One of my favorite parts of the tv show "The Office":
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The Office - Math Fail
Jan 16, 2010Balloon boy fail (do the math)
Oct 19, 2009
Ya so I keep hearing about this balloon boy... although I haven't actually read any news articles on it, so based on headlines I keep seeing this is what I suspect happened:
Click to read the rest of this entry...- Richard Heene makes experimental helium balloon
- Heene & wife freakout since their "son" may be in the basket
- crapload of publicity, balloon comes down, son not in there
- son was actually in the Heene house attic all along
- 4chan delivers pizza to balloon boy
- news now reporting the stunt was a hoax
- charges filed against Heene
Math Teachers at Play 17
Oct 18, 2009
The mathrecreation blog just posted Math Teachers at Play 17 (well on Oct 15th, so I'm a few days late). You can find lots of humour (umm... or humor as they said on their site)... movies, activities, and MATH!!
As quoted:
Click to read the rest of this entry..."There is plenty of humor, a few movies, some great activities and explorations, and lots of math in Math Teachers at Play 17. Hope you enjoy reading these as much as I did. Thanks to everyone who submitted posts or answered my requests to include their work."Go check it out NOW and enjoy all the links, there is a lot of them so it should keep you busy for quite some time.
Look around you maths
Oct 8, 2009
This British comedy show is hilarious. It's called "Look Around You" and the second epsidoe is about "Maths". Check it out on youtube (at least for now):
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New Numb3rs season starts Friday!
Sep 23, 2009
The sixth season will premiere Friday September 25.
Numb3rs an American television drama, which premiered on January 23, 2005 on CBS. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Numb3rs is produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott and it's production company is Scott Free Productions and CBS Television Studios.
Click to read the rest of this entry...Numb3rs an American television drama, which premiered on January 23, 2005 on CBS. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Numb3rs is produced by brothers Ridley and Tony Scott and it's production company is Scott Free Productions and CBS Television Studios.
New season of `The big bang theory'
Sep 21, 2009
Today starts season 3 of the hit tv show The Big Bang Theory! If you've never heard of this show then you should definitely check it out. It is chalk full of geek humor.
It is set in California, and is about two guy Caltech prodigies in their twenties, one an experimental physicist (Leonard) and the other a theoretical physicist (Sheldon), who live across the hall from an attractive blonde waitress with show-biz aspirations (Penny). Leonard and Sheldon's geekiness and intellect are contrasted with Penny's social skills. Two equally geeky friends of theirs, Howard and Rajesh, are also main characters.
Link: wiki entry
Click to read the rest of this entry...It is set in California, and is about two guy Caltech prodigies in their twenties, one an experimental physicist (Leonard) and the other a theoretical physicist (Sheldon), who live across the hall from an attractive blonde waitress with show-biz aspirations (Penny). Leonard and Sheldon's geekiness and intellect are contrasted with Penny's social skills. Two equally geeky friends of theirs, Howard and Rajesh, are also main characters.
Link: wiki entry
Patricia Heaton has troubles with easy math
Sep 11, 2009
Patricia Heaton (from the tv show "Everybody Loves Raymond"), has a hard
time on one incredibly easy question for $50,000 for charity on the
Millionaire 10th Anniversary Celebration. The question is:
If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what?
a) thirty quarters
b) fifty dimes
c) seventy nickels
d) ninety pennies
After five minutes of struggling, she FINALLY managed to get it right.
You can find the video on youtube with a simple search of her name.
Click to read the rest of this entry...If a euro is worth $1.50, five euros is worth what?
a) thirty quarters
b) fifty dimes
c) seventy nickels
d) ninety pennies
After five minutes of struggling, she FINALLY managed to get it right.
You can find the video on youtube with a simple search of her name.
How to Compute Cubed Roots Fast
Aug 9, 2009
Take a look at this video of Scott Flansburg on the Discovery Channel's "More Than Human":
Click to read the rest of this entry...In the video you see Scott Flansburg take the cubed root of 658,503 to get an answer of 87 in a matter of a second. How does he do it you ask?
Why is life expectancy higher in Canada?
Aug 4, 2009
Taking a look at the table in wikipedia the life expectancy for Canada is indeed a bit higher than that of the USA. Peter Gillies asked this question and Bill O'Reilly answers it perfectly:
"Well, that's to be expected, Peter, because we have ten times as many people as you do. That translates to ten times as many accidents, crimes, down the line..."
Video:
Click to read the rest of this entry..."Well, that's to be expected, Peter, because we have ten times as many people as you do. That translates to ten times as many accidents, crimes, down the line..."
Video:
The Human Calculator - Scott Flansburg
Aug 1, 2009- Scott Flansburg was born in New York on December 28, 1963.
- He served in the U.S. Air Force (1982-1988) and had a tour of duty with the Office of Special Investigations in Tokyo, Japan. He then returned to the United States and became an advocate of teaching math in an innovative fashion.
- In 1989 he drew the attention of Regis Philbin. Mr. Philbin is the individual that is credited for naming Scott, The Human Calculator during his appearance on The Regis and Kathy Lee Show.
- In 1991 he began working on a project called Turn On the Human Calculator In You, a series of tapes that was subsequently on Mike Levy's Amazing Discoveries.
- Turn On the Human Calculator In You was one of the most successful early infomercials touted as having in excess of 125 million viewings.
- The follow-up product was called Mega Math with Kevin Tredeau (1996) which added a video and workbook and was later published by Tru Vantage International.
- He has subsequently appeared on countless television shows including Oprah, Ellen, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning America, Discovery Channel's `More Than Human', and thousands of local radio and TV shows.
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