tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post5811586032180132300..comments2023-11-02T19:46:44.577+11:00Comments on Fumbling Towards Geekdom: I'm so evil, I told him to measure them and find outStyleyGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-18182616860011802672007-07-22T02:25:00.000+10:002007-07-22T02:25:00.000+10:00You mean ... you didn't TELL him? You big meanie!You mean ... you didn't TELL him? You big meanie!Badaunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421084688117792172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-79485231538757560482007-07-19T00:59:00.000+10:002007-07-19T00:59:00.000+10:00that's hilariousthat's hilariouswwwmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854956255179637714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-85204548824945473842007-07-18T16:59:00.000+10:002007-07-18T16:59:00.000+10:00Anonymous, I take your point. But it's pretty obv...Anonymous, I take your point. But it's pretty obvious in our lounge that none of the walls are at right angles, and it's open plan with the bathroom jutting into one end, so the bit that goes from there across the kitchen is even kind of zig-zaggy. <BR/><BR/>Juggling Frogs, he didn't figure it out. I had assumed that if angles were a problem, he would have something to measure them with. But no. In the end, he gave up and wrote down something random, as far as I can tell.<BR/><BR/>The Scientist: hi! And thanks! Congratulations on finding some usable results for your research, too! (It just gets less fun from here on in...)StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-25404942187075352822007-07-18T10:26:00.000+10:002007-07-18T10:26:00.000+10:00it would've really confused him if the ceiling tap...it would've really confused him if the ceiling tapered towards the top :-)<BR/><BR/>+Hi, I've been lurking for a while, but finally felt like saying something on this post :)<BR/><BR/>i'm just about halfway into my PhD, and have finally got my first set of usable research!!<BR/><BR/>congrats on submitting your draft :-)KaosSmurfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670187562316015592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-46658017318784580922007-07-18T08:46:00.000+10:002007-07-18T08:46:00.000+10:00hilarious. i so would have liked to seem him figur...hilarious. i so would have liked to seem him figure out a way to find out!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-79469037519276250142007-07-18T04:23:00.000+10:002007-07-18T04:23:00.000+10:00On second thought: How did he figure out which wa...On second thought: How did he figure out which walls met at right angles using the measuring tape? <BR/><BR/>I have yet to meet a bivalve or a gastropod who could do that.Juggling Frogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-7888011439412709942007-07-18T04:20:00.001+10:002007-07-18T04:20:00.001+10:00oops - J was me - I hit enter too soon!oops - J was me - I hit enter too soon!Juggling Frogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03572259373523756647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-31669904126977694822007-07-18T04:20:00.000+10:002007-07-18T04:20:00.000+10:00He can't be held responsible, the rocks mollusks c...He can't be held responsible, the rocks mollusks cling to rarely form parallel lines, and the seaweed just forms itself around the edges, without the aid of measuring tape..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-12305072609577890052007-07-18T03:02:00.000+10:002007-07-18T03:02:00.000+10:00I imagine that he was thinking that 3 of the walls...I imagine that he was thinking that 3 of the walls were in a rectangular arrangement and that the fourth was the one that intersected at non-right angles. Given that, I can't fault him too much for asking about your walls that way. Doesn't seem too mollusky to me.<BR/><BR/>All the same, not something I would have said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20717535.post-23731435117414419372007-07-18T02:17:00.000+10:002007-07-18T02:17:00.000+10:00LOL! That's hysterical!LOL! That's hysterical!The History Enthusiasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01920472487193649652noreply@blogger.com