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Procrastination is a good thing. It means you have got time today, plus you have something to do tomorrow.DrGreg said:I was going to post that, but I hadn't got round to it yet.
Procrastination is a good thing. It means you have got time today, plus you have something to do tomorrow.DrGreg said:I was going to post that, but I hadn't got round to it yet.
Apparently it's Art.phinds said:
A friend of mine tells me he won an award for procrastination. He promises he's going to go and collect it any day now.DrGreg said:I was going to post that, but I hadn't got round to it yet.
Once he gets confirmation that the award certificate has been designed and printed by the committee.Ibix said:A friend of mine tells me he won an award for procrastination. He promises he's going to go and collect it any day now.
That's a dick move.berkeman said:From my Facebook feed -- Gotta waterproof your reporter microphone in the rainy report...
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Meh. I like the Road Runner guess better.Ibix said:
I mean, it is not wrong …George Jones said:##\log\left(1+2+3\right) = \log\left(1\right) + \log\left(2\right) + \log\left(3\right)##
Yesterday I showed this to a pure mathematician friend. After a few seconds he literally LOLed, so I thought I'd put it the joke thread, as other folks also might chuckle.Orodruin said:I mean, it is not wrong …
Er... surely not?berkeman said:From my Facebook feed -- Gotta waterproof your reporter microphone in the rainy report...
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Do we not do the parentheses first? Or is this another mathematics joke I don't understand?Orodruin said:I mean, it is not wrong …
The joke is that it is supposedly analagous topinball1970 said:Do we not do the parentheses first? Or is this another mathematics joke I don't understand?
Use logarithm lawspinball1970 said:Do we not do the parentheses first? Or is this another mathematics joke I don't understand?
I must admit, I giggled.George Jones said:Yesterday I showed this to a pure mathematician friend. After a few seconds he literally LOLed, so I thought I'd put it the joke thread, as other folks also might chuckle.
It's a very special case that happens to work. $$\begin{eqnarray*}pinball1970 said:Do we not do the parentheses first? Or is this another mathematics joke I don't understand?
I must confess, I even put it on the calculator before I saw what was going on.Ibix said:It's a very special case that happens to work. $$\begin{eqnarray*}
\ln(a+b+c)&=&\ln(a)+\ln(b)+\ln(c)\\
&=&\ln(abc)\\
\therefore a+b+c&=&abc
\end{eqnarray*}$$That's not generally true, but it so happens that 1+2+3=1×2×3 - a surprisingly simple special case. How funny that is depends on how hard you instinctively reject ##\ln(1+2+3)=\ln(1)+\ln(2)+\ln(3)## on the basis of the general rule before noticing the special case. I definitely snrked.
I must also confess, when I first saw the joke, I saw only the wrong method and didn't notice the answer was correct.fresh_42 said:I must confess, I even put it on the calculator before I saw what was going on.
Me typing it in WA literally described the thought process:DrGreg said:I must also confess, when I first saw the joke, I saw only the wrong method and didn't notice the answer was correct.
Welcome to Hotel CaliforniaDrGreg said:I knocked on the door of a B&B. The landlady opened the door and asked me what I wanted.
"I want to stay here", I said.
"Then stay there", she replied, and shut the door.
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As told by Tommy Cooper.
That's great. Paul looks he has footwear on.fresh_42 said: