The Fundamental Theorem of War
August 6th, 2008
Another tough one to get out the door as I’m traveling today to see Ray in Oregon! We had to do a little planning ahead this week, which can be tough. I did have to brush up on my Calculus a bit to fit a math joke in here (bonus points for getting it!). I was a math major in college but I can’t say I remember much of it now. It’s kind of sad that after studying something for four years, it’s basically gone, but I guess if it doesn’t get applied, that’s what happens!
Ah, good old math humor. I don’t get it.
Loved it, but I hace a feeling others might not enjoy the math humor…
Wow, went up early this week. Nice! GCG.
Personally, never got into the twin stick shooters. I can tolerate SSHD and that’s as far as I get… tolerating. Frankly, I think they NEED to bring back Super Smash TV complete with cheesy host. Then it might be the SECOND twin stick shooter I could tolerate.
Awesome comic. i even get all the math jokes in the comic.
P.S. Woohoo! i have now posted 1 comment!
Haha great comic! I love nerd humor.
Sweet logo by the way.
Great Comic, even though I HATE HATE HATE calculus
oh man, i hate this comic. it just reminded me that i have another year of calculus in high school. aaaaaaaa
just kidding. its actually an awesome comic. but i do hate calculus. oh so much
oh … oh gawd .. that was awful. AWFUL. *groan*
wakka wakka wakka!!
My head hurts on this one, so I’m going to go with “It looks really pretty” and smile politely.
=D
is this comic a Geometry Wars referance, by any chance?
NCG! I love math ^_^ . And Ray, you’ve really outdone yourself with the logo this week.
I like the outlines on you two. I’d say it’s a characteristic of your comic. I also love the return of the oddly shaped TV! 😀
Sweet logo too.
Also worth noting: Attempting to view the comic from your Google Reader in an iPod Touch is not a good idea.
Honestly, I didn’t get the punchline, but the second panel made me laugh so it didn’t really matter.
I was never around when you guys talked about the inspiration for the TV, but you guys said it was inspired by a DC Talk album (or am I totally losing it?), and I never got a chance to say that that’s freaking awesome! I’m not a huge DC Talk fan (sister is), but I actually know who they are so yay.
Also, nice touch adding the wavebird controllers on the Wii.
Great Comic, I love the oh so obvious Geometry Wars knock-off. 😛
And if I understood anything that comic was trying to tell me, I’d be impressed with myself.
So, uh, pretty colors. 😛
Well, I’ve been reading 2P START! for quite a while now, but I’ve never attempted a comment. Well, starting now, I’m going to change that, for two reasons.
1) I went back and listened to the whole archive of podcasts. At first, I thought it would be like “Blah Blah, then I clicked here.” I never should have doubted you. Your podcast was quite possibly the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. My favorite was the “Sonic and the black doom edition.” I had to pause several times just to breathe between bouts of laughing! Never have I seen two people’s personalities work together so well.
2) This comic is simply wonderful. It really captures the flavor of Geometry Wars, and the visuals are spot-on, right down to the warped grid.
Seriously, you guys deserve this cake. GLaDOS is baked it!
Wow, all of them? When I first came on I just went back to maybe Podcast 20 or something because I figured that any topic mentioned would be a bit outdated…maybe I should watch them…apparently I’m not as…hmmm…what term do I want to use….loyal? Obsessive? Dunno, either way I didn’t listen to all the podcasts. Maybe I will some day…
You’re too kind! Thanks for rising from your grave and commenting, it means everything. One of these days I think I’m going to tell Tim to give up on writing scripts and we’ll just starting being podcast-exclusive……
No, you’re right. It’s based off of the television on the cover of their “Supernatural” album. That album still holds up really well too….
Wait, I was under the impression that you just kinda stumbled across it and thought it was a good idea…so you actually own the CD? That’s even awesomer! I sound really stupid right now, but I don’t care. Usually people talk about music and I have NO idea what they’re talking about. I actually do for once.
And don’t you think just a podcast is going to create some problems? Such as not having comic talk…or are you just going to fill it’s spot with the chicken grab? If you do…next time make it Cucco grab, this IS a gaming webcomic after all!
Best comic I have read in a while.
you guys haven’t had a good comic in a while.
good job on this one.
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I beg to differ. I feel 2P START! Is on a roll 🙂
Well based on your comments so far, you seem to be pretty easily entertained. XD (Not saying the comics aren’t funny though)
Bwahaha, That’s me.
-looks at streetlight-
-laughs-
-looks at candycane-
-laughs-
-dies from lack of oxygen-
-laughs?-
Okay, I’ll stop laughing at random things now. Time for my insanity medication! Weeee~
Wanna know something really sad? I just figured out why you made Calculus wars…I just thought it was funny so you went with it, now I actually get it…wow. Although I have a feeling more people would’ve gotten Algebra wars, but whatever. XD
The first panel made me want to go in shock, on account that math gives me nightmares.
I suffered through and scrolled down through the genius of it all.
Great comic guys.
Whoa! When did this comic show up? Anyway, nice comic guys. Unfortunately, I didn’t really get the math joke. Probably because I haven’t even taken Calculus yet.
EDIT: I just noticed what all of the stuff in the first panel was! I wouldn’t have even thought of it, until I read Black’s comment.
NCG, even though i don’t get the math joke i’m sure it’s hilarious. and just so you know i like 2p start because it’s funny and i feel like i know you both a little better than i know other webcomic people.
As an german physic student, i say “Wunderbarer Comic!”
Beware of the mighty “Pi’s”, because you dont know about their “decimal place” 😀
Is just recently discovered your comic, while listening to your podcast.
How about an Mega Man Comic sometime?
Keep up the great work.
oh and i think i figured out what that “defeat bowser instantly” device is in super mario bros. it’s an axe that mario uses to cut the bridge that bowser is standing on.
Umm…I guess. But I have to ask. What relevance does that have?
Tim and Ray brought it up a loooooooong time ago, during one of their comics.
You mean this?
Yeah! That’s it.
For a moment there I thought I was reading XKCD… but with much better art. (Note: this is the highest praise that can be offered to any web comic)
Incidentally, I think that while a firm grasp of calculus is not integral to the understanding of this strip, it does tend to help. Otherwise you might end up thinking it’s just a little derivative.
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*Tumbleweed*
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I’ll get my coat (it’s the long white one with the scientific calculator in the pocket).
Oh, and Tim, if you were a math major, what does this simplify down to?
(N^2/N)*(C^2/C)*(G^2/G)
Yes it’s trivial but it’s almost midnight here in Paris and I’m tired 😉
Great comic, it brings me back to the old High School calc days.
Though I’m kinda surprised not to see an imaginary number or maybe an e^x
EDIT- Oh yeah, first comment. I lurk no more.
An imaginary number? Now I haven’t taken calculus, but I know what that is. How would they represent that in the comic without making it look totally out of place?
UGG I GO ON MY WII AT 4:30 AND YET I’M STILL NOT FIRST any ways, this comic reminds me of some one i know!
The letter i
Ah okay, I was not aware there was a symbol for it. I thought they were going to have to put the square root of -5 or something…
Yeah, i is the square root of -1
And thus the square root of -5 would be 5i.
See, 2PStart is entertaining AND educational!
i don’t get it IT MAKES MY BRAIN HERT
An actually funny math joke? In this comic?
I love it.
Naah, It’s very funny, but no formula won’t ever top the classics:
Popular video game charactor+Recent pop culture reference+Sex/Drugs= Winner!
Too bad I never took Calculus… I mostly took Algebra (Pre+1+2), Geometry and Trig…(witch I passed with a B+)
Weird, I was just reviewing the wikipedia page, and of course there were links to the winning comics in the Joystiq wrap up, so I just saw those comics…
I feel the need to correct that it would actually be sqrt(5)*i, because you still take the square root of 5. For an easier example, the square root of -4 is 2i.
…Yes I am a nerd.
Agreed.
That is the best joke I’ve seen in months, really good comic guys!
(And yes, it was like something out of xkcd but with incredibily good art)
Congratulations.
Tim/Ray, you two should start going to conventions. Like Anime Expo or something.
You guys will be happy to know that the math people think the comic is funny. I showed it to my sister (who likes calculus) and she (I don’t use this phrase often) quite literally lol’ed.
i is confused
I’m mad at myself for not catching that. Bravo
Not the most hilarious, but still, great drawing, especially on the first frame.
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I don’t remember how to translate that and I’m not sure I’d want to try even if I did.
well, it doesnt make my brain hurt, but i dont get it either.
(and all i regocnize is pi)
speaking of pi… heh heh heh….
3.14159265358979!!!!
i have that memorized
Pfft, It says:
“Serious lack of zeros and ones.
But NCG.
Funny.”
I had to find a translator just to make sure it wasn’t something from Futurama, witch does that a lot as a running gag…
Oh and by the way
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I think we should stop this….
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oh this is too much fun. i wonder what tim and ray think of all this?
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Sigh….
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You win, Anon.
EDIT: whoa, I thought i saw a six in there somewhere for a moment! 0_o
EDIT 2: btw, Meta, why is the background to your avatar pinK?
I think everyone, not just Tim and Ray will find it annoying.
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Oh, and those aren’t just random characters.
Don’t you mean ‘My wrath’ not ‘by wrath’?
Hey Anon!
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See? Im giving you credit.
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I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve pretty much stopped caring about translating all this, but I have to ask, does this have anything to do with the comic?
no. its fun though!
Anon. I know you told me to stop using code, but just try and translate this!
Ejsy og O zsfr zu pem vpfr? Og upi ytsmdasyr yjod, O’z hpmms vtu.
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I just found it on the internet. I think it’s his picture from the Smash Bros Dojo. It had a pink background.
i have no idea how to begin translating that. did you translate mine?
whoops. i didnt want this comment to be here. is it possible to delete comments…? ^_^
Can i PLEASE start using binary again, Anon? PLEEEEEEASE?
I’m not sure if anyone’s said this yet, as I don’t want to look through all of the coded posts, but the first panel should be a wallpaper!
btw, did anyone notice that in the first panel, the grid is warping slightly? and i agree with you, meta, that panel should be a wallpaper
The grid does that in Geometry Wars, when there’s an explosion.
Nice comic, as usual, though I can’t say I fully understood it. Then again, I read xkcd and don’t get a lot of jokes there either… I suppose I should learn more about Calculus.
“you Know, Since I don’t know what the ‘o1o1oo11’ is all about I going to just post 1337’s”
man that gave me a headache…
You should of heard me try to pronounce that… I sounded so retarded… just like one of those kids who don’t know how to read yet, so they are trying to sound it out but fail miserably.
Really??
D3vin, you actaully maneged to translate that? Wow. (Bows before D3vin)
EDIT: btw, has anyone noticed that im using a different username now?
I just about to ask you about that. I thought that it changes your name for every post you made? I guess I was mistaken.
In case you are wondering why im using ‘Gadoink’ as a username…
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yay unnessicary use of the spoiler tag!
but i felt that it needed to be used. i dont think its been used for months.
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Isnt that a little harsh? And I used to play Runescape. Not anymore. I agree now, that it sucks.
…and why do you care if people talk in binary? We do it ’cause it’s fun, and I’m sure that’s your reason for doing it, too. Right?
And I never swore an oath.
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You may not have understood me, but I was speaking technology.
Anon. I have one thing to say:
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Sorry, but that was just random. That translates to a ‘>’ according to the translator I use. You lose.
I just noticed something about Tim and Ray.
They have auras.
Like radiating light auras.
I think that they might be super saiyans.
But what are there power levels?
(and if the next person who posts does not follow up correctly then they should learn more internets.)
*sigh* They’re over 9000?
IT’S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!
Odd, I was just watching that episode too,
Edit: awww I was beat to it 🙁
Double post!
OBJECTION!!!!
It came from a Strong Bad Email:
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail143.html
Strong bad=win
So CKcheeseboy=win
I am so cool, I can read 1337, and I can catch obscure web cartoon references…
Hhahahahaha let me act like i get the joke, but atleast it looks awesome
lol. on TKA (i site i go to) theres this guy, anders12345, who keeps double, triple, and quadruple posting, and no matter how many times we tell him to stop, he doesnt get the message. plus his grammer and spelling sucks so bad we cant even tell what hes saying half the time. but english isnt his first language… i think he said hes from norway?
and if anyone asks if this has any relevance to the conversation whatsoever….. well…. it kinda does….
4d 65 68 2e
Also, did anyone try and translate my mega-encoded-binary message?
If you translate that, youd get a string of ‘one’s and ‘zero’s. which youd have to replace with ‘1’s and ‘0’s appropriatly. then translate it AGAIN! lol, im evil like that.
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Also, did anyone try and translate my mega-encoded-binary message?
If you translate that, youd get a string of ‘one’s and ‘zero’s. which youd have to replace with ‘1’s and ‘0’s appropriatly. then translate it AGAIN! lol, im evil like that.
MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I did (because i have no life like that).
It took a few minutes to translate over and gave me a headache; a quarter of the way in the Z’s didn’t even look like letters, they looked like random scribbles, three-quarters in, so did the O’s.
The message I revealed?
[spoiler]Why is life so unfair?[/spoiler]
No… not again! It’s Wiik Band all over again! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Actually, this isn’t nearly as bad as Wiik Band. You guys might still get a Black Doom award though.
It’ll be my second ^_^
I have a feeling they’ll be mentioned…
Yes, We have a FORUM for all of your half minded blabber…
Tim, you need to find out how to ban people who start this crap again….
here, I have created a thread for this utter pile of fecal matter
http://www.2pstart.com/forum/general-discussion/coded-talkings/page-1/post-4277/#p4277
NOW STOP IT! IT WAS FUNNY TO BEGIN WITH BUT THIS IS RIDICULOUS….
(i think we need moderators for the comments)
Anon, i guess we gotta continue the binary argument on the forum now, huh?
EDIT: and D3vin, i say that calling our talking in code a ‘pile of fecal matter’ is a bit harsh.
4||Y\/\/4Y5, |-|0\/\/ |)0 Y0(_) (_)|||)3|2574|||) 1010101011 7|-|1||9. 15 7|-|3|23 |_1|<3 4 |O|209|24//// 0|2 15 17 |_1|<3 Y0(_) J(_)57 |O(_)7 17 1|| 7|-|3 (0////|O(_)73|2
|O5
|-|0\/\/ (4|| Y0(_) (4|_|_ 7|-|3 (0|)3 4 ‘|O1|_3 0|= |=3(4|_ ////4773|2’
1 7|-|1|||< Y0(_) |333|| \/\/47(|-|1||9 7|-|3 4/9||
I personally use a translator, like this one here…
http://www.geek-notes.com/tools/17/text-to-binary-translator/
Well well well, I could have said the other word for it but that would bump this site’s Pg rating to a Pg13 rating… I just want this to stop and I am sick of translating every set of “10101010101010”‘s I find to read something like ‘zero one zero one zero one’ that I have to translate again to find out what it is…. It is like putting a word find inside of a Magic Eye puzzle, It isn’t worth it… It started as a joke and it was taken to far. Please stop…
Holy S*** F*** A**!
Is there a Chaos emerald here?
And the joke might be 2piSTART
Rokai, you just reminded me of a comic from (the dreaded) Wiik Band comments!
this quote is strange and funny. a good combo, dont you think?
Also, on a side note, ive now downloaded all the 2pstart podcasts, and i swear, when i downloaded them, my ipod had full battery, and it was like 6 or 7 pm. i only took a half hour or so break for dinner. when i finally stopped… it was for two reasons. A) my ipod was nearly out of battery, and B) it was 2 am. no, seroiusly, it was 2 am. im not exaturating (i cant spell that…. ah whatever).
but yeah, the podcast is awesome! escpecially the one that was made after ‘untold origins’. i think that anyone whos heard the suggestion box part of that knows why…. lol… was it really 12 of 34 comments?
omg. 1234. WOAH
…..and im talking too much.
[/rant]
i know this is a double-post, but there something i just feel like i need to point out.
no moonjuice… thats your second comment, you also commented on ‘import only’. you also said that it was your first comment then as well. do you like have a bad memory or something…? thinking that you posted a comment for the first time…. twice?
sorry… i just felt like pointing that out for some reason.
Sigh indeed Meta.
That should’ve been the name for this comic.
And I agree with D3vin, the binary is just annoying. Even to me, and that’s bad.
Quit ganging up on me! =(
Dudes awesome comics! ive been here since the beginning and u guys need to pick my comment come on! btw Shadow the Hedgehog sucks
I’ve thought of something… why have Tim and Ray never given a Black Doom award… to Black Doom?
LOL
Too obvious. And technically they do…every week when they say that he’s the worst character Sonic Team has ever created.
meh. i suppose you have a point there. plus, i have my own black doom to hand out… to pictochat. (black doom award music starts playing)
whenever you try and leave pictochat, you are FORCED to turn of the DS. this happens with settings too, but at least there it makes sense (like when you do a system update on a computer, you have to restart). but why pictochat? there is NO REASON at ALL for it to do that. WHY?!?!?
Yeah, but you don’t have to restart your computer when you change the screen’s display. Having the system turn off like that is an annoyance, and I think had they thought through enough, they could have left out that need to shut down all together.
and it still doesnt explain pictochat doing it! and ds download play, too. go to ds download play, press back, oh look you gotta restart. UGH
design FAIL.
also, what color does your screen turn when you eject your game card in pictochat (this only works in pictochat)? mine turns purple, apparently its ds-specific. my freind john apparently classifies a ds by what color it turns when you crash it in pictochat.
^^I must try that now.
Mine turns purple as well.
Congrats on winning Joystiq’s Weekly Webcomic Wrap-up.
When was the last time you won that? Quite a while, eh? You guys deserve it. 🙂
Was this inspired by the throw-away at the end of LoadingReadyRun’s Geometry Wars video from a couple weeks back?
Otherwise, great minds think alike, I guess :).
You’d have to ask Tim, since this was all his idea. Doubt he got it from anywhere else, though.
LOL, Calculus.. I went through a couple years of that… then hit linear algebra and was like, “screw this” and started developing on teh webs…
Wow, that’s crazy! No, I hadn’t seen that video (very funny stuff though).
omg i actually understood those jokes (just started ap calculus) anyway, great job 😀
polynomial derivatives are the easiest.
integrals of stuff like ln(x^2+1) are killer.
i just had that problem on a test in my calculus II class.
NCG! the last 2 panes are from comic 61 just with different text and a different game on the screen!
Haha your limit….. -_- …. Haven’t done that stuff in quite a while, but prolly could remember if I wanted to (but I don’t 🙂 ).
And the comments O_O hahaha.
Hey, guess I’ll rise from my grave here. To be honest, I just learned about you guys today, and have been reading backwards from the Bubble comic. I could tell you guys were hilarious, but as soon as I saw this I HAD to comment. Tying my two favorite things together: Math and videogames. You guys are FREAKING amazing. Keep up the good work!
Now that I have risen from my grave I have to say this is an amazing comic. I made a list of really bad jokes all starting with “An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar” many of them being calculus jokes. You made my day today randomly with an old comic as I am going though the comics as I listen to the pod casts (finally)
[(x+1)(x-2)]^0
SOLVE.
the answer is (x^2 -x -2)^0
which is also 1…
now that i am learning calculus in my math class this makes so much more sense. haha
I myself is on a calculus war right now… When I’m stressed, I go check this comic.
Well at least you could get away with playing it at school 😛
Weapons of math destruction?