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(8,155 posts) Wed Jul 24, 2013, 04:27 AM Jul 2013

Math joke...

? (1/cabin)d(cabin)=log cabin +c = houseboat

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Groan. But I like it. n/t SwissTony Jul 2013 #1

Fan of Gravity's Rainbow, I see!! cliffordu Jul 2013 #2

Currently on page 467 of my second time reading. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #7

No habla whatever the heck you just wrote!!! benld74 Jul 2013 #3

I like Murphy's... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 #4

Due to Paul Halmos IIRC. He used in in his calculus classes: struggle4progress Jul 2013 #5

Lol, yup I'm nerdy enough to like that. Thanks :P... Locut0s Jul 2013 #6

SwissTony

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1. Groan. But I like it. n/t

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 04:40 AM

Jul 2013

cliffordu

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2. Fan of Gravity's Rainbow, I see!!

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 04:26 PM

Jul 2013

Gravitycollapse

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7. Currently on page 467 of my second time reading.

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Thu Jul 25, 2013, 02:35 AM

Jul 2013

This time with a companion reader. Now I actually know what's going on most of the time.

benld74

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3. No habla whatever the heck you just wrote!!!

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 04:48 PM

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discntnt_irny_srcsm

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4. I like Murphy's...

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 04:58 PM

Jul 2013

...reflexive law of location:
No matter where you go, there you are.

struggle4progress

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5. Due to Paul Halmos IIRC. He used in in his calculus classes:

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 07:37 PM

Jul 2013

Q: What is ? (1/cabin)d(cabin)?

A: ... logcabin!

Q: No! It's houseboat!

A: ???

Q: logcabin plus sea

Locut0s

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6. Lol, yup I'm nerdy enough to like that. Thanks :P...

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Wed Jul 24, 2013, 08:38 PM

Jul 2013

Actually it's not a bad way to remember never to forget the constant of integration.

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