tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post6044118511385763046..comments2023-10-10T03:53:10.588-05:00Comments on The Doc File: A 3,000 Mile JourneyLuke Dockeryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-36236075248095803112008-11-04T11:19:00.000-06:002008-11-04T11:19:00.000-06:00Clay,Yeah, I can imagine the strange looks you pro...Clay,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I can imagine the strange looks you probably get.Luke Dockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-66863670122360373992008-11-02T20:17:00.000-06:002008-11-02T20:17:00.000-06:00I like to make equations. Raretly does one work. T...I like to make equations. Raretly does one work. The dangerous part of that is, if one equation works well and works moments later (on a different sign, score, number of fouls, etc) I usually make some sort of sound that announces my excitement. This, however, is VERY difficult to explain to people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-46680559273749950492008-10-29T10:22:00.000-05:002008-10-29T10:22:00.000-05:00Glowmay,I'll do stuff like that as well. Unfortuna...Glowmay,<BR/><BR/>I'll do stuff like that as well. Unfortunately, sometimes I remember the wrong numbers from the equations.Luke Dockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-45955371514400989112008-10-28T08:07:00.000-05:002008-10-28T08:07:00.000-05:00How fascinating. I remember telephone numbers usin...How fascinating. I remember telephone numbers using subtraction, etc.Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06643461176095460516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-82269024796840282202008-10-22T09:01:00.000-05:002008-10-22T09:01:00.000-05:00Alex,Yeah, I do the same sort of thing. I'm always...Alex,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, I do the same sort of thing. I'm always looking at scoreboards and figuring out things like points per quarter and points per minute, or the ratio of one team's points to the other, and then extrapolating that out over a full game.<BR/><BR/>To most people that's probably an incredibly boring-sounding way to spend a game, but it's just something I do without thinking.Luke Dockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-12191913665849505072008-10-22T08:58:00.000-05:002008-10-22T08:58:00.000-05:00Colby,Yeah, for real. I felt bad for him, but I wa...Colby,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, for real. I felt bad for him, but I was so absorbed in my calculations that I had no idea where he fell off.Luke Dockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-32729517852001139142008-10-22T08:57:00.000-05:002008-10-22T08:57:00.000-05:00Angela,Yeah that's a much further trip. Unfortunat...Angela,<BR/><BR/>Yeah that's a much further trip. Unfortunately, by you bringing it up, I now feel compelled to try to figure it out…<BR/><BR/>According to Google, it's 665 miles from Dallas to Huntsville, which is roughly 83 times as far as my work commute.<BR/><BR/>Assuming your grasshopper was a fairly normal grasshopper, he'd be about twice the size of my spider, so we'll divide the results by two, and that gives us…<BR/><BR/>(3000x83)/2=124,500 miles, or five times around the globe.Luke Dockeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535787107819333194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-48623496401710854172008-10-21T23:58:00.000-05:002008-10-21T23:58:00.000-05:00Though perhaps not to the same degree as yourself,...Though perhaps not to the same degree as yourself, I have numbers running around from time to time. One of my favorite activities at sporting events is to create an equation with the numbers on a scoreboard. (I.e., the home team's fouls multiplied by the number seconds minus the visitors' score...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-62787752810973784772008-10-21T21:54:00.000-05:002008-10-21T21:54:00.000-05:00@Luke: And you didn't even go back to look for it?...@Luke: And you didn't even go back to look for it?? What a jerk.Colbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01775962295760363355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30457405.post-85243331987060881852008-10-21T16:08:00.000-05:002008-10-21T16:08:00.000-05:00Well, maybe little spider is off having a grand ad...Well, maybe little spider is off having a grand adventure somewhere. ;)<BR/><BR/>Once on a flight from Dallas to Huntsville, I noticed a grasshopper sitting on top of one of the airplane seats... think of how far a journey that little guy made!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725787944479560143noreply@blogger.com