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Comment on xkcd #3104: Tukey

Deebster@infosec.pub ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This reminds me of Charles Babbage’s response to being asked if his computer would give the right answer if the wrong numbers were entered:

I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

I’ve been tempted to drop this line in meetings more than once.

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brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Right in line with a certain movie quote that ends with, “I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”

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- skulblaka@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Oh I keep this one memorized.
  
  [Mr. Madison,] What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
  
  I’ve successfully used this twice in DnD and once in real life.
  
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Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Is this a coherent thought? (Actually question)

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- Feathercrown@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Are you confused about the weird language in the quote?
  
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