[AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

Hi Steve

OK, maybe I use the word geek wrongly - I didn't have the word obsession in mind, rather habit or strong habit or preference - of course with relation to computing.

As for the Fibonacci numbers mentioned by Shamil I find them fascinating (actually posted code here 2008-05-15 to generate the sequence of the first 139 elements) but I don't think that much about some practical implementation - and the right date could certainly pull me away from further thinking!

/gustav


>>> miscellany at mvps.org 14-08-2009 09:03 >>>
That's cool, David.

But I must say that this and the earlier examples do not really hit on what 
I usually understand "geek" to mean.

I normally think of an obsession with technology, which does not necessarily 
equate with having a mathematical mind.

Anyway, the key question is...  Is your pastime more or less dangerous than 
texting while driving?

Regards
Steve


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From: "David Emerson" <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Friday OT: 10 ways to indicate you are a geek

> How about this then.  Take the digits from the car odometer in order
> and only using +, -, *, /, ( and ) make an equation that equals.
>
> Eg: 56872: 5 * 6 / (8 + 7) = 2
>
> Some are easy (especially when there are two zeros in the number) but
> others are harder.  To add interest to the game you have to work it
> out before the odometer changes (the American Govt has helped some of
> you out by sticking with miles (they are longer than km) :-) .