Jokes, cartoons and links

[wellinghall]

Why aren't maths jokes funny in Octal?
Because 7 10 11.

And why do mathematicians get Christmas and Hallowe'en mixed up?
Because DEC 25 = OCT 31.

A great xkcd.
http://xkcd.com/928/

And a pretty good Dilbert.
http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2011-07-22/

A Reader's Companion to A Civil Campaign by Lois McMaster Bujold
http://dendarii.com/accc.html

More amazing finds at the Ness of Brodgar.
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/nessofbrodgar/dig-diary-thursday-july-21/
ETA: Link now fixed.

Comments

[fallingtowers.livejournal.com]

Oh the LMB companion looks awesome! Thanks for the link!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

My pleasure! :-)

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Orkney link doesn't seem to work...

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Should be fixed now.

[miss-t-ide.livejournal.com]

I like the second one best, although my (mathematician) husband claims that mathematicians don't use octal; it's computer scientists.

(I didn't really need to tell you he was a mathematician, did I?)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Probably not ;-)

[jane-somebody.livejournal.com]

re. mouseover text in the xkcd: totally agree with writer that octopi is incorrect plural. I'll accept octopuses as reasonable plural for a word long established in English, but much prefer octopodes myself :-)

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

We are of one mind on this :-)