A huge breakthrough. Or as The Donald would say, a yuge breakthrough. Yuge.
It’s a very clever solution, too.
[Via Geekpress]
Category Archives: Mathematics
And Probably Proud Of It
Barack Obama says he’s pretty lost when it comes to the math stuff.
Why am I not surprised?
[Update a while later]
More non-news: Biden and Obama are financially illiterate.
Well, duh.
Fun With Statistics
There’s a 99% chance that whoever filed this brief is not licensed to practice law.
Heh.
Randall Munroe
[Via Sarah Hoyt]
Math
As usual, the Democrats were apparently told there would be none.
Just add the stadium fiasco (from the very beginning — Bank of America Stadium? Really?) to the list of this week’s convention disasters.
One Soul Mate
While it’s a nice romantic notion, the idea that there is just one person for you always struck me as nonsense, because the chances of finding them would be infinitesimal. But the indispensable XKCD actually runs the numbers.
Prisoner’s Dilemma
A new twist on game and evolutionary theory.
Ryan’s Plan
…against the team with no plan. I recall when Turbotax Timmy Geithner said, “…we don’t have a plan, but we know we don’t like yours.”
We’ll see how trying to beat something with nuthin’ works out for them this fall.
Burn The Math Witch!
The Freepers have some fun with Iowahawk’s new hashtag game.
Barack Obama: “I was told there would be no math.”
[Update a few minutes later]
One of my favorite comments over there: “Math is racist.”
Mars Spreadsheet Update
For anyone interested, I’ve got a new, improved version up. It’s basically more organized, with the constants grouped together, and with no references to rows below the formula.