Collection of Science Jokes P2

[Orodruin]

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That’s not ISO standard.

(ISO standard would be 20231231)

 

[jbriggs444]

That’s not ISO standard.

(ISO standard would be 20231231)

MJD 60309

 

[Orodruin]

MJD 60309

That’s not ISO standard either

 

[Tom.G]

MJD 60309

Too long, couldn't memorize.
Just look at the newspaper or computer screen, it's easier.

 

[berkeman]

From Facebook today; I thought about posting in Lame Jokes, but this is really a science joke...

 

[BillTre]

Science jokes are often misplaced in the lame joke bin.

 

[BillTre]

Some may consider math and computer jokes as subsets of science (kind of like STEM).
In that case, I consider the more specific place to put them to be the better one (like test answers).
I think there are two threads on computer or information joke. Confusion is rampant!

 

[berkeman]

LOL, from Facebook today...

 

[BillTre]

LOL, from Facebook today...

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Reminds me of the Get Smart intro.
Also two buttons, but only goes up.

 

[BillTre]

 

[phinds]

 

[berkeman]

circle around their star

Ellipse, technically...

 

[fresh_42]

... that the tilt is back in place, actually.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[fresh_42]

I would have posted this as a joke, if ...

... it wasn't so wrong. So let's make it a quiz:

Who can find the error?

 

[jbriggs444]

I would have posted this as a joke, if ...

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... it wasn't so wrong. So let's make it a quiz:

Who can find the error?

1744? By which time Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit had been dead for nearly a decade?

 

[fresh_42]

1744? By which time Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit had been dead for nearly a decade?

Very good! Two more mistakes, but still not the one I was thinking of.

 

[jbriggs444]

Very good! Two more mistakes, but still not the one I was thinking of.

The Fahrenheit scale was not refined to its modern definition until 1776?
Or the reversal of the Celsius scale in 1743?

 

[fresh_42]

The Fahrenheit scale was not refined to its modern definition until 1776?
Or the reversal of the Celsius scale in 1743?

The latter, yes.

However, unlike the modern Celsius scale, Celsius assigned a value of 0 °C to the boiling point of water and a value of 100 °C to the freezing point. The modern Celsius scale, in which the boiling point of water is assigned the value 100 °C and the freezing point is assigned the value 0 °C, was introduced by Carl von Linné, a friend of Celsius, shortly after his death in 1744.

 

[Baluncore]

What is it with the USA using Fahrenheit, where a temperature of 100 is defined, as that inside a cow.

 

[Haborix]

I saw the photo and immediately thought Newton.

 

[jack action]

Who can find the error?

Also, he was 42, not 43 at his death.

 

[Tom.G]

Also, he was 42, not 43 at his death.

Numerically however, the math works out that way; Zero-based versus One-based.

 

[Orodruin]

What is it with the USA using Fahrenheit, where a temperature of 100 is defined, as that inside a cow.

What if the cow has fever?

 

[Orodruin]

 

[Baluncore]

I believe that book was peer-reviewed, but not by scientists.

 

[Orodruin]

I believe that book was peer-reviewed, but not by scientists.

But if it was given by God … who was the peer?

 

[BillTre]

 

[berkeman]

(Just a quick reminder to avoid religious topics at PF, even in the humor threads. Thanks)

 

[BillTre]