{"id":531,"date":"2007-10-19T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T11:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scientopia.org\/blogs\/goodmath\/2007\/10\/19\/carnival-of-math-the-spam-edition\/"},"modified":"2007-10-19T11:43:06","modified_gmt":"2007-10-19T11:43:06","slug":"carnival-of-math-the-spam-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.goodmath.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/19\/carnival-of-math-the-spam-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival of Math: The Spam Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> To be honest, I haven&#8217;t been following the Carnival of Math much since it&#8217;s inception; my new job keeps me busy enough that I barely have time to keep the blog going, and so I haven&#8217;t really looked much at recent editions. In fact, I completely forgot that I was hosting it again until I started receiving<br \/>\nsubmissions.<\/p>\n<p> Much to my disappointment, it appears that spam has managed to invade even the carnivals. Close to half of the submissions that I received were blatant spam, including one for a penis-enlargement pill. But hey, when a theme hits me in the face, I run with it. So, welcome to the Carnival of Math: Spam Edition!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> Get rich quick, by betting on the World Series! Just learn how to play the odds; we can show you how, with our entertaining and &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/jd2718.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/19\/puzzle-last-one-left-over\/&quot;<\/a>educational probability puzzles! Once you&#8217;ve mastered that, just look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/11011110.livejournal.com\/118116.html\">batting averages<\/a>, and place your bets! <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> Refinance your mortgage! Having trouble with rising interest rates? Is your bank balance in the red? Do you feel like no matter how much you scrimp, it never adds up to enough to pay your bills? Like<br \/>\nevery time you save 2 dollars, you still have no money left? It&#8217;s <em>not your fault<\/em>: the real problem is the numbers you&#8217;re using! With primitive, old-fashioned numbers, <a href=\"http:\/\/enigmanically.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/two-proofs-that-1-1-0.html\">if you&#8217;re not careful, 1+1=0!<\/a>   Just switch over to our new improved number system, Z<sub>2<\/sub>, where there are no negative numbers at all! Our <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.plover.com\/math\/prime-polynomials.html\">prime polynomials<\/a> and their relatives can solve your problems! But that&#8217;s not all &#8211; we&#8217;ll throw in a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.plover.com\/math\/catalan-squared.html\">Catalan ring for free!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> Are you lonely? Do women find you dull, <a href=\"http:\/\/slawekk.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/08\/groups-and-neutral-elements\/\">the neutral element in any group? <\/a><br \/>\nDo you yearn to finding the perfect woman to share your life with?  We can help! Our<br \/>\npatented methods can teach you how to attract women, and our <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceandreason.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/rings-and-ideals.html\">ideal ring<\/a> is<br \/>\nguaranteed to seal the deal with the woman of your dreams!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> The world is changing. Globalization is creating a new job market, where<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytinykingdom.com\/2007\/10\/08\/beyonce-and-i-fail-division\/\">old-fashioned skills<\/a> aren&#8217;t enough to succeed. Even if your children are<br \/>\nthe <a href=\"http:\/\/mathnotations.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/educating-our-best-and-brightest-alec.html\">best and the brightest<\/a>, standard education won&#8217;t give your<br \/>\nchildren the edge they need. Don&#8217;t let your children go <a href=\"http:\/\/mathnotations.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/last-minute-psat-prep-challenge-for.html\">into their PSATs unprepared! Our methods are guaranteed to help your children excel. Not all test prep<br \/>\nprograms are <a href=\"http:\/\/mathsformortals.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/11\/4\/\">equivalent<\/a>: enroll your children in the best!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> For those of you who just want to be able to see the articles, here&#8217;s the list, in table form.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<th>Author<\/th>\n<th>Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anne Glamore<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mytinykingdom.com\/2007\/10\/08\/beyonce-and-i-fail-division\/\">Beyonce and I Fail Long Division<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charles Daney<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceandreason.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/rings-and-ideals.html\">Rings and Ideals<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dave Marain <\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mathnotations.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/educating-our-best-and-brightest-alec.html\">Educating our best and brightest: Alec Klein Interview<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dave Marain <\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mathnotations.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/last-minute-psat-prep-challenge-for.html\">Last minute PSAT prep <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>David Eppstein<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/11011110.livejournal.com\/118116.html\">Batting Averages<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eric Macaulay<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mathsformortals.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/11\/4\/\">Equivalence <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>jd2718<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jd2718.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/19\/puzzle-last-one-left-over\/\">Puzzle: last one left over<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mark Dominus<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.plover.com\/math\/catalan-squared.html\">The square of the Catalan Sequence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mark Dominus<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.plover.com\/math\/prime-polynomials.html\">Relatively prime polynomials over Z2<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Cooke<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/enigmanically.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/two-proofs-that-1-1-0.html\">Two &#8220;proofs&#8221; that 1 + 1 = 0                                                                                         <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Slawomir Kolodynski<\/td>\n<td>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/slawekk.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/08\/groups-and-neutral-elements\/\">Groups and neutral elements                                                                                         <\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be honest, I haven&#8217;t been following the Carnival of Math much since it&#8217;s inception; my new job keeps me busy enough that I barely have time to keep the blog going, and so I haven&#8217;t really looked much at recent editions. 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