{"id":3310672,"date":"2006-02-14T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/2006\/02\/14\/Lightbulb-Jokes\/"},"modified":"2007-11-26T00:07:39","modified_gmt":"2007-11-26T00:07:39","slug":"Lightbulb-Jokes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=3310672","title":{"rendered":"Lightbulb Jokes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='sustuff'>Stumbleupon <a href='http:\/\/horsewithnobunty.stumbleupon.com\/review\/3310672\/'>Review<\/a> of :<br \/>\n\t<a href='http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/lightbulb.html'>http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/lightbulb.html<\/a><a href='http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/url\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/lightbulb.html'><img src='http:\/\/bunty.tv\/images\/smallstumble.png'><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (1)?\n<p>\n       Ten: One to do it and eight to watch.<\/li>\n<li> How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (2)?\n<p>       One: He gives it to six Californians, thereby solves the problem by <br \/>\n       reducing it to a previous joke.<\/li>\n<li> How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (3)?\n<p>       The answer is intuitively obvious.<\/li>\n<li> How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (4)?\n<p>\n       None.  It&#8217;s left to the reader as an exercise.<\/li>\n<li> How many mathematical logicians does it take to replace a<br \/>\n       lightbulb? <\/p>\n<p>       None: They can&#8217;t do it, but they can prove that it can be done.<\/li>\n<li> How many numerical analysts does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       3.9967: (after six iterations).<\/li>\n<li> How many classical geometers does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       None: You can&#8217;t do it with a straight edge and a compass.<\/li>\n<li> How many constructivist mathematicians does it take to replace a<br \/>\n       lightbulb? <\/p>\n<p>       None: They do not believe in infinitesimal rotations.<\/li>\n<li> How many simulationists does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       Infinity: Each one builds a fully validated model, but the light<br \/>\n       actually never goes on.<\/li>\n<li> How many topologists does it take to change a lightbulb (1)?\n<p>       Just one. But what will you do with the doughnut?<\/li>\n<li> How many topologists does it take to change a lightbulb (2)?\n<p>\n       It really doesn&#8217;t matter, since they&#8217;d rather knot.<\/li>\n<li> How many analysts does it take to screw in a lightbulb?\n<p>       Three: One to prove existence, one to prove uniqueness and one to<br \/>\n       derive a nonconstructive algorithm to do it.<\/li>\n<li> How many functions does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       The integral of f: But that&#8217;s not definite.<\/li>\n<li> How many real functions does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       None: It&#8217;s too complex for them.<\/li>\n<li> How many Bourbakists does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       Changing a lightbulb is a special case of a more general theorem <br \/>\n       concerning the maintainence and repair of an electrical system. To<br \/>\n       establish upper and lower bounds for the number of personnel<br \/>\n       required, we must determine whether the sufficient conditions of<br \/>\n       Lemma 2.1 (Availability of personnel) and those of Corollary 2.3.55<br \/>\n       (Motivation of personnel) apply.  Iff these conditions are met,<br \/>\n       we derive the result by an application of the theorems in Section<br \/>\n       3.1123. The resulting upper bound is, of course, a result in an<br \/>\n       abstract measure space, in the weak-* topology.<\/li>\n<li> How many professors does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       One: With eight research students, two programmers, three post-docs<br \/>\n       and a secretary to help him.<\/li>\n<li> How many university lecturers does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>       Four: One to do it and three to co-author the paper.<\/li>\n<li> How many graduate students does it take to replace a lightbulb?\n<p>\n       Only one: But it takes nine years.<\/li>\n<p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stumbleupon Review of : http:\/\/www.scg.uwaterloo.ca\/~hchcheng\/lightbulb.html How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (1)? Ten: One to do it and eight to watch. How many mathematicians does it take to replace a lightbulb (2)? One: He gives it &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/?p=3310672\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":""},"categories":[1381],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310672"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3310672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3310672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3310672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3310672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/su.blog.bunty.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3310672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}