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

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Aug 14 06:39:53 CDT 2009


Good answer!

8)

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi JC
> 
> Indeed. She (Rita) just needs to call my name!
> 
> /gustav
> 
>>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 14-08-2009 13:06 >>>
>  >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" 
>> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>> 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) :-) .
> 
> 



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