Con Hijinks

[gfish]

During a fairly interesting panel on carbon nanotubes, I saw someone wearing a tshirt with the following design:

I am ashamed to admit that it took me about a minute to work it out in my head. My calculus skills are rusty. I couldn't help laughing out loud when I realized what it was, as much from surprise that I hadn't guessed as surprise at such a... dorky tshirt. Rather funny, but crude and not something I'd actually wear. After relating this to a fellow filker, he came up with the following alternative:

I should start a CafePress store selling them. If you're going to be a geek (and a tshirt with an integral on it is geeky, no way around that) then why limit yourself to such a tired and mundane referant?

Comments

[mathochist.livejournal.com]

Ah, the pictures are there now. Never mind. :)

[gfish.livejournal.com]

Sorry about that, our DSL was down for about 9 hours.