2008-02-21
Original: 2008-02-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Three people in white lab coats stand in front of a chalkboard. The chalkboard reads: "W_c = 2". A speech bubble (from the person on the right) says: "I'M SORRY, DR. WEINER. WE'RE JUST NOT THAT IMPRESSED."
Caption below the panel: "The Mathematics Council roundly rejected my proposed Weiner's Constant."
Smaller caption: "(This DESPITE the fact that you can average any two numbers by dividing by Weiner's Constant.)"
Votey:
Header banner: "100 YEARS LATER"
A student holding a paper asks a teacher: "TEACHER, IS THIS EQUATION CUBED OR WEINERED?"
Three people in white lab coats stand in front of a chalkboard. The chalkboard reads: "W_c = 2". A speech bubble (from the person on the right) says: "I'M SORRY, DR. WEINER. WE'RE JUST NOT THAT IMPRESSED."
Caption below the panel: "The Mathematics Council roundly rejected my proposed Weiner's Constant."
Smaller caption: "(This DESPITE the fact that you can average any two numbers by dividing by Weiner's Constant.)"
Votey:
Header banner: "100 YEARS LATER"
A student holding a paper asks a teacher: "TEACHER, IS THIS EQUATION CUBED OR WEINERED?"
Alt text
Three scientists in white lab coats stand before a chalkboard that reads "W_c = 2." One tells another, "I'm sorry, Dr. Weiner. We're just not that impressed." A caption reads: "The Mathematics Council roundly rejected my proposed Weiner's Constant," followed by a parenthetical: "(This DESPITE the fact that you can average any two numbers by dividing by Weiner's Constant.)" The joke: "Weiner's Constant" is just the number 2, so dividing by it is the same as averaging two numbers, yet he wants it named after him. Votey: a banner reads "100 Years Later," and a student asks a teacher, "Teacher, is this equation cubed or weinered?" implying the silly constant became established math terminology.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.