OB's Problem Page

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Think of me as the agony aunt of the home brew forum

Post your (non brewing) problems here to receive OB's considered advice

 

[Mr_S_Jerusalem]

What like?

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Do all nontrivial zeros of the analytical continuation of the Riemann zeta function have a real part of 1/2 ?

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Perhaps your bin collection day - does that go smoothly?

Or is your underwear becoming too tight?

Or do you have a shortage of dental floss

Any of these important issues

As your agony aunt I do not want to be judgemental as to what your problems are

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[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Do all nontrivial zeros of the analytical continuation of the Riemann zeta function have a real part of 1/2 ?

Yes

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Yes

Well that's a relief - I've been struggling with that one for a while.

 

[chopps]

Yes

hmmm. Even if those zeros are crash cooled? The viscosity of zero varies with temperature you know.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

In mathematics, the Riemann hypothesis is a conjecture that the Riemann zeta function has its zeros only at the negative even integers and complex numbers with real part 1/2. Many consider it to be the most important unsolved problem in pure mathematics

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

I did specifically say that this thread was for non brewing related problems. But any way yes

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Or No. Let's not exclude all the possibilities that 'no' has to offer.

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Or No. Let's not exclude all the possibilities that 'no' has to offer.

Yes

 

[xozzx]

Dear agony OB,

One of my testicles is smaller than the other two. Is this normal?

 

[chopps]

No. At risk of diverting this thread back to brewing, the most important unsolved problem in mathematics is why 1.057 minus 1.010 sometimes equals 5% one week and 6.17% the next

 

[Oneflewover]

My neighbour owes me £40 for fence panels, and has done for about a year. She's mentioned on a couple of occasions that she knows that she owes me the money, but has done nothing about paying me. Dear agony uncle, do I:
A) suck it up, buttercup
B) ask her politely again for my moolah
C) cut the brake pipes on her car
Please help!

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

Dear agony OB,

One of my testicles is smaller than the other two. Is this normal?

It is quite normal for one of a man's testicles to be bigger than the other. However, if one is smaller than the other that is a bit more worrying. I suggest that you seek an urgent appointment with your GP and stop shamppoing your ferrets in the mean time

 

[samale]

Dear agony OB,

One of my testicles is smaller than the other two. Is this normal?

Getting strange looks in the house for busting my ball's laughing

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

My neighbour owes me £40 for fence panels, and has done for about a year. She's mentioned on a couple of occasions that she knows that she owes me the money, but has done nothing about paying me. Dear agony uncle, do I:
A) suck it up, buttercup
B) ask her politely again for my moolah
C) cut the brake pipes on her car
Please help!

Well I wouldn't take offence (a fence) at her actions but I think that you do need a hair cut

 

[chopps]

OB, when I fire photons at a card with two slits in, why do I only see an interference pattern if the experiment is not being observed?

 

[Obadiah Boondoggle]

No. At risk of diverting this thread back to brewing, the most important unsolved problem in mathematics is why 1.057 minus 1.010 sometimes equals 5% one week and 6.17% the next

Well I understand how confusing numbers are - did you know that I have an above average number of legs?

 

[Oneflewover]

Well I wouldn't take offence (a fence) at her actions but I think that you do need a hair cut

Thanks! Can't believe I hadn't thought of that as the solution to my dilemma! I'll get the bowl out directly!