Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 01:53:52 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <392EAC20.208C1DE0@newsguy.com> References: <20000525030514.A86566@mad> <200005250438.VAA63650@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005250000130.81590-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <200005251738.LAA85378@harmony.village.org>
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Warner Losh wrote: > > In message <20000525030514.A86566@mad> Tim Vanderhoek writes: > : Sure, if you want. I found that it took so long for me to parse the > : convoluted sentence structure that the punch line simply had no > : meaning anymore. But some people parse better than me. > > For math geek jokes, and one could argue that they are too narrow a > feiled, the more convoluted the better. Also, this mirrors how many > people actually say it: > two plus two is five for sufficiently large values of 2 or > small values of five. Frankly, I think it should be written as : 1.5 3 2 ; : 1 1.5 ; : 2 3 2 ; : + >r over r> tuck * >r r@ swap / * rot rot r@ swap / * r@ */ ; 1 2 + 3 = which is clear and easy to understand to everyone. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@another.bsdconspiracy.org "Sentience hurts." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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