MLD Woody Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 Forgot to post this one a while back: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/05/07/professors-airplane-math-leads-flight-delay/84084914/ "Guido Menzio, an economist at the University of Pennsylvania, was working on a differential equation while waiting for the Syracuse-bound plane to take off from Philadelphia, the Washington Post reported. He had to present the findings of a working paper at Queen's University. But a passenger somehow mistook the equation for Arabic or some sort of Islamic code for a terrorist attack." The worst part is it was just economics. Hard hard could it be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 That was an amazing story. I'm no linguist nor am I a theoretical mathematician. However, i'm quite sure i can tell the difference between an equation and human language. The woman is a rote american monkey that unfortunately we crank out like an assembly line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 He was carrying weapons of maths instruction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 17, 2016 Report Share Posted May 17, 2016 https://www.w3.org/TR/arabic-math/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Arabic_mathematical_notation he made himself a victim by being rude, and uncommunicative. That is why it happened. If he had taken a moment, smiled, and said he was doing his math for a speech, and wasn't trying to be anti-social.... she could have grinned and apologized. terrorists are arabic/"islamic". You get on a plane and be rude, I would suspect you too, because a passenger tried to blow up a plane by lighting his shoebomb. Why the hell should I wait until you activate a bomb with your phone, rude person? another time, a guy talking in Arabic - he got escorted off. He was talking very loud. RUDE. Everybody wants to get home safety. You never know when a person is baiting passengers, making an issue of it, ... only to set up passengers to ignore them....as they do a trial run before they blow the next flight up. If I see three dour, rude, young arabic looking men talking in arabic, I'm going to the counter and reporting that I was thinking about not boarding. Sorry, but after 9/11 and the shoebomber, you need to be friendly, and if you do speak in arabic, be friendly on the phone and to people around you. This math jerk deserved to be checked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Don't be rude and foreign looking on a plane. Got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 and talking loudly in arabic. and writing weird symbols and being rude. Better to be safe than sorry. Expecting people to say nothing until they are certain it's a terrorist... murdered. Once you know for sure, it's too late for any polite inquiry or warning or escape. the woman SAID she was sick to get herself out of the situation. That's smart. so she didn't know higher math. I don't either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 If some dumb lady on a flight started hassling me because she can't tell calculus from Arabic writing, I would probably be pretty shitty with her as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 In fairness, our number system uses arabic numbers, and algebra was invented by a muslim, so, there's that. Calculus on the other hand, that's a european thing. Newton and/or Leibnitz did all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I just love that this lady thought differential equations were Islamic code for a terrorist attack. Muslim paranoia aside, that is both hilarious and sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 How was he rude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I just love that this lady thought differential equations were Islamic code for a terrorist attack. Muslim paranoia aside, that is both hilarious and sad. Also, a big lack of planning from the 'terrorist' - if you're already on the flight, you should probably have the details down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 How was he rude? He didn't guide Corky through why he was doing that "funny writin'". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Also, a big lack of planning from the 'terrorist' - if you're already on the flight, you should probably have the details down. Such a good point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 yeah, the shoe bomber.... why didn't everybody just assume he wanted to glue up his shoe? .....ever heard of a number for letter substitution code? He could have been sending an order to his fellow terrorists in a numerical code. ya never know.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 Was the sho bomber working on a cad design of the bomb on the flight he's supposed to detonate the fucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 yeah, the shoe bomber.... why didn't everybody just assume he wanted to glue up his shoe? .....ever heard of a number for letter substitution code? He could have been sending an order to his fellow terrorists in a numerical code. ya never know.... If Jihadi MacGuyver is planning his attack while on the flight in front of everyone, I don't think it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicIsForSquares Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 I just have a strong feeling this lady saw an olive skinned guy writing and numbers and panicked. It is like when my dog thinks I am a stranger when I put on a Halloween mask. My dog isn't in any danger but anything that confuses her is scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 LOL, that's pretty good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLD Woody Posted May 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 It's better than you think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 18, 2016 Report Share Posted May 18, 2016 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 It's better than you think That's THREE. Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevfan4life Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 That's THREE. Again. Why dont you just come out and admit you never had any intention of resetting with woody. Or just say that you want the both of you to completely ignore each other cause apparently woody just has to look at his phone and ur insulted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 Always playing the victim. Typical liberal. Actually, that's not the first time recently. Cal, are you planning to vote Hillary, just to stop Trump? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiamat63 Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 He could have been sending an order to his fellow terrorists in a numerical code. .. And he was going to get it to his fellow terrorists via paper airplane ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 19, 2016 Report Share Posted May 19, 2016 when he lands, all he'd have to do is access wi-fi, and press a button. No paper airplane needed. Not tech savvie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftChris Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 when he lands, all he'd have to do is access wi-fi, and press a button. No paper airplane needed. Not tech savvie? Keep digging buddy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calfoxwc Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 There's no digging. Wake up, and have some real coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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