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t2contra said:

Can any of you maths wizards explain this. I would like to know!!



Some Mathematics......



YOUR PHONE NUMBER. WILL REVEAL YOUR AGE.

AMAZING - AMAZING - AMAZING

Your Phone number will reveal your actual Age.
I do not know who discovered this? But it is...Really accurate.

It will take about 15 seconds, read and do it at the same time so that you will not lose the fun.

1- Take a look at your last digit of your cell / land phone number

2- Use this figure andmultiply by 2

3- Then add 5

4- And then multiply by 50

5-And then add the number 1764

6- The last step; with this number, subtract your birth year (say 1982).

Now you see a three-digit number.

The first digit is the last digit of your phone number, the next two digits are your actual age (Rounded off to the nearest whole number)


IS'NT THIS SURPRISING? It works every time.

Try it...


Really amazing.

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t2contra said:

Can any of you maths wizards explain this. I would like to know!!



Some Mathematics......



YOUR PHONE NUMBER. WILL REVEAL YOUR AGE.

AMAZING - AMAZING - AMAZING

Your Phone number will reveal your actual Age.
I do not know who discovered this? But it is...Really accurate.

It will take about 15 seconds, read and do it at the same time so that you will not lose the fun.

1- Take a look at your last digit of your cell / land phone number

2- Use this figure andmultiply by 2

3- Then add 5

4- And then multiply by 50

5-And then add the number 1764

6- The last step; with this number, subtract your birth year (say 1982).

Now you see a three-digit number.

The first digit is the last digit of your phone number, the next two digits are your actual age (Rounded off to the nearest whole number)


IS'NT THIS SURPRISING? It works every time.

Try it...


Really amazing.

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T-U-P said:

If you write out the procedure in equation format and consolidate the terms, then you will end up with this:

100 * [phone number] + 2014 - [year of birth]

which will obviously give you both the last digits for your phone number back AND your age. Note that it multiplies your phone number by 100, which means it won't work if you are over 100 years old

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The History of the Mythological Thor and Marvel’s Mistake

Added by Jonathan Gardner on July 16, 2014.
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Tags: thor, top
Thor Marvel

Marvel comics recently announced that their superhero, Thor, would be going through some changes. Namely, the superhero would no longer be portrayed as a man, but rather, a female superhero would take up the hammer. The reasoning behind the move, in the Marvel universe, is that the male Thor is no longer considered worthy enough to wield the hero’s iconic weapon of choice. While Marvel should be applauded for their attempt to create strong superheroines in a world dominated by male superheroes, the way the company went about it flies in the face of the mythological Thor.

One thing that should have been clear to the Marvel executives: Thor is the name of the mythological god, not a title that can be passed on. He is one of the sons of Odin, birthed by his mother, the earth goddess Fjörgyn, and brother to the trickster god, Loki. His iconic hammer, Mjölnir, was gifted to him by the Dwarven brothers, Sindri and Brokkr, after creating the weapon in a bet with Loki. In Snorri Sturluson’s Prose Edda, the gifting of the weapon is described as such:

“Then he gave the hammer to Thor, and said that Thor might smite as hard as he desired, whatsoever might be before him, and the hammer would not fail; and if he threw it at anything, it would never miss, and never fly so far as not to return to his hand; and if be desired, he might keep it in his sark, it was so small; but indeed it was a flaw in the hammer that the fore-haft was somewhat short.”

Mjölnir has no sentience, in and of itself, and cannot, therefore, determine who is “worthy” to wield it. By all accounts, it is simply a large, magical hammer created by Dwarves and gifted to the god Thor. However, it does require a great amount of strength to wield the weapon. Even Thor, deemed the strongest of the Norse gods, needed the magical belt, Megingjörð, to double his immense strength and the magical gauntlets, Járngreipr, to lift and use the hammer.

Marvel may have gotten the idea of Thor losing his hammer, and Thor changing into a woman, from Norse mythology. In the Poetic Edda, a famous myth discusses the theft of Mjölnir. Thrymskviða, or The Lay of Thrym, begins with Thor awakening to find his weapon missing. After alerting both Freyja, the goddess of love, beauty, and war, and his brother Loki of the theft, they begin to search the realm for the missing hammer. Loki approached the land of giants to discuss the theft with their king, Thrym. Thrym admits to stealing the hammer, and burying it “eight miles down, deep in the earth,” preventing anyone from himself from reaching it. In exchange for Mjölnir, Thrym wants Freyja as his bride.

After failing to convince Freyja to marry the giant, and angering her to the point where “the entire hall shook with her fury,” Heimdall and the cunning Loki creates a plot to dress Thor in bridal gowns to pass him off as Freyja. After receiving an explanation why “Freyja” had a hunger unlike any other woman’s and had terrifying eyes that “seem to be aglow with fire,” Thrym placed Mjölnir on “her” lap to begin the wedding oath. Thor then took his hammer and slayed the giant king, as well as all other guests at the wedding party.

There are a vast number of strong, female role models that Marvel could have elected to create, rather than simply forcing one of their iconic heroes to change gender. The aforementioned Freyja is considered a powerful goddess in Norse mythology. Her beauty is unmatched among mortals or gods, but she is also a fierce and cunning warrior. In the poem Hyndluljóð, she uses her feminine charm to attempt to extract information from the shaman Hyndla. When that fails, she threatens the shaman with death by fire:

“Around the giantess, flames shall I raise,
So that forth unburned, thou mayst not fare.”

In addition to Freyja, there are many Valkyries that exist in Norse mythology, some of which are claimed to be Thor’s daughters. Valkyries oversee the battlefields, choosing who may live or die, and escort the deceased to either Odin’s great hall, Valhalla, or Frejya’s field of the afterlife, Fólkvangr. Again, the dual nature of the mythological figures, both as warriors and protectors, would have been ideal creations in the Marvel Universe. Even passing this new hero off as the daughter of Thor would have been in line with Norse mythology.

Instead, Marvel executives not only confused many fans by switching the gender of one of their Avengers, but seemingly ignored the origins of the Thor himself. There is something to be said about female empowerment and gender equality, but rather than simply change for the sake of change, a new superheroine under the same Norse mythology would have brought the same attention to Marvel’s new outlook without the desecration of the hero’s namesake.

By Jonathan Gardner


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solarz said:

Not really, you plugged in your birth year into the formula, so obviously it can easily calculate your age.

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TerraN_EmpirE said:

Okay,
In My defence. My main exposure has been to the Epic Thor the Scandinavian Thunder God, Not the Super Hero Thor. I was honestly Totally unaware of the Mode via which the Marvel Thor Works.
The Character used by Marvel Differs from the myth Critically by one element Mjölnir.
In the Original Myth Mjölnir is simply Thor's Thunder Hammer. It's The Weapon of the God not the god. It's made for the god it does not make the God.
What Marvel did was they took the Myth and blended in Characteristics of the Arthurian Caliburn (Sword in the Stone) or perhaps Excalibur (different Swords). There Mjölnir is the God. The Wielder must be Worthy it selects it's wielder like Green lanterns Ring or Caliburn. The wielder of Caliburn must be worth to carry the sword, to pull the Sword form the Stone To bear the Crown of King. In that form it's perfectly legit.
In the Myth. The Blood of Odin and Fjörgyn that create thor, And Infact the Hammer is only one of his weapons. He has Megingjörð A power Belt that multiplies his Strength. Járnglófar Iron Gauntlets That allow him to wield the Thunder Hammer. Two divine goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr that draw his Chariot and the Staff Gríðarvölr ( much like the Arthur myth Every one Forgets the Accessories.)
it's a individual not a Title. Batman is a Title ( Also a City in Turkey), Captain America is a Title there have been at least 4 captains Not Counting Bucky. a Title can be passed on expanded . Marvel's Thor is a Title. Mythologies Thor is not. I did not get that. That's what kicked me off.

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Politician proposes giving newlyweds pierced condoms

A Japanese politician in Aichi Prefecture has landed himself in hot water after suggesting that deliberately punctured condoms be distributed to married couples to counter the country’s dwindling birth rate, local media reported on Friday.

Shinshiro city municipal assembly member Tomonaga Osada received a stern warning and was forced to apologize after making the bizarre proposal, which triggered a flurry of phone calls from enraged locals.

“I cannot deny my comments were disgraceful,” a contrite Osada told the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. “I’m sorry.”

Osada’s controversial remarks were made at a regular assembly meeting last month, when he also reportedly suggested handing out locally grown Japanese yams—said to boost sexual stamina.

“I suggested the idea because I thought it would make people feel this city hall was a nice and friendly place,” added Osada, talking to Japanese broadcaster NTV.
“I had no intention to criticize or disrespect people who cannot have a baby.”

The incident comes after sexist heckling by governing party members aimed at a Tokyo assemblywoman during a debate about raising children made headline news last month and provoked widespread condemnation.

Ayaka Shiomura was reduced to tears after being repeatedly taunted by city administration members, who jeered at her: “Aren’t you able to have a baby?”

Osada, 49, is currently serving his third term as a member of the assembly in Shinshiro, a city with a population of around 49,000.

Assembly chairman Shogo Natsume told reporters the comments “lacked dignity” in issuing his reprimand, adding that the remarks would be deleted from the record of the June 18 meeting.

Japan has one of the world’s lowest birth rates and Tokyo is struggling to contain the spiraling social welfare costs of a rapidly aging society.

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texx1 said:

Japanese population is declining every year and that's a huge problem. But proposing giving pierced condoms to married couples is an outlandish solution if one would to put it diplomatically.

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