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javasaurus) wrote2008-11-14 10:47 am
javasaurus) wrote2008-11-14 10:47 am
Some humor for Friday
I went to a one-day conference yesterday, and one of the speakers was Dr. Dr. John Halamka, CIO of Harvard Medical School, who spoke about the problems and advancements in dealing with petabytes of data. To indicate the size of a petabyte, he noted that the sequence was gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, overbyte...
He also noted that he is a mushroom expert, and frequently gets calls when peope have ingested mushrooms and gotten sick. He said there are three basic types of these calls. 1) A child has eaten a mushroom from the back yard. The child will likely be OK. 2) A college student has been plucking mushrooms from cow patties. He'll probably be OK. Well, mostly. And 3) a yuppie has gotten a copy of "Edible Flora of the Eastern U.S." and picked mushrooms for beef stroganoff. He'll be the one to go to the emergency room, possibly too late.
A better account of this is found at this link
ETA: Dr. Halama's blog is somewhat interesting, clicky for the blog.
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Dilbert page-a-day calendar
Yesterday, Dogbert tells Dilbert, "My new magazine is called 'Gullible World.' This month's cover story is 'Shed Pounds by Yelling at Your Children.' Next month will be 'Eat Your Way to Being a Better Parent.'"
Today, Dogbert asks PHB, "Would you like to buy advertising in my new magazine called 'Gullible World'? We have between one and two billion readers!" PHB responds, "Wow!" Later, Dogbert is talking to Dilbert over a cup of coffee. "I figured out how to make three readers sound like a lot."
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Pi and i were arguing. Pi tells i, "Get real!" and i responds, "stop being irrational!" (traditional math joke)
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Why should you avoid alcohol when doing calculus? It's dangerous to drink and derive! (traditional math joke)
He also noted that he is a mushroom expert, and frequently gets calls when peope have ingested mushrooms and gotten sick. He said there are three basic types of these calls. 1) A child has eaten a mushroom from the back yard. The child will likely be OK. 2) A college student has been plucking mushrooms from cow patties. He'll probably be OK. Well, mostly. And 3) a yuppie has gotten a copy of "Edible Flora of the Eastern U.S." and picked mushrooms for beef stroganoff. He'll be the one to go to the emergency room, possibly too late.
A better account of this is found at this link
ETA: Dr. Halama's blog is somewhat interesting, clicky for the blog.
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Dilbert page-a-day calendar
Yesterday, Dogbert tells Dilbert, "My new magazine is called 'Gullible World.' This month's cover story is 'Shed Pounds by Yelling at Your Children.' Next month will be 'Eat Your Way to Being a Better Parent.'"
Today, Dogbert asks PHB, "Would you like to buy advertising in my new magazine called 'Gullible World'? We have between one and two billion readers!" PHB responds, "Wow!" Later, Dogbert is talking to Dilbert over a cup of coffee. "I figured out how to make three readers sound like a lot."
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Pi and i were arguing. Pi tells i, "Get real!" and i responds, "stop being irrational!" (traditional math joke)
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Why should you avoid alcohol when doing calculus? It's dangerous to drink and derive! (traditional math joke)
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