[HN Gopher] The Futurama Theorem
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       The Futurama Theorem
        
       Author : de_keyboard
       Score  : 63 points
       Date   : 2021-12-07 09:52 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | wodenokoto wrote:
       | A lot of authors on early Simpsons and all of Futurama were
       | heavily involved in math and other hard sciences. This is well
       | known amongst fans.
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       | What I started wondering looking at this article, is, what made
       | Matt Groening associate himself with math PhDs from Ivy League
       | universities when putting together a comedy team?
        
         | dayofthedaleks wrote:
         | Perhaps it was a result of "Life in Hell" being carried in so
         | many college town alt-weeklies.
        
       | beebeepka wrote:
       | I was about to make ba long winded post about the show but I am
       | too tired, so I'll just say this:
       | 
       | If you like Futurama and don't hate memes, you should definitely
       | give https://morbotron.com/ a try. It's got everything.
        
         | irq wrote:
         | That site is amazing, thank you for sharing
        
         | nwiswell wrote:
         | I'm glad this exists, but: how? Doesn't this have a host of
         | copyright implications?
        
       | kripy wrote:
       | Reminds me of the math [1] behind the Middle Out sequence (NSWF)
       | in Silicon Valley.
       | 
       | [1] https://www.cantorsparadise.com/the-math-behind-that-dick-
       | jo...
        
       | sadjad wrote:
       | "The writing staff held three Ph.D.s, seven master's degrees, and
       | cumulatively had more than 50 years at Harvard University. Series
       | writer Patric M. Verrone stated, "we were easily the most
       | overeducated cartoon writers in history"." [1]
       | 
       | [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama#Writing
        
         | rfreiberger wrote:
         | The best joke was the Robot Hell.
         | 
         | "10 SIN" "20 GOTO HELL"
        
           | amelius wrote:
           | Apparently they didn't have any programmers on staff.
        
             | Taywee wrote:
             | They probably knew enough to know that it wouldn't be a
             | valid program, but it's the best compromise, being
             | recognizable and still funny for the lay person. Any
             | modification to it would make it distinctly less funny.
        
           | WalterBright wrote:
           | I loved the "blink once for yes, blink twice for no."
           | 
           | "He gave two yesses!"
           | 
           | "Look, he's emphatically blinking more yesses!"
           | 
           | Edit: The internet delivers again!
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           | https://morbotron.com/caption/S04E12/70553
        
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