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#1 2007-01-30 20:58:48
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Einstein's formula
This is not new, but it still may be unfamiliar to some. It was told that Albert Einstein had a formula for everything. A couple of his students decided to come up with something they thought would be impossible for him to make a formula for and prove he had limitations. So one day after a class they approached him at his desk in front of the classroom. Professor Einstein, they said, can you tell us the formula for a sniff? He thought for a minute, then stood up, and said, sure. He took a piece of chalk and to their amazement began writing confidently on the blackboard. This is what he wrote: 8L + 2 dots, + 2 triangles + 2 rectangles + 8L = 1 sniff. Can anyone decipher Einstein's formula?
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#2 2007-01-30 21:16:06
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Re: Einstein's formula
What's a sniff?
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#3 2007-01-30 21:38:23
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Re: Einstein's formula
What's a sniff?
One third of a snort.
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#4 2007-01-30 23:00:49
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Re: Einstein's formula
whats snort
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#5 2007-01-31 00:03:10
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whats snort
One third of a sneeze.
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#6 2007-01-31 05:24:57
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Re: Einstein's formula
lol mathsisfun
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#7 2007-01-31 10:41:59
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Re: Einstein's formula
lol
I hate people who hate people.
most people make mistakes, butt not me!
why is it when you are writing something important you run out of spa
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#8 2007-01-31 23:07:58
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This Joke Is Not Understandable For Me
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#9 2007-01-31 23:48:46
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Re: Einstein's formula
Sorry, soha, I moved away from the original topic
A sniff is when you breathe quickly in through your nose (or the sound that makes). You sniff when you want to smell something, or when you have a cold.
A snort is a rough noise made with your nose. Pigs snort for example.
But to get back on topic ... can anyone solve helios' puzzle?
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#10 2007-02-01 01:02:52
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Re: Einstein's formula
The only bit of it that I can decipher is that the two dots might mean nostrils.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#11 2014-07-03 01:13:05
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Re: Einstein's formula
The mathematical formula as noted above is slightly in error. I have written the formula many times to entertain friends. It is:
2 rectangles + 2 o's + 2 triangles + 2C / 8L -or-
2 rectangles + 2 o's + 2 triangles + 2C
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8L
I guess I'll have to create a graphic for it. It's fun...
8-)
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#12 2014-07-03 22:08:52
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Re: Einstein's formula
Yes please do!
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#13 2015-01-24 02:31:51
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Re: Einstein's formula
lol =>
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#14 2015-12-14 11:27:19
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Re: Einstein's formula
The only bit of it that I can decipher is that the two dots might mean nostrils.
So, "triangle" means "nose"? And since there are two triangles then they have two noses?
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#15 2015-12-19 10:28:24
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Re: Einstein's formula
My answer
Monox, you were getting warm!
Last edited by Solvitur ambulando (2016-01-09 14:33:03)
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#16 2015-12-19 23:29:14
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How did you know that? It doesn't seem to be a popular riddle.
Actually I never watch Star Wars and not interested in it anyway, but I choose a Yoda card as my avatar in honor of our great friend bobbym who has passed away.
May his adventurous soul rest in peace at heaven.
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#17 2015-12-20 08:39:56
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Re: Einstein's formula
I figured it out but I can't remember how exactly. I thought about it for some time and considered the various ways in which the formula could be interpreted.
More info
Last edited by Solvitur ambulando (2016-01-09 14:35:53)
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