Re: [math-fun] Correction re Math funnies, lol
Hilarie wrote: << http://xkcd.com/710/ It's worth the wait!
Agreed. This guy is great. I've found it rewarding to browse his past comics, which can sometimes get rather edgy and are always endlessly inventive. --Dan ________________________________________________________________________________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx
Smallest number not shown is 9 (-> 28 -> 14 -> 7, shown). This strip spoke to me as a confirmed mindless-formal-rule addict. Support the artist and buy the book, "xkcd 0", which has a bunch of stuff that's not in the online version, thrown in as lagniappe. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Hilarie wrote:
It's worth the wait!
Agreed. This guy is great. I've found it rewarding to browse his past comics, which can sometimes get rather edgy and are always endlessly inventive.
--Dan
________________________________________________________________________________________ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." --Groucho Marx
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Speaking of xkcd 0, can anyone give me a hint on the page numbering algorithm? I haven't figured it out. --Joshua On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Smallest number not shown is 9 (-> 28 -> 14 -> 7, shown). This strip spoke to me as a confirmed mindless-formal-rule addict.
Support the artist and buy the book, "xkcd 0", which has a bunch of stuff that's not in the online version, thrown in as lagniappe.
Stare at it a while longer. It isn't all that hard. There are two different interpretations, both of which are kind of cool. On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Joshua Zucker <joshua.zucker@gmail.com>wrote:
Speaking of xkcd 0, can anyone give me a hint on the page numbering algorithm? I haven't figured it out.
--Joshua
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Allan Wechsler <acwacw@gmail.com> wrote:
Smallest number not shown is 9 (-> 28 -> 14 -> 7, shown). This strip spoke to me as a confirmed mindless-formal-rule addict.
Support the artist and buy the book, "xkcd 0", which has a bunch of stuff that's not in the online version, thrown in as lagniappe.
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