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[challenge entry] Of course, if online REALLY went offline,
someone would write a helpful explanation on the exam sheet for me.

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(MrCanoehead Marzipaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:28, archived)
# My brain goes into shutdown once maths starts adding letters.
(I helped save b3ta! Captain Howdy, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:36, archived)
# I'm OK untill the Greek and upside-down letters appear
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:48, archived)
# I read an explanation of why mathematicians were lousy at arithmetic.
They only have to deal with three numbers: 0, 1, and ∞.
Four if you count √-1.
(MrCanoehead Marzipaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:52, archived)
# there are an infinate amount of numbers
there are also an infinite amount of even numbers AND and infinite amount of odd numbers
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 4 Jan 2013, 11:59, archived)
# Yes, but they only have to *deal with* those three.
Something either eventually equals something else: 1/1=1, 1*1=1
or it eventually vanishes: 0/x=0, 0*x=0
or it approaches infinity: 1/0=∞.
(MrCanoehead Marzipaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:16, archived)
# An infinate number of mathematicians walk into a bar
The first orders a pint, the second orders half a pint, the third orders a quarter of a pint, the fourth an eighth of a pint, and so on...

The barman shouts STOP! And pours 2 pints.



/nerdiest joke ever
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:22, archived)
# Haha
Bit unfair on the poor mathematicians, though, having to divide up the pints by themselves.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:27, archived)
# well it was a busy lunchtime
and he was running short of glasses
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:31, archived)
# You're missing two
e and pi are both extremely important. Basically we need 0, 1, i=sqrt(-1), e and pi. infinity isn't a number, it's a limit and can be taken in numerous different ways and not all infinities are the same size. Take the number of integers, 1, 2, 3, 4....infinity. Now take the number of half integers, 1/2, 1, 3/2, 2, 5/2, 3...infinity. The infinity of half integers is clearly twice the size of the infinity of integers. Fortunately these are both countable infinities.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:12, archived)
# Sure, go ahead and be *right* all over my joke.
my joke the joke I stole from The Bluffer's Guide To Mathematics
(MrCanoehead Marzipaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:21, archived)
# haha sorry
it's true though, mathematicians need about five numbers - and are shit at darts scores.
(I helped save b3ta! boris the spider, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 12:24, archived)