Ask a Silly Question, Get a Silly Answer

[GamerwithnoGame]

Crikey. I can't mental maths that.

OK, so if the earth is 40,075km, then (assuming that's exact) that's 40,075,000m. Assuming also a perfect circle, the radius is therefore 6,378,134.34m. So if the radius is increased by 1m, then the circumference becomes 40,075,006.28m. So its 6.28 metres?

There's probably an easier way I could have worked that out.

Wait a sec... that like pi * 2 isn't it?

 

[duckfan77]

yes it is. you don't need the radius of the earth at all to solve it.

Why is that a fun question?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Because it makes me feel very dumb

Why do I have to leave now?

 

[duckfan77]

Work

Why am I leaving in a few minutes?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

(In a manner of speaking, I had to leave work to go home as it was the end of my working hours!)

To go shopping.

Why is my wife listening and singing along to MCR’s “I’m Not OK” at high volume?

 

[duckfan77]

she likes it

studying?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Ahh.

What am I about to start?

 

[duckfan77]

Karate

Midterms?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Tough, I'd imagine! Good luck!

Is it terrible that I like Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy?

 

[duckfan77]

Nah, your tastes are your own

Note sheets?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

Not allowed in exams Some folks I knew used little cards, about A6 size, and swore by those.

What do I keep forgetting to pick up?

 

[duckfan77]

(Actually, for us they usually are. The midterm yesterday was open resource, we got access to all instructor code, any notes we had made, the full linux man pages, a text editor and compiler of our choice, and code we had written, just couldn't do active searching online or communication. Today's allowed a single A4 piece of paper, both sides)

The trash

Cold?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

(nope, my antidepressants unfortunately)

Not at the moment! Yay for an air-conditioned lab

Do you have a particular genre of music you prefer?

 

[duckfan77]

um... I have artists I enjoy, don't know about whole genres.

why is this a symptom...?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

(ah, that's fair. I definitely enjoy a lot of the punk rocky stuff from the early 2000's, likewise the metal of that time)

Everything is a symptom if you're on WebMD (or so I hear)

Can I go home yet?

 

[duckfan77]

probably not, it's only around 3:40 as you you writing that. Now maybe, it's 5.

Why is the sky fake?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

(I left about 16:25 in the end )

Because it actually consists of projector panels displaying an image across the dome. The clouds are real though.

Why is someone remaking Candyman?!

 

[duckfan77]

I don't know

What's Candyman?

 

[GamerwithnoGame]

It was a famous 1992 horror film starring Tony Todd as the emponymous vengeful spirit killer.

How do you wake up a Snorlax?

 

[duckfan77]

pokeflute

R^2 = 1?