FUQs
 

In a previous life I was a coma-intainer of a site-wide FUQ list. It occurs to me that the MersenneForum is sadly lacking a FUQ list.

Most everyone nowadays know what a FAQ is. A FUQ is closely related: a Frequently Unanswered Question. A FUQ, like a FAQ, consists of a couplet of a question followed by an answer. The response must be a correct answer to the question but should be perversely useless. Rather like some FAQs seen on the net in other words.

The first FUQ on a list is usually the following. It gives a concise example of the genre but other forms are also to be found.


Q: What is a FAQ?
A: A FAQ is a TLA.


More examples welcomed.

Could a FUQ be:

Q: Where do I find the next Mersenne prime?
A: Among the Mersenne numbers with prime exponent.

Quantum physics says both yes AND no.
 

Here's one:

Q: Is MM127 prime?
A: The answer is both "yes" and "no" simultaneously until we successfully LL-test it (according to the "Schrodinger's Cat" theory). Hopefully they'll prove/disprove its primality by 2070 (They better or I'm not going to be very happy!).

[QUOTE=xilman;319108]In a previous life I was a coma-intainer a site-wide FUQ list. It occurs to me that the MersenneForum is sadly lacking a FUQ list.

Most everyone nowadays know what a FAQ is. A FUQ is closely related: a Frequently Unanswered Question. A FUQ, like a FAQ, consists of a couplet of a question followed by an answer. The response must be a correct answer to the question but should be perversely useless. Rather like some FAQs seen on the net in other words.

The first FUQ on a list is usually the following. It gives a concise example of the genre but other forms are also to be found.


Q: What is a FAQ?
A: A FAQ is a TLA.


More examples welcomed.[/QUOTE]

so basically it's one that never gets answered because all the answer gives you is another question ? this one means is a FAQ ( frequently asked question) is a TLA ( triple letter acronym). so until they know what that is they have no answer to the question ?

[QUOTE=aketilander;319109]Could a FUQ be:

Q: Where do I find the next Mersenne prime?
A: Among the Mersenne numbers with prime exponent.[/QUOTE]Good one!

This kind of RadioYerevan/Q&A/"jokes" like "Q: Can you take a bath when you have diarrhea? A: Yes, if you have enough (this sounds better in Romanian language, due to language puns)", are/were [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Yerevan_jokes"]very popular in East-European culture[/URL] during the communist era. I have thousands somewhere on a corner of harddisk, have to look for them if you are interested.

[QUOTE=Stargate38;319110]Here's one:

Q: Is MM127 prime?
[/QUOTE]

With a small difference and in such mathmatical forum:

Q: Is MM127 prime or not?
A: Yes.

[QUOTE=kar_bon;319155]With a small difference and in such mathmatical forum:

Q: Is MM127 prime or not?
A: Yes.[/QUOTE]

In this context, the answer could be taken to mean that it _is_ prime. Instead, a better one would be, A: Correct (or True).

I am with axn here. The correct version would be:

Q: is MM127 prime or composite?
A: yes

Q: Can [I]I [/I]run Prime 95 on this computer?
A: The CPU is better suited to perform that task.

[QUOTE=LaurV;319158]I am with axn here. The correct version would be:

Q: is MM127 prime or composite?
A: yes[/QUOTE]I agree. Another nice entry for the FUQ list.