Comments on: Breaking It Down For Us Philistines http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/ Funny stories and superheroes Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:24:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: tko http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-5308 tko Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:28:17 +0000 http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-5308 If you apply yourself, OG, you will solve that group in far less time than 120 years... I say, pick a sorority this fall and you will have it solved by spring break. If you apply yourself, OG, you will solve that group in far less time than 120 years… I say, pick a sorority this fall and you will have it solved by spring break.

]]> By: lightbulb http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-4699 lightbulb Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:41:35 +0000 http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-4699 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy_ball_theorem

]]> By: og http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-4669 og Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:28:00 +0000 http://underpantsontheoutside.com/blog/2007/03/22/breaking-it-down-for-us-philistines/#comment-4669 Initially, I was also really thrown off by the way they call it both a group and a problem. At first it didn't sound right to talk about solving a group. But then I thought about trying to convince a big soroity to have an orgy with me. You know, like a Lie group, in the biblical sense. You might say to your friend, "Damn, I'de like to solve that group" Imagine that the group, or problem, has 248 dimensions (sisters). If you could convince them all to have sex with you at the same time I think you would be pretty excited too. If you then tried to explain either the particulars or the greater implications to someone else after the fact, I think you would end up sounding a lot like those mathematicians in the article. Initially, I was also really thrown off by the way they call it both a group and a problem. At first it didn’t sound right to talk about solving a group. But then I thought about trying to convince a big soroity to have an orgy with me. You know, like a Lie group, in the biblical sense.

You might say to your friend,

“Damn, I’de like to solve that group”

Imagine that the group, or problem, has 248 dimensions (sisters). If you could convince them all to have sex with you at the same time I think you would be pretty excited too. If you then tried to explain either the particulars or the greater implications to someone else after the fact, I think you would end up sounding a lot like those mathematicians in the article.

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