American Airlines flight delayed by math

[Frank S.]

Holy shit, I better get on security then. I've seen people writing things down all over the place. Come to think of it, sometimes people are talking on their phones, taking pictures, and even looking at stuff. Right outside there are people in my city doing exactly that. They could be planning attacks, coordinating with other terrorists, or picking out targets. No time to call the police - I'm running outside to start karate-chopping motherfuckers right now!

That's the spirit!

Just get somebody to do it is all...

 

[8654Maine]

Al-Gebra: new terrorist organization. (shamelessly stolen from someone else).

 

[SpongeBob*24]

Cool....right or wrong, she acted on her gut...

General Aladeeen.....

 

[Marauder06]

...No time to call the police - I'm running outside to start karate-chopping motherfuckers right now!

You won't do it.

 

[Frank S.]

Here's a hypothetical one, just for mulch and snickers, as in the "what would you do?" programs:
you see a box near the entrance to a bank, not fully concealed, but placed waist high behind a column near the main doors. Box is made of cardboard, shoe-box size, with a fake wood appearance. You peek inside the box and you see a metal cylinder. The cylinder looks like a can of aerosol with the label scratched off. The top of the canister has a cap with wires coming out of it, plugging into a mechanical timer itself connected to two D-cell batteries for power.
There is also a smaller box, maybe made of plastic material. The whole contraption is kind of dirty, held together with black electrical tape and duct tape, looks like black dust on all the elements.

Whaddayado with it?

 

[policemedic]

Here's a hypothetical one, just for mulch and snickers, as in the "what would you do?" programs:
you see a box near the entrance to a bank, not fully concealed, but placed waist high behind a column near the main doors. Box is made of cardboard, shoe-box size, with a fake wood appearance. You peek inside the box and you see a metal cylinder. The cylinder looks like a can of aerosol with the label scratched off. The top of the canister has a cap with wires coming out of it, plugging into a mechanical timer itself connected to two D-cell batteries for power.
There is also a smaller box, maybe made of plastic material. The whole contraption is kind of dirty, held together with black electrical tape and duct tape, looks like black dust on all the elements.

Whaddayado with it?

Entirely different scenario than the generally nice, garrulous professor.

That said, it would be reasonable to exercise caution in this case and deploy some assets. And my commentary will end there.

 

[Frank S.]

You suspect a trap where there is none, really... Entirely different scenario, yes. And yes it's a scenario I did run into. But again not a trap, that'd be cheapening the discussion.

 

[policemedic]

Oh, the Force isn't warning me of a trap. I think you've described a situation that is worthy of concern and further investigation. The extent of both is something we can only speak of in generalities.

 

[SpitfireV]

I'd pick the box up, shake it about, maybe push any buttons that are on it.

 

[policemedic]

I'd pick the box up, shake it about, maybe push any buttons that are on it.

Pfffft....you'd try to drink the contents.

 

[SpitfireV]

And eat the dry stuff!

 

[AWP]

Frank's posts are serious, Spitfire's are not...I go on vacation and this place turns to shit.

 

[Frank S.]

Frank's posts are serious, Spitfire's are not...I go on vacation and this place turns to shit.

It's like Marie Claire, with guns...

And eat the dry stuff!

 

[Diamondback 2/2]

The irony is that the current numerals we use are direct descendants of the Hindu-Arabic numerals.

Numbers' history

Or that Algebra is a descendant Arabic word al-jabr. Or how about the roots of ancient algebra being Babylonian historically.

Algebra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[DA SWO]

Here's a hypothetical one, just for mulch and snickers, as in the "what would you do?" programs:
you see a box near the entrance to a bank, not fully concealed, but placed waist high behind a column near the main doors. Box is made of cardboard, shoe-box size, with a fake wood appearance. You peek inside the box and you see a metal cylinder. The cylinder looks like a can of aerosol with the label scratched off. The top of the canister has a cap with wires coming out of it, plugging into a mechanical timer itself connected to two D-cell batteries for power.
There is also a smaller box, maybe made of plastic material. The whole contraption is kind of dirty, held together with black electrical tape and duct tape, looks like black dust on all the elements.

Whaddayado with it?

Switch banks.