Comments on: Nerds http://shallowthinker.com/2008/11/nerds/ No deep thoughts here...try somewhere else. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:54:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: DruU http://shallowthinker.com/2008/11/nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-7930 DruU Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:32:05 +0000 http://shallowthinker.com/?p=748#comment-7930 So, by your definition, I would never be a Nerd not because of my lack of intelligence, but because I refuse to live in the real world. So, by your definition, I would never be a Nerd not because of my lack of intelligence, but because I refuse to live in the real world.

]]> By: JPLand http://shallowthinker.com/2008/11/nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-7929 JPLand Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:23:03 +0000 http://shallowthinker.com/?p=748#comment-7929 <b>Pappy,</b> I don't think that the intent was that the hair dryers would blow the plane. Perhaps his analysis is better understood if we were to pretend that the rope was tied to a power-generating device and each person pulled 200 lb for 9 seconds. The resulting output would be sufficient for hair-drying. Reversing the process would, of course, be highly inefficient because you would have to capture the heat and fan movement into energy again. So, since I've thrown some big words at your challenge, can I get queso dip with my burrito? <b>DruU,</b> Nerdiness is not defined by how much knowledge you have. It's defined by your ability to take real-life scenarios and apply them to something useless. Example: Pulling a rope = hair dryer use. See, all you have to do is work on your ability to equate useless things to real life and you're in! Pappy,
I don’t think that the intent was that the hair dryers would blow the plane. Perhaps his analysis is better understood if we were to pretend that the rope was tied to a power-generating device and each person pulled 200 lb for 9 seconds. The resulting output would be sufficient for hair-drying. Reversing the process would, of course, be highly inefficient because you would have to capture the heat and fan movement into energy again. So, since I’ve thrown some big words at your challenge, can I get queso dip with my burrito?

DruU,
Nerdiness is not defined by how much knowledge you have. It’s defined by your ability to take real-life scenarios and apply them to something useless. Example: Pulling a rope = hair dryer use. See, all you have to do is work on your ability to equate useless things to real life and you’re in!

]]> By: DruU http://shallowthinker.com/2008/11/nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-7923 DruU Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:31:34 +0000 http://shallowthinker.com/?p=748#comment-7923 Ohhh... I want to meet these people. I like Nerds, I was never allowed into that group since I was never smart enough. The Dorks liked having me around but the Nerds, now those were the people I kept trying to impress. I wonder if I know enough yet to pretend to be a Nerd. Ohhh… I want to meet these people. I like Nerds, I was never allowed into that group since I was never smart enough. The Dorks liked having me around but the Nerds, now those were the people I kept trying to impress. I wonder if I know enough yet to pretend to be a Nerd.

]]> By: Pappy Fuller http://shallowthinker.com/2008/11/nerds/comment-page-1/#comment-7895 Pappy Fuller Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:35:27 +0000 http://shallowthinker.com/?p=748#comment-7895 NOW! I want to see this group of esteemed ner...sorry, engineers, hook up 3 hair dryers that will pull the 737 12 feet in 9.1 seconds. I bet ya lunch at Moe's for 5 that you can't do it. Pappy NOW! I want to see this group of esteemed ner…sorry, engineers, hook up 3 hair dryers that will pull the 737 12 feet in 9.1 seconds. I bet ya lunch at Moe’s for 5 that you can’t do it.

Pappy

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