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# ha
check out the link to the 'flat earth society' and the click on faq

genius
(I helped save b3ta! connor, Wed 17 Nov 2004, 1:27, archived)
# You cannot count in imaginary numbers
but does that mean that they do not exist?
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Um thats exactly what it means
(I helped save b3ta! Mu Dinofiddler, Wed 17 Nov 2004, 1:32, archived)
# Actually
They do exist. They're not "imaginary" in the sense that they don't exist. They're a fundamental element of calculus. An imaginary number is the square root of a negative number. (More specifically, they're x*i, where i=the square root of -1, and x=any real number. eg 5i (5*sqrt(-1)), 12i (12*sqrt(-1)), etc.)
(Tetsuo, Wed 17 Nov 2004, 2:14, archived)
# Um...
...I'm still not entirely convinced this is a piss take. I HOPE it's a piss take... but I'm not totally convinced.

If it's real does it make it funnier?
(Fiendish Astronaut, Wed 17 Nov 2004, 1:47, archived)