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LeafStorm
on Sept 22, 2013
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Deciphering the Business Card Raytracer
When I took Calculus III, Z was up. When I took Engineering Physics the same semester, Y was up.
According to legend, this is why the Math and Physics departments hate each other.
bulte-rs
on Sept 23, 2013
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So the difference between Math and Physics can be described as a single rotation matrix?
carbonik
on Sept 27, 2013
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I thought it was coming from the fact Nobel's wife had an affair with a mathematician. Thus explaining why there is no Nobel Price for Mathematics.
dagw
on Sept 27, 2013
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There are several reasons to believe that that urban legend isn't true. One of them being that Nobel was never married.
mynameisfiber
on Sept 22, 2013
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With the right rotation, any direction can be pointing "up".
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According to legend, this is why the Math and Physics departments hate each other.