Lately at work, when I find myself on the toilet I have been, to pass the time (no pun intended), picking random five digit numbers and factoring them in my head and then multiplying the factors back together to make sure I was right. Yes.... I'm a nerd. I find I just need something to occupy my mind, and at home I've usually got some sort of reading material... but at work it's a little more difficult to be discreet about it.
The first number I picked, I got lucky and it didn't have any factors higher than 17, so it really wasn't very difficult... the next one though had 1987 as a factor... that was much more work.
Am I alone in this past time? There are several other nerds out there who read this... am I the only one who indulges in this derivation of elementary (and in this case alimentary) components?
-kdh
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I don't find prime factoring especially entertaining. Every once in a while I will be interested in a special case that someone has brought to my attention but I definitely don't spend time prime factoring for its own sake.
It's not that it's intrinsically fun as much as it's just something to occupy my brain.
You are a very strange puppy. I would say this post illustrates a hardcore nerd.
Dion says, "No."
BTW, I'm sure he'd also want me to point out that "Past Time" is a quartet.
Hard.Core.
Personally, I'd be far more likely to sneak my iPod or cellphone into the toilet with me.
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