Comments on: We Make Intellectual Jokes http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/ Utterly random, incoherent and disjointed rants and ramblings... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:09:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6597 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:27:57 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6597 On that note - I think that ST:TNG totally killed the "AI's don't get humor" joke. There were times I wanted to punch Data in the face until he segfaults - and I didn't even watch that show regularly or anything. It just seems that every time that show is on TV I see the damn android failing hard at trying to be more human. So any time there is a storyline about an AI learning human things like humor, compassion or beauty I get flashback of Data being annoying again. Sigh... On that note - I think that ST:TNG totally killed the “AI’s don’t get humor” joke. There were times I wanted to punch Data in the face until he segfaults - and I didn’t even watch that show regularly or anything. It just seems that every time that show is on TV I see the damn android failing hard at trying to be more human.

So any time there is a storyline about an AI learning human things like humor, compassion or beauty I get flashback of Data being annoying again. Sigh…

]]> by: Phil http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6596 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:23:12 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6596 Math-based jokes usually suck. These are no exception. What's the square root of -69? <em>I 8 something.</em> All my friends are mathematical: they're either irrational or imaginary. And from Robert Heinlein, the setup is a guy is explaining humor to an AI. Guy: "Tell a joke once, you're a wit. Tell the same joke twice, you're a half-wit." Computer: "Geometric progression?" Math-based jokes usually suck. These are no exception.

What’s the square root of -69?
I 8 something.

All my friends are mathematical: they’re either irrational or imaginary.

And from Robert Heinlein, the setup is a guy is explaining humor to an AI.
Guy: “Tell a joke once, you’re a wit. Tell the same joke twice, you’re a half-wit.”
Computer: “Geometric progression?”

]]> by: Wikke http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6578 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:02:36 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6578 For 2 cisco routers connected: router1> hostname pong router2> ping pong For 2 cisco routers connected:

router1> hostname pong
router2> ping pong

]]> by: Jeff http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6575 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:34:19 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6575 Here's one for the English nerds: (seen on a t-shirt) "Believe me... I'm incredible." Here’s one for the English nerds:

(seen on a t-shirt)

“Believe me…
I’m incredible.”

]]> by: Matt Doar http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6567 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:54:02 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6567 What's purple and commutes? An Abelian grape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group What’s purple and commutes? An Abelian grape.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group

]]> by: ZeWrestler http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6566 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:28:32 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6566 http://xkcd.com/329/ You mean like this one. It brings me back to our Fundamentals of Programming Class we took http://xkcd.com/329/
You mean like this one. It brings me back to our Fundamentals of Programming Class we took

]]> by: Jake http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6565 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:32:42 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6565 On the line of webcomics, <a href="http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php" rel="nofollow">PHD Comics</a> are also quite funny. I also like <a href="http://hackles.org/" rel="nofollow">Hackles</a>, but it is no longer updated. On the line of webcomics, PHD Comics are also quite funny. I also like Hackles, but it is no longer updated.

]]> by: vacri http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6563 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:34:37 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6563 A chemist, a physicist and an economist are stranded on a desert island with nothing to eat when one day a pallet of tinned food washes up on the beach. The chemist says "Well, I can collect some compounds from the island to make a caustic paste, and we can burn the tins open to get to the food." The physicist says "That's too dangerous, and it could adversely affect the food. I can rig up an armature with some wood and a couple of rocks, and we can break the tins open." The economist says "You're both thinking too hard. Opening these tins is simple: First, assume you have a can opener..." A chemist, a physicist and an economist are stranded on a desert island with nothing to eat when one day a pallet of tinned food washes up on the beach. The chemist says “Well, I can collect some compounds from the island to make a caustic paste, and we can burn the tins open to get to the food.”

The physicist says “That’s too dangerous, and it could adversely affect the food. I can rig up an armature with some wood and a couple of rocks, and we can break the tins open.”

The economist says “You’re both thinking too hard. Opening these tins is simple: First, assume you have a can opener…”

]]> by: Luke Maciak http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6562 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:50:56 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6562 <strong>@Craig</strong> Heh... We could essentially post every xkcd strip here. :) They are all awesome. @Craig Heh… We could essentially post every xkcd strip here. ) They are all awesome.

]]> by: Matt` http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6561 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:37:29 +0000 http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/10/14/we-make-intellectual-jokes/#comment-6561 An economist, a logician and a mathematician are on a train from England to Scotland together, shortly after they cross the border they see a brown cow in a field near the train tracks. The economist says "Look, the cows in Scotland are brown" The logician says "At least one of the cows in Scotland are brown" and the mathematician says "There is at least one cow in Scotland, at least one side of which is brown" An economist, a logician and a mathematician are on a train from England to Scotland together, shortly after they cross the border they see a brown cow in a field near the train tracks.

The economist says “Look, the cows in Scotland are brown”
The logician says “At least one of the cows in Scotland are brown”
and the mathematician says “There is at least one cow in Scotland, at least one side of which is brown”

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