The Geniuses' Thread

Pygmalion

Well since a few of our regular threads have been filling up with talk about Maths, and the rest with talk about favourite poets (when the talk moves away from homework that is), I (and jumpguy, and possibly others I'm leaving out) figured it'd be good to have a thread for discussion of how clever we all aren't.

Basically schoolwork, homework or just your own nerdy pursuits could go here.

Oh god after all the relevant-to-this-thread chat that's been going on in every other topic it better not crash and burn now

EDIT: At jumpguy's request, although I think it's just beating a dead horse at this stage :P:

Pygmalion wrote: »

P = Parallelogram
R = Rectangle
Rh = Rhombus
S = Square.

In Words:
Every Rectangle and Rhombus is a Parallelogram, but not every Parallelogram is a Rectangle or Rhombus.
The only time when a Rectangle is also a Rhombus is when it is a Square.

jumpguy

Pygmalion wrote: »

Well since a few of our regular threads have been filling up with talk about Maths, and the rest with talk about favourite poets (when the talk moves away from homework that is), I (and jumpguy, and possibly others I'm leaving out) figured it'd be good to have a thread for discussion of how clever we all think we aren't..

FYP! :P

I think it'd be a good idea to pop in the ole Venn diagram in the OP, get the spirit of the thread going.

EDIT: Ohhh it's not beating any dead horse...*oggles*

Craguls

I've a project I'm working on now that will come to fruition in a few weeks. I'll be sure to post here then.

Konata

I think I should claim half the credit for that Venn diagram.

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

I think I should claim half the credit for that Venn diagram.

You can have half the credit if you really want it.
I'm not sure I want to be starting any fights over the rights to it.

Davidius

God damn first year maths is only good for the foundation of learning how to do cooler things.

There was one time where I was going to write a program that dealt with Team Fortress 2's hat drop rates, probabilities and statistics but a million other bastards have done it already.

Now I'm looking for something useful to do.

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

You can have half the credit if you really want it.
I'm not sure I want to be starting any fights over the rights to it.

YAY.




I believe I reached my nerdy peak for the LC. Haven't quite reached those levels since but meh, this thread may unleash the genius (*cough*) in me.

Yay for the thread.

Yay in general.

Pygmalion

Davidius wrote: »

God damn first year maths is only good for the foundation of learning how to do cooler things.

There was one time where I was going to write a programme that dealt with Team Fortress 2's hat drop rates, probabilities and statistics but a million other bastards have done it already.

Now I'm looking for something useful to do.

Aren't we all.
And yeah, every single program you can think of to make has already been done before, it really puts you off

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

YAY.




I believe I reached my nerdy peak for the LC. Haven't quite reached those levels since but meh, this thread may unleash the genius (*cough*) in me.

Yay for the thread.

Yay in general.

The day I really hit my nerdy peak was in 5th year, just playing some little desktop game, thought "This'd be great without the time limit", got to work and had an option for an untimed game working.

Few emails back and forth with the guy who made the game and I ended up also having the game check for the amount of possible valid moves each turn and give you a number (ending the game if none are available) and a hint button to pick one at random and show it to you.

Thing is I spent so much time playing the game to make sure it worked that I got sick of the game by the time I'd finished :P

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

The day I really hit my nerdy peak was in 5th year, just playing some little desktop game, thought "This'd be great without the time limit", got to work and had an option for an untimed game working.

Few emails back and forth with the guy who made the game and I ended up also having the game check for the amount of possible valid moves each turn and give you a number (ending the game if none are available) and a hint button to pick one at random and show it to you.

Thing is I spent so much time playing the game to make sure it worked that I got sick of the game by the time I'd finished :P

.......

Wow. That's kinda... cool.

I remember watching this guy I used to go out with make a computer game for his final year project. It was just a basic RPG done using HTML but I was totally in awe , twas pretty interesting to see how it was done.

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

.......

Wow. That's kinda... cool.

Now if only I could find IRL people who agree with that :P

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

Now if only I could find IRL people who agree with that :P

Yes.


I have no idea what that sentence means.

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

Yes.


I have no idea what that sentence means.

IRL = "In Real Life", I assume you knew that... Other than that I don't get what's confusing you.

Konata

Pygmalion wrote: »

IRL = "In Real Life", I assume you knew that... Other than that I don't get what's confusing you.

Um, no.


Great start for me in the genius thread, BOO-YEA.

Pygmalion

Hotaru wrote: »

Great start for me in the genius thread, BOO-YEA.

Soon enough one of the young'uns will express a deep lack of understanding of the difference between fruits and vegetables or kids/adolescents, or basic shapes etc. and it'll be forgotten about.

A Neurotic

I read books and shi'.

Pygmalion

A Neurotic wrote: »

I read books and shi'.

"shi" is the Chinese word for "poetry" you know?

A Neurotic

Yes, that's what I said,
I read chinese poetry,
And I write Haiku.

Pygmalion

A Neurotic wrote: »

Yes, that's what I said,
I read chinese poetry,
And I write Haiku.

Just making sure that was in fact what you meant.

A Neurotic

Pygmalion wrote: »

Just making sure that was in fact what you meant.

Cos Haiku is totally Chinese.

Pygmalion

A Neurotic wrote: »

Cos Haiku is totally Chinese.

I never said it was, did I?

We all know it's actually Korean.

phlegms

I'm going to be dropping historical knowledge like a mo'fo' in this thread.

Ginja Ninja

great idea pyggy,can we rename it gangsta-genius from the responses it's been getting?

'coz I iz like,tha shizznet in the genius deal,yo!.fo' real

Insect Overlord

1// 83ph023 teh 1337-5p34K!!!111eleventyone





It just took me 5 minutes to figure out how to write that gibberish...

Jay P

A Neurotic wrote: »

Cos Haiku is totally Chinese.

It's actually Japanese...

A Neurotic

Jay P wrote: »

It's actually Japanese...

Mhm. Sometimes sarcasm doesn't translate well on t'internet

Jay P

A Neurotic wrote: »

Mhm. Sometimes sarcasm doesn't translate well on t'internet

Sorry. Thought this was the pedantic thread where you go around correcting everybody...

cocoa

thread appropriate for puzzles methinks... =D You have twelve billiard balls of identical size, 11 of them are of identical weight. You have an old-fashion balance scales which you may use upto three times, find out which ball is the wrong weight and if it's heavier or lighter =P

D4RK ONION

I feel like I should post in here, just so we're all clear that I'm some sort of genius type person. I mean my brain can read this! (this isn't me!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5YUBOtpiNg

jumpguy

A Neurotic wrote: »

I read books and shi'.

If shi is Japanese poetry, then why'd you put in the apostrophe after shi? Surely this means a letter is missing. What is that letter? WHAT IS IT?!

A Neurotic

jumpguy wrote: »

If shi is Japanese poetry, then why'd you put in the apostrophe after shi? Surely this means a letter is missing. What is that letter? WHAT IS IT?!

It's not that I can't explain, it's that you wouldn't understand...

jumpguy

A Neurotic wrote: »

It's not that I can't explain, it's that you wouldn't understand...

Did I accidentally click into The Fools' Thread? No! Ah, I must be in the Geniuses' Thread then, where anything can be explained and understood. :P

norwegianwood

Genius thread? Wahey!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhrfhjLd9e4

Bobalicious93

Isn't the plural of Genius, Genii?

:cool:

TheCardHolder

I can count to potato.

D4RK ONION

My favourite colour is bacon!

phlegms

I'm so hardcore a History nerd, the 11th century Papal reform genuinely fascinates me..

BAM!

Dropping History knowledge like a Boss, a Mo'Fo' even.

unknown13

I can make noodles. I'm a geniuses because I read instructions.

sock puppet

A Neurotic wrote: »

It's not that I can't explain, it's that you wouldn't understand...

The 1st year engineers in Trinity have that printed on their hoodys. You don't want to be associated with them.

A Neurotic

I was wondering where I'd heard it. I like it!

D4RK ONION

In fairness C&H needed this thread, they're a great band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oepXF2B5NK4

KnifeWRENCH

It's a shame I lost my USB memory stick a while ago. Otherwise, I could have posted up my 2nd year maths project, entitled "Romeo & Juliet; Shakespeare's Tragedy in Differential Equations"
The basic idea was you model Romeo and Juliet's affection for each other in differential equations, make a few changes and see if there's any way they can live happily ever after.

Turns out there isn't.

Piste

That's both amazing and depressing in equal measures.

*giggles*

Well actually, this really should be called "The Genii's Thread" as genii is the plural of genius.

God, don't you people know anything?:rolleyes:

jefreywithonef

*giggles* wrote: »

Well actually, this really should be called "The Genii's Thread" as genii is the plural of genius.

God, don't you people know anything?:rolleyes:

That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!

Bobalicious93

Monzo wrote: »

That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!

Copy/Paste ftw

EDIT: F*ck you White text :mad:

*giggles*

Monzo wrote: »

That's a good question. As you may or may not know, there is some disagreement and controversy over the proper plural of the noun genius.
In most cases, one can acceptably use geniuses as the plural. In fact, when referring to the "quality" of genius (as opposed to an individual possessing certain qualities or a certain nature), geniuses is the plural that one should normally use.
However, when referring to an individual as a genius, the most correct plural is genii (that's three syllables). This is because genius is derived from Latin. It is the first-person masculine singular form of the word. The first-person masculine plural is genii.
There is one additional, and rare, case where the plural genii should be used. This is the form of the word that comes from Roman mythology and refers to a guardian spirit of a person or place.
If this is all a little too complex to remember and apply, just remember that geniuses will sound correct--even if not brilliant and erudite--in most cases. It's actually quite infrequently that the general populace uses the word genii. Gosh, it looks like I'm answering him directly here, when it is, in fact, a mere copy and paste job! Teehee!

Copying and pasting from Wiki answers, shame on you. That's copyright infringement my friend.

Besides, I wasn't even asking a question. You are literally too stupid to insult.

jefreywithonef

*giggles* wrote: »

Copying and pasting from Wiki answers, shame on you. That's copyright infringement my friend

Always read the white print.

*giggles*

Monzo wrote: »

Always read the white print.

Always read the edited version before replying with your cynicism. And I did read the white print. Unlike some people, I don't have to google smart things to say.

Bobalicious93

*giggles* wrote: »

Always read the edited version before replying with your cynicism. And I did read the white print. Unlike some people, I don't have to google smart things to say.

Jesus, who pissed on your corn flakes this morning?

Niall09

*zip*