Comments on: Similar, but different http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2010/01/11/similar-but-different/ mathematical dialogues aimed to confuse Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jan Nordgreen http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2010/01/11/similar-but-different/#comment-41588 Jan Nordgreen Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:28:39 +0000 http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/?p=2547#comment-41588 Thank you for your attempt to equate a bird with a horse. :) My theory is more prosaic. If you move the mouse over the horse you see the image is called cardinal3, and I guess that's the name of the horse. If the bird is a cardinal they are indeed similar, in name at least. I thought about the possibility of a frog too. The rainy season is officially over, but we had some unexpected rain a few days ago. If the sound maker doesn't go away till the rain comes back again in April it is a frog that likes dry land. Imagine if Google let's you search for other things than text. Example: upload your photo to find people on the Internet who looks like you, or upload a song whose title is at the tip of your tongue ... Many believe math is the study of patterns. When will Google offer more advanced pattern recognition? Thank you for your attempt to equate a bird with a horse. :) My theory is more prosaic. If you move the mouse over the horse you see the image is called cardinal3, and I guess that’s the name of the horse. If the bird is a cardinal they are indeed similar, in name at least.

I thought about the possibility of a frog too. The rainy season is officially over, but we had some unexpected rain a few days ago. If the sound maker doesn’t go away till the rain comes back again in April it is a frog that likes dry land.

Imagine if Google let’s you search for other things than text. Example: upload your photo to find people on the Internet who looks like you, or upload a song whose title is at the tip of your tongue …

Many believe math is the study of patterns. When will Google offer more advanced pattern recognition?

]]> By: Michael Maguire http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/2010/01/11/similar-but-different/#comment-41585 Michael Maguire Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:35:59 +0000 http://easyquestion.net/thinkagain/?p=2547#comment-41585 The differences we see are I think mostly due to knowledge and prejudices we had before we opened this page. Both images show a principal subject in dead center with a green background. If you squint until both become blurry and abstract, they are very similar. I have no idea where you would turn to identify that animal in your garden. It sounds neat... I'm leaning towards a frog. Do you hear it in all types of weather? Mostly when it's damp? All times of the year? The differences we see are I think mostly due to knowledge and prejudices we had before we opened this page. Both images show a principal subject in dead center with a green background. If you squint until both become blurry and abstract, they are very similar.

I have no idea where you would turn to identify that animal in your garden. It sounds neat… I’m leaning towards a frog. Do you hear it in all types of weather? Mostly when it’s damp? All times of the year?

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