Pretty Cool: Pythagorean Theorum was known more than 1,200 years before Pythagoras lived

[AUS-97HORN 11822]

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

[Parliament 14291]

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

[Murfdogg21 4423]

Don’t be a square. 

[Celery Man 20996]

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8945]

7 minutes ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

Let's not jump to any hasty conclusions. There's always two sides to every story. Well, in this case, I guess there's three.

[texashorne 1178]

10 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Let's not jump to any hasty conclusions. There's always two sides to every story. Well, in this case, I guess there's three.

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

[Nivek 16982]

23 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

meh,  this stuff happens.  The Greeks also invented the steam engine about 1700 years before Watt did.   Sometimes this stuff happens.  

[locodos 5393]

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

[Brisketexan 105307]

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

[Armybrat 40890]

24 minutes ago, texashorne said:

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

[gofuckyourself 8378]

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

Don't worry, he is still far more respected than his peer, Equilatimus, who never got it right.

[Prepuce of Doom 21102]

4 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

Inversely proportional to the heat of the meat. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4977]

Hammurabian theorem?

[Samson's Wig 3194]

16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

All things being equal, you're being a bit dramatic.

[wild_turkey 3182]

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

It’s not a very good sine. Hopefully more info is revealed so this can be squared up.

[Gatorubet 30298]

30 minutes ago, locodos said:

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

[idigTexas 2289]

Isosceles falling off of the trees.

[deadshank 24653]

What did opposite leg and adjacent leg say to the hypotenuse after the hypotenuse said it was cold?

Spoiler

Go to the corner where it is 90 degrees.

 

[locodos 5393]

15 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

The old "build vs buy" eh.

You have to get at least 3 quotes, ideally in 2 or more languages with different alphabets

[Trey3216 15355]

49 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

All things being equal, you're being a bit dramatic.

Here’s your sine 

[closetohumping 17462]

My grandpa invented the Cobb salad

[Kennythetiger 9449]

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

I thought it was the motion of the ocean?  

[deadshank 24653]

23 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

My grandpa invented the Cobb salad

Ben Franklin invented the George Foreman grill.

[Gatorubet 30298]

6 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Ben Franklin invented the George Foreman grill.

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

[Dnaguy 12055]

2 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

Pretty acute analysis. I guess it's pretty obtuse of us to think that someone couldn't get this right sooner.

 

[deadshank 24653]

4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

You use your tongue purtier than a $20 whore

[Nice Guy Eddie 13523]

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

[0xdeadbeef 1652]

9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

That's clear evidence of a time machine. Anyone denying it is just being Obtuse.

[Armybrat 40890]

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

My grandpa invented the Cobb salad

The famous baseball player?

Cool.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13523]

13 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

That's clear evidence of a time machine. Anyone denying it is just being Obtuse.

[F250 28817]

3 hours ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

[freyguy 4286]

my favorite Greek hero was Testacles.  He had alot of moxie.

[GopherRock 1765]

 

[Born to Run 6569]

Don’t be a square. 

It's hip to be square.

[Cheeseweasel 26438]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

I don't think Pythagoras cosined on that.

[Shoxthemonkey 1983]

1 hour ago, freyguy said:

my favorite Greek hero was Testacles.  He had alot of moxie.

This reminds me of my favorite Greek baseball player, Harry Paratestes.

[atomheartbevo 89787]

6 hours ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

Don't give a fuck what the historians say, I'm still going to believe that Alexander the Great gave this speech as quoted in this YouTube video.

 

[Anastasis 23481]

8 hours ago, locodos said:

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

"Ok, if you insist, but only one κόνδυλος." 

Smaller units of length

Unit	Greek name	Equal to	Modern equivalent	Description
daktylos	δάκτυλος		19.3 mm (0.76 in)	finger
kondylos	κόνδυλος	2 daktyloi	38.5 mm (1.52 in)	knuckle

[Anastasis 23481]

But seriously,

 

[Sawbonz 27585]

8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

 

[HornOnTheBayou 8945]

9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

More like I-suck-eles if you ask me. Am I right?

[Bookman 4640]

The Pythagorean Theorem is much, much more interesting than schools make it out to be.

[High Plains Drifter 11052]

 

Trigonometry is all Greek to me

[Biff Tannen 45723]

10 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

[Guest]

Pythagoras? More like Pre-thagoras!!!

[DDD Dad 14347]

20 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

This reminds me that I watched about the first 10 minutes of Naked Attraction before I had to tap out. 

[ClubWhatever 12157]

Any joker can say that shit is the square root of the sum of the squares.  But is there a proof on that scroll?  I don't think so.  Team Pythagoras.  

[GenXer 2979]

On 10/4/2023 at 10:05 AM, wild_turkey said:

It’s not a very good sine. Hopefully more info is revealed so this can be squared up.

cosined.

Shit. I’m going off on a tangent.

Edited October 5, 2023 by GenXer

[Gatorubet 30298]

On 10/4/2023 at 10:19 AM, texashorne said:

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

Triangles are nice. 

[Longhornstampede 3186]

Well this just turned my views about the history of triangle theorems 180 degrees. Wait I'm back in the same place! 

Edited October 8, 2023 by Longhornstampede