Behold the power of doing nothing
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The real WTF is saying my $Scrubee = $[0] instead of my ($scrubee) = @; or my $Scrubee = shift;.
;)
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@bstorer said:
Various absurd-sounding math stuff is real
*checks ED is not being messed with*I should have done that before posting. My bad. My point about the Bohr pun still stands - it collapses the illusion of seriousness. I think it would actually be funnier without it because it's too obviously intentional. @bstorer said:
to assume that we were making it up just underscores the fact that too many programmers don't have a solid foundation in the sciences on which their work is based.
Too true. In this case it's my fault for assuming that silly-sounding names imply a concept is a fabrication. I should know better by now. Also, I'm saddened that my degree didn't cover rings and hairy ball theorem :(The strange thing is that my work is largely based on hydrology, which I know extremely little about (but will be forced to learn more as I become more involved in porting hydrological models from Fortran to C#...)
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@Eternal Density said:
Too true. In this case it's my fault for assuming that silly-sounding names imply a concept is a fabrication. I should know better by now. Also, I'm saddened that my degree didn't cover rings and hairy ball theorem :(
At least you know you're ignorant. That's the first toward unignorance.The strange thing is that my work is largely based on hydrology, which I know extremely little about (but will be forced to learn more as I become more involved in porting hydrological models from Fortran to C#...)
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@Welbog said:
At least you know you're ignorant. That's the first toward unignorance.
What part of the deignification process involves dropping words like "step" from your lexicon?
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@morbiuswilters said:
That's not ignorance, that's stupidity.@Welbog said:
At least you know you're ignorant. That's the first toward unignorance.
What part of the deignification process involves dropping words like "step" from your lexicon?
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@bstorer said:
The hairy ball theorem is quite real. It states that you cannot create a continuous tangent vector field for a sphere. You can, however, create one for a torus, which is why Welpog recommends torus-based languages.
The Hairy Ball Theorem states that there is no continuous, nowhere zero, tangent vector field on spheres of even dimension. There is a trivial one for all the other spheres. Thus, I suggest odd-dimensioned programming languages.
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@beermouse said:
@bstorer said:
Don't you mean spheres of odd dimensions? A two-dimensional sphere is a circle, and it's quite easy to construct a continuous nonzero tangent field on one of those. Or perhaps you mean spheres with even-dimensional surface?The hairy ball theorem is quite real. It states that you cannot create a continuous tangent vector field for a sphere. You can, however, create one for a torus, which is why Welpog recommends torus-based languages.
The Hairy Ball Theorem states that there is no continuous, nowhere zero, tangent vector field on spheres of even dimension. There is a trivial one for all the other spheres. Thus, I suggest odd-dimensioned programming languages.
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@morbiuswilters said:
What part of the deignification process involves dropping words like "step" from your lexicon?
I choose to (falsely) claim that I intended to leave out the word in a poor attempt at forcing you to call me on it as a test of your vigilance.
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@beermouse said:
The Hairy Ball Theorem states that there is no continuous, nowhere zero, tangent vector field on spheres of even dimension.
Hang on, that suddenly rings a bell. I DID read about that many years ago, but I didn't remember the name. That's the one which shows that it can't be windy everywhere on Earth at the same time. It's actually quite easy to visualise :D
