Futurama: the geekiest show on TV

Wired: ‘Futurama’ — The Geekiest Show on TV [via] √ Dec 6th, 2007

Someone add the Lost numbers, quick

Big Numbr is a user-contributed repository of numbers. Each number is accompanied by a random fact — e.g. 100 million: “the number of records sold by Phil Collins as a solo artist as of 2002.” [via] √ Nov 19th, 2007

Maxima: MATLAB for the poor guy

Το Maxima είναι ένα computer algebra system όμοιο του MATLAB (*) — με μια σημαντική διαφορά: είναι δωρεάν (η φοιτητική έκδοση του MATLAB κοστίζει $89). Εδώ θα βρείτε ένα σύντομο και περιεκτικό tutorial για τη χρήση του.

[*: Έχω την εντύπωση ότι το MATLAB μπορεί να κάνει (ελαφρώς;) περισσότερα πράγματα, αλλά για τα βασικά — και πολλά παραπάνω — το Maxima υπερκαλύπτει το χρήστη.] √ Sep 11th, 2007

Math jokes

Eric’s Favorite Math Jokes: insanely geeky and mostly lame, but that’s why they’re funny I guess:

ex and a constant were walking down the street. Suddenly, the constant notices a differential operator walking along the other side of the street.

“Oh, no!” exclaims the constant. “I’ve got to run away! You’ve got to hide me! There’s a differential operator… he could reduce me to nothing!”

“Hmmmph,” came the haughty reply. “I’m ex. He can’t do anything to me.” So ex walked across the street and introduced himself.

“Hi. How are you doing? I am ex,” he bragged.

“Pleased to meet you,” replied the differential operator. “I’m d/dy.”

√ Sep 7th, 2007