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10-09-2009, 11:32 PM
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Arrogant... apparently.
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Manitoba, Canada
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Prime numbers (humorous)
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Several people are asked to prove that all odd integers greater than 2 are prime. - Tenured mathematician: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is not prime. Ha! A counterexample.
- Untenured mathematician: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime… so by induction, all subsequent odd integers are prime.
- Statistician: Let’s verify this sone several randomly selected odd numbers, say, 23, 47, and 83.
- Computer scientist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, segmentation fault?
- Computer programmer: 3 is prime, 3 is prime, 3 is prime, 3 is prime…
- Physicist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is an experiemntal error, 11 is prime…
- Mechanical engineer: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is approximately prime, 11 is prime…
- Civil engineer: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime…
- Biologist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is… still awaiting results…
- Psychologist: 3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, 9 is prime but suppresses it, 11 is prime…
- Economist: 2 is prime, 4 is prime, 6 is prime…
- Politician: Shouldn’t the goal really be to create a greater society where all numbers are prime?
- Sarah Palin: What’s a prime?
Credit: http://komplexify.com/epsilon/2009/01/24/odd-primes/
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10-09-2009, 11:35 PM
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Hobby Collector
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Southern Ohio
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I'm sorry what is this?
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Originally Posted by marubozo
I should have stuck to four fingers in Vegas. :o
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10-09-2009, 11:37 PM
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Arrogant... apparently.
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Not funny? 
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10-09-2009, 11:48 PM
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I got a giggle out of one or two of them.
they can't all be zingers. . .
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That's what Jamil said.
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10-10-2009, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Fingers
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I'm sure it is to the right people. I was just confused about it. didn't mean to put it down. 
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I should have stuck to four fingers in Vegas. :o
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10-10-2009, 12:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Newark, De
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A few of them were pretty funny. The ME is my favorite though.
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10-10-2009, 12:48 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Haymarket VA
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Nice. The only one that isnt funny is the sarah palin one.
Because its TRUE!
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