid in the gang.
What are all the math people trying to solve with those formulas anyway?

 

[MrX]

To the best of my understanding, almost all of those tricky math problems have no practical application.

Weird business, pure mathematics.

 

[reno cool]

what makes them interesting then? And do you have an opinion on the film? I expect some goddam analysis mrx.
btw, I watched it tethering through phone and it seemed to use a pretty small amount of data.

 

[MrX]

I guess the mental challenge is interesting in its own right? I don't have an answer, so I looked it up a bit. It seems that some (many?) pure mathematicians would consider it an aesthetic/artistic pursuit. I can't say that I can relate. I like math that explains and predicts things that I can see.

I've seen Good Will Hunting a few times, so I guess I like it pretty well, though I don't think it's left much of an impression on me. I liked the chemistry between the friends. I didn't care much for the love story. I feel like the Damon/Williams interactions went distractingly over the top sometimes, but had some strong moments.

 

[reno cool]

so when they solve something does it tell them anything a person not in the know could understand or relate to at all?

I kinda felt like the Damon kid was more of a pompous ass than I expected early on. The fight and scene at the bar was cringe worthy for me. I was curious enough to see what happens with his genius and the Williams character to keep watching.

Gotta say I like Robin Williams in these sad roles more than his comedy. ..He does often come across as such a deeply sad, caring character.

 

[MrX]

so when they solve something does it tell them anything a person not in the know could understand or relate to at all?

Understand, yes. Relate to, I don't know about that. I know some of them have to do with predicting things about prime numbers. I think many of them, you could easily understand what the problem means, but you wouldn't understand why anyone really cares.

Here's the famous one that went unsolved for 300 years.

"There are no whole number solutions to the equation x^n + y^n = z^n when n is greater than 2. Prove it."

Pretty easy concept to understand. Pretty impossible for an average person to have any idea why they would care, and of course you wouldn't understand one little bit of the actual proof.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiles's_proof_of_Fermat's_Last_Theorem

 

[MrX]

Gotta say I like Robin Williams in these sad roles more than his comedy. ..He does often come across as such a deeply sad, caring character.

Oh, for sure. And when his comedy is any good, it's only when there's something dark and sad underneath it.

 

[reno cool]

so you mean x y and z cant be non decimal numbers? how did they know it was true 300 years before they could prove it?

 

[Matty]

They didn't. That's the whole point renoballs.

Guy who solved Fermat's Last Theorem was knighted for the feat.

 

[reno cool]

meh, maybe they can sort of fok off then.

 

[MrX]

I think it's almost safe to say that none of us will notice if all the pure mathematicians just fok off.

 

[reno cool]

hey mr.x, I watched the bojack horseman, where he got into a thing with neal mcbeal the navy seal over dibs on muffins. that was pretty good

 

[Mudcat]

The problem is grocery stores. If people were forced to hunt for their food, they wouldn't have so much time for pure mathematics.

 

[Matty]

Modern science owes a lot to Pizza Pockets.

Then again Pizza Pockets were probably the fruit of a scientist's labor.

 

[Mudcat]

I am caught up on Fargo. Just 2 episodes is all I was behind and I have now taken them in. So now I will be week by week. Wednesdays, it comes out here on F/X.

It's intriguing. Ewan McGregor is good although there have been instances - just a couple - where some Scottish accent snuck into the Fargo-talk. That's funny - although distracting and it pulls me out of it for a second - but still funny.

But no he's actually very good overall, playing twins.

David Thewlis is a hoot.

 

[Cami]

we watched RED this weekend, I liked it. gonna watch the second one this week.
any recommendations? movies or documentaries, we need something new lol

 

[MrX]

hey mr.x, I watched the bojack horseman, where he got into a thing with neal mcbeal the navy seal over dibs on muffins. that was pretty good

Ah, good! Gonna keep watching?

 

[reno cool]

yeah, here and there, just watched the 3rd episode. Kinda disturbing, kind of good, can't put my finger on it yet. Is it creative or a bit cliche? What to make of all the personification(?) of animals?