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Published: 2006-02-04 23:26:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 5184; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 467
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v-day: love equals moneymy-life: no love equals loneliness
an explanation for all of you out there trying to figure out what math/code is depicted here.
short answer: none.
long answer: its pseudocode (a kind of). i had to reinvent it to depict what i wanted.
<3 is a heart (try tilting your head) and read as LOVE
! is not a factorial (example. n! = 1 * 2 * 3 * ... * (n-1) * n) but rather it is a negation as in JAVA != (not equal. example. 1 != 2), so this would be NO LOVE
def. means defining
$$ is of course read as MONEY
hope this helps you all math/code fans out there.
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Oh, thanks for the geek joke! Not enough of those. Let's see if the print doesn't come in too expensive...
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One is the loneliest number after all... [link]
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Liked concept
if(<3 == $$ || !<3 == 1)
{
$$ != 1;
echo 'you are dead !';
echo '
exit;
}
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it makes me think of that family guy episode where they go to the laser light show.
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I really like the idea of using very figurative graphic elements, and almost scientific, mathematical denotation to represent something very un-exact, and very personal and human. The antithesys of the two makes for a great juxtaposition and adds edge to the concept.
I also like the particular symbols you chose, in specific I love the exclamation mark, because in math it also stands for the ..uhhh it just escaped me.. the sum .. of.. uhh you know when you add upp all the integers in a collapsing array.. you surely know.. hehe.. well any ways.. since you are equating your life with a year period, whereas the valentine;s day is just one day in that year, i like the idea of saying that the sum of 365 days of no love equals 1 or loneliness. It's not the best mathematical analogy, since the absence of love would suggest 0 more than 1.. but conceptually and verbally it works.
I wonder if you should have the equality sings alligned perfectly , because they are the central link of the image, inbetween the two sides of each line you are equating, and also they can better integarte the two lines together if the equal to symbols are right on top of one another.. they are the core statement of your concept, and a reference point of sorts.. so i think it would be better to have them alligned than to have the beginning and ending characters form an equilateral imaginary rectangle. You can stil space the rest of the characters out to preserve the visual balance.
You current framing and arrangement is very solid and graphicaly interesting, but I wonder if it can be pushed even further to emphasise some of what you are describing.. like placing things in a different way may also suggest loneliness .. right now I wonder why there is empty space on top and below, what does that space signify, why is that space not a horizontal one, and instead it si vertical.. all of those quesrtions is something you should consider should you want to revisit this deviation.
I know that it's very personal to you, which is why you could push it even further while keeping within the minimalistic style.
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at least one of my ideas in that contest was good.
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Cool. Nice to see another programmer on here.
By the way, what language is that? I'm sorta confined to Java...
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Just a suggestion; if you use any code within a deviation to be submitted to a contest, put a quick explanation in the artist's comments section for those who don't know how to read that particular language, or maybe just put a note saying 'the code is PHP' or something like that. Whatever, I didn't have a problem with it, but at first glance I analyzed it mathematically; it would definitely help viewers understand without having to ask so many questions.
Anyways, I like the idea; I think you did a good job portraying it too.
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first glance I analyzed it mathematically
Upon reading that, it made me giggle, and I went back to analyze it mathematically and boy, did it not make any sense
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exactly, especially since heart(love) factorial would be <3!, not !<3
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so very true about a holiday thas lost all meaning aside from merchandising and use the merchandise to get in girls pants
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Brilliant! In a coding sence, the second one also means "In my life, no love equals true." Great job and congrats for winning.
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Haha, I have to show this one to my sis! (she studies in maths) And I perfectly agree with you!
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thats not the correct way to denote 'no love' mathematically....
it should be something more like <3'...
obviously the admin didnt notice so youre lucky
but mark my words that really doesnt make any sense mathematically... and seeing as that's the whole point, id say point failed
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if you'd known PHP, you wouldn't have written that comment of yours..
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If i knew php...
does everyone else know it or what? am i like the only person to look at it and think it doesnt make any sense?
youre not portraying your message very clearly, and i see very very few other ways of critically analysing the piece.
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what I'm saying is, if you were familiar with any relatively modern programming language (modern being C, php, asp..), you'd be surprised to find out that IT IS in fact correct. the maths way ain't the only way.
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Alright, but that still makes me question as to how this ended up being a winner...
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one cannot please everyone..
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I thought, being a mathematician, that the !<3 would have meant "there is one and only one love or vday"... then the !<3 == 1 would have been pretty mysterious...
MR
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hey man. you got that shit right.
i'm not going to go into to my patented rant about money and love and
what truly makes the world go round,...cause i don't want to
turn your very excellant submission into some kinda verbal
circle jerk debate.
suffice it to say, i know where you're coming from bro.
and you are not alone.
congrats on the contest thing.
lata.
-d
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I know just how you feel.
Good idea, congrats on winning the contest
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haha thats a thats a really clever idea, putting the factorial of love equalling 1. nice and mathy.
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it;s not factorial. if you know programming "!" in front of any variable means the opposite of that variable (or value). it is mostly used in if clauses. for example, if you define a boolean (true or false) you can put "!" to get it's opposite. like so:
bool truth = false;
if(!truth)
{
cout<<"He's telling the truth!";
}
else
{
cout<<"He's a lying bastard! Whack him!";
}
anywayz. coming back to the pic. i like the idea. it's a deserved winner!
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oh. whoops. my bad
see i was thinking that !0 = 1 a la maths, and hence <3 = 0
but yeah.
oops.
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Yeah, I have the same definition... I guess atleast I don't have to have money...
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ub3r l33t d|_|d3!!!!!!!111111111111
only joking...although it is.
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Aww -im sorry you feel like that hon 
Nice job on this no matter the message~
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Woosh programing language!
Nice approach to v-day.
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