A joke

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:24 am

So... what do you get when you cross a chicken with a turkey?

Zeta · Post by **Zeta** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 10:53 am

A turken, you little cock lover.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 11:20 pm

|chicken| |turkey| sin(theta)

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 12:33 am

What do you get when you dot a chicken with a turkey?

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:27 pm

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 5:37 pm

There isn't one.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:22 am

"I suppose this is what youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢d have to call Ã¢â‚¬Å“small-audienceÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ humour."

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:17 am

Someone made that chicken/turkey jokes ages ago and I still don't get it, AND FOR GODS SAKE WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT LIGHT SPEED'S AVATAR MEANS.

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:08 pm

j-man wrote:Someone made that chicken/turkey jokes ages ago and I still don't get it, AND FOR GODS SAKE WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT LIGHT SPEED'S AVATAR MEANS.

It'll cost you a fiver.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:40 pm

Well I originally made that joke, but it isn't a "chicken/turkey" joke but a "chicken x turkey" joke. See it's this hilarious pun because I'm using "cross" as "cross product" rather then as "mate." See the double meaning makes it funny. The mathematical content makes it awesome. And the fact that it is high-level math makes it exclusionary. It's all around a very fantastic joke, trumped only by Light Speed's *snicker* avatar.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 7:07 pm

Yeah. I'm studying maths at University and I don't have a clue what that avatar is about.

(Ok, it is only first year computing maths, but it's still bloody hard. And "Come ooonnnnnn!")

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:54 pm

Well I'll give you a hint. Light Speed is a phyics major, not a math major.

Timestones · Post by **Timestones** » Mon Nov 14, 2005 9:56 pm

I only just got the pun, but I have to compliment Light Speed on it anyway. Clever.

Omni Hunter · Post by **Omni Hunter** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:47 pm

I still don't get it totally, but at least it stops me thinking that Lightspeed was actually an ape.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:20 pm

It'll cost you a fiver.

Fuck you, but bonus points for saying "fiver". <3

Well I originally made that joke, but it isn't a "chicken/turkey" joke but a "chicken x turkey" joke. See it's this hilarious pun because I'm using "cross" as "cross product" rather then as "mate." See the double meaning makes it funny.

Ah, see, I always say "multiply" or "times", so I didn't get it. I guess we can chalk the confusion up to grammatical differences, then.

But seriously. Light Speed's avatar. STOP FUCKING ABOUT NOW AND TELL ME PLZ

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:49 pm

<3 from j-man! YAY!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 12:54 pm

Well it's terminology you will get to know intimately if you take physics, linear algebra or advanced calculus. "Cross product" or "cross multiplication" is multiplying two vectors to yield a third vector that is perpendicular to both. You use the right hand rule to figure out in which direction this vector points. The multiplication is denoted by an "x."

This is opposed to the "dot product" or "dot multiplication" which uses this "*" and gets a scalar quantity. I forgot all the applications of the dot product, but I'm sure they're important.

So when you get high enough there are actually four kinds of multiplication: scalar on scalar, scalar on vector, vector on vector (dot), and vector on vector (cross).

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And about Lightspeed's avatar:

mu-nought and epsilon-nought are the two constants.

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 1:28 pm

It might help them more to say that they are the permeability and permittivity constants. Also know as the Magnetic and Electric constants respectively.

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:39 pm

I still miss that crazy monkey avatar.

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 4:41 pm

I would have told them that if I understood the theory behind it. As it is, I only understand the mathematics.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 7:41 pm

So the joke is that you're all nerds?

Post by **Delphine** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:48 pm

Says the guy posting on a Sonic the Hedgehog forum.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 8:58 pm

Light Speed · Post by **Light Speed** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:00 pm

At least we are the smart variety of nerds versus the pathetic Sonic the Hedgehog lover kind. Chump!

Nova · Post by **Nova** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:28 pm

My avatar is funnier, just imagine is dancing and saying "IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m a sexy lady".