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  • #1

    Oh our future is bleak

    Just had to share this quick story.

    Yesterday while sitting in the engineering library I overheard an argument between two engineering majors. About mathematics. Guy A was saying that 110 x 6 is 660. No arguing right? WRONG. Guy B insisted that 110 x 6 is 0 because '110 ends in a 0 and EVERYONE knows that if a number ends in a 0 the answer is 0.' I was stunned. These are ENGINEERING MAJORS. People who are studying to build buildings, bridges, structures where people's very lives can be at stake. And this guy doesn't know basic math.

    I sat for awhile listening to the argument. Yes it was a full argument-going back and forth and loudly escalating.

    Why neither genius pulled out a calculator to prove his point I don't know. Maybe they couldn't figure out what that 'ON' button did. When I left almost 15 minutes later they were still fighting.

    Oh my head. Oh our future.
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  • #2
    Quoth DaisyQueen View Post
    Guy B insisted that 110 x 6 is 0 because '110 ends in a 0 and EVERYONE knows that if a number ends in a 0 the answer is 0.'
    I...abd....*twitch*... uhm, excuse me for a moment...



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    • #3
      Math major: π r²!
      Eng major: Nuh uh! Pie r round. Cake r square! QBD!
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      • #4
        Holy sh*t, even I know better than that.
        When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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        • #5
          Well, they weren't GRADUATE engineering majors... and likely never will be.... anyone can sign up for the class.... passing it is another matter.
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          • #6
            Quoth dalesys View Post
            Math major: π r²!
            Eng major: Nuh uh! Pie r round. Cake r square! QBD!
            No no wait, Pie r round, Cake r Lie and Cornbread r Square
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            • #7
              Quoth fireheart View Post
              No no wait, Pie r round, Cake r Lie and Cornbread r Square
              I'll accept your version. After all, you are from the south.
              "I don't have to be petty. The Universe does that for me."

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              • #8
                These are the people who send me blueprints for parts that they need made.

                Parts that are vital to making metal tubes fly.
                Parts that are vital to make thingamajigs spin really fast so that I can recharge my cell phone.
                Parts that are vital to make machines that suck out and clean peoples blood.
                Parts that are vital to EVERYTHING IN OUR SOCIETY!!!

                *runs and hids under blanket, because crazy monsters can not get me there*
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                • #9
                  When guy B flunks out and gets a non-engineering job, I hope he tells his boss about his theory of arithmetic. Boss would be glad to offer him $20/hour, since $20 ends in a zero, so no matter how many hours he works his paycheque would always be $0.
                  Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.

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                  • #10
                    Wow. I'm crap at math and even I know better than that!!

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                    • #11
                      Quoth Ironclad Alibi View Post
                      I'll accept your version. After all, you are from the south.
                      I read it on here somewhere. I'm not THAT south. (I've never actually tried cornbread)
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                      • #12
                        Quoth DaisyQueen View Post
                        Guy B insisted that 110 x 6 is 0 because '110 ends in a 0 and EVERYONE knows that if a number ends in a 0 the answer is 0.'
                        Bergholt Stuttley Johnson? Is that you?!
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                        • #13
                          O.O Surely, at least one of them was drunk?
                          Right?
                          O.O
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