Geek test

[billspad]

What school does the owner of this shirt attend?

 

[WillMarchant]

MIT

 

[shrox]

Julliard School for the Arts?

 

[billspad]

Julliard School for the Arts?

Yeah, it was a trick question. He borrowed the shirt.

 

[billspad]

MIT

Tell me you didn't get it instantly.

It took me a couple of minutes to figure it out and I had the newspaper article in front of me.

The square root of -1 threw me.

 

[shrox]

Yeah, it was a trick question. He borrowed the shirt.

Excellent...

 

[MarkII]

Actually the real geek test would be: who would post a riddle like that?

MarkII

 

[billspad]

Actually the real geek test would be: who would post a riddle like that?

MarkII

You're right. When I realized I knew what it said I was shocked by my own geekiness.

 

[WillMarchant]

Rocketry is all about celebrating your inner geek.

 

[The EGE]

Rocketry is all about celebrating your inner geek.

Amen to that!

 

[Gillard]

Rocketry is all about celebrating your inner geek.

sorry guys, but i'm a geek on the outside as well

 

[KennB]

Thanks, Bill. My first day on the forum and I have something to post to.

I will admit (or brag) I got the answer right away. Not bad for someone with a 4 year degree from a lesser school.

Now I'll hunt down that movie quote thread and see what else I can get my fingers into.

 

[Shade]

⌠4
│ iit dt
⌡0


Okay, that was not even hard. This is better not only does it itentify
a school but it also sends a message.

Okay I will give the MIT on some credit in that they included Phyics,
Math and Chemistry.

 

[stickershock23]

sorry guys, but i'm a geek on the outside as well

Yeah me too... LOL :clap:

 

[MarkII]

⌠4
│ iit dt
⌡0


Okay, that was not even hard. This is better not only does it itentify
a school but it also sends a message.

Okay I will give the MIT on some credit in that they included Phyics,
Math and Chemistry.

Yeah, but in the photo attached to the original post, you don't even have to parse the equation to know that it signifies MIT. The mere presence of the equation is evidence enough. I guessed it immediately, despite the fact that I have no idea how to parse the actual equation. So what kind of geek does that make me? (Don't answer that...)

MarkII

 

[Shade]

Yeah, but in the photo attached to the original post, you don't even have to parse the equation to know that it signifies MIT. The mere presence of the equation is evidence enough. I guessed it immediately, despite the fact that I have no idea how to parse the actual equation. So what kind of geek does that make me? (Don't answer that...)

MarkII

LOL

 

[DexterLB]

The square root of -1 threw me.

What's wrong with a square root of -1?

 

[billspad]

What's wrong with a square root of -1?

It's an imaginary number. The last time I had to deal with imaginary numbers was when I was in school which was a long time ago. When I first looked at it my reaction was that the square root of -1 wasn't real. Then I had the forehead slapping moment when I realized what they were going for.

 

[DexterLB]

The creator of the T-shirt thought that

sqrt(-1)

is cooler than

i

As would have I though...

 

[DexterLB]

Wow that's cool. I managed to get that formula down to:

mI^2Vi/n

 

[Reinhard]

In this context, P, V and R are not the electrical symbols for power, voltage and resistance but the thermodynamical symbols for pressure, volume and gas constant.

see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_gas_law

Reinhard

 

[DexterLB]

Oops.
Even better,

mi/T

 

[Reinhard]

Oops.
Even better,

mi/T

Much better, but try again.

Reinhard

 

[RimfireJim]

What school does the owner of this shirt attend?

Very clever. I love it (and, no, I'm not an MIT grad). I guess that solidifies me as a geek. (Didn't we used to be called "nerds"?)

 

[MarkII]

(Didn't we used to be called "nerds"?)

Big and chewy or small and hard?

Better a

than one of these guys:

MarkII

 

[DexterLB]

Big and chewy or small and hard?

Better a

than one of these guys:

MarkII

LOL!

 

[RimfireJim]

Big and chewy or small and hard?

Better a

than one of these guys:

MarkII

Those things didn't come on the market until I was well past the point of being concerned about my nerdiness.
It looks like the term "geek" replaced "nerd" around the same time the candy was introduced. Effect and cause???

 

[dlazarus6660]

Not again!
I'm still working on E=mc2 and warp speed.

 

[RangerStl]

[

MarkII

Aren't those "Runts"?

N

 

[MarkII]

Yes. Now reread my post.

MarkII