Hey, hitchhiker, joedecker

[quasigeostrophy]

...and/or other such math geeks higher than I'm. Check out this post (link gakked from cathouse_blues). Any ideas? I'm stuck...

Edit: I've got it. :-)

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[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

that hurt my brain.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I'll e-mail you the answer now that I've got it, if you care. ;-)

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

go for it!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Well, I came up with a very plausible line one in just a few seconds, and a plausible last few syllables of the whole thing to rhyme, but I presume you got that far. I'll think on it some more... :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oooookay. Now that I can chant it all, that's FUNNY. I guess I have an unusual funnybone. Want spoiler via email?

[hanov3r.livejournal.com]

Post was fixed to display my email address - mail me your solution?

YAY!!! I'm not *completely* alone in the world!

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Took me a little while 'cause my browser crashed as I was typing. I suppose a true geek would have re-deduced the math rather than restarting the browser... :-)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I think I just finished it. You can e-mail me, but I think I know it. :-)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

My guess is, if you think you've got it, you've got it.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yeah - turns out my brain wasn't stuck on the math (which was actually pretty low-level, IMHO), but fitting it into limerick meter the first couple of passes.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

Except that the last line isn't really kosher :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Mine wasn't either, but the person who originally posted the puzzle had someone mail him a more kosher last line.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

deyo just very quickly came up with something that works, though I don't know whether it's "correct."