Jan 22 2010The Geek Clock Tells Time With Equations
As many of you may know, I'm a rocket surgeon so reading this clock is like second nature to me. But for the rest of you, hopefully by now you've figured out what numbers typically go where. The Geek Clock runs $25 and would make a great addition to your cubicle, right next to the, 'I Break For π' bumper sticker. LOL! I swear, you've always had the best taste in bumper stickers.
Hit the jump for an explanation of each number.
12 - a radical
1 - Legendre's constant is a mathematical constant occurring in a formula conjectured by Adrien-Marie Legendre to capture the asymptotic behavior of the prime-counting function. Its value is now known to be exactly 1.
2 - A joke in the math world: An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a beer. The second orders half a beer. The third, a quarter of a beer. The bartender says, "You're all idiots," and pours two beers.
3 - A unicode character XML "numeric character reference."
4 - Modular arithmetic, also known as clock arithmetic, is a system of arithmetic for integers, where numbers "wrap around" after they reach a certain value. The modular multiplicative inverse of 2 (mod 7) is the integer /a/ such that 2*/a/ is congruent to 1 modulo 7.
5 - The Golden Mean...reworked a little.
6 - Three factorial (3*2*1=6)
7 - A repeating decimal that is proven to be exactly equal to 7 with Cauchy's Convergence Test.
8 - Graphical representation of binary code.
9 - An example of a base-4 number, which uses the digits 0, 1, 2 and 3 to represent any real number.
10 - A Binomial Coefficient, also known as the choose function. 5 choose 2 is equal to 5! divided by (2!*(5-2)!)
11 A hexadecimal, or base-16, number.
Product Site
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Geek Clock: Love It or Leave It? [geeksugar]
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This Geek Clock can only be read by rocket scientists [dvice]
Thanks to Carlos Spicy Weiner, who is undeniably delicious.
Reader Comments
1. Xodus I - January 22, 2010 12:40 PM
I hate people that get things like this to be THAT ambiguous. 9.5/10 of the people that buy this will not know how to solve those equations, but they're going to get it thinking "OMG THIS SHOWS EVERYONE THAT IM AN UBERGEEK"
2. Rex - January 22, 2010 12:40 PM
nerdy clock is nerdy.
3. cubicleboy04 - January 22, 2010 12:46 PM
GW said it best. I'll stick to my sundial...
4. Carlos Spicy Weiner - January 22, 2010 12:47 PM
GW, no love for Carlos Spicy Weiner? [wipes tear from eye]
5. Mih0 - January 22, 2010 12:49 PM
@1 until someone calls them on it.... Yeah, it would be me and my binary clock.
6. Pat - January 22, 2010 1:06 PM
Just looking at this gives me a headache.
7. Asperflux - January 22, 2010 1:10 PM
Long live the robots.
Time is an abstract concept created by carbon-based lifeforms to monitor their ongoing decay.
8. Einstein - January 22, 2010 1:12 PM
Indeed.
9. Artur - January 22, 2010 1:15 PM
That sucks balls
10. suomynonA - January 22, 2010 1:17 PM
I cant believe how late GW is to some products.
Ive seen this clock a very long time ago, and your barely posting about it now.
Same thing with a ton of your other posts. Stuff that has been there for many months, you barely find out about.
11. DZ - January 22, 2010 1:19 PM
think geek has a clock that has the exact same idea, only different equations/numbers/problems.
12. Paty - January 22, 2010 1:35 PM
My friend has had one of these for years.
13. Steal This Webcomic - January 22, 2010 1:38 PM
This'll go great with all my Free Kevin Mitnick stuff.
14. dee - January 22, 2010 1:50 PM
i can only answer 2 of those.
who ever gets this needs a wedgiiiiiiiieeeeeee.
15. r k - January 22, 2010 2:06 PM
"...like SECOND nature..." lol. very good pun. you are getting funnier by the *minute*
16. Adam - January 22, 2010 2:19 PM
@10 Geekologie isn't about the most current geekery; it's all about the GW's commentary! There's a huge nerdosphere to catch up with, and it ALL has to be skewed into something about how great he is / bacon / dinosaurs / women / GW overpowering and making love to dinosaur women made of bacon.
17. Swiz - January 22, 2010 3:21 PM
Pi is exactly 3!
18. AL - January 22, 2010 5:00 PM
"I'm a rocket surgeon"
Trop fort, vraiment marrant!
19. Ariel - January 22, 2010 9:27 PM
Olllddddddd
20. eagleapex - January 22, 2010 9:45 PM
Thanks for posting my clock! I'm selling a wrist watch and pocket watch too.
21. stefan - January 23, 2010 10:12 PM
Anyone else deeply bothered by the poor LaTeX typesetting of 2^{-1} (mod 7)? This was obviously typed just like that, which typesets m, o, and d as variables — thus the italics — and 7 as a number it's multiplied by — thus 7 being jammed right up next the "mod". The correct way to typeset it is 2^{-1} \pmod{7}.
22. nice - February 10, 2010 7:11 PM
lol
I don't see a single equation...
23. alecs - November 2, 2010 11:40 AM
i love this watch,how can i buy it!!!!?i'm from SPAIN, www.uncommongoods.com is not selling in Europe:(((((!!!!!!so help please!!!thanks