The Unhijackable Thread of Randomness

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http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/10/05/buy-booze-poured-over-boobs-before-bottled

 

...Cerb ladies....we await your bottles, lol!!

[Phaedrus 209521]

So, first up: if there's anyone out there of an even slightly nerdy disposition who doesn't read XKCD, you're seriously missing out.

 

Secondly: interview with Randall Monroe, who writes it. Well worth your time.

[Royalfun 55449]

[Phaedrus 209521]

[Malika Fantasy 144625]

[Phaedrus 209521]

This bird is awesome. That is all.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=uBuPiC3ArL8

[NotchJohnson 214136]

Lynx body wash commercial is so cool, I need to take a shower before I see any ladies.

http://youtu.be/jsvgufeKPsI

[Phaedrus 209521]

[JoyfulC 132299]

[Mister T 45020]

Mmmmmmmm

 

Lost in translation???

 

Private sector helping improve the state of roads?? This road financed by ....

 

[Sweet Emily J 172062]

A hilarious classic. Still as funny as the first time. :biggrin:

 

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7cd2e1d8f0/dick-in-a-box-uncensored#

[JoyfulC 132299]

I love this!

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This was sent to me and it gave me a laugh. No known author, one of those chain emails and it obviously never happened. Still.

 

"Thinking Unconventionally

A Letter from a College Professor

 

Some time ago I received a call from a colleague, who asked if I would be the referee on the grading of an examination question. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question, while the student claimed he should receive a perfect score and would if the system were not set up against the student.

 

The instructor and the student agreed to an impartial arbiter, and I was selected. I went to my colleague's office and read the examination question: "Show how it is possible to determine the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer."

 

The student had answered: "Take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to the street, and then bring it up, measuring the length of the rope. The length of the rope is the height of the building."

 

I pointed out that the student really had a strong case for full credit since he had really answered the question completely and correctly. On the other hand, if full credit were given, it could well contribute to a high grade in his physics course. A high grade is supposed to certify competence in physics, but the answer did not confirm this. I suggested that the student have another try at answering the question. I was not surprised that my colleague agreed, but I was surprised when the student did.

 

I gave the student six minutes to answer the question with the warning that the answer should show some knowledge of physics. At the end of five minutes, he had not written anything. I asked if he wished to give up, but he said no. He had many answers to this problem; he was just thinking of the best one. I excused myself for interrupting him and asked him to please go on. In the next minute, he dashed off his answer which read:

 

"Take the barometer to the top of the building and lean over the edge of the roof. Drop the barometer, timing its fall with a stopwatch. Then, using the formula x=3D0.5--a--t^2, calculate the height of the building."

 

At this point, I asked my colleague if he would give up. He conceded, and gave the student almost full credit. In leaving my colleague's office, I recalled that the student had said that he had other answers to the problem, so I asked him what they were.

 

"Well," said the student. "there are many ways of getting the height of a tall building with the aid of a barometer. For example, you could take the barometer out on a sunny day and measure the height of the barometer, the length of its shadow, and the length of the shadow of the building, and by the use of simple proportion, determine the height of the building."

 

"Fine," I said, "and others?"

 

"Yes," said the student." There is a very basic measurement method you will like. In this method, you take the barometer and begin to walk up the stairs. As you climb the stairs, you mark off the length of the barometer along the wall. You then count the number of marks, and this will give you the height of the building in barometer units.

 

"A very direct method."

 

"Of course. If you want a more sophisticated method, you can tie the barometer to the end of a string, swing it as a pendulum, and determine the value of g at the street level and at the top of the building. From the difference between the two values of g, the height of the building, in principle, can be calculated."

 

"On this same tack, you could take the barometer to the top of the building, attach a long rope to it, lower it to just above the street, and then swing it as a pendulum. You could then calculate the height of the building by the period of the precession".

 

"Finally," he concluded, "there are many other ways of solving the problem. Probably the best," he said, "is to take the barometer to the basement and knock on the superintendent's door. When the superintendent answers, you speak to him as follows: 'Mr. Superintendent, here is a fine barometer. If you will tell me the height of the building, I will give you this barometer.'"

 

At this point, I asked the student if he really did know the conventional answer to this question. He admitted that he did, but said that he was fed up with high school and college instructors trying to "teach him to think"."

 

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Goes well with:

 

 

Source: I Fucking Love Science https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

[Sweet Emily J 172062]

I love this!

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This was sent to me and it gave me a laugh. No known author, one of those chain emails and it obviously never happened. Still.

 

"Thinking Unconventionally

A Letter from a College Professor

 

Goes well with:

 

 

Source: I Fucking Love Science https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience

 

I also love this. Awesome. Unconventional thinking makes me wet.

 

This is unrelated, but the pic of Neil deGrasse Tyson reminded me of this amazing video... gives me goosebumps every time:

 

 

Just one of his many awesome clips on youtube.

[Andee 220524]

I feel like having samuri deli

 

[Mister T 45020]

I feel like having samuri deli

 

 

Samurai Deli goes well with Soup Nazi

 

[Phaedrus 209521]

[Touch 57501]

Caption, anyone?

[Phaedrus 209521]

[Malika Fantasy 144625]

Caption, anyone?

 

why isn't she in my kitchen making me a sammich?

or why isn't she in my bed right now?

[Touch 57501]

[Phaedrus 209521]

[Malika Fantasy 144625]

[Phaedrus 209521]

 

 

 

[NotchJohnson 214136]

Which pill would you choose?

[Phaedrus 209521]

Which pill would you choose?

 

I'm torn between yellow, pink and black.

 

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