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Tattoos For the Math and Science Geek?
An anonymous reader writes "I've been thinking of getting a sleeve of math and science tattoos for quite a while now. With the money saved up, the only question remaining is, what equations/ideas should I get? I know for certain that I'm going to include some of Maxwell's equations, and definitely Ohm's Law. So, if you were going to put a tribute to the great math and science minds on your body forever, which ones would you choose?"
Someone I know recently got a lambda tattooed on his finger. Now he can bind people into expressions just by raising his middle digit.
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Bad idea. People will think you cheated on the exams.
In the greek alphabet:
beta mu pi integral of e^x
which gives you
ButtSex
P=NP? die, heretic scum!
In Soviet Russia jokes are formulaic and decidedly non-humorous.
I like musicians who get the fermata symbol tattooed on their bodies. (Hold me.)
Best regards.
Get a tattoo of Fermat's Theorem and include:
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof that it is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second into two like powers. This margin is too narrow to contain it.
Come on, the math is simple here. There are six billion people on the planet right now. How many of them have tattoos already? The probability of you coming up with a tattoo that someone else doesn't already have is nearly zero.
In other words if you get a tattoo, someday later you'll meet someone else who has the same one, or someone who knows someone who has it. Then you'll realize that your attempt at "individuality" was a failure. At which point hopefully you went to a clean enough shop that you didn't pick up hepatitis in the process.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
And make sure no one has trademark rights to or a patent on the one you choose: don't use Ax=\lamda x or Match.com may sue your left shoulder.
This is my way of saying that although I declined to get my own tattoo, I'm glad that you're thinking of something intellectually worthy instead of getting an Apple, Inc tattoo or something else terribly impermanent. I actually read a b log post from a disgruntled "lifelong Mac user" who had recently switched to Ubuntu; he had an Apple tattoo.
That's why you never should tattoo physics laws, just mathematical theorems -- they change rarely.
not only will you be cooler than anybody who has a tattoo (its true!) - you can feel safe in the knowledge that your "individualism" cant be questioned. -0.
in the 90s I got a tattoo of the solar system on my back and brontosaurus tattoo on my chest. now both are incorrect :(
if he was going for a big cock on his forhead, maybe $60
Crap. I got completely ripped off on mine.
do you *really* think that the laws of physics will ever be less important?
Right, but which of those rules won't change. F=ma? Good approximation for large, slow things, but not actually true since we found out about the speed of light. What happens when we explain dark matter and dark energy? Physics is all subject to change, since it tries to approximate a set of rules that we aren't really sure about. Mathematics is constant because it writes its own rules.
The perfect tattoo: in a single 72-point font, the last digit of Pi.
Backup plan: your five top choices for laws of physics that we all know to be true today, but that we will know to be false before you die. Then you can cross them out as they are disproven.
I just bought a bottle of wine from a cashier with a very large interesting tattoo running the entire length of his arm. It had Chinese lettering over an interesting background of the Sun, Moon, and other elements.
I asked him what it said and he looked very sad and replied 'It says don't get a tattoo when you're drunk'.
I didn't have the heart to press him for the real translation because he looked like it was too embarrassing.
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So the next time I see a sun tattoo between a girls shoulder blades it is safe to ask "Can I see Uranus"?
The perfect tattoo: in a single 72-point font, the last digit of Pi.
The last 2 digits are 42.
I mean, if he was going for a big cock on his forhead, maybe $60 or so, then I would agree but...
Note that no tattoo was mentioned in that sentence ...
Also consider the possibility that this could get you in trouble in a math/physics exam. I thought I'd never go back to a classroom, but was pushed into a post-grad course - and was prohibited to use my old faithful HP49G on the financial/accounting exams "because it is alphanumeric and can be used for cheating"! I had to borrow a 30 year old 12c, but you won't be able to borrow a clean pair of arms.
Apparently you have never heard of a process called "tanning". Some of us still have grand-dad's WWI tattoos, nicely framed.
Get tats of chicks with big boobs -- boobs can never, ever be proven wrong.
"I believe in Karma. That means I can do bad things to people all day long and I assume they deserve it." : Dogbert
That's why you show up for a date bathed and with your teeth brushed.
Ohhhh...
Umm, no? He realizes that while he likes his tattoos not everyone shares his opinions?
I think my cock is awesome but I don't show up for a job interview in crotchless chaps.
Show the world you are smart enough to know those equations but not smart enough to not get a rediculous tattoo. Do you really need Ohm's law on your arm when you are 50? What next, a listing of zip codes on your ass?
Pikachu is still awesome.
I think my cock is awesome but I don't show up for a job interview in crotchless chaps.
Best. Analogy. Ever.
Clearly, tattoos fall under the provision of color and potentially religion and/or ethnic groups (i.e. Maori).
You're missing the point - tattoos make you unique. Without them, you're just another standard human, another carbon copy drone. After you customize your skin, nobody will ever have anything like it. Like a snowflake, really, no two alike. Your tats become a part of who you are. I'd be lying if I said they weren't addictive, though! Just make sure you live among people who accept your uniqueness instead of intolerant fools.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
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Hm... You know what, I think I'd be okay with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tattoo. Thanks for the advice!
"He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
So wait, the tattoo would turn off in the presence of people that think tattoos are cool? Isn't that kinda counter productive.