If the parents were to convert, they’d be 0.6 and 0.25 respectively. They raised a good fractional boy, raising his numerator over his denominator, and this sort of degeneracy is how he repays them? He may claim it’s a rational decision, but he’s out of line.
Dvsndom has it.
But to be clear “converting to decimals” is a math exercise we learn around the seventh grade. In this case it’s a play on converting to another religion. Which is sometimes a big deal for parents.
Vaguely related, there’s an image somewhere on the Internet of a Google auto-complete. Typed is “how do I convert to”. The four autocompletes are, judaism, islam, catholicism, and pdf.
Arthur. That made me chuckle.
I think the picture of Archimedes was intended as a reference to the ancient conflict over “rational” vs. “irrational” numbers (although Pythagoras might have been a better choice).
P.S. @ Bill – Once again an untitled thread, or is that single “bullet” symbol supposed to be significant?
P.S. Boy do I feel silly. That “bullet” is merely an oversized decimal point.
I agree with Kilby that Pythagoras would have been a better choice, but I suppose most people would only associate him with determining the length of the hypotenuse.
I wonder what fraction the son is. If he’s 1/3, he could be seeking the infinite.
I would have thought he would be 3/20
I had wondered if the reference to Archimedes might be to the screw associated with the name as in “things have spiraled out of control” with the child’s conversion.
Kevin: That’s 0.15 to you. Don’t misrender him!
I’d say that the kid has a point.
At least he’s keeping it real, and not invoking any imaginary entities into his conversion — i mean, things could get really complex otherwise…
I don’t think this cartoon adds up. Faith is a memetic thing in people’s heads, not a form factor. It’s like a human saying he was leaving some human religious faith by becoming a crocodile or beetle.
She’s being irrational, which is so unlike her. But this couple has their differences. Well, once difference, and it’s 7/20.
That’s funny… I always imagined that the “talking end” of a “3” would be on its left side, not on its right side.
That’s because, to me, the numeral “3” is clearly facing to the left. And the numeral “5” is clearly facing to the right. That’s just self-evident.
So clearly, the artist is wrong!
Kilby, I see you got my point.
In phonetics, when representing the place-of-articulation of a sound on a schematic trapezoidal diagram, by convention usually the lips or open mouth is to the left and the velum end back-of-the-mouth is at the right. So the 3 with the prominent midbar as a tongue looks fine to me, speaking to the left.
OK, Powers. Now that was funny!
I also assume that they don’t want their son hanging out with his imaginary friend.
Here’s what happened when the Romans converted to decimals. It wasn’t pretty, but the world was changed forever:
I was trying to crack a joke regarding the cartoonist going after the lowest common denominator, when I realized that the two parents don’t appear to have anything in common.
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If the parents were to convert, they’d be 0.6 and 0.25 respectively. They raised a good fractional boy, raising his numerator over his denominator, and this sort of degeneracy is how he repays them? He may claim it’s a rational decision, but he’s out of line.
Dvsndom has it.
But to be clear “converting to decimals” is a math exercise we learn around the seventh grade. In this case it’s a play on converting to another religion. Which is sometimes a big deal for parents.
Vaguely related, there’s an image somewhere on the Internet of a Google auto-complete. Typed is “how do I convert to”. The four autocompletes are, judaism, islam, catholicism, and pdf.
Arthur. That made me chuckle.
I think the picture of Archimedes was intended as a reference to the ancient conflict over “rational” vs. “irrational” numbers (although Pythagoras might have been a better choice).
P.S. @ Bill – Once again an untitled thread, or is that single “bullet” symbol supposed to be significant?
P.S. Boy do I feel silly. That “bullet” is merely an oversized decimal point.
I agree with Kilby that Pythagoras would have been a better choice, but I suppose most people would only associate him with determining the length of the hypotenuse.
I wonder what fraction the son is. If he’s 1/3, he could be seeking the infinite.
I would have thought he would be 3/20
I had wondered if the reference to Archimedes might be to the screw associated with the name as in “things have spiraled out of control” with the child’s conversion.
Kevin: That’s 0.15 to you. Don’t misrender him!
I’d say that the kid has a point.
At least he’s keeping it real, and not invoking any imaginary entities into his conversion — i mean, things could get really complex otherwise…
I don’t think this cartoon adds up. Faith is a memetic thing in people’s heads, not a form factor. It’s like a human saying he was leaving some human religious faith by becoming a crocodile or beetle.
She’s being irrational, which is so unlike her. But this couple has their differences. Well, once difference, and it’s 7/20.
That’s funny… I always imagined that the “talking end” of a “3” would be on its left side, not on its right side.
That’s because, to me, the numeral “3” is clearly facing to the left. And the numeral “5” is clearly facing to the right. That’s just self-evident.
So clearly, the artist is wrong!
Kilby, I see you got my point.
In phonetics, when representing the place-of-articulation of a sound on a schematic trapezoidal diagram, by convention usually the lips or open mouth is to the left and the velum end back-of-the-mouth is at the right. So the 3 with the prominent midbar as a tongue looks fine to me, speaking to the left.
OK, Powers. Now that was funny!
I also assume that they don’t want their son hanging out with his imaginary friend.
Here’s what happened when the Romans converted to decimals. It wasn’t pretty, but the world was changed forever:
I was trying to crack a joke regarding the cartoonist going after the lowest common denominator, when I realized that the two parents don’t appear to have anything in common.