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I suspect that 0+"95p" probably does equal NaN in Javascript...kuruman said:Which, of course, implies that 95 = NaN in SI.
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I suspect that 0+"95p" probably does equal NaN in Javascript...kuruman said:Which, of course, implies that 95 = NaN in SI.
How many psychologists does it take to change a lightbulb?etotheipi said:How many number theorists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Nobody knows the exact number, but it is believed to be an elegant prime.

Does anybody else have the theme tune to Match of the Day going through their heads now?etotheipi said:evaluate\begin{align*}
d = \int \frac{d^2}{1+d^2} dd
\end{align*}let ##\tan d = d## so then ##\sec^2 d dd = dd## and\begin{align*}
d = \int \frac{\tan^2d}{1+ \tan^2 d} \sec^2{d} dd = \int \tan^2 d dd &= \int \sec^2 ddd - \int dd \\
&= \tan d -d +d \\
&= d- \arctan d + d
\end{align*}where ##d## is an additive constant
Isn't that the theme from Twilight Zone?Ibix said:Dee dee dee dee dee-dee-dee-dee dee...
No, that goes doo-dee-doo-doo, doo-dee-doo-doo.Vanadium 50 said:Isn't that the theme from Twilight Zone?
Dun-dun dun-dun dun-dun.Vanadium 50 said:Or maybe Jaws?
Nope. @etotheipi calculated, that the cat is alive by around 90%, hence well over 50%.DrClaude said:
Wayno says:DrClaude said:
On Thursday, I made fun of something I dislike by doing that very thing. I find the ubiquitous gags referencing Schrödinger's cat to be self-consciously clever, if not self-congratulatory. And yet, here I am doing one myself. Cartoonists are seldom rational or consistent.
Still, I promise never to tread this turf again.
Einstein, Pascal and Newton are playing hide and seek... Einstein covers his eyes and begins counting. While Pascal run off and hide, Newton takes out some chalk and marks a square on the ground with a side length of exactly one meter, then sits down inside the square.
When Einstein is finished counting and sees Newton sitting on the ground, he yells, "Ha, I've found you, Newton!". Newton however replies, "You’ve found one Newton per square meter. You’ve found Pascal!"