Busterhugs!
A guy I work with named Jeremy created this poster, which has gone viral in Giants circles. So if you solve a problem where no one else can help, and if you can find him, you just might be able… Continue Reading
Author: Mike Schilling
Order!
We discussed fields here. Today we’re going to continue by talking about a more specific kind of field.
No-no!
Tim Lincecum has had a rough couple of years.
Division!
Here’s another. Once again, rot13 your answers. Show your work. First correct solution gets bragging rights. PLI WA|PRISK WA TWS TIW RNK RSP NL
Division!
When I was young, my Mom used to buy crossword puzzle magazines at the grocery store. She would do the crossword and the cryptograms, and I would do the other stuff: anagrams, logic puzzles, and of course number puzzles. My… Continue Reading
Gaiman!
Things I learned about Neil Gaiman at tonight’s book-signing:
Equality!
A field, in abstract algebra, is a system where: Addition works the way you expect. Multiplication also works the way you expect. Multiplication distriutes over addition We can make this more precise.
Logic!
Here, once again, is the question: Three perfect logicians, A, B, and C, sit around a circular table. There is a set of stamps, four red and four green. Each logician has had two stamps pasted on his forehead; he… Continue Reading
Philomathy!
Professor Phil O’Mathy and two of his colleagues, all savants in mathematical logic, went down to the local pub. A waitress came over to their table and asked “Do you all want a beer?” “I don’t know”, replied the first… Continue Reading
Attention-grabber!
Vladimir Putin denies stealing Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl Ring “I took out the ring and showed it to [Putin], and he put it on and he goes, ‘I can kill someone with this ring,’” Kraft told the crowd, according to… Continue Reading