[M&D] pg. 19 (q's for the dog)

Dexter C. Palmer dcpalmer at phoenix.Princeton.EDU
Sun May 4 19:52:46 CDT 1997


	He makes a similar joke somewhere in GR (I can't remember exactly, but
 it might be graffiti in one of the stalls on the Toiletship). In GR, 
though, it's int(1/(cabin) d(cabin)) = log (cabin) + c = houseboat.

					--Dexter Palmer 
					dcpalmer at princeton.edu

On Sun, 4 May 1997, Matthew B Hoyt wrote: 

> On said page, his Thomasness writes:
> 
> "Does the Dog know 'Where the Bee Sucks'?  What is the Integral of One
> over (Book) d (Book)?
> Is he married?"
> 
> The first one completely baffles me.  I don't even have a context for the
> question.
> 
> I believe the answer to the second one is "log(Book)".  While it would
> normally be the natural log of  (BooK)
> (i.e. ln(Book))  I believe the pun works better as log(Book).
> 
> I am not sure there is a significance to the last question, as far as I
> can tell we don't know enough 
> to venture a guess.
> 
> Any help or other opinions are welcomed.
> 
> Matt
> 





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