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"...that jostle with each other, grow or shrink, cave in or bulge out."
Reminds me of that time I had to sit and watch Nordstrom's semi-annual shoe sale.
Posted by: Stevie W | April 27, 2007 at 09:34 AM
At first I read "New-hoo-haa math" and thought that this link should be intersesting.
Still trying to figure out the earworm... Tiny Bubbles?
Posted by: random thunking | April 27, 2007 at 09:39 AM
So, math helps you get more head??
Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 09:39 AM
I REALLY tried to read this article, but got a headache when they started adding sums of domains of constants and
**AHHH**
There it goes again.
In the future, I think I will stick to stories involving sheep and/or boogers. (Meaning Brittney and/or Paris)
Posted by: tweetywill | April 27, 2007 at 09:40 AM
YAY for Mot!!!!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 09:41 AM
If it's true, Siouxie, maybe I should go back to school for a math degree.
Posted by: ArcticAl | April 27, 2007 at 09:42 AM
random: i guess someone from the geezer bus will have to help you. *sob*
you know you're getting old when your earworms die.
Posted by: judi | April 27, 2007 at 09:44 AM
Ha ha, al. My BA is in math, with high honors. Did you know Cindy Crawford was a math major?
Posted by: Stevie W | April 27, 2007 at 09:45 AM
*Doing Snoopy dance*
Posted by: Mot the Hoople | April 27, 2007 at 09:45 AM
A hundred bottles of beer on the wall? That can't be it...
Don't tell us yet, Judi. Someone's gonna figure it out.
Posted by: Stevie W | April 27, 2007 at 09:46 AM
The "earworm" only applies to folks who were corrupted by Tom Lehrer songs at an impressionable age, as I and (presumably) His Blogness were.
Such folk will understand why right now I have the periodic table of elements running through my head...
Posted by: padraig | April 27, 2007 at 09:47 AM
"Metals, foams and multicellular organisms" by Cher?
Posted by: Stevie W | April 27, 2007 at 09:49 AM
Right there with you padraig only it's "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". Remember, the important thing is to understand what you are doing, not to get the right answer...
Posted by: the world has a fivver | April 27, 2007 at 09:50 AM
So, Stevie...is it twwwuee???
I was always good in Math...hated it though. Now I'm in accounting - BLEH!
judi, I'm stumped...
Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 09:51 AM
C'mon, guys. A Tom Lehr3r earworm is a good thing!
For Judi.
Posted by: Meanie the Blue | April 27, 2007 at 09:51 AM
There is no greater purpose for science than the quest for perfect head. Bravo! I salute you!
Posted by: Hammond Rye | April 27, 2007 at 09:51 AM
And base eight is just like base ten really, if you're missing two fingers.
Posted by: Howard from Broward | April 27, 2007 at 09:54 AM
I am NOT a geezer. Yet. Except to my kids.
Posted by: The Dread Pirate Chris | April 27, 2007 at 09:55 AM
I'm just not sure I want my beer genetically, er um, mathematically, engineered.
Posted by: Boo Augustus | April 27, 2007 at 09:58 AM
*SNORK* @ newwww math!
Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 10:01 AM
"So, Stevie...is it twwwuee???"
Who remembers? My sex life now resembles that of a Sumatran rhino - sans foot massages.
Posted by: Stevie W | April 27, 2007 at 10:11 AM
I never thought anything could make me love math. This is working.
Posted by: Bethie | April 27, 2007 at 10:15 AM
Awwww, Stevie...maybe you want to give her a call?
Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 10:30 AM
if anyone needs me, i'll be at the bar doing my math.
Posted by: crossgirl | April 27, 2007 at 10:40 AM
*joins crossgirl in
drinkagemathematical studies*Posted by: Siouxie | April 27, 2007 at 10:54 AM
I LOVE Tom Lehrer, and I am NOT old enough for that geezeer bus - NTTAWWT. I'm just sayin' my bus pass was a gift.
My personal favorite from the brilliant and underappreciated Mr. Lehrer is "I Hold Your Hand in Mine." Also, "Silent E" from The Electric Company. :D
Posted by: DeskDiva | April 27, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Yay! I was hoping you'd blog this. I have Dr. Srolovitz as a professor this semester, and he was excited about this. I'll be sure to send him the link to your post.
Posted by: Eli | April 27, 2007 at 11:33 AM
just what I always think about while I am drinking ... "the change in volume of such a tension-driven domain is essentially the sum of the lengths of the domain's edges (imagine a honeycomb) minus six times the mean width of the domain, all multiplied by a constant that is particular to the material in question."
Maybe that is the rhino's problem too!
But, then again, if you look at it with a keen "Dave Barry" eye ... volume ... tension-driven ... lengths of the edges ... mean width ... uhm, anybody up for some beer and mathematical studies? Of course, you ladies are all well aware of the "six times the mean width" and "I'll respect you in the 'constant that is particular to the' morning" lies (not that I've told any of THOSE).
Posted by: beaniehampton | April 27, 2007 at 11:41 AM
Don't blame me! judi started this
Posted by: the world has a fivver | April 27, 2007 at 11:47 AM
*snork* beanie.... Riiiiight.
Posted by: DeskDiva | April 27, 2007 at 12:34 PM
My hubby is a high school math teacher, with a masters and bachelors in Mathematics. Only problem here is that he hates beer. I, on the other hand, or foot, like beer, but hate Math. So I just do like my grandma used to do to get a good head - on beer, that is. I put in a pinch of salt. So there, Mathematics people. Stick that one in your algorithms!
Posted by: Kathybear | April 27, 2007 at 02:43 PM