hehe. . . You just flunked the "Are you an OLD geek" test.
"I told you that decimal point was in the wrong place."
Susan
Pardon me for butting in, but I was a young nerd long before geeks
even existed. This discussion has reminded me of a mathematician's
joke for those who still remember the principle behind a slide rule.
The joke is pretty old, but then, so am I:
When the Great Flood finally subsided, Noah released the animals from
the Ark, and as they were leaving he reminded them that they were to
go forth and multiply, as the Lord had commanded. Two snakes
approached Noah and said, "We are deeply troubled that we cannot obey
the Lord's command to multiply, for you see, we are Adders."
Noah thought for a few minutes, and then he went into the forest and
cut down some small trees. Noah used vines to tie several pieces of
the tree trunks together to make a flat raft-like surface, and he set
this on top of four legs he made from the stumps. Then, Noah lifted up
the two snakes and placed them on top of the resulting platform. "Now
you too can obey the Lord," he told them, "for, as everyone knows,
even Adders can multiply on a Log Table!"
