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My fast, rambling talk containing Proper Maths™ from Ignite Bristol (held on the magnificent SS Great Britain). Sod Marcus de Sautoy, hard stuff is fun. Also contains 120 digits of pi recited in under 15 seconds.
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 12:11, Reply)
I take comfort in your mathematical ability by thinking you're one of those guys who can do all that but yet can't work out how much change you'd get from a tenner if you bought a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps.
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 13:46, Reply)
Alas I'm one of those annoying people who will hand over £10.14 if the bill is £3.59 (and I don't have a 5p). Which it will be for a chocolate bar and a bag of crisps in a service station.
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 14:04, Reply)
was so much clearer and easier to understand that when I did this at uni! Brilliant!
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 14:01, Reply)
Just thought.... I'd mention that you have a beard... I'll shut up now. Sorry.
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 14:14, Reply)
... but my hair grew inwards from my head and came out of my chin. bittern.org.uk/random/Oliver-hair.jpg
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 14:20, Reply)
Enthuastic mathematician
Edit: I'm playing a gig in Bristol tomorrow (Saturday) if you're interested, they're always good fun (linky)
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 14:27, Reply)
fun and educational!
aside:
I used to be able to do pi to 150, but not that fast! :)
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 15:15, Reply)
I still always pronounce it 'You-lar'. Top video, woo!
(, Fri 25 Feb 2011, 21:04, Reply)
I've always pronounced it you-ler.
(, Sat 26 Feb 2011, 1:32, Reply)
just to agree with this. Seen it written down many times but always assumer it rhymed with ruler.
(, Sat 26 Feb 2011, 15:22, Reply)
I didn't know Goethe was pronounced Go-ur-ter until the Al Murray in Germany programme on BBC Four.
(And I did follow the maths - I choked on Pure & App Maths A Level - woo! My brain still works 28 years later)
Similarly, a German colleague - despite living here for years - thought pomegranate was pronounced pommey-gran-ah-ta
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 18:26, Reply)
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 17:40, Reply)
got this with subtitles - or a transcript without all the panting!? It's like a math geek's porno movie!!! I was waiting for some cheesy 80's music and the mention of giving your cosine a good working... How's your radians feeling now? Heh heh...
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 18:13, Reply)
Seth Rogan is Rainma
(, Fri 4 Mar 2011, 22:15, Reply)
bastard! my eagerness with the 'enter' key ruined a damn good jok
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 8:57, Reply)
That was amazing.
I'm brighter than most of these other fuckers and caught probably 85% of it, but I still wanted to watch it all again.
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 0:47, Reply)
and superlative lurkage!
(eagerly awaits part 2)
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 15:19, Reply)
That was be-woot-iful. Godel next, please.
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 17:07, Reply)
I was thinking of it, but then someone pointed me at Gödel in 2 minutes, so I'd have to do other things to bulk it out. I was thinking I'd move onto interesting applications of Infinity for the next one?
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 20:15, Reply)
Oh, and the random gurglings of my 11 month daughter have more scientific content than Horizon does these days.
(, Sat 5 Mar 2011, 20:45, Reply)