A bear that shits prime numbers.
 

http://members.surfeu.fi/kklaine/primebear.html

There's no reason this should be funny at all, and it's probably old. However, math majors will probably find this hilarious much as I did. I mean, a cartoon bear, that craps out prime numbers one after another.

Anyone know of anything similar to this? Like a snake that eats consectutive digits of e or something?

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I don't know why, but I found this strangely hilarious!

I'm still laughing. For some reason, this is the funniest thing i've seen in a while, and i have no idea why.

That's the most idiotic thing I've seen in the longest time.

EDIT: SO WHY AM I LAUGHING

I've got a Minor in Math and I didn't even smirk at it :( And I don't know why.

Ah... this shit is prime. I'm afraid I can't bear it for much longer though :(.

That's some impressive sphincter control. I wonder how they taught the bear to count in primes, though?

Yes, this is funny...? Anyway, I'm also a stat major and it was mildly amusing.

I don't find this funny at all, on any angle of looking at the concept. But it's.... mesmorizing, in a sense. I just stare and start to go, "1039, 1049, ....." Perhaps there's a part of me trying to predict the next number, or figure it out.

I am trying to decode what's funny here:

a) Shitting is the most normal thing, everyone has to do it. But it creates a contrast here, because finding prime numbers is a major thing, and actually very difficult. Scientist are racing to find the biggest prime number... but this bears shits it out like it was nothing... so this is funny!!!

b) The finding of the biggest prime number is as senseless as it only makes sense to all those theoretical math freaks. It doesn't serve any humanistic purpose or enlighten us. The "big" prime numbers are so ridiculous, you really can't even imagine numbers that great, nor do they even play a role in this world (the biggest meaningful numbers are around 10^54 or so and that's it). So the bear is the first one to make a statement about this absurd goal, by associating shit to it... ok that's another funny there.

c) That the shits falls in different angle and with different speeds probably adds to the funny as well. I also like how the bear maintains a rather neutral face while doing it.

Aren't they used in encryption like RSA? You use modular arithmetic and clever tricks otherwise its a bit impossible to manipulate numbers that big...

"Analysing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are particularly interested in it and the frog dies."

But yeah, quote aside, I think it's actually a decent analysis. Especially (c). You're right, the angle and different speeds makes it funnier. I guess it's the absurdity that makes it funny.

A good frog is one that doesn't die after being dissected.

How high does this go? Has anyone left it on overnight or anything?

I am also a bit curious as to what kind of algorithm it is using, but there doesn't seem to be any relevant information on the page.

@ ThePerfectStorm: I guess that this program doesn't know an end. I didn't left it on overnight, only for something about two hours, but right now the primestats say 55949. Considering that there is an infinite amount of prime numbers, the bear should continue his shitting for days or weeks.

It cannot have a list of primes, as mentioned, as there are infinite primes. It surely has to be an through an algorithm. For those who have kept it running, does the speed vary?

While I'm absolutely not experienced when it comes to informatics and stuff like that, the source text of this site looks as if the site uses some kind of an algorithm. By the way, for those who care about shitting bears, I left the site on overnight, since I was downloading something anyway. When I finally closed Firefox, the number hovered around 1.000.000.

Considering, as David Deluxe observed, this uses an algoritm to find the prime numbers, and will be limited by the memory of your computer. Basically, it seems to run the most basic of prime number tests, which is pretty much a trial-and-error. (Divide the selected number by all integers lower than the square root of the selected number. If divided evenly, stop test loop and proceed to the next value; however, I have no clue what the function "x%div" means, so I might be a bit off [I know math, not code :(])