I dare you to find something nerdier than this

[halik]

I got these...I also understand 10. It's a matrix (matrice?) so you multiply 5x2. The rest make my head hurt...

/BA undergraduate

Edit: silverpig apparently has the correct answer for 10. I'm going to shut up now 😀

5 choose 2

combination

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

I don't see seven. Just a number slightly smaller than 7 ...

Exactly how much smaller?

 

[sandorski]

I'm not Nerdy enough to own one of those. 🙁

 

[halik]

Exactly how much smaller?

infinitely smaller, duh!

 

[SunSamurai]

I don't see seven. Just a number slightly smaller than 7 ...

Infinitely smaller even!


What I see is an example of one of the few imperfections in our mathmatic language. Namely; fractions don't exist in reality.

 

[jersiq]

3 is for the unicode character 3. Not sure about the others. (2*phi-1)^2 looks familiar, but I don't know why. Something to do with trig identities, maybe? :hmm:

I looked at phi being the actual golden ratio:

Expand (2*phi-1)^2 = 4 phi^2 - 4 phi +1

Now phi^2 = phi+1 (omitting proof here)

4(phi+1) - 4 phi +1 = 4phi -4phi + 4 + 1

=5

D'oh, looks like it was already in the description of the other clock. Now I look like an intellectual infringer.

 

[Mucho]

Reminds me of this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6a17/

 

[El Guaraguao]

I dont get it. :hmm:

 

[darkxshade]

They should have done 9.9999999999 for 10 instead of 6.9 = 7 on the clock

 

[SunSamurai]

They should have done 9.9999999999 for 10 instead of 6.9 = 7 on the clock

6.9 has more flavor.

 

[yuchai]

12 - obvious
1 - not sure
2 - It's just the infinite sum 1 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8...
3 - no idea
4 - 1/2 mod 7? I dunno
5 - seen this before but I can't remember
6 - 3x2x1 = 6
7 - 6 + 0.9r = 6 + 1 = 7 🙂
8 - simple binary 0111 = 8
9 - 21 in base 4 I think
10 - combinatorics... there are 10 ways to pick 2 objects from 5
11 - that's 11 in hex

8 actually shows as 1000 in binary. 0111 would have been 7.

 

[SandEagle]

have you tried looking in a mirror?

 

[DrPizza]

I don't see seven. Just a number slightly smaller than 7 ...

What I see is an example of one of the few imperfections in our mathmatic language. Namely; fractions don't exist in reality.

Nerd thread, not a 'tard thread. You know - the guys who are wayyyyy smarter than you?

 

[Kirby]

Nerd thread, not a 'tard thread. You know - the guys who are wayyyyy smarter than you?

lol, you'd think ppl would learn....

 

[lurk3r]

Fake Crusher is hotter than real Crusher:

And apparently is freezing

 

[silverpig]

8 actually shows as 1000 in binary. 0111 would have been 7.

oops.

 

[Rubycon]

The problem with that clock is any (insert word here for slow person) can read it due to position of hands. Put a binary clock up there with LEDs (like the watch) and see how many (nerd wannabes) can tell time without asking! 😀

 

[Matthiasa]

Infinitely smaller even!


What I see is an example of one of the few imperfections in our mathmatic language. Namely; fractions don't exist in reality.

Yes because if you a cut a cake or a pie into 6 pieces and take 1 piece you definitely don't have 5/6 of either a cake or a pie left.

 

[AFurryReptile]

Seriously... where would you get one of these? I've got a brother that this would be a perfect gift for!

 

[Rubycon]

Yes because if you a cut a cake or a pie into 6 pieces and take 1 piece you definitely don't have 5/6 of either a cake or a pie left.

Who divides pi by six? 😛

Cake is better than pie.

 

[Train]

Yes because if you a cut a cake or a pie into 6 pieces and take 1 piece you definitely don't have 5/6 of either a cake or a pie left.

Thats the problem, is it cake or is it pie? You cant fuckin' tell me can you?

 

[Newbian]

And apparently is freezing

They never created bras in the future.

 

[Cogman]

The problem with that clock is any (insert word here for slow person) can read it due to position of hands. Put a binary clock up there with LEDs (like the watch) and see how many (nerd wannabes) can tell time without asking! 😀

🙂 sadly, I could read a binary clock without flinching, at very least, the numbers 1-12 are pretty easy to see. The real test would be if they used a IEEE style float representation for the time... 🙂 (mantissa and all).

 

[Hacp]

0x0b is 11 in hex. other than that I'm with you, I have no idea what that says...

The 2nd one is a geometric series. The formula is 1/(1-r) where r is 1/2.

Overall, I can figure out 6,7,10,2,12. 10 was tricky. At first I thought it was the vector (5,2). Then I remembered combinations.

 

[DrPizza]

The problem with that clock is any (insert word here for slow person) can read it due to position of hands. Put a binary clock up there with LEDs (like the watch) and see how many (nerd wannabes) can tell time without asking! 😀

I used to have one of those for my classroom... I haven't got a clue what happened to it though. It just disappeared one summer. 🙁 I used to teach my math classes how to read it though.