Talk:Scientist joke

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Looks like great content to be moved to Wikibooks--E-Bod 06:31, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently the last joke involving the question is Hell exothermic is not a true story. Snopes has a write-up on this saying that it's a parody. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rjnienaber (talk • contribs).

-- Does it have to be true? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.140.111.37 (talk • contribs).

Uhh it is called the scientist joke but not once does it mention a scientist in any of them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.139.0.62 (talk • contribs).

[edit] added links as examples

I've added some external links as examples of scientist jokes. If anyone feels that the links I've added are inappropriate, please feel free to remove them. --Ixfd64 00:32, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In an encyclopedia???

How did this article get approved in the first place? One of the jokes in it is pretty funny, but surely not notable enough to be an article in a public global encyclopedia? 71.216.188.161 00:37, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] computer engineer?

can somebody please explain the jokes here or in the artical in italics to those less fortunate to spend a couple of years doing specific degrees. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SleweD (talk • contribs) 17:38, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

Computer programmers often make use of logical 'loops' to solve mathematical problems. For example, a program designed to add every number from 1 to a specified number n would look like this:

1 number = 0

2 finishednumber = 0

3 n = specified by user

4 Start loop

5 number = number + 1

6 finishednumber = finishednumber + number

7 Go to line 4 unless number = n

8 End loop

However, more complicated versions of such loops frequently malfunction, sending the computer into an 'infinite loop' as the same number is repeated over and over and over with no logical mechanism to exit the loop existing. Presumably, the computer engineer's thought process follows this pattern.

Of course, it's not funny now that it's been explained, but that's why it's an in-joke. -Toptomcat 16:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)