I would find more use from a mustard-cat treat watch
Mustard Watches (1990)
11–20 of 38 posts
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#12Theorems 1 and 2 are a little weak. For theorem 1, once a mustard watch reaches a sufficiently enormous size, material weaknesses become relevant problems to overcome, and it is not clearly shown that adding a few more grains will in fact allow the watch to still operate. And theorem 2 doesn't discuss how much time is needed to measure the current time. I'm not entirely sure this has been peer reviewed. No notes on t…
material weaknesses would be more of a problem for ketchup watches. dijon mustard is strong enough so you don't require that much for it to become an issue
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#13See also hunting lions using math: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29106064
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#14In the classic 2002 feature film "Undercover Brother" the titular character had a hot sauce watch which enabled him to eat white people food. James Bond was surely jealous.
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#15I'm always surprised how many other mathematicians don't know what I'm talking about when I reference this paper. It should be in the canon of math essays.
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#16Is there a garmin siracha device?
An ideal sriracha timepiece would include an element of time-travel, allowing the operator to summon quantities of the Huy Fong product from before the lawsuit with their chili pepper supplier.
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#17What precisely is the complaint the actual author is making wrt temporal logic? Surely it is more than the assertion that there is no such canonical one? I can’t decode French elitism.
I think it’s the lack of mustard. From the first paragraph: “what is the point of knowing time if you cannot get mustard?”
Actually a LOL line. A long with his very skilled and meaningful schematic.
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#18I’m not sure what the author had in mind when he wrote the paper, but its light-hearted content reveals well how to structure a math paper: (1) state the problem and why the reader should care about it, (2) state how the paper builds on prior work, (3) summarize the main results, and then (4) develop them in theorem-proof style.
An economics paper in the same spirit (though of course economics addresses more practical problems than mathematics, in this case whether one should leave the toilet seat up or down) shows quite well how to present and develop an economic model [0].
0. https://jaypilchoi.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Economic-I... [PDF]
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#19Mixing powdered mustard at the point of delivery would optimize for freshness. Something akin to large construction site concrete, which is mixed from raw materials on demand, but built into a pocket watch.
Just in time mustard if you will.
Re: Mustard Watches (1990)
#20Is there a garmin siracha device?
I have one full of thyme.