Will your answer to this question be no?
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
-- Albert Einstein
[Proofs that odd numbers are prime]
Mathematician:
1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime,
therefore, by induction, all odd numbers are prime.
Physicist:
1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime,
9 is a bad data point, 11 is prime, 13 is prime...
Engineer:
1 is prime, 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime,
9 is approximately prime, 11 is prime, 13 is prime...
Computer Scientist:
1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, 1 is prime, ...
Why do programmers get Halloween and Christmas mixed up?
Because OCT(31) = DEC(25)
When aiming for the common denominator,
be prepared for the occasional division by zero.
Did you hear about the dislexic agnostic insomniac who stays up all night wondering if there really is a Dog?
Being in a minority, even a minority of one, does not make one insane.
-- Winston Smith in Orwell's "1984"
A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform.
There are two major products to come out of Berekley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence.
Q: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to hold the giraffe and the other to fill the
bathtub with brightly colored machine tools.
Minds, like parachutes, only function when they are open.
To err is human, to moo bovine.
Grabel's Law: 2 is not equal to 3 - not even for very large values of 2.
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.
Last updated: January 3, 1998
