Stupidest thing you've heard in school?

[Jim Jiminez]

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So are you done trolling me yet, or what?

[nath]

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So are you done trolling me yet, or what?

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Are you done trolling everybody yet, or what?

[Jim Jiminez]

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That's nice.

[zasterguava]

My RE teacher once said "Jews bring it on themselves".

[findingneema]

Ok, so I'm in grad school, for biophysics, but I guarantee most of you can understand the stupidity of this.

We're in a student seminar, and the presenter is discussing some recent research on specific proteins in cells that exist to pump out certain types of molecules, including some beneficial pharmaceuticals. The research showed a new drug that could block these pumps and let the other drug do what it needed to do to help the disease. When she mentioned the slight placebo effect observed, one 2nd year student, known to say some stupid [censored], raised his hand and said, "Maybe the placebo also blocks the pump, just a little bit." Yes, [censored], the sugar pill blocks the pump, that has to be it.

Yes, your tax dollars are funding some retards even at high-level institutions.

[Golden_Rhino]

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My RE teacher once said "Jews bring it on themselves".

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I had a teacher tell us that pharmacies in Northern Ontario keep the mouthwash and after shave behind the counter because if they didn't the "Indians would drink it". He then went on to explain how all "Indians" are drunks.

[Dazarath]

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Thanks! So now I am wondering how computers can store so much. To store something I assume copmputers make a physical change in an atom or molecule. How can a single computer, with so few atoms, store as many numbers as there are atoms in the whole universe?

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Max, I swear you're about to get nominated for this thread. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

When a computer stores a large number, it doesn't store more [censored] in there. Just like when it stores files and folders, it doesn't magically have a set of papers stored in folders inside the tower.

Ok, look at it this way. Let's say I have a piece of paper with 4 blanks, like so: _ _ _ _

I ask, what's the largest number you can write in those blanks (base 10)? It's 9999. Now, computers use bits to represent things, and usually use them to represent 1 and 0. So if your computer had 10 bits of memory, it could represent 1111111111, and that's the largest number it could represent (ignoring stuff like floats). In fact, it takes the same amount of bits to represent 0, given that you represent it as 0000000000. Just because a number is bigger in your mind, doesn't necessarily make it "bigger" inside the computer.

If you scroll up, another poster had a very good description of how it works. Plus, the discussion is pointless because the largest number a single computer could store, is not that useful, so don't hurt your head thinking too hard about it.

[Dazarath]

Oh, here's one I thought of (I don't remember exactly how the conversation went, but you'll get the idea). This was from back in high school, where I overheard some other kids talking. Just for reference, we had analog clocks on the walls with the labels 1-12. Our school ended at 2:30.

- Hey, when do we get out of school?
- It's when the big hand gets to the 5.
- I thought it's when the small hand gets to 5?
- Oh, maybe it's when the big hand gets to the 9.
- I don't know.

[Thug Bubbles]

I'm sure i've heard far more idiotic things, but my memory is horrible (i can't remember my 12th grade english teacher for example).

We were taking a sexual education class in 6th grade and a kid raised his hand to ask a question:

Kid: When you put it in. Do you get it back?