Daily Archives: August 27, 2011

Theories About Swans

I’ve written articles here that touched on art theory, quantum theory, science fiction theory and number theory. There are many more theories: gravitational, electromagnetic, economic, social. Of course, there is also pure, practical and applied theory.

The idea gets around. On the outskirts there are theories about UFOs, ghosts, Noah’s Ark, many more!

And there are the “my theory” theories put forth from soap boxes, fliers and now blogs such as this. Literally such as this, since here’s my theory about theories.

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Sideband #41: CS Jokes

I close the first round of CS101 articles with some of my very favorite CS jokes. Sure, they’re esoteric, but they’re also really funny. Thing is, you may have to trust me on that.

Binary

I have a sign in my cube:

There are 10 types of people…
Those who can count in binary,
and those who can’t!

It garners two reactions. Some people just walk away puzzled. Some people look puzzled for just a moment and then they crack up.

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