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I have a segment of a circle that needs to be x long with a chord of y. I need a formula to describe the various circles which would fit this description? -Crissa Crissa: I assume a segment is an arc along the circumference of the circle? If so, if we have a segment of length x on a circle of radiu...

Oh, the comments on monotheism reminded me of another really important one: Manicheanism Manicheanism is the belief that there exist exactly two equal and opposite gods. So the answer to "why does God, who is good, not fix all these problems" is that he's exactly opposed by the Devil, who'...

Vnonymous: your arguments work only because you're screwing with the definition of complexity in a really unnatural way. This is most obvious in the whole "meaningless rules" bit: Complexity determines the difference between the best and the worst player. Complexity is measured by the numb...

Welcome. Like I said, monolatry is the one I always see people forget, even though there's a lot of potential there. I mean, you don't want Pelor and Tharizdun in the same pantheon; no one's worshiping both at the same time. Well, at least not seriously--the commoners could totally be tossing a coup...

Don't forget monolatry, which is the one that at least the people I hang out with are least likely to have heard of. Monolatry Monolatry is the belief that many gods exist, but that you should be loyal to one particular god. The Old Testament has a really interesting and really clear shift from mono...