Hey, if it means I don't have to read any more, woo and, might I add, a big hoo.

Xander ,'Sleeper'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 10:52:15 am PDT #1138 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Oh brenda, you're killing me here. Lemon ice. Want.


Kathy A - Jun 10, 2005 10:55:49 am PDT #1139 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Frozen custard (brenda knows the joys of Kopps, I'm sure!). There's a place down the street from my apartment that's supposed to have good custard, and I've been very good about avoiding it so far. I'm thinking I might cave in this weekend.


Vortex - Jun 10, 2005 10:55:54 am PDT #1140 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end


DXMachina - Jun 10, 2005 10:59:14 am PDT #1141 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

What formula (of the form ax*x + bx + c = 0) do you use to find x?

If the side of the cube is 1, then it's

0 = (1 + sqrt(2)) x - 1


-t - Jun 10, 2005 11:01:52 am PDT #1142 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Octagon. Okay. Well, that's 8 isosceles triangles with a 45 - 67.5 -67.5 angles and a side of length x opposite the 45. Such a triangle will have a height of x/(2tan(pi/8)) and area x^2/(4tan(pi/8)), so the octagon would be of area 2(x^2)/tan(pi/8), hmm. I can't remember how to calculate tan(theta/2). Blech.


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:32 am PDT #1143 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Humming softly, looking around, waiting for the math talk to end

Oh, don't mind us. Play through!


Nutty - Jun 10, 2005 11:02:58 am PDT #1144 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

You know what? Repetitions of "sqrt" in conversational prose may lead one to believe that squirting is a math function. Like, I did figure it out eventually, but, not at first.

Hello, all. I am in the sunny (when not stormy) southland, planning quesadillas for supper, and my Red Sox are in the sunny (I presume) Wrigley Field, having their asses handed to them. What is a girl to do? I mean, besides eat quesadillas and hope the Yankees and Orioles were similarly gifted in the ass dept.?


tommyrot - Jun 10, 2005 11:04:30 am PDT #1145 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

cool!


Emily - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:31 am PDT #1146 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola

Show-off. -t, what my brain tells me when I look at your post is "Tant pis means what a pity." That's all I got.


Connie Neil - Jun 10, 2005 11:05:56 am PDT #1147 of 10001
brillig

Do I lose my geek license when I can't follow the geekery?