Geek Jokes

[SystemParanoia]

havoc said:

"i" squared = -1

(It's the field of imaginary numbers)

sorry but that's way over my head

[driverrob]

Mammasaid said:

stolen. Brilliant.

[jeremyc]

evil len said:

Nope, you'll have to help me with that one ...

The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

0*0= i*i + 1*1

0 = -1 + 1

[Halmyre]

jeremyc said:

evil len said:

Nope, you'll have to help me with that one ...

The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.

0*0= i*i + 1*1

0 = -1 + 1

Don't think of it as 0, think of it as e^(i*pi) +1.

[Mammasaid]

driverrob said:

stolen. Brilliant.

Shamelessly....from Simon Singh (who also 'stole' it)

https://twitter.com/monsoon0/status/95425262140506...

[Ultra Sound Guy]

[MartG]

[Strangely Brown]

Beano saves the day.



Actually John Aaron saved the day but Beano knew what it was.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSN4MIsP_90

Edited by Strangely Brown on Friday 26th January 15:46

[MartG]

[MartG]

[Silver Smudger]

Can't believe that was deemed a suitable image to send out to the universe to represent mankind in 1972 ...

MartG said:

But today some-one here on Earth has decided both figures need censoring

[SCEtoAUX]

MartG said:

Oh I LOVE that!!!

[Halmyre]

Silver Smudger said:

Can't believe that was deemed a suitable image to send out to the universe to represent mankind in 1972 ...

MartG said:

But today some-one here on Earth has decided both figures need censoring

In his book 'The Cosmic Connection', Carl Sagan talks about the story behind the plaque and the public's reaction to it. The irony is the woman's front bottom wasn't depicted, which makes the above censorship even more ridiculous, and at the time caused as much of a furore as if it had been shown.

[MartG]

[Morningside]

[MartG]

[driverrob]

If you look closely you'll see me in row 3

[MartG]

driverrob said:

If you look closely you'll see me in row 3

Ooh - my son is at J-PARC right now for a conference on T2K etc., and will be spending the next two years from July down the mine in Kamioka working on the detector as part of his D.Phil

[MartG]

I knocked on the first door, “ Miss Benatar, could you tell me the square root of 16?”. 4”. Thanks.
Next one, “Mr Phelan, what is the capital city of France?” “ Paris”. Thanks.
“Mrs Butcher, could you tell me how to spell geography?” “G e o g r a p h y” Thanks.

My day went on like this until I’d completed the list I had been given. Pat testing is quite boring, but it’s really important.

[Evangelion]

MartG said:

“ ... Miss Benatar, could you tell me the square root of 16?”. 4”. Thanks ...

No it's not. It's plus or minus 4.

Edited by Evangelion on Sunday 4th February 20:03