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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

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(Attention: Nerd humour)

Nerd-Alarm

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

“Also… diese Messung in dem Paper. Die haben einen Abfall des Potentials auf einer Länge von 2µm in der Elektrode.”

“Naja, das wird ‘ne Raumladungszone sein.”

“Im Metall?”

“Klar.”

-> Schallendes Gelächter

Mist, schon wieder ein Witz, der uns im Büro wahnsinnig erheitert hat, den aber nur ein verschwindet kleiner Bruchteil der Menschenheit verstehen würde. Akuter Nerd-Alarm.

Thorough Lab Journal

Friday, August 31st, 2007

“Damn. There’s that one parameter to the experiment I’d need to know now and I didn’t write it down. Somehow, this happens all the time.”

“Hmm. That has never been a problem for me…”

“Really? Is your Lab Journal that thorough?

“Maybe I just don’t care enough about my experiments…”

Thourough Lab Journal

Organic?

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

“So you’re working with organic semiconductors… why are they called ‘organic’?”

“Oh, that’s just because ‘irreproducible crap’ was already taken.”

;-)

Calvin on science and related stuff

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

The recent conversation reminded me of some more great quotes from Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes that are more or less related to science, empirical work or writing (theses), or can at least well be used in that context. All of the following was “said” by Calvin:

That’s the whole problem with science. You’ve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder.

How can something seem so plausible at the time and so idiotic in retrospect?

Reality continues to ruin my life.

What on earth am I doing here on this beautfiful day?! This is the only life I’ve got!!

I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure reasoning, and inhibit clarity.

Once you become informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray. You realize that nothing is as clear and simple as it first appears.

Curiosity is the essence of the scientific mind.

I figure the last two (or three ;-) would be decent quotes to start my PhD thesis with.

Calvin weiß wie’s geht

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Calvin: I think we’ve got enough information now, don’t you?Hobbes: All we have is one “fact” you made up.

Calvin: That’s plenty. By the time we add an introduction, a few illustrations, and a conclusion, it will look like a graduate thesis.

Aus Bill Watterson’s Calvin and Hobbes, einem meiner liebsten Comics.

Professorenzitate

Thursday, June 7th, 2007

Heute habe ich beim Quasi-Aufräumen eine kleine, während des Studiums gesammelte Liste von Sprüchen gefunden, die verschiedene Professoren und Dozenten in ihren Vorlesungen gebracht haben.

Prof. J.:
“Ich bin zwar Chemiker von Haus aus, aber mehr als zwei Kohlenstoffe irritieren mich eigentlich auch immer.” (more…)

Schwimmen Sie durch den Atlantik

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Fritzchen: Mama, ich will nicht nach Amerika.
Mama: Sei ruhig und schwimm weiter!

Bei Google Maps scheint man diesen uralten Witz auch zu kennen und beweist Humor. Während die anderen Routenplaner dabei versagen, weist Google Maps den Weg von Darmstadt nach New York. Mal unter Punkt 31 der Wegbeschreibung nachschauen!

Wenn wir für die 1094km über Land mal eine Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit von 100km/h und somit etwa 11 Stunden Fahrzeit annehmen, veranschlagt Google zum Durchschwimmen der 5572km durch den Atlantik 29 Tage. Ganz schön flott, Grundlage ist anscheinend immerhin der Weltrekord über 50m Freistil.

Excellent answers

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Excerpts from math tests, sources unknown.

Excerpt from math test: Explain the shape of the graph
(click for bigger version)

 

 

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Binary

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

Recently, I saw this one on a t-shirt:

There are 10 types of people in the world.

Those who understand binary, and those who don’t.