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How much would a diamond the size of Jupiter be worth?

Do you want that in Flainian Pobble Beads, or Triganic Pu?

Might I suggest you consult Dr. Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations?

OK, but will it show all of the forms in Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations?

But to be fair, he might never have done that if it hadn't been for those damned ancient Greeks with their abacus...

A mere abacus - mention it not. Try the Antikythera mechanism.

The program, called Qbox, performs very complex quantum calculations to simulate the behaviour of thousands of atoms in three dimensions.

"Molest me not with this pocket calcualtor stuff."

Why the hell don't they just replace the "too complex" original tax form with this new "simple" form? Instead of making it all that much more complex, by feeding the simple form into the complex one, then the complex one into the complex system? Are they trying to better bistromathics with a higher form of inscrutable symbolic manipulation? Or is there some kind of "100% accountant employment" law in force in California, demanding ever more layers of unusable complexity?

I'm game. If Sony is going to sell virtual property, I'm more than willing to pay in virtual money. The only question is what denomination do they take? Centauri Ducats, Federation Credits, Quatloos, Altairian Dollars, or Triganic Pu's?

Explaination's easy:
It's an Brockian Ultra-Cricket shot gone awry, of course!

Then, one day, a student who had been left to sweep up the lab after a particulary unsuccessful party found himself reasoning this way:

If, he thought to himself, such amachine is a virtual impossibility, then it must logically be a finite improbability. So all I have to do in order to make one, is to work out exactly how improbable it is, feed that figure into the finite improbability generator, give it a fresh cup of really hot tea ... and turn it on!

He did this, and was rather startled to discover that he had managed to create the long sought after golden Infinite Improbability generater out of thin air.

It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynced by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smartass.

Am I the only one who has realized the incredible potential to take this interface and apply it to the exciting field of mathematics known as Bistromathics? Think about it! Instead of acrylic pucks interfacing with a synthesizer, you could have plates, teacups, and olive forks interfacing with a mathematical engine! It could revolutionize mathematics. Of course, all the mathematicians in the world may end up dying of obesity, but it will be a worthy sacrifice.