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i think tptacek's account has been compromised

• tptacek 18y ago
  You didn't laugh out loud when you got to "the correct solution"?
  • timr 18y ago
    I did. The way it was presented was rather classic.
    • icey 18y ago
      I've clearly missed something. Other than being a baroque way to generate an approximation that doesn't really mean much, I guess I don't see what makes it so funny?
      • timr 18y ago
        Well, with the caveat that the surest way to kill humor is to explain it, I thought it was funny because option 1 was a super-simple equation, option 2 was a super-simple equation, and the "right" answer was Quantum Rocket Surgery. (I suppose it's funnier if you've done research. Roughly 88.69% of all research literature is some dude trying to "improve" a simple model with pages of mathematics. Not that this guy was wrong -- it was just evocative.)
        • icey 18y ago
          Alright thanks... To be fair, I am really really bad at picking up humor online. I have some kind of internet autism or something.