Groundhog's Random Banter of Weather Prediction and Anti-Gopherness #120

[Nameless]

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Been there, done that seen that.
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Right, now go to the Swiss Alps, shred down the mountains on the snowboard, temporarily 100 blind people with the lasertag gun on the way down and then incapacitate the instructor with silly string as you make your escape via the helicopter at the end of the slope. That should occupy you for a little while.

Billy was a chemist's son and now is no more, what he thought was H2O was H2SO4!

That sounds like too much effort. I need something I can do that doesn't involve too much effort.

[Fredthefighter]

Segue's are a key part of humour.

Joke
There are ten types of people in the world, the ones who know binary and the ones who don't.

Joke 2
It smells like updog in here.
What's updog?
Nothing much, how about you?

EDIT: But Nameless, it would be.... EXTREME and.... TO THE MAX!!!

[Cristo Meyers]

Been there, done that seen that.
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It's even better when you use the Rorshach mod...

[Nameless]

Joke
There are ten types of people in the world, the ones who know binary and the ones who don't.

Joke 2
It smells like updog in here.
What's updog?
Nothing much, how about you?

It's a good thing I have a basic knowledge of binary then.

*Is glad I ignored what my teacher was saying in maths class and studied binary instead*

*Is sad that I have forgotten most of it due to not ever using it*

[Lucky]

Joke
There are ten types of people in the world, the ones who know binary and the ones who don't.

I have to hand it to him, whoever invented binary sure knew how to put two and two together.

[Jkoshe]

So many puns.. It's wonderful.. Now nameless here's what you have to do.. Get a mirror and make funny faces at it.. It'll keep you amused for a while. It works for me at least.

[Fredthefighter]

I have to hand it to him, whoever invented binary sure knew how to put two and two together.

*Applauds*

One bear says to another after they finish eating a clown "Did he taste funny to you?"

[Lucky]

*Applauds*

One bear says to another after they finish eating a clown "Did he taste funny to you?"

Did you hear the one about the bear who went over the mountain to see what was bruin?

[Thufir]

Point 1: Maths. Fred, you should know better.

The square root of negative 1 doesn't exist (mathematically impossible)

Point 2: This is a huge load of something which probably wouldn't get past the forum filter. The square root of -1 is not a real number, but it exists just as much as negatrive numbers do and is absolutely mathematically possible, not to mention very useful.

Pie

Point 3: Pie is a type of food. Pi is a greek letter commonly used to represent the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle.

irrational number (a recurring number that shows now patter whatsoever, like the square root of 2).

Point 4: Typos aside, this statement is an oxymoron. If a number is recurring it has a pattern, and is therefore not irrational.

There are ten types of people in the world, the ones who know binary and the ones who don't.

Point 5: This joke only works if you say '10'. If you say 'ten', you're just wrong.

[Eldan]

THat's a thing I never got... why are there so many jokes involving the greek letter pi and pie? Just because the latin representation is spellt similar, but without the "e" at the end?

[Jkoshe]

The square root of -1 is
1i I have 2i's and 2 ears and one mouth.

[Nameless]

So many puns.. It's wonderful.. Now nameless here's what you have to do.. Get a mirror and make funny faces at it.. It'll keep you amused for a while. It works for me at least.

Yay!

*strips*

[Fredthefighter]

Point 1: Maths. Fred, you should know better.



Point 2: This is a huge load of something which probably wouldn't get past the forum filter. The square root of -1 is not a real number, but it exists just as much as negatrive numbers do and is absolutely mathematically possible, not to mention very useful.



Point 3: Pie is a type of food. Pi is a greek letter commonly used to represent the ratio between the circumference and diameter of a circle.



Point 4: Typos aside, this statement is an oxymoron. If a number is recurring it has a pattern, and is therefore not irrational.

Wait a minute, I'm being corrected, and it isn't Curly or Kaelaroth who are correcting me. Weird.

Okay:
1) Maths ---> Math, could've possibly been a typo.
2) It may be a number, but we can't calculate it with a normal calculator.
3) Another mispelling there.
4) Recurring may have not been the best choice of words there. Decimal number might have been better.
5) I don't know much about binary.
6) There is no reason to get all To be honest, that shouldn't have gotten more than a really.

[Jkoshe]

Yay!

*strips*

Not quite what I meant But whatever makes you happy I guess..

[Nameless]

Not quite what I meant But whatever makes you happy I guess..

... Oh...
*puts pants back on*
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[Eldpollard]

THat's a thing I never got... why are there so many jokes involving the greek letter pi and pie? Just because the latin representation is spellt similar, but without the "e" at the end?

I think it's basically because there are a lot of people who have a fondness for pie. And so naturally people with a mathematical leaning would wish to combine the two. This t-shirt for example. (From another webcomic which is also rather good)

[Thufir]

Wait a minute, I'm being corrected, and it isn't Curly or Kaelaroth who are correcting me. Weird.

Okay:
1) Maths ---> Math, could've possibly been a typo.
2) It may be a number, but we can't calculate it with a normal calculator.
3) Another mispelling there.
4) Recurring may have not been the best choice of words there. Decimal number might have been better.
5) I don't know much about binary.
6) There is no reason to get all To be honest, that shouldn't have gotten more than a really.

2) Normal calculators can't do calculus, either. Would you say that's mathematically impossible?
3) Misspelling has a double s.
4) That's an understatement. It was, as I said, the wrong word. Decimal number is also not right, as you have to specify that it goes on forever after the decimal point.
The actual definition of an irrational number, btw, is a number which cannot be written as a fraction p/q, with p,q integers.
5) 10 means two in binary, as opposed to ten in decimal. Why did you tell the joke if you didn't understand it?
6) Claiming the square root of -1 is mathematically impossible, thus implying that the whole theory of complex numbers does not exist, would merit a all on its own. Add your other mistakes? Definitely reason enough for me.
Remember, the reason I'm doing a maths degree is because I love the subject. And complex numbers specifically are brilliant.

[Fredthefighter]

2) Normal calculators can't do calculus, either. Would you say that's mathematically impossible?
3) Misspelling has a double s.
4) That's an understatement. It was, as I said, the wrong word. Decimal number is also not right, as you have to specify that it goes on forever after the decimal point.
The actual definition of an irrational number, btw, is a number which cannot be written as a fraction p/q, with p,q integers.
5) 10 means two in binary, as opposed to ten in decimal. Why did you tell the joke if you didn't understand it?
6) Claiming the square root of -1 is mathematically impossible, thus implying that the whole theory of complex numbers does not exist, would merit a all on its own. Add your other mistakes? Definitely reason enough for me.
Remember, the reason I'm doing a maths degree is because I love the subject. And complex numbers specifically are brilliant.

Sorry, but all this seems quite pedantic no matter what you do for a degree. I can understand you have a passion for the subject, but to use that passion for anger is in my opinion, a misuse of your mind.

While I apologise for causing you any offence, my above statement still stands.

[Jkoshe]

What you did was essentially insult (saying it's not true/impossible) what he does and loves. His current life's work and you expect him to no be mad? Someone is a tad naive

[Fredthefighter]

What you did was essentially insult (saying it's not true/impossible) what he does and loves. His current life's work and you expect him to no be mad? Someone is a tad naive

Maybe I am, as I had not looked at it in the way you've just pointed it out. However, what I did was not a result of a general animosity, but a result of a lack of knowledge.

[Thufir]

Yes, I'm a pedant. But removing complex numbers would cut a vast swathe out of mathematics, so that's not really pedantic of me to point out. The others, as I said, bothered me less (Although the maths/math thing is a bit of a pet peeve). They were more pointed out in passing.

And I wasn't 'using my passion for anger'. No-one uses their passion for anger. Passion is what causes people to be angry in the first place. It's an emotional response rather than an intellectual one.

[Jkoshe]

Maybe I am, as I had not looked at it in the way you've just pointed it out. However, what I did was not a result of a general animosity, but a result of a lack of knowledge.

I'm not saying it's your fault. But it's like my friend at debate. They did a competition and they brought up how they think cat bylaws are pointless on a off hand you know. Cat's being hard to control. Guess who the judge was, the guy who wrote all the cat bylaws for Canada. You can imagine he was a tad peeved.

[Thufir]

Additionally, I direct you to this xkcd strip:

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[Fredthefighter]

I'm not saying it's your fault. But it's like my friend at debate. They did a competition and they brought up how they think cat bylaws are pointless on a off hand you know. Cat's being hard to control. Guess who the judge was, the guy who wrote all the cat bylaws for Canada. You can imagine he was a tad peeved.

That seems a little coincidental for some reason.

Thufir, I can understand where you're coming from here. I have said that I apologise. I too admit being a pedant. I haven't delved very far into complex numbers yet with maths (or at least I don't remember studying complex numbers), this may be rectified as I participate in A-level maths in the future.

[Nameless]

Additionally, I direct you to this xkcd strip:

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It's so true...

[Jkoshe]

It happens all the time. If you get too worked up by it people get hurt.. Mostly you. Then there a people like me who feed off emotions... it's not fun for us either.

[Thufir]

That seems a little coincidental for some reason.

Thufir, I can understand where you're coming from here. I have said that I apologise. I too admit being a pedant. I haven't delved very far into complex numbers yet with maths (or at least I don't remember studying complex numbers), this may be rectified as I participate in A-level maths in the future.

Assuming it hasn't changed since I did it, you won't get to do complex numbers unless you do further maths as well. They came up in FP1, but no earlier. Oh, or I suppose you might be doing it with a different exam board which might do it differently.

[Fredthefighter]

Assuming it hasn't changed since I did it, you won't get to do complex numbers unless you do further maths as well. They came up in FP1, but no earlier. Oh, or I suppose you might be doing it with a different exam board which might do it differently.

Can we put this whole argument/debate behind us now please?

[Nameless]

Can we put this whole argument/debate behind us now please?

Agreed! Let's eat pie!

[Eldpollard]

I prefer simple numbers myself. I think seven got it about right. It wasn't too many, nor too few. (Two is too few). Okay, I really need to drink less coffee, I'm mistaking the caffeinated buzz for wit.