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

 >and the right date could certainly pull me away from further thinking!

And is the wife involved we hope?

;)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gustav Brock wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "David Emerson" <newsgrps at dalyn.co.nz>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:57 AM
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
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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) :-) .
> 
>