Renegade343 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 What did the mathematician say when he fell ill after eating contaminated fish? I've been Poissoned! There is a hidden joke as well. See if you can find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(PSN)JoeyTwoShoes Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Oh ho ho, that's a good one! You definitely made my day. I'm totally not saying this so people will think I'm smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaugahn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Wow that was hilarious! I have no idea what just happened. Math? What's math? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tveeggad Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) LOL 10/10 You betcha. I don't have a clue either. Edited September 5, 2014 by ConcretePie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedarDpg Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) I think I can get the various random parts of the joke...but somehow it doesn't feel funny. Maybe I'm missing something. :P 1) Poisson as a misspelling of "poison," 2) Poisson as the French word for fish, 3) Poisson as the name of a discrete probability distrubution. (Poisson distribution) Edited September 5, 2014 by CedarDpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade343 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Nobody here has done discrete probability functions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tveeggad Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Nobody here has done discrete probability functions? No. EDIT: You're welcome to explain, though! Edited September 5, 2014 by ConcretePie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade343 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) No. EDIT: You're welcome to explain, though! Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution Try saying the name out loud. Edited September 5, 2014 by Renegade343 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaugahn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Nobody here has done discrete probability functions? This is my face right now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tveeggad Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ... Oh, now I get it! Hah! EDIT: Yeah, I feel like an idiot. :c Edited September 5, 2014 by ConcretePie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaugahn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution Try saying the name out loud. Well I get the joke now. But that page might as well be in Chinese for all I understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade343 Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Well I get the joke now. But that page might as well be in Chinese for all I understand it. Pretty useful tool at times, although I still need to fully understand its assumptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova-IX Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I may not have learned about it yet or I'm just confused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagPrime Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_distribution Try saying the name out loud. Learn something new everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaugahn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Pretty useful tool at times, although I still need to fully understand its assumptions. I'm a psychology major...math is quite literally the exact opposite of what kind of stuff I study. I mean, I know the basics. And I'm obviously quite impressed with intricate work like that. It's just a bit a lot outside my realm of knowledge D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vastaren Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I'm so clueless. I tried linking it to something else I know and got even more confused than the guys up there. You know when you stretch a rubber band and it thins out in the middle? Poisson's ratio is a measure of the lateral contraction to the elongation. Used heaps in materials engineering for practical analysis. ... Obviously it doesn't work with the joke, but I honest-to-God tried for a full few minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calayne Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Poisson distribution: An explanation to the Layman The Poisson distribution is a very useful tool in real life, and not just mathematics. First you'll need to find a Poisson. Then, you have to throw him into your Kubrow grinder, until he becomes a fine paste. Afterwards, you get on your liset, and scatter his corpse all over the jungles of Earth. You have just distributed Poisson. From the origin of blasting off his horribly mutilated body, you can calculate the density over an area of his pasty bits of corpse hitting the floor with a slimy, wet slap, by discrete probability distribution. Now, you can feed the wild kubrows. Or the Grineer, if they're into that. Practical uses for abstract concepts. You're welcome. *Wink!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calayne Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 What did the mathematician say when he fell ill after eating contaminated fish? I've been Poissoned! I think an appropriate response to this is... "Really?! Haha, wow, WHAT ARE THE CHANCES, amirite?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niryco Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 (edited) What did the mathematician say when he fell ill after eating contaminated fish? I've been Poissoned! There is a hidden joke as well. See if you can find it. But butttttt!!!! That is Bernoulli distribution! Imah overthinking this..... I think :< Edited September 8, 2014 by Jacate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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