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  • Carson

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:29 p.m. Carson Reader

    ...to understand this:

    Other good exam answers:

  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:36 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    I thought the first one was a proof that women=evil. Since "Money is the root of all evil."

  • Carson

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:41 p.m. Carson Reader

    Salanis wrote:

    I thought the first one was a proof that women=evil. Since "Money is the root of all evil."

    I think you'd simply have to write a proof demonstrating that problems=evil. Then Problems=Women=Evil.

  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 1:49 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    Carson wrote:

    Salanis wrote:

    I thought the first one was a proof that women=evil. Since "Money is the root of all evil."

    I think you'd simply have to write a proof demonstrating that problems=evil. Then Problems=Women=Evil.

    No you just substitute the word "Evil" for the word "Problems" in the earlier proof. I haven't heard any saying that "Money is the root of all problems." I've always heard it as the root of all evil.

  • billy3esq

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:40 p.m. billy3esq Dork

    Salanis,

    You're being pedantic again, er, still.

  • Salanis

    Nov. 17, 2008 3:46 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    billy3esq wrote:

    Salanis,

    You're being pedantic again, er, still.

    What's really scary is that my boss noted today that I am less talkative and pedantic than my father and grandfather.

  • mtn

    Nov. 17, 2008 4:28 p.m. mtn Dork

    The limit as beer approaches infinity=sex

    what is the integral of 1/cabin? Natural Log Cabin!!

    If you were X^2, I would be 1/3 X^3 so I could be the area under your skirt

    Yes. I am a math major. Shut up, I have a lot more where these came from.

  • Tim Baxter

    Nov. 17, 2008 4:28 p.m. Tim Baxter Online Editor

    I tried being pedantic once, but I kept getting hung up on the details.

  • Luke

    Nov. 17, 2008 6:01 p.m. Luke Dork

    I like the second one. Integration sometimes makes me feel like that, too.

  • billy3esq

    Nov. 17, 2008 6:48 p.m. billy3esq Dork

    When I was in school many of us had t-shirts that said the limit of BSEE as GPA approaches 0 is BBA.

    Not quite as funny as "Don't drink and derive," but still up there.

  • Carson

    Nov. 17, 2008 7:05 p.m. Carson Reader

  • Tommy Suddard

    Nov. 17, 2008 7:13 p.m. Tommy Suddard

    Step 1: Let a=b. Step 2: Then a^2 = ab, Step 3: a^2 + a^2 = a^2 + ab, Step 4: 2 a^2 = a^2 + ab, Step 5: 2 a^2 - 2 ab = a^2 + ab - 2 ab, Step 6: and 2 a^2 - 2 ab = a^2 - ab. Step 7: This can be written as 2 (a^2 - a b) = 1 (a^2 - a b), Step 8: and cancelling the (a^2 - ab) from both sides gives 1=2. Algebra has corrupted my mind.

  • RXBeetle

    Nov. 17, 2008 7:55 p.m. RXBeetle New Reader

    mtn wrote:

    what is the integral of 1/cabin? Natural Log Cabin!!

    = the natural log of the absolute value of cabin + a constant

  • Autolex

    Nov. 17, 2008 7:59 p.m. Autolex Reader

  • RedS13Coupe

    Nov. 17, 2008 8:34 p.m. RedS13Coupe New Reader

 

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