Posted in Whatnot on March 29th, 2008 No Comments »
I finished two books in the last week or so. Bear with me as I try to explain something I found interesting.
The first book I finished was “The Martian Chronicles”, a classic science fiction book written by the incomparable Ray Bradbury (”Fahrenheit 451″) in 1950. The book is basically a series of connected […]
Posted in Whatnot on March 27th, 2008 No Comments »
Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x]
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Q: Did you hear the one about the statistician?
A: Probably….
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((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^(1/2))) / 7) + (5 * 11) = 9^2 + 0
Which, of course, is read as:
A Dozen, a Gross and a Score,
plus three times the square root of four,
divided by seven,
plus five times eleven,
equals nine […]
Posted in Whatnot on March 27th, 2008 No Comments »
I was bored, so I did what any normal person does: I looked on the internet for math and logic jokes. Here’s one:
Salary Theorem
The less you know, the more you make.
Proof:
Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power.
Postulate 2: Time is Money.
As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time
And since Knowledge = Power and Time […]
Posted in Whatnot on March 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
Bradford Pear trees and Redbuds:
Posted in Whatnot on March 19th, 2008 3 Comments »
This was the Ouachita River a few days ago:
This is the Ouachita River today:
Some more pics:
The back road. You’ll be happy to know I didn’t try to drive across.
Cooks parking lot. There is a bridge across the creek to the Staff House (building in the background). Kind of a moot point right […]
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