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Re: Re: theo gray jokes on mac world 02

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  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murraye at attbi.com>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 03:31:19 -0500 (EST)
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 From Dave BArry?

Also, I hope it was:

   Integrate[1/cabin, cabin]

since

   Integrate[1/cabin, x]

gives result x/cabin.

Can anybody trace the source of this old joke?  I heard it back in 
1959-1960 when I was taking calculus.


George Woodrow III wrote:
> The joke was from Dave Berry.
> 
> Integrate[1/cabin, x]
> 
> Answer: Log[cabin]
> 
> george
> On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 04:28  am, Borut L wrote:
> 
> 
>>Helo,
>>
>>I watched Steve Jobs' keynote from maxworld expo 02', where Theo Gray
>>present Mathematica, and makes a joke - a funny integral of some sort 
>>- that
>>I din't get it, because the video resolution was too poor.
>>
>>I found the link on this page http://theodoregray.com/
>>
>>Can somebody, who knows the idea, explain it quickly ... ?
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Borut
>>
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 
> 

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