One state, two state. Red state, blue state. Yes. Some are red. And some are blue. Some are old. And some are new. Some are sad. And some are glad. And some are very, very bad. Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad. Not one of…
Category: geekthoughts
A food calorie (kilocalorie) is the amount of energy required to heat one liter of water one degree C. Therefore, when you drink one liter of ice water your body has to warm it up to 37C, giving it an effective calorie content of negative 37. Room temperature (25 degree C) water, on the other…
A Geek sits in a room filled with books, internet terminals, and a few comfortable chairs. All around, people are reading copyrighted materials, event taking them home to “borrow”. The Geek uses free wi-fi to catch up on email and postings. And the poor, starving content creators aren’t getting a cent. How can this travesty…
“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the precipitate.” More collected Geek Thoughts at http://geekthoughts.info.
Has there ever been a case of mitigated gall? More collected Geek Thoughts at http://geekthoughts.info/.
chromatic: O(n^3) isn’t so bad when n=1 or 2. More collected Geek Thoughts at http://geekthoughts.info/.
Google is a much better search engine for everyday calculations in the search bar, like say [439600 light years / 200 km/sec] (compare Y!, search.microsoft.com, er, msn.com, er, live.com) More collected Geek Thoughts at http://geekthoughts.info/.
Blackberry singing in the dead of night Take these calendars, and do invite All your life You are only waiting for this email to arrive More collected Geek Thoughts at http://geekthoughts.info/. P.S. Got a better one? Post it. -m
I hereby refuse to eat any fruits or vegetables that are not certifiably carbon-based. More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.
The color magenta has no wavelength. It exists only in your mind. More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.
By now you’ve likely noticed the Geek Thoughts postings here. This is an experiment on a few different levels. What makes comics special? To what extent are pictures, often little more than stick figures, a critical part of the web comic experience? Can a web comic still be funny and thought-provoking with only words? Specifically…
Reporter: So quantum teleportation– Geek: The name is misleading. It’s a particle statistics thing. Reporter: So it’s not like Star Trek? That’s boring. Geek: Okay, I’m sick of this. Every time there’s a paper on quantum teleportation, you reporters write the same disappointed story. Reporter: But– Geek: Talk to someone else. I’m going to the…
Without question, the #1 most important success factor in being a Sith Lord is making sure your apprentice cannot kill you. More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.
Next time you drive on a freeway, look up to see how many power lines you pass under. Most people never notice these, even on common commuter routes. But once you perceive one, you’ll be seeing them all over the place. What else works this way? More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.
To be a Certified Beer Judge, a GeekDrinker needs to score 70/100 on a written test as well as gain 5 experience points, half of that from judging. Talk about leveling up! More collected Geek Thoughts at https://dubinko.info/blog/tags/geekthoughts/.
Geek Thoughts? It’s like a web comic, minus the stick figures. Occasionally funny, often random, always geeky. While the Yahoo! board was furiously debating the merits of a Microsoft takeover offer, a heated dispute arose about one PowerPoint slide showing sales figures over a recent quarter. To resolve the dispute, they had to call in…