Logarithmic Quotes

#1. Might you show me how to project a schematic of the entire inner solar system? I appear to be unable to zoom out from the immediate neighbourhood of Paladin." "Access that sub-menu, then select the logarithmic scale factor," Nissa said. "Thank you - I should have seen that." The

Alastair Reynolds

#2. I saw the logarithmic growth of computer power ...

Al Gore

#3. SpaceX is only 12 years old now. Between now and 2040, the company's lifespan will have tripled. If we have linear improvement in technology, as opposed to logarithmic, then we should have a significant base on Mars, perhaps with thousands or tens of thousands of people.

Elon Musk

#4. Logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

Charles Francis Richter

#5. Mathematically-minded persons will thus perceive immediately that the magnitude scale is a logarithmic one and that the number 2.512 is the fifth root of 100.

Robert Burnham Jr.

#6. By moving them vertically, a representative mean curve could be formed, and individual events were then characterized by individual logarithmic differences from the standard curve.

Charles Francis Richter

#7. Blessed are they who have not seen and yet have believed: a passage which some have considered as a prophecy of modern journalism.

G.K. Chesterton

#8. Trying to replace the common law with a rationally designed law is, he jests, like trying to design a better rhinoceros in a laboratory.

Matt Ridley

#9. I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.

Kid Rock

#10. I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.

Thomas Jefferson

#11. It's part of my nature. I get excited when trying out new stuff, whether it be an idea or equipment. It stimulates my juices.

Herbie Hancock

#12. I think we had quite enough capitalism in the last eight years; I think we need some regulation now.

Howard Dean

#13. The Christian life is anything but boring.

Johnny Hunt

#14. These Ginnie Maes suck. They get longer [in maturity] when rates go up, and shorter when rates go down, and nobody wants them

Michael Lewis

#15. The fair (ph) transforms the process by which we fund Social Security and Medicare because the money paid in consumption is paid by everybody, including illegals, prostitutes, pimps, drug dealers, all the people that are freeloading off the system now.

Mike Huckabee

#16. Hate the sin but not the sinner.

Krishna Kripalani