Do YOU like math? Do YOU like writing programs to solve math problems?

[Dr. Strange]

Then high-tail it over to Project Euler and see how many problems you can solve! Fun for everyone! (Except LynneSin--no fun for her.)

[TZ]

1. That would be HELL NO and Absolutely NOT!

Geek! :P

[Dr. Strange]

2. Did I mention that, after solving 25 problems...

you get an autographed picture of a nekkid David Duchovny?

[HopeHoops]

3. And that's supposed to motivate us just how?

:shrug:

[Dr. Strange]

5. The truth is out there.

[Capn Sunshine]

23. If you were a math freak, you would know.

:)

[TZ]

4. LOL.

I have about as much chance as solving one of those problems as being invited to play the trombone in public...;)

[HopeHoops]

7. Speaking of which - I need a trombone player in January.

[TZ]

9. Do you?

How about a mancannon player? There's one lurking around here somewhere...

[HopeHoops]

11. No, just yankin' your chain.

I don't know what the fuck a muncannon is, but if it is related to a bagpipe or accordion, I'll pass.

[TZ]

15. A mancannon is

Symarip's term for a trombone..which he plays....I never heard the term before he started posting here...Thats why I made the reference cause I saw his band play live the other night and there's no way I could do that (Dr. Strange is well aware of that)

[HopeHoops]

26. And here I thought it was a sexual reference.

"Special purpose!?!? I've GOT one of those. I was afraid to tell you about it!" - Steve Martin in "The Jerk".

"P.S. Is Grandma still farting?"

[LynneSin]

10. Ironically I know how to play the trombone

nuff said.

[HopeHoops]

12. I used to play Tuba. I still have my Dennis Wick mouthpiece.

It was a brand new 4 valve rotary Minel Wesson (sp?) and damn did it have a fine tone. My main axe is sax, but the band needed a Tuba and there were a lot of younger sax players so I went with it. I scored top marks at solo and ensemble festival both for a solo and as part of the brass quintet. That was four months after taking it up. I haven't touched one since 1981 and curiously I still want another tuba.

On Edit:

My youngest daughter (14) is playing my 1976 Selmer Signet alto sax now. That thing still sings.

[flvegan]

6. Nerd.

[Dr. Strange]

14. Beastie Boys fan.

[TZ]

16. +1 on the awesome comback!

:rofl:

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. That's one of the coolest things ever!

:thumbsup:

I'm gonna solve them all using Ladder Logic or Zgrass.

[Dr. Strange]

13. I've solved 14 so far this morning.

But I'm using MAPLE, so I'm almost cheating.

Although I just solved problem 9 using just some number theory and my calculator--no programming needed. Uh-oh, I feel another geekgasm coming on.

[TZ]

17. "geekgasm"

Such a perfect word to describe you...:rofl:

[racaulk]

18. Solution

a = 200
b = 375
c = 425

I solved it using trial and error in Excel. Am I right? :hi:

[Dr. Strange]

25. That's it!

You win a picture of David Duchov's knee!

[racaulk]

27. That's hot. n/t

[racaulk]

19. Oh my...

Admittedly, I am no computer programmer. I like math and all, and I can write formulas in Excel with the best of them, but this is a bit much for me. I'll leave you to enjoy your geekgasm by yourself, bro. :hi:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Math is okay. But I hate science.

[TZ]

21. BOOOO!

Well I've known for awhile that you had bad taste....

[Dr. Strange]

24. Yeah, well, guess what?

Science will fu--oh I guess you know that already.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

28. Face it. The phrase "laugh out loud" has lost a lot of its panache lately.

And it is true that I had to google the word "panache" both for its spelling and its context. I found out that the world literally meant "plume" in French, and dates back to the age of King Henry the IV, who would wear a white plume in his hat and shout out, "Follow my white plume!". And indeed, his men did follow his white plume.

And thus, I learned that Wikipedia is a great asset to us all, and without it, we'd be arms deep within the Oxford English Dictionary, trying to find out the meaning of the word "panache."

So basically, what I was saying, is that your comment made me literally laugh out loud. Yeah......

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Dupe. My original reply said it so much better. nt

[Iggo]

22. Yes. No. (n/t)