<?php
$page_name = "Devils Number";
$menu_type = "bad math";
$menu_name = "Devils Number";
$blog_num = 94;
$page_rate = 7;
$page_tags = array("erudition");
$page_date = "October 24, 2012";
include_once("./files/head.php");


echo "<p>Alright, conspiracies.  Seeing numbers, manipulating numbers, etc to get the patterns you need for your pet theory.  Here's a primer for you:</p>\n";

echo "<h4>Seven and Thirteen</h4>\n";
echo "<p>Seven is lucky, 13 is not (well in western culture anyways).  So how is this useful?</p>\n";
echo "<ol>\n";
  echo "<li>Multiply/divide your number by 7.</li>\n";
  echo "<li>Do the opposite with 13.</li>\n";
  echo "<li>Congrats, you either have a number twice as big, or half as big (use somewhat genrous rounding).</li>\n";
echo "</ol>\n";
echo "<p>Why? Well the luck of 7 is cancelled out by the bad luck of 13, just like how the multiplication and division signs cancel out.</p>\n";
echo "<p>For some Asian cultures we have the same phenomina with 4 being unlucky and 6 being lucky.  This time it's 1.5 time larger or 2/3s the size.</p>\n";

echo "<h4>Six and Nine</h4>\n";
echo "<p>They are vertical mirror images of each other, go ahead, rotate as needed.</p>\n";

echo "<h4>One and Seven</h4>\n";
echo "<p>texts get mistranslated all the time, maybe that 1 was a 7, or vice-versa.  Or 3 and 8.</p>\n";

echo "<h4>Double/Triple Digit Numbers</h4>\n";
echo "<p>Yuo can split these apart and the do whatever.</p>\n";
echo "<ol>\n";
  echo "<li>14 = 1 + 4</li>\n";
  echo "<li>295 = 2 x 9 - 5</li>\n";
echo "</ol>\n";

echo "<h4>Factoring</h4>\n";
echo "<p>Feel free to partially factor your numbers to get an answer.</p>\n";
echo "<ol>\n";
  echo "<li>39 = 3 x 13...three times the bad luck</li>\n";
  echo "<li>18 = 3 x 6 = 6 + 6 + 6 = 666...Gasp!</li>\n";
echo "</ol>\n";

echo "<h4>Conversions to Random Units</h4>\n";
echo "<ul>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kilogram = 2.2 pounds</li>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kg = 6.66 thai baht...Gasp!</li>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kg = 5000 carats</li>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kg = 2000 obolos (ancient greek, bonus conspiracy points)</li>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kg = 2.68 Troy pounds</li>\n";
echo "<li>1 Kg = 36.65 roman uncia</li>\n";
echo "</ul>\n";

echo "<p>In parting, I ask you to enjoy XKCD: <a href=\"http://xkcd.com/258\">http://xkcd.com/258</a></p>\n";

include_once("./files/close.php");

?>