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- SEMW, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57The limit as x -> 8 for 1/(x-8) is not defined under the Reals, damnit!
:-)
Seriously; I don't like using infinity -- actually, I don't like any numbers which can't be written as ratios of integers. I know; it's an irrational fear... - dreserd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35What did zero say to eight?
Nice belt. - ldura9t, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34A lot of those are good, but not originally from MIT. I've seen them all other places before.
- etruscan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26I love the sideways 5...
That's the mark of an artist caught in math class. That's me, right there. - theOster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23my fave from that page :)
http://xkcd.com/verizon/verizon.jpg - Sphonix, on 10/27/2007, -3/+25Two go in... three come out:
2 - 3 = -1
If exactly one goes back in:
-1 + 1 = 0
There is no one in the building.
I think it may have deeper connections with labeling an inital unknown variable 0 in order to track changes to it over time. - Fighterspj, on 10/27/2007, -2/+22lol that made me laugh
"pi r squared no pi are round" - rompom7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+15Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?
A: To get to the same side. - dpcdomino, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Oldie...
Mathematic proof that Women are evil
first, we state that women require time and money:
Women = time * money
...and as we all know, "time is money":
Time = Money
...and therefore:
Women = Money * Money = (Money)^2
...and because "Money is the root of all evil":
Money = sqrt(evil)
...therefore:
Women = (sqrt[evil])^2
...and we are forced to conclude that:
Women = Evil - an7agonist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14I love this one
http://web.mit.edu/mna/Public/blonde_equation(2).jpg
Pretty funny stuff - cal0001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer were traveling through Scotland when they saw a black sheep through the window of the train. "Aha," says the engineer, "I see that Scottish sheep are black."
"Hmm," says the physicist, "you mean that at least one Scottish sheep is black."
"No," says the mathematician, "all we can say is that there is at least half of a black sheep in Scotland." - cal0001, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Premise I: God is love.
Premise II: Love is blind.
Premise III: Stevie Wonder is blind.
Conclusion: Therefore, Stevie Wonder is God. - dhulser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven eight nine...
EDIT:
DAMN! just seconds behind... =( - NJank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10not math, but physics, from the same site:
http://www.xkcd.com/c123.html
"no, mr. bond. I expect you to die." I love it. - BlueScreenOD, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10A couple of nerdy ones we used to say in calc class:
Q: Why shouldn't you do calculus at a party?
A: It's against the law to drink and derive.
TI-83: Weapon of Math Deduction - Cappez, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10first math jokes i ever came across that are actually funny!...which is because the style is 'bonehead math' rather than 'ultrageek math'
- Sphonix, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9And this is why negative numbers were invented...
- snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9A Cherokee chief had three wives, each lived in a wigwam made from the skin of exotic animals... hippo, zebra, and leopard.
It came to pass that each of the wives became pregnant, and one fine autumn day, all three gave birth.
The squaw (politically incorrect term, my apologies.) in the leopard tepee had a fine strong boy with blue eyes.
The child born in the zebra wigwam had a boy with brown eyes.
But the wife in the hippo wigwam had a baby girl, with one brown eye and one blue eye.
That is why they say,
"The squaw of hippopotamus is equal to the son of the squaws of the other two hides." - MBarnwell, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11who needs pride...i'll be the first to say i still don't get the first one about the people moving out of the building..:(
- cal0001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8100cents = 10(1/10 dollars)
there is no real trick there just bad math - Tourney3p0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I haven't slept in about 36 hours, and I've had like 8 beers. But I'm pretty sure the limit one is wrong.
If you approach 8 from the left, it's negative infinity. Approaching it from the right and it's positive infinity. Therefore the limit does not exist. The student's answer is just as correct as the person who "explained through various lessons and examples". - snurfle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Time-Warner cable just started carrying the e-channel. It's channel 2.71828183.
- binnis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Mu is the coefficient of friction
- stesun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Engineers think that equations approximate the real world. Physicists think that the real world approximates equations. Mathematicians are unable to make the connection.
That's no joke, everyone knows the engineer is correct.
/engineering student - idreamincode, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6A - B - C = 0
therefore
4 x 0 = 3 x 0
and the world keeps spinning - Zipko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6From one of my CS professors:
Two bytes meet one morning going into work, the one says to the other "You're not looking too well, is something wrong?" The other says, "Yeah, I've got a parity problem". The first replied "I thought so, you looked a bit off." - Desolite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7the expansion one is the best. you can see that the teacher didn't get it at first because she wrote a ? in the middle of the problem.
- arnar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Here's one for the calculus people:
Let ε < 0 ... - habfan29, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Done yet?
- mikejohnston, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Well. We are officially geeks now.
- barney74, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5dirty Tree and a turd + dirty tree and a turd + Dirty tree and a turd = 100
- idreamincode, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6because being on digg didn't make us geeks???
- awldun, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8Here's my favorite joke:
Q: Why did the cat fall off the roof?
A: It lost its mu.
/hahahahah...mu...mu...mew.....ha...makes me cry every time.
//,,,heh - Kale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Can't believe no one's posted this yet:
A doctor, pastor, and engineer were playing golf one day, and they noticed the group in front of them were having a hard time, stumbling around, appearing not to know what they were doing. After summoning the owner of the club, he explained the story... the club house caught on fire one night, and three firemen risked their lives to save everyone inside, but were left blind as a result. Out of gratitude, they were offered permanent membership in the club.
The pastor said, "I'll pray for these three men everyday, that a miracle will happen and they will recieve their sight".
The doctor said, "I'll research a good specialist and pay personally for them to visit"
The engineer said, "Why don't you let them play at night?" - Sheb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What's the square root of 69?
Ate something!
Oh man that's dirty. - SEMW, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Better ending of that joke:
"No," says the mathematician, "All we can say is that there exists at least one sheep in Scotland, **at least one half of which** is black".
cal0001: In stesun's original post, engineers are correct; but I think he's got Physicists and Engineers the wrong way round. In my experience, Physicists are perfectly aware that they're trying to model the real world -- hence why Physicists use the term 'model'. Engineers, on the other hand...
Then you get Pure Mathematicians, some of whom take a perverse pleasure in trying to make sure what they do has no real-world applications. Of course, they always fail, thanks to Applied Mathematicians!
/Maths with Physics student - McLumpy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Aaaaaaaand...blocked.
Bye, alteratti. - SEMW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4But only with a right-angled wigwam. Er, triangle.
- seeyounorth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Kind of gross, but related to the topic, so I had to...
Q: What did the constipated mathematician do?
A: They had to work it out with a pencil. - cal0001, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3stop being such a spoil sport and be happy people are in to math for once ( or twice as the case may be)
- malfourmed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3> What is a third and a half a third of 26?
What is 1/3 and 1/2 of 1/3 of 26?
= 1/3 + 1/2 of 8 2/3
= 1/3 + 4 1/3
= 4 2/3
= four and two thirds.
:-) - riah, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven, eight, nine.
- MadOtaku, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The first one stumped me at first; I was looking for something related to the the comments made by the other two. But it's damn funny after a second.
- dynasty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@alamandrax
actually, that shortcut for the sum to infinity only works if n starts at 0. here, n begins at 1, so subtract the term in which n = 0, namely 1/(2^0) or 1.
he's actually paying $0.002. close, but no cigar. - cybermort, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4they were funny! but it doesn't take a math major to find it funny which is what i was expecting.
- consonance, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Dylan, you'll understand once you start doing word problems in high school.
- cal0001, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4A=B+C
4A - 3A = 4B - 3B + 4C - 3C
4A - 4B - 4C = 3A - 3B - 3C
4( A - B - C ) = 3( A - B - C )
[ 4( A - B - C ) = 3( A - B - C ) ] / ( A - B - C )
4=3
clearly 4 =/= 3
but it's funny when people don't know why
Math is all logic and if you follow the rules then the above equation has a flaw do you know what is is?
(Yes i know what it is and yes i know it's simple but it's fun to see who can't work it out ) - urielis, on 10/12/2007, -6/+8Awesome, but may have been taken from http://thefunniest.info/top.html (which is run by the guy from xkcd.com, I believe). Or is it the other way around?
- Agent_M, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Suuuuuuure, alteratti.
WE'RE not the ones spending "day and night" on digg, as you say. That's precisely why we digg stories that have frontpaged before. We're not dumb. We don't double-digg stories just for the hell of it.
So what if we haven't seen it the first two times? We have jobs and lives outside of the internet, and frankly, sometimes digg moves too quickly for some of us.
Obsessed much? - crashingechelon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2When one of my pre-cal teachers wrote "Happy Cardioid Day" on the board, I knew part of me had died and become a math nerd.
If anyone needs a hint, it was Feb 14 that day. -
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