A Certain Gaussian Surface

[cleanupcrew]

Consider the Riemann-Zeta function ζ(s) = ∑1/(n^s) from n=1 to ∞ which converges for Re(s)>1 for s∈ℂ. Then...

Wait, I remember this one. Did you post it here before, or am I just remembering it from BW2001?

I don't recall where this would show up in BW2001...if you'd like to turn this into an arms race, I'd be more than happy to start statting Trattorian units with nonelementary integrals that take d6 rolls as bounds.

[loafofcheese]

Consider the Riemann-Zeta function ζ(s) = ∑1/(n^s) from n=1 to ∞ which converges for Re(s)>1 for s∈ℂ. Then...

Wait, I remember this one. Did you post it here before, or am I just remembering it from BW2001?

I don't recall where this would show up in BW2001...if you'd like to turn this into an arms race, I'd be more than happy to start statting Trattorian units with nonelementary integrals that take d6 rolls as bounds.

That looks like math for math's sake.

[Zahru II]

Ayyy, we finally got the mami joke everyone was anticipating from the sigfig's debut!

[stubby]

I don't recall where this would show up in BW2001...if you'd like to turn this into an arms race, I'd be more than happy to start statting Trattorian units with nonelementary integrals that take d6 rolls as bounds.

The BW2001 thing was a joke. (Although don't get me started about Wayne McCaul's infinitely recursing fractal microturns.) But I really do remember seeing this before. Maybe it was http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new ... 59/?no-ist

[cleanupcrew]

Major Sports Fan: Thank heavens all that chemistry shit disappeared when you nailed the bitch.
General Axelrod: Yeah, I actually thought the fight wasn't that bad. Wasn't as bad as queen whitecoat made her out to be.


Beluga: [COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED] P̼̲̪̜̗͇͂͊̽͟a̴̱̍̃͑ͩͥ͐l̡͔͙͇̳̗͚̅̆̐͆ǐ̎͞e̞̰ͯ̈ͭ͒̏k͗̓ͧ͆a͖͇̹̝̦̤̭͒̾̿̇̾͠n̜͙̼͓̹̬͊̔͑t̢͖ͣ͊̒͒͛͐ ̧̝͚̹̲̓͒̈́ͥͫͥສ͚̻͍ͯ̑̈́̒ຽ̴̂ͤ̊͗̍̓̈ງͥ͑͆̑ͧ҉̬̠ ̤̤̤̮ͤ̆͒̂͞ປ̴̓̓͗ͤ͒̋ັ້̜̼͍̹̲̟̦͇̝͚̫̊ͩͧͦͮͬ̈̂̆͞ງ̪̯̦̄ͪ̇ͬ̐͊̌ ̫͇̼̱̯ͭ̿̉̋͢ͅk͓̊͂ͬ̇̅́u̗̬̘̞͗̐͛̌ͭ͊ͭ̀r̷̳̳̳̫̟͆̾͑ͩͣͫt͓̙̺̗̗ͅĭ̭͙̫̳̓ͦͅn̸̤̤̼̑̐a̛̙͍̤̓̀n͚̝̭͚̦̼̐̈́̄͝t͖̃ḭ̱̱̣͕̗̂s̠̤̺ ̫͂̄̅ͧ̍ͥਭ̴͍̮̞̜ਾ̞͙͎̼̱̪̦ͬ̌ͥͩ͆̒́ਰ͎̝̣̫̗̦̏̂ͣ̄ͮ̀ੂͥ̑҉̠̩͈̺͓̫̬ ͔̳̪̯͇̿ͮ͗͢ͅਡ͈̬̣̪̪ͯͥ̍ੇ͉̤͖̗̊ͪͬ̿́̚͝ਲ̪͎̪̳̆̄ͮͦ̈́ ͌̄̄̈́̌ͧ̄ä́ͧ͑p̦͖̘̰t̯̙͚͍͌͘á̻͍̩̆̂ͤš̖̤͋̆k̗̮y̝̻̯͇̩͉̠͆ͬ͌̕ṱ̛̭̰̖̝͖͈͛͊̓͗ḁ͔̪̣̿̃͒̾̀̇ͧs̟͇̣̪ͦ́ͯ ̱͖̊m͈̞̊ͧ̽̅͒̾ͤa̰͚̠̖̖̲̦̕ĭ̃͒͂s͔̦i̹̩̳͙ͨḍ͚̘ō̆҉̭͕̰ṇ̝̾̒ͮ͘í̭'̰̜̜͙͇ͣ͆͗͗ͯͣ͢āͧ̾ͥ̓̍̔̋͏̬̯̝͙͎ͅ,̘̗ͩ̄̋ͧ ͎̜̺͎̘͇ͩ̎ͣͧͦ͊͌c̨̰̙̞͉͓͓̒̽̈́̍ō͓̩̹̥̯ͬ͐n̪̝̤͍ͭṯ̮̤̦̗̈́ͪ̈̽e̹̞̯̾m̬̹̉ͅp̭̘̘ͧͬ̌͗l̸̺̘̼̙͕̖͑̑͛a̵͖ͨ̄̊̏̅̆t͇͇̟̪̘̲́i̩̖͓̭͌̇̐͟ ̳ͧ̎̈͞iͫͨͮͧ̓̅͡k̷̻̬̝͉ͅã̢͉̪̻̫ͥ͋̑ ̯͑͋ͪͭd҉̥̦u̜ͣͬ̊͐̅j̬̦͙͎̎͂̈ͣe̸͚͇̗̣̭̥͓ͨ,̵̥̗͙͊̉̈ͩ̂́ ͉͌̈́̀̈́͜i̺̫kȧ̹̲̭̲͝ ̷͉͉͓͛ͨp̔ͬͣű̴͚͙̞̬͕̆̅ͣͥͪͯͅĺk̢͕͕̼̉ͣͦ̎̃̚aͯ́̀̽ï̥͊ͤ̃̑̇̌ ̉ͧ͏̬̣̲͖̮͙ï̟̮͕̻͢r̩̰̩͎̽,̣̮̩̫̾͗̍͑͊ ͈̹̯̪̲͈ͤͪ̂ͧ͠v̩̩̣̆͟i̩͈̝d̩̥̗̺̝̾e͂̾ͯͣ͋̓ͬ͏͉̫͚b̤̞̹̑̑̏̑ͥ́a̛̼̮̲̹̒ͥͬͦ͐ͦͭn̢̩̻̐ͣ̿̂ͅṱ̵̗̣̱̩̾ ̺̖̯̙̍ͦ̑ͩ͊̋ਵ̯̎̍ͭ̋ਧ̰̮ͧ̉̂͐̕ ̻̼͖̗͈͗̆̄͗̒͞ਵ͙̼̈̽̔͋̉ੀ̝̠͔̜̺̺̟̆̎̍̉̽̓ ̫̣̠̳͙͌ͯ͋̉̎͊p̺͖̳̦̿͆̅ͨ̕h̵̩͔͙̙̘̖̺ͣ͊ā̤̞͚͋̈́́'͙̞̜͇īn͚̺̬̦͇͔̝̒à͚̩̊ͦ̌̏ͣ͡l̽҉a̳̠̺͖͚͛ͦ̌̌͛͘ ̰̫̀ã̇҉̤͔̣͕̞p͕̼͌̓̉̈́̓ͣo̸͇̭̟͖ͤ͂k̭̪͈͑͋ͪ͒ͦ̆ͪ͜a̦̲̩ͣ̓ͪ͌͗l̹͉̩̩̩̮̹̍́i̹̻͚̗̲̐͗̐̀͂ͅp̢̥̫̭̬͓͈̊͐̑̈͆̃t̴̠͓i̖̜ͨn̦̩ͭḯ̟̯̭̼̻̂̂͌ͥ͂ͣ͠o̠͚̻̣̩͙̲ͥ ͓̪̳̌̈́̂ͫ̚m͔͓͍͓͊̚̚à̪̻͇̬̯́h̝̠̯̟̙̏̉ͫ͆̽̒̊i̹m͖͉̞̟̼̩ͭ͐͑͞ͅ ̵̻̜̱͓̥̺̰ຂ້̡͚̜̆̾͑̐̽̓າ̨ͩ͑̚ ̼̊̌́͂̕ພ́ͨ̏ະ̪̜̳̤̫͔̋́ͧ͋ͩ̿͛ͅ ̷̭̦͈ͬ͂̌̉̋̓ເ̹̻̲͋ຈ̠̥̜̜̐̏ͮົ້̻͓̪͓̪̦̟̙̖͆̃̃̐̋͂̎̎͌̎ͮͨͥ͠າ̠̰̘̹̫̏͊̍̓̐͘ ҉̜̞͙̖̘k̢̳̖̘̬͙̈̉̈̊a̼͎͌̏ͤṛ̴̱̲̗̍̂͂ä͕͇͔͍̗͎̯͒̈i̻ś̈̅̽ͭȁ̸͈͚ͭͬ̆ͨͅ ̢̯͙͔̎̚ເ͉͔͕̤̫̎͐̈́́̐ͭ͂͢ຫ̬͓̔ͦͮ̓ͪ̃͡ͅາ͚͒ͬ̉ະ̞͉ͫ́.̤͎̭̗̰͔̏̓
General Axelrod: Woah, the fuck is that?


Dr. Liang: What in the entropy is that Gödel-damned thing?!
Dr. Miyako: Dr. Liang, we hypothesize that it may be another form of the Quantumsurfer anomaly.


PandoraNuker: Shut up.
I am not pedo.
General Axelrod: The fuck is this creepy-ass character? I didn't accuse you of anything!


PandoraNuker: I am actually an eleven year old.
I will admit i am a booty bothered at times.
M̸ayb҉e you c̕ǫnf͡u҉s̸éd t͘h̨e tw̷o͜ ̸terms?̨ ͞
Major Sports Fan: Shit, there's more of them!


General Axelrod: They're real fuck easy to kill, don't let them scare you Sports Fan.
PandoraNuker: It's like someone is starting to write an encyclopedia, and then he leaves to take a lunch break and before the author can even start receiving the info from the experts to put in the encyclopedia somebody prints dick pictures in the front of it in permanent ink. You guys suck.


General Axelrod: Come at me you creeps, I fucking dare you!


PandoraNuker: I'̨m no̷t́ ̢dead̵ ̶y͝o͘u̶ s͠t̴u͟p̵id ̴g͡o͞sh́-͟d̵arne҉d҉ ̵so͏n o̷f a͟ ͜b̶-͘word!͡ ̵Y͏o҉u̵'̷r͠e̢ the͢ ͢oné w̵h͟o ͡sh̛oul͢d͟ be dea̕d, ̕ỳou stol҉e̸ m͞y̸ ̨a̢r̵my ̨a͝nd̕ my̕ ͢av̕ata̧r! ̢Go f͟*̀*͟* y̵ou͠rself̧!̨


PandoraNuker: The̵ Mi̕lįtar̷y o͠f N̕yph͝i͘li̕s Un̶ite̵d͘ i͢s al͘iv̶e҉ ̨an̵d ̸wel̸l! S̸oon ẁe͠ ̢sh̛a҉ĺl ̡i͜n̵v̵aḑe͢ t͠h̛e ͡b͏rikver̛se ͏on̕c̷e͟ mor͟e ͞an̵d̶ ̀e̡xa͏ct͘ ͜vengeańc̶é on ̶a s҉c͞a͏le e͢v̢e̸ǹ th͡e ́imm͞o͘rt̢ąĺs̢ co͝u̡l͏d̴ ̷on̷ly ̡ha̧v͟e dr͏e͡am͢t͢ ̡o͝f͠!̨
Beluga: ä̻̅̕m̗̈́͆ͮ̅er͚̈ͤͫ͋̋ͫ̚i̮͓̫͚̱̩̜ͫͨ̏̆͒͡k̓̄̓a̪̍͋ͦ̀̚ ̵͖̼͓̗̟ͧ̅̒̈ͮͨa̗̲̙̱͇͇̐̽ͩͮm̫ͭ͋̀̈́͋̚e̛̬̙̠͕̘̓̀̀̆̚r̥̬ͯ̿i̙̼̜̰̬̯͕ͥ̆̚k͍̥̞̲͕ͨ͌ͯͣͯ̇a͈̪̯̰̻͂͗̃̑̆̓́ ̝͖̣͓͈ͧ̄̃̔͡ແ͕͎̩͕͕̖̌ͮຮ້͇͔͔̦̳̲͈̰̭̖̪͈ͧ̐̌ͫ͌̈́ͯͭ̑̋ͬͅວͯ͂͊ͦ͘ [COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED] á̶̳͖̞̆l̜̫̮̿a̰ͯͤͪv̧̫͓͍̬ͅͅa̤̽̊ͪ͐́,̲̠̫̫̓̔ [COGNITOHAZARD EXPUNGED] r̫͚̻̹̥̣ͩ̂̒ͅě̮͆̀͊ṿ̓̄̅ͤͩo͍̱̠͛i̐̆ͧͯ̚͏͕͙͕r̰͚͛͋͋ͬ ͔̫̻̰̟̭ਜ̤̲̫̊ͮͤ̂̚͘ੰ̥̻̣̞̻̼̈̿͋̒ਮ̷̜̥̹̟̹͕̖̐ͩͣੂ̩̺̫͕̲̫̋ͥ̾ ̭̟͙͍̪̪̻͂͑̂ã͇̗̥̟̺̭ͧ̃̌̋ͅr̯͗̉̓ͭ̚i̗̭̺̙̱̣̿̀ͅ ̝͊̾̐̈́̓ͯ͑͢d̼̲̣ͨ͋̉͌ȧ̺̫͚͖͇̱̿͋b͔̼̦̫̞̹̭ā̡͖̳̄ͫ̎ͭͬ̏̾'͏͙ǐ̱̼̠͐̃̚͞'̘͕̼̹̼̯̑̈́ͨ͟ā̦̞ͤ͆ ̒̓̔̃ແ̡̱̱̹̋ͧ̏̈̂̽ຮ້͙ͥ̐͌҉̝̗ວ̏ ͍̞̻̐̽̽b̩͚̗̩͟a̴̤͓͚̥͐̊̿ͅt̛͓͓̖͖͉̙̥ͮͣ̄͋͛͑͂a̢͍͓̭͎̚n͕͎̲͙̫̫̙̚e̜̤̲̗̜̯̖ͨ͌ͦs̫̘͉͐ͫ̿ȧ̬̤͔̲̮̚͜s̪͐̍̽ͩͧ͌.͕̆̅̈͞


General Axelrod: Fuck, they come back to life? How are we supposed to beat them?


General Axelrod: Fuck this shit, I'm fucking bailing. Sports Fan, grab a dead TRF's equipment and use their teleporter, we're heading back to Soledad.


Dr. Liang: What the entropy are you doing? Stay there and fight, you can't just leave an uncontained anomaly roaming in space! I order you to terminate the anomaly!
???: Maybe you can do so yourself.


Dr. Liang: But...you were dead???
Colette: Everything I create is my plaything under my absolute command. Every action, every thought, even this very battle I not only allowed to happen, but coordinated myself.
"Attention all personnel, a Fluorine-class anomaly has breached containment. Protect the Chief Scientist at all costs!"


Colette: Help will not be forthcoming.
Dr. Liang: I'll terminate you myself then!
Colette: You didn't carry around a gun in your labcoat until I wrote that you did. Now, you think you've done so all these years. You may have formulated the Theory of Everything, but you've just dipped your toe into the wide, dark ocean that is the true nature of the BrikVerse. I could not only kill you and the entire Black Box Bureau, but erase them entirely from all existence with just a mere thought. But I need you, Dr. Liang, for certain reasons. The same goes for General Axelrod. So I won't harm you directly. But you'll see your punishment soon enough, Dr. Liang.
Dr. Liang: Explain yourself!


"Chief Scientist, are you safe?"
Dr. Liang: Yes, yes I am. Put the BBB on high-alert for a major anomalous event in the near future, I want this organization to take all necessary precautions and preparations against our next encounter with that Quantumsurfer.

[piltogg]

Can I just ask how you know all of the various calculus/physics crap that you know? Aren't you like.. 15? So in early highschool?

I mean.. I'm in like my third year of a college mechanical engineering program, and I don't even understand like half of the stuff referenced in this soap beyond simple name recognition.

[stubby]

That's the difference between applied and theoretical science. If you were a physics major you'd have learned this stuff.

[cleanupcrew]

Can I just ask how you know all of the various calculus/physics crap that you know? Aren't you like.. 15? So in early highschool?

I mean.. I'm in like my third year of a college mechanical engineering program, and I don't even understand like half of the stuff referenced in this soap beyond simple name recognition.

Yes, I'm 15. I'm a senior in high school (skipped two years) taking Complex Analysis and then Differential Equations next semester. I took Multivar Calculus/Linear Algebra and AP Physics last year. I also tend to waste a lot of time reading the math and physics sections of wikipedia, and my math teacher goes on long sidetracks about various topics beyond the scope of the class (Fresnel integrals, the totally antisymmetric tensor of rank three, Riemann-Zeta function, applications of Cauchy principal value to subatomic particle physics, etc.).

[Silent-sigfig]

real talk tho did you buy that beluga for this purpose?

[Vami IV]

Can I just ask how you know all of the various calculus/physics crap that you know? Aren't you like.. 15? So in early highschool?

I mean.. I'm in like my third year of a college mechanical engineering program, and I don't even understand like half of the stuff referenced in this soap beyond simple name recognition.

Yes, I'm 15. I'm a senior in high school (skipped two years) taking Complex Analysis and then Differential Equations next semester. I took Multivar Calculus/Linear Algebra and AP Physics last year. I also tend to waste a lot of time reading the math and physics sections of wikipedia, and my math teacher goes on long sidetracks about various topics beyond the scope of the class (Fresnel integrals, the totally antisymmetric tensor of rank three, Riemann-Zeta function, applications of Cauchy principal value to subatomic particle physics, etc.).

TL;DR
Colette is the Forum SuperNerd

[Zupponn]

And to think that I scored a 30 on my ACT...

[stubby]

Yes, I'm 15. I'm a senior in high school (skipped two years) taking Complex Analysis and then Differential Equations next semester. I took Multivar Calculus/Linear Algebra and AP Physics last year. I also tend to waste a lot of time reading the math and physics sections of wikipedia, and my math teacher goes on long sidetracks about various topics beyond the scope of the class (Fresnel integrals, the totally antisymmetric tensor of rank three, Riemann-Zeta function, applications of Cauchy principal value to subatomic particle physics, etc.).

TL;DR
Colette is the Forum SuperNerd

Meh. I took all that stuff at that age too, it's not that uncommon.

Although I stopped mathing around so much a couple years later when I realized that just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're obligated to keep doing it. So Colette will beat me sooner or later.

[Vami IV]

Although I stopped mathing around so much a couple years later when I realized that just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're obligated to keep doing it.

Why stop if you're good at something? Was there an ulterior motive?

[loafofcheese]

Although I stopped mathing around so much a couple years later when I realized that just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're obligated to keep doing it.

Why stop if you're good at something? Was there an ulterior motive?

Quit so you can get head.

[devincp]

Just because you are good at something does not mean you enjoy it, or that you want to pursue something that brings you even more fulfillment.
In Mike's case drawing pictures of LEGO figures doing awesome stuff and writing a brick combat system rule book fro all of us to use.