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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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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.
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 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.
Hm... You know what, I think I'd be okay with a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tattoo. Thanks for the advice!
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