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Title: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 25, 2008, 01:30:47 PM
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Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 06:43:30 PM
Quote from: iago on February 25, 2008, 01:30:47 PM
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aHAhahahahaah.  "It's a good joke!  I can prove it!"  I thought the joke alone was hilarious. :)
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: CrAz3D on February 25, 2008, 08:27:22 PM
Now that I know what cantor's diagonal is, it's better.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:49:43 PM
Nothing about this is funny to me :-/ Could someone explain? lol
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 08:54:57 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:49:43 PM
Nothing about this is funny to me :-/ Could someone explain? lol

It gives a mildly lame math joke and when the guy doesn't think it's funny, the mathematician responds "I'll prove that it's funny!", meaning "prove" like he'd prove a theorem.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:56:14 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 08:54:57 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:49:43 PM
Nothing about this is funny to me :-/ Could someone explain? lol

It gives a mildly lame math joke and when the guy doesn't think it's funny, the mathematician responds "I'll prove that it's funny!", meaning "prove" like he'd prove a theorem.
I noticed that, I didn't think it was funny :P
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 08:59:22 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:56:14 PM
I noticed that, I didn't think it was funny :P

Apparently you're not sufficiently nerdy. :(
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:01:20 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 08:59:22 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 08:56:14 PM
I noticed that, I didn't think it was funny :P

Apparently you're not sufficiently nerdy. :(
What about the lame ass nerdy math joke? explain that one.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 09:04:40 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:01:20 PM
What about the lame ass nerdy math joke? explain that one.

I don't really want to write another essay, so I'll delegate the task to wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_diagonal_argument
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:08:25 PM
Still don't understand the joke aspect
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 09:10:57 PM
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:)
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:13:00 PM
I actually checked wiki before you posted it :-/
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 25, 2008, 09:13:21 PM
Towelie -- if you don't get the joke(s), then the overall irony should be funny. The fact that a computer is making a lame math joke, much to the distress of the tech, while meanwhile the nerdy people are laughing! So basically, me posting this comic here is essentially to make fun of Sidoh and Ender. THAT'S funny! :)
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 09:14:35 PM
Quote from: iago on February 25, 2008, 09:13:21 PM
Towelie -- if you don't get the joke(s), then the overall irony should be funny. The fact that a computer is making a lame math joke, much to the distress of the tech, while meanwhile the nerdy people are laughing! So basically, me posting this comic here is essentially to make fun of Sidoh and Ender. THAT'S funny! :)

:(
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:18:41 PM
Quote from: iago on February 25, 2008, 09:13:21 PM
Towelie -- if you don't get the joke(s), then the overall irony should be funny. The fact that a computer is making a lame math joke, much to the distress of the tech, while meanwhile the nerdy people are laughing! So basically, me posting this comic here is essentially to make fun of Sidoh and Ender. THAT'S funny! :)
There we go. I didn't know it was the computer making the joke, thats why it wasn't funny haha. I thought it was just maybe someone online with him :-/
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 25, 2008, 09:27:50 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:18:41 PM
Quote from: iago on February 25, 2008, 09:13:21 PM
Towelie -- if you don't get the joke(s), then the overall irony should be funny. The fact that a computer is making a lame math joke, much to the distress of the tech, while meanwhile the nerdy people are laughing! So basically, me posting this comic here is essentially to make fun of Sidoh and Ender. THAT'S funny! :)
There we go. I didn't know it was the computer making the joke, thats why it wasn't funny haha. I thought it was just maybe someone online with him :-/
Well, it's a long story, that comic's been running for years. The computer is just an AI programmed by the Dust Bunny. But that totally isn't important, just pretend it's two people talking. :P

<edit> Hang on, that isn't even the AI talking, it's the person he's on the phone with (that's what the --\/\/\-- arrow means)
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 09:32:14 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:18:41 PM
There we go. I didn't know it was the computer making the joke, thats why it wasn't funny haha. I thought it was just maybe someone online with him :-/

Yeah, I don't think that's at all relevant to the joke.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 10:43:24 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on February 25, 2008, 09:32:14 PM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:18:41 PM
There we go. I didn't know it was the computer making the joke, thats why it wasn't funny haha. I thought it was just maybe someone online with him :-/

Yeah, I don't think that's at all relevant to the joke.
Its better if it is a computer, for some reason
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 12:40:24 AM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:08:25 PM
Still don't understand the joke aspect
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
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E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
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Now take the letters diagonally from that, it still spells elephant.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 26, 2008, 08:26:31 AM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 12:40:24 AM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:08:25 PM
Still don't understand the joke aspect
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T





Now take the letters diagonally from that, it still spells elephant.
Are you joking? Because that works for any word.

C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Warrior on February 26, 2008, 09:14:16 AM
L I A R
L I A R
L A I R
L I A R

obvious lie
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 26, 2008, 10:24:53 AM
Quote from: Warrior on February 26, 2008, 09:14:16 AM
L I A R
L I A R
L A I R
L I A R

obvious lie
Hmm, let me try

W A R R I O R
W A R R I O R
W A R R I O R
W A R R I O R
B I G S T U P I D J E R K F A C E
W A R R I O R
W A R R I O R

Hmm, you're right!

This whole thing reminds me of a Sator square (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sator_Square).
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
Quote from: iago on February 26, 2008, 08:26:31 AM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 12:40:24 AM
Quote from: Towelie on February 25, 2008, 09:08:25 PM
Still don't understand the joke aspect
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T





Now take the letters diagonally from that, it still spells elephant.
Are you joking? Because that works for any word.

C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D


Catron's diagonal elephant isn't CRAZ3D  :P
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 26, 2008, 02:44:49 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
Quote from: iago on February 26, 2008, 08:26:31 AM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 12:40:24 AM
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T





Now take the letters diagonally from that, it still spells elephant.
Are you joking? Because that works for any word.

C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D


Catron's diagonal elephant isn't CRAZ3D  :P
Unless I am completely misunderstanding you, if you repeat any string s for strlen(s) or more iterations, you'll get the word spelled out diagonally?
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 26, 2008, 04:00:29 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
Catron's diagonal elephant isn't CRAZ3D  :P

Cantor
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Towelie on February 26, 2008, 04:09:10 PM
I still don't understand it :P
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: iago on February 26, 2008, 05:16:47 PM
Quote from: Sidoh on February 26, 2008, 04:00:29 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
Catron's diagonal elephant isn't CRAZ3D  :P

Cantor

Nono, Catron is the robot one.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: Sidoh on February 26, 2008, 05:27:25 PM
Quote from: iago on February 26, 2008, 05:16:47 PM
Nono, Catron is the robot one.

Hahaha.
Title: Re: Math can be funny
Post by: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 06:07:50 PM
Quote from: iago on February 26, 2008, 02:44:49 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 02:26:41 PM
Quote from: iago on February 26, 2008, 08:26:31 AM
Quote from: CrAz3D on February 26, 2008, 12:40:24 AM
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T
E  L  E  P  H  A  N  T





Now take the letters diagonally from that, it still spells elephant.
Are you joking? Because that works for any word.

C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D
C R A Z 3 D


Catron's diagonal elephant isn't CRAZ3D  :P
Unless I am completely misunderstanding you, if you repeat any string s for strlen(s) or more iterations, you'll get the word spelled out diagonally?


Yeah, but the joke talks about a big grey something or other ... that's why I did it with elephant ::)