I rather like this one!
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Posted on 12 June 2008 · 308 views · 59 words.
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I am studying for my PhD in Astronomy at Cardiff University in the UK. Star formation is my main area of research but really I like anything to do with space, science and the internet.
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June 12th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Rob,
Don’t forget to actually go to the actual website so you can mouse-over the image and see his snarky comment directed at mathematicians.
Reminds me of the joke about the engineer, physicist, and mathematician each having their bedroom go up in flames. The engineer runs out and gets a fire extinguisher and douses the flames. The physicist runs out and gets a pencil and paper and an eyedropper of water; after finishing his calculation, he drops one drop of water onto a specific point in the fire, and it goes out. The mathematician thinks for a minute, runs out, gets a matchbook and a glass of water. He lights the match, puts it in the glass, and watches it go out, and exclaims, “Eureka! There is a solution!”
Ethan