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Category: Humor
New graduation requirement
One of my colleagues sent me the link to the most recent comic at xkcd.com. He wrote: “College graduates should be required to say why this is funny as a condition of graduation, a part of numerosity.”
Happy square root day!
Happy square root day! Today is the third of nine square root days this century. The first was January 1, 2001 (1/1/01), then February 2, 2004 (2/2/04). Today is March 3, 2009 (3/3/09). The last square root day of this century will be September 9, 2081 (9/9/81). Please act responsibly on this nerdy holiday and…
Happy Valentine’s Day
For your reading pleasure: The Calculus of Saying “I Love You”: Why you should never date man who knows more math than you. (I wouldn’t say the mathematics is perfect, but it is fun to read.) Also, from xkcd.com:
Fibonachos
I wonder how many readers of the Sunday funnies understood the Foxtrot cartoon this morning. (Update: for those of you who landed on this page looking for a definition of the term “Fibonachos,” go here.)
Units are important
This made me laugh. My favorite line is “Well, I mean, it’s obviously a difference of opinion.” [via failblog]
Clearance price fail
Happy Monday! Here’s a funny math-related photo from yesterday’s Failblog. Where to begin with this one? There’s so much wrong with it (what’s a Sentai Fortrs?). But despite all of its problems, at least they put a negative sign next to the sale price to match the direction of the price difference! [failblog.org]
Tetragon fail
This morning I was listening to one of my radio stations on Pandora. One of the automatically-generated songs they played was by tenor saxaphonist Joe Henderson‘s group, the Joe Henderson Quartets. It was from his 1967 album Tetragon. The very mathematical title caught my eye, but so did the accompanying cover art. Obviously the art…
24 is the highest number
Too busy getting ready for classes to write anything. Instead I thought I’d post a little comic relief from Mr. Show. 24 is the highest number
Happy New Year!
This is one day late, but worth posting despite that, I think. Happy New Year! From Abstruse Goose: Happy Zeno Year
David Richeson: Division by Zero 