Towering intellectual feats

[Egbert]

The other day I purchased two items at a local shop.

The genius shop assistant reached for pen and paper to add up the cost of the items I had purchased and correctly calculated the total price of my purchases.

One item cost $1.85 and the other item cost $1.00

Have you ever witnessed an intellectual feat less astounding?

[N35t0r]

He didn't use a calculator?

We might have this generation's Einstein in sight!

[PLATO]

He didn't use a calculator?

Hmmm...success in education since he was able to do it on paper, or a failure in education because he doesn't even know how to use a calculator?

At least he got the total right.

[-Jrabbit]

Calculator? Surely you mean smartphone.

[pchang]

A programmer at a defense contractor once asked me what a dot product was.

[Uncle Sparky]

A programmer at a defense contractor once asked me what a dot product was.

[Lorizael]

A programmer at a defense contractor once asked me what a dot product was.

My guess is there are about 7 billion other people who might ask the same question.

[Al B. Sure!]

A programmer at a defense contractor once asked me what a dot product was.

I don't know what that is. Most people don't learn anything beyond high school math.


Braindead:

Maybe he was trying to calculate sales tax?

[Colon™]

I was once asked about Caesar the famous Greek.

[DaShi]

I was once asked about Alexander the famous Greek.

[Egbert]

Braindead:
Maybe he was trying to calculate sales tax?

No. No need for him to do that. He was just adding up the numbers.

[pchang]

A dot product is how you calculate the angle between 2 vectors. Considering the job and the contract, knowing what a dot product is was pretty much a requirement for the job.

[dannubis]

Albie dot vs vector product...

[Lorizael]

Last summer I took linear algebra, where you learn how to find your inner product.

[Lancer]

Is this a vanity thread for math geeks?