Comments on: Pizza http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 20:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Josué http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1252845 Josué Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1252845 pi.z².a also works, since z and 2 look alike. pi.z².a also works, since z and 2 look alike.

]]> By: drennen http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1250489 drennen Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1250489 He is a mathematician. He is a mathematician.

]]> By: Ted http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1250069 Ted Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1250069 to quote Jay from Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back "what are you bitches babbling about?" (obviously I'm NOT a math person!) to quote Jay from Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back “what are you bitches babbling about?” (obviously I’m NOT a math person!)

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1249797 voiceinthedistance Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1249797 Pee-cha. http://youtu.be/KiLA6Bk_ivs Pee-cha.

http://youtu.be/KiLA6Bk_ivs

]]> By: Blaine Evans http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1249635 Blaine Evans Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1249635 This is amusing, but it's kind of cheating to assign new letters to variables which already have commonly accepted designations, especially considering that one of those new assignments belongs to the other variable involved.  Radius, of course, should be "r," and depth "z."  Therefore, Volume= pi·r·r·z. This is why I believe we should start calling pizzas prrzs. This is amusing, but it’s kind of cheating to assign new letters to variables which already have commonly accepted designations, especially considering that one of those new assignments belongs to the other variable involved.  Radius, of course, should be “r,” and depth “z.”  Therefore, Volume= pi·r·r·z.

This is why I believe we should start calling pizzas prrzs.

]]> By: Joseph Francis http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248914 Joseph Francis Fri, 21 Oct 2011 07:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248914 unfortunately... http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalartform/4053028031/ unfortunately…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/digitalartform/4053028031/

]]> By: thatbob http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248902 thatbob Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248902 ...of delicious pizza, no doubt. …of delicious pizza, no doubt.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248892 Ladyfingers Fri, 21 Oct 2011 06:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248892 Unlikely, her mouth was full. Unlikely, her mouth was full.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248876 Antinous / Moderator Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248876 That's what she said? That’s what she said?

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248874 Ladyfingers Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248874 D'oh! I confused circumference with area! D’oh! I confused circumference with area!

]]> By: OriGuy http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248866 OriGuy Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248866 No, the diagram assumes a pizza of uniform thickness, which is a cylinder. The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V=pi*r*r*h. If you replace r with z and h with a,  you get pi*z*z*a. I'm too lazy to put in the html for pi and superscripts, and they might not work anyway. No, the diagram assumes a pizza of uniform thickness, which is a cylinder. The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V=pi*r*r*h. If you replace r with z and h with a,  you get pi*z*z*a. I’m too lazy to put in the html for pi and superscripts, and they might not work anyway.

]]> By: voiceinthedistance http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248854 voiceinthedistance Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248854 I'm no math genius, but that's what I was thinking as well. I’m no math genius, but that’s what I was thinking as well.

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248850 Ladyfingers Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248850 Surely pi(z+z)a? Surely pi(z+z)a?

]]> By: Oliver Schmieding http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248654 Oliver Schmieding Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248654 derp corollary: if you deem it too complex to make the pizza, you have  (minus a pie).  derp corollary: if you deem it too complex to make the pizza, you have  (minus a pie). 

]]> By: boing601pi9 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248637 boing601pi9 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248637 You made me create an account, just for the purpose of thanking you for this. You made me create an account, just for the purpose of thanking you for this.

]]> By: Zachary John⚡on http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248635 Zachary John⚡on Thu, 20 Oct 2011 23:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248635 An oldie but a goodie. I enjoyed this math pun in geometry class in 1995. An oldie but a goodie. I enjoyed this math pun in geometry class in 1995.

]]> By: robotnik http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248562 robotnik Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248562 Had to look it up, but having done so: Very well done! Had to look it up, but having done so: Very well done!

]]> By: Teller http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248537 Teller Thu, 20 Oct 2011 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248537 Would've added a nice touch to Jeff Spicoli's delivery. Would’ve added a nice touch to Jeff Spicoli’s delivery.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248525 querent Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248525 Q: What's an anagram for Banach-Tarski? A: Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski. Q: What’s an anagram for Banach-Tarski?

A: Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski.

]]> By: Claudio Hidalgo http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248508 Claudio Hidalgo Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248508 and an old one; there's a t-shirt for that: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/sciencemath/cc38/?srp=5 (got mine for more than a year) and an old one; there’s a t-shirt for that:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/sciencemath/cc38/?srp=5

(got mine for more than a year)

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248494 Romeo Vitelli Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248494 D'ough?  Oh dear, a new meme I fear. D’ough?  Oh dear, a new meme I fear.

]]> By: bruckelsprout http://boingboing.net/2011/10/20/pizza.html#comment-1248496 bruckelsprout Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=124894#comment-1248496 We'll have to get Herman Cain, the Godfather of Pizza, to verify this. We’ll have to get Herman Cain, the Godfather of Pizza, to verify this.

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