Jan 23, 2011 0
Many people think that relativity is some obscure science concept that is only important to academics and nerds like myself, when, in fact, relativity is important on a daily basis. GPS? Without taking relativity into account, they’d be wildly inaccurate on the order of kilometers per day. And recently there was a new bit of science done that shows it’s important in another place: your car battery!
Jul 25, 2009 0
You know you need to turn in your man card when you view a Flickr set of a bunch of Leias-in-slave-costume and spend your time actually critiquing and analyzing and zooming in on the costumes. Stuff like, “who has the most authentic-looking costume” and such.
Yes, I have seen Return often enough that I’m a semi-good judge of that. No, you were the frustrated nerd in school.
Yep, lost points on the ol’ man card with this. Deeeeeeeefinitely didn’t lose my nerd card, though. That sucker got upgraded to “nerd guy on Robot Chicken” level.
Yours in jedi,
Matt
Jul 25, 2009 2
No, it’s not a new The Big Bang Theory episode title (though it’d be a cool one…it’s all yours, Mr Lorre). Rather it’s an odd axiom that popped into my head in the shower (calm yourselves, ladies) having to do with the rate of use of shampoo v. conditioner.
Damn, I am a NERD!
But, back to the Inequality. A while back, I bought a matching set of shampoo and conditioner (citrus-lime). They were by the same manufacturer and came in the same size bottle. Thus, they contained the same volume. But now in present day, I find that I have an empty bottle of shampoo, and an, oh, half-full conditioner bottle.
And I’m betting that would happen in every shower. Regardless of the showerees.
Why? Well, when I wash my hair, I always use, let’s say, x amount of shampoo. Sometimes, 2x, because, I “rinse and repeat” if the hair needs it. If I use conditioner, I’d use the same amount x of conditioner. But I’ve never repeated the conditioner, and sometimes, I just don’t use it at all.
So, I’m using, say, 1.5x of shampoo and 0.75x of conditioner. Thus:
shampoo used >= conditioner used
no matter what, in my shower. Thus, the Shampoo-Conditioner Inequality. Quod erat faciendum.
Huh.
You can’t get more nerdy than this post.
But I’m gonna try, baby.
Yours in math nerd,
Matt
