Merry Christmas

[Astrogirl]

Post Christmasy stuff!

Simon's Cat in 'Santa Claws'

Santa, can you imagine doing something more beautiful on Christmas day than giving gifts to children all day long?

[carbonstealer]

In the second one.... what does the reindeer say? I no sprekken your language

[DonRetrasado]

[Astrogirl]

In the second one.... what does the reindeer say? I no sprekken your language

In the end? Nothing really important, but difficult to translate. It says: "Die Stimmung kippt.", so literally "The atmosphere/mood/spirit tilts/topples." (The general mood in the room changes from good to bad suddenly).

[carbonstealer]

That makes a lot of sense!

[Astrogirl]

I got me one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidumziw4JE . They make it look so easily in the video, but mine doesn't want to get into a cube again

[ChooChooTrain]

I got me one of these http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gidumziw4JE . They make it look so easily in the video, but mine doesn't want to get into a cube again

WANT.

And Christmasy nerd joke:

[Amerika]

Is it a nerd joke?


Or is just xkcd - a comic that used to be about nerds?

[DonRetrasado]

xkcd makes me feel like I've become disconnected from the nerd community.

[Oldrac the Chitinous]

Trees and heaps are computer data structures.
I thought it was actually a pretty clever comic.

But I think it's fair to say that most of us here are already as aware of XKCD as we care to be, Mister Train.

[Kimra]

I believe you mean Mr Chewchew.

[ChooChooTrain]

Amerika, I don't really feel that is a fair assessment. Would you care to expand on your implication that XKCD no longer appeals to nerds? I know it's appealing to want to say something along the lines of, "Oh, such and such artist is only mainstream now because they've sold out." However, I think Randall Munroe is an example of are artist who has managed to gain a mainstream audience without abandoning his original audience.

And Oldrac, are you saying that I should assume that everyone who reads SMBC forums is aware of and regularly reads XKCD? That seems like a ridiculous assumption to me.

[Astrogirl]

Today I took my new magnet toy (see above) to a family event.
Good:
- My brother in law helped me make it into a cube again.
- Everybody was fascinated.
- A couple of people played with it.
Bad:
- Two of the spherical mini-magnets are missing now.


Next Christmasy video: The digital story of nativity.

[ChooChooTrain]

- Two of the spherical mini-magnets are missing now.

Don't worry. I have the solution. Instead of one 6x6x6 neocube, you now own two 4x4x4 neocubes, two 3x3x3 neocubes, and four 2x2x2 neocubes.
6^3 - 2 = 214 = 2(4^3) + 2(3^3) + 4(2^3)

Oooh, or perhaps you own one 5x5x5 neocube, three 3x3x3 neocubes, and one 2x2x2 necube.

[Astrogirl]