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  • rvernon

    OK, hard act to follow.  My favorite nerd joke is from Dilbert (paraphrased): Does an engineer see the glass half full or half empty?  Neither, the engineer has two redundant glasses in case one spills.

    • Dragonsbreath

      My variation is that an engineer see’s the glass as being twice as big as it needs to be. 

  • bingo

    thank you.  I loved most of this and have to find an opportune moment to try the last physical prank at home.  no way that works.

  • 8bar

    My favorite: Why do programmers confuse Christmas and Halloween? Because 31(oct)=25(dec).

    • Nick Hayday

      Of course it does if you assign it, 31(oct)==25(dec)

      • 8bar

         You do understand I’m talking about octal and decimal, right?

        • Nick Hayday

          Yes, but one equals sign is normally assign, and two is a boolean test

          • 8bar

            I hail from the old FORTRAN days, where = was both an assignment and a logical test! But I like your modernized version better, 31(oct) == 25(dec).

  • jgs

    I have been liking this one recently:

    A mathematician, an engineer, and a physicist are being interviewed for a job. In each case, the interview goes along famously until the last question is asked: “How much is one plus one?”

    Each of them suspects a trap, and is hesitant to answer.

    The mathematician thinks for a moment, and says “I’m not sure, but I think it converges”.

    The physicist says “I’m not sure, but I think it’s on the order of one”

    The engineer gets up, closes the door to the office, and says “How much do you want it to be?”.

    (scraped from http://jcdverha.home.xs4all.nl/scijokes/6.html since that was the first place I could find it written out)