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  1. Pi r squared? on 83,431 Recited Digits of Pi · · Score: 1

    It's probably an old one, but....

    A couple of (insert ethnicity here) guys were sitting around the table drinking beer, when one guy's son came in to the room-

    father: "Hey my son is REAL SMART. He's learnin' a LOT in school! Say somethin' for the man, son!"

    Son: " Uhh, OK, Dad. Pi r squared"

    The father hauls off, and whacks the kid on the side of the head, knocking him down.

    Son: "Whaaaaa...! Watcha do that for, Dad?"

    Father: "You dumb li'l s--t! Don'tcha know
    CAKE are squared? Pie are ROUND!"

  2. A simple mnemonic for the first THIRTYONE on 83,431 Recited Digits of Pi · · Score: 1

    Now I even I
    would celebrate
    in rhymes unapt
    the great immortal Haraguchi
    rivaled nevermore
    who in his wondrous lore
    passed on before
    gave men his guidance
    how to circles mensurate.


    (of course the original in line 4 should read "Syracusan", but let's celebrate Haraguchi today)

  3. Re:Here's what I want from Japan- a PRIUS+ ?? on Japan Striving For Energy Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Well, you *CAN* have it!
    Just get the PRIUS+ kit from California Cars !


    Of course, (tsk tsk) it may not be made in Japan...

  4. Re:Talk about double standards on Fake Microsoft Patch Triggers Virus Attack · · Score: 1

    Thanx- I forwarded this to my Granny. She checks her email and surfs the 'net. I'm sure she'll have nooo problem figuring out yr answer and adjusting her Windows (or is it a Mac? No.. must be a Linux box!) to dothe work. Thanx! No if only she could figure out how to tune the fuel injectors on her Camry.

  5. Apostrophe abusive puzzle on 2005 Google U.S. Puzzle Championship · · Score: 1

    To download the files to disk: On PC's - Right click on the link and save file to disk
    On MAC's - Click and hold on the link and save file to disk


    I'm already confused. Who is PC? And on PC's what? Right- Click on what?
    For that matter, Mac's what? Who is Mac?
    Clearly a case of misplaced apostrophes here.
    But that's another puzzle, I assume...

  6. Re:Photovoltaics? No, Potatoes! on Green buildings, Green Server Farms? · · Score: 1

    To hell with Photovoltaics! Too much pollution. Let potatos (izzat spelt OK, Dan?) do the conversion from sunlight.
    Then YOU convert the carbos to electricity and run your server(s) using POTATO POWER !
    Anything less will pollute.
    I assume the spud-power UPS will power something other than a Windows/IIS system...

  7. How about AppleDirect? on Judge Denies TigerDirect's Request for Injunction · · Score: 1

    I'm considering marketing apples (the fruit) from my orchard via the internet, and possibly have a small software package as an option.

    My company will be called AppleTiger.

    Do you think TigerDirect may object?

    - Tony the Tiger
    http://www.tonyking.tk/ ... Ahhh, dontcha just love those top-level domains!

  8. Re:What Science Really is... on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1

    > He doesn't actually have a girlfriend. This is theoretical physics

    What makes you think the poster is a 'he' ?

  9. I'm planning to go back to have shot myself. on Time Travelers' Convention · · Score: 1

    If my plan works (or is it 'worked'?), I will travel back to 1936, shoot this guy 'Hitler' (or is it Hilter?), and - if I'm successful, I shall then immediately kill myself, so the gestapo don't torture me. Please let me know if I was succesful.

  10. Cake are sqared... Pi are ROUND! on Pi: Less Random Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Now I even I would celebrate in rhymes unapt the great immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore, who in his wondrous lore, passed on before, gave men his guidance how to circles mensurate.

  11. Re:Deep Impact + Gerbils? on Deep Impact Catches First Glimpse of Target Comet · · Score: 1

    Does this involves the use of gerbils or other small fury creatures?
    A cosmonaut called Vladimir
    Kept a cageful of gerbils on Mir
    With some nanotubes and some twine
    He had a fine time
    With an experiment called Richard's Gear.
    . . . . ©aqk 1998

  12. Com'n SUN! on Fortress: The Successor to Fortran? · · Score: 1

    05 COMMENT PICTURE X(63) VALUE IS "Com'n Sun- next give us a worthy successer to COBOL and RPG!" COMPUTATIONAL-3.

  13. Re:Warning, urban legend stuff! on Scientists Solve Riddle of Unpopped Popcorn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, it's not urban legend. Well, perhaps back in the Los Alamo days. I was but a mere tad in those days... But a few years ago (10? 15?) our orders for computer equipment began arriving packed in real popcorn instead of those nasty little styrofoam peanuts that seem to cling to everything. I thought (and so did the environmentalists) that it was a GREAT step forward. We even used to eat the stuff, with some trepidation. But they stopped using it as a packing material, because, as you remarked, vermin were chowing down on the stuff, and the packers had the choice of either spraying it with noxious pesticides and incurring the wrath of next-of-kin of inner city victims (and perhaps us), or going back to the styrofoam things. They reluctantly chose the latter. God, I hate those white peanuts!!

  14. Re:Yes, Mr. CEO, we're going with Hoary Hedgehog on Hoary Hedgehog Ubuntu 5.04 Released · · Score: 1

    CEO: "Hoary Hedgehog? Get outa here! Last time you pulled this crap on me, you wanted to install something called 'Warp'! And where is THAT silly startrek thing today?"