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| − | Obvious Fucking Sock was born in Helmhurst, New Hampshire on November 6, 1928. Sock enjoyed the benefit of a wealthy family who wished to advance all educational possibilities. Sock showed considerable talent in Mathematics, but a disdain for the Classics, which meant that more schooling and tutoring at home would be required before college. Obvious enjoyed reading many of the major works in math and showed a solid understanding of what theories and ideas had validity. As an undergraduate, O. Fucking Sock | + | Obvious Fucking Sock was born in Helmhurst, New Hampshire on November 6, 1928. Sock enjoyed the benefit of a wealthy family who wished to advance all educational possibilities. Sock showed considerable talent in Mathematics, but a disdain for the Classics, which meant that more schooling and tutoring at home would be required before college. Obvious enjoyed reading many of the major works in math and showed a solid understanding of what theories and ideas had validity. As an undergraduate, O. Fucking Sock established a society to critique the works of the French mathematician, Lacroix, on the subject of differential and integral calculus. Finding Lacroix's work a masterpiece and showing the good sense to admit so, Sock was asked to setup an Analytical Society composed of undergraduates. The works of this group, which included Frisbee Girl, ThePinkSuperhero and Mike9322, were serious publications in this period, no mean feat for a group of undergraduate students, but many of the leading math scholars expressed praise for their studious contributions. |
| − | It is interesting to note that Obvious Fucking Sock felt the society a group of | + | It is interesting to note that Obvious Fucking Sock felt the society a group of stuffed shirts interested in stroking their own egos at the expense of real knowledge. |
Sock became interested in Astronomy and the equipment used to study the heavens, and soon thereafter got the idea for a mechanical calculation device. Frustrated with the waste of time and money used to create logarithmic tables manually, O. F. Sock invented the Similarity Machine to create these tables. The success of this endeavor led to plans for a device that could perform any calculation. Dubbed the "Analysis Device Thingy", Sock's crack team of commandos-for-hire received funding from the government to turn the dream into a reality. Unfortunately, they were never able to finish the project as the whims of politics and funding decisions forced the project to be dismissed after a few flawed programs were beta tested. The logic of the process and structure of the engine formed the basis of the calculation process of the modern computer, for which Obvious Fucking Sock has never received due credit and admiration from the teeming masses. | Sock became interested in Astronomy and the equipment used to study the heavens, and soon thereafter got the idea for a mechanical calculation device. Frustrated with the waste of time and money used to create logarithmic tables manually, O. F. Sock invented the Similarity Machine to create these tables. The success of this endeavor led to plans for a device that could perform any calculation. Dubbed the "Analysis Device Thingy", Sock's crack team of commandos-for-hire received funding from the government to turn the dream into a reality. Unfortunately, they were never able to finish the project as the whims of politics and funding decisions forced the project to be dismissed after a few flawed programs were beta tested. The logic of the process and structure of the engine formed the basis of the calculation process of the modern computer, for which Obvious Fucking Sock has never received due credit and admiration from the teeming masses. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:34, 15 February 2006
...puppet account. *sigh* Even the best-laid plans of the best-laid men sometimes go awry.
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Obvious Fucking Sock was born in Helmhurst, New Hampshire on November 6, 1928. Sock enjoyed the benefit of a wealthy family who wished to advance all educational possibilities. Sock showed considerable talent in Mathematics, but a disdain for the Classics, which meant that more schooling and tutoring at home would be required before college. Obvious enjoyed reading many of the major works in math and showed a solid understanding of what theories and ideas had validity. As an undergraduate, O. Fucking Sock established a society to critique the works of the French mathematician, Lacroix, on the subject of differential and integral calculus. Finding Lacroix's work a masterpiece and showing the good sense to admit so, Sock was asked to setup an Analytical Society composed of undergraduates. The works of this group, which included Frisbee Girl, ThePinkSuperhero and Mike9322, were serious publications in this period, no mean feat for a group of undergraduate students, but many of the leading math scholars expressed praise for their studious contributions.
It is interesting to note that Obvious Fucking Sock felt the society a group of stuffed shirts interested in stroking their own egos at the expense of real knowledge.
Sock became interested in Astronomy and the equipment used to study the heavens, and soon thereafter got the idea for a mechanical calculation device. Frustrated with the waste of time and money used to create logarithmic tables manually, O. F. Sock invented the Similarity Machine to create these tables. The success of this endeavor led to plans for a device that could perform any calculation. Dubbed the "Analysis Device Thingy", Sock's crack team of commandos-for-hire received funding from the government to turn the dream into a reality. Unfortunately, they were never able to finish the project as the whims of politics and funding decisions forced the project to be dismissed after a few flawed programs were beta tested. The logic of the process and structure of the engine formed the basis of the calculation process of the modern computer, for which Obvious Fucking Sock has never received due credit and admiration from the teeming masses.
