Indian identity in American schools

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Actually the current numerical system is their baby, you've got to hand it to them...but the Turing Machine? That was in Manchester over here I'm afraid...

Look up the Panini-Backus transforms on the Wiki sometime . Our language Sanskrit has grammatical constructs to theoretically have the processing power of a Turing machine . Too bad science wasn't advanced enough to allow a computer to be made at the time . ( Link ) .

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by StarLightDeath
I'd like to know how the US is taught all around the world...wait, I already know. We are the devil dog imperialists that want to conquer the world. I just have one question, if I go to India will I be able to scream that the brown man is holding me down and that I deserve special priveleges because I'm a white minority? How about china? How about anywhere where whites aren't a majority? Or is this ability to come to the US and whine about the mistreatment by the evil Americans reserved only for non-whites?

Hmm . . . you may be interested in knowing that India's small Christian minority is one of the most vocal whiners I have ever heard . They manage to get their "we're the persecuted minority" rants primte time , though they are numerically insignificant .

[DinoDoc]

Is there any reason I should read the OP? It looks like self-absorbed whining coming from the poster.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Ecthy
Little of that has ever reached us though. I will agree for the number zero (which the Chinese havem too, who came up with that one first?). All of the other crap we found by ourselves. Maybe later than you guys did, but your findings never had any impact on us.

You argue like a Chinese

I believe the MesoAmericans (Maya, Aztec, Toltec, etc...) also independently came up with zero as a mathmatical concept and they had the world's most accurate calandar up until the 16th century or so.

[Asher]

Originally posted by aneeshm
You forgot the decimal number system ( that is , the concept of zero ) , the binary number system , gravitation , atomic theory , the theory of a spherical earth , major advances in astronomy , the Turing machine , and so on . . . . . . . .

They learn about that stuff in America -- at least I've learned about that stuff. Don't see your point...what are India's achievements they don't learn about?

[Asher]

Originally posted by aneeshm
Look up the Panini-Backus transforms on the Wiki sometime . Our language Sanskrit has grammatical constructs to theoretically have the processing power of a Turing machine . Too bad science wasn't advanced enough to allow a computer to be made at the time . ( Link ) .

This has to be a joke? This is the biggest stretch I've seen in a while on Apolyton.

To be honest, it seems to me like India wants to take credit for other people's work.

[StarLightDeath]

Hmm . . . you may be interested in knowing that India's small Christian minority is one of the most vocal whiners I have ever heard . They manage to get their "we're the persecuted minority" rants primte time , though they are numerically insignificant .

I tend not to care about religous whiners unless they are trying to get another religion banned (like Islam is trying to do in the US) or they are trying to change the cultural landscape of the country they are trying to infect (again, Islam). I find the "we aren't white so we are obviously discriminated against and deserve special status" whiners far more offensive.

[Dinner]

How exactly are muslims trying to get another religion banned in the US? That sounds like total BS to me so you're going to have to back that up.

[StarLightDeath]

The constant war on Christianity is nothing more than a stepping stone for conversion. By eliminating all displays of other religions they try to strong arm their way in. There is no doubt in my mind that if muslims had the chance they would ban Christianity and especially Judaism.

[Mao]

Originally posted by StarLightDeath


I tend not to care about religous whiners unless they are trying to get another religion banned (like Islam is trying to do in the US) or they are trying to change the cultural landscape of the country they are trying to infect (again, Islam). I find the "we aren't white so we are obviously discriminated against and deserve special status" whiners far more offensive.

Keep going!!!

[mitch]

Originally posted by StarLightDeath
The constant war on Christianity is nothing more than a stepping stone for conversion. By eliminating all displays of other religions they try to strong arm their way in. There is no doubt in my mind that if muslims had the chance they would ban Christianity and especially Judaism.

There is no doubt in my mind that if you had the chance you would ban Islam. You are not very different than the people you despise.

[Cyclotron]

...and the DL comes in with a hard right hook!

[Spiffor]

Pretty good DL indeed

[aneeshm]

WTF just happened to my thread ?

[aneeshm]

Originally posted by Asher


This has to be a joke? This is the biggest stretch I've seen in a while on Apolyton.

To be honest, it seems to me like India wants to take credit for other people's work.

It is a big stretch , but the theory is there . And the Turing machine is called the Turing machine for a reason - Turing formalised it . Panini the grammarian did not .