e?

April 1, 2010 4:13 PM

Was there once a FPP in the blue where the only text on the front page was "e" and which linked to something about the mathematical constant?

(i.e. the unique real number such that the value of the derivative of the function f(x) = e^x at the point x = 0 is equal to 1)

Over the past couple of years I've tried to find it a few times, without success.

posted by neuron to MetaFilter-Related at 4:13 PM (34 comments total)

There is a thread about 'e' that is a little more substantial. It's quite good.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 4:31 PM on April 1, 2010

Well, there's this. Maybe why you couldn't find it?
posted by cj_ at 4:33 PM on April 1, 2010 [3 favorites]

I guess it was posted by Georges Perec in a moment of desperation.
posted by Dumsnill at 5:15 PM on April 1, 2010 [6 favorites]

e
posted by cjorgensen at 7:16 PM on April 1, 2010

e?

Yes, please.
posted by empath at 7:20 PM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

schwa.
posted by fixedgear at 7:27 PM on April 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

I've always thought they should have called it "schwuh."
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:35 PM on April 1, 2010 [3 favorites]

the
posted by special-k at 8:15 PM on April 1, 2010

eh?
posted by ocherdraco at 8:45 PM on April 1, 2010

Sounds a bit derivative.
posted by qvantamon at 1:59 AM on April 2, 2010 [2 favorites]

"You don't say much, do ya boy?"

"Eeeee eeeee eeeeee!"
posted by Eideteker at 5:18 AM on April 2, 2010

words without any "e".

Try it. It's not as hard as you would think.
posted by The Whelk at 6:42 AM on April 2, 2010

But it's limiting.
posted by ocherdraco at 7:29 AM on April 2, 2010

no limits, no art.
posted by The Whelk at 7:33 AM on April 2, 2010

537. Homarus gammarus and his compatriots approach a gargantuan rock cautiously. Upon it is a curious thing: a pair of short brown pants, comprising animal skin, with straps to hold it up; it is a bit dirty. Its stain is not random, though. It forms a mystifying symbol, which was until now unknown: a partial orb, with a chord linking a boundary point to a point horizontally across from it. What could this occult glyph signify?
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 8:11 AM on April 2, 2010 [3 favorites]

eeeee eee eee
posted by jabberjaw at 10:18 AM on April 2, 2010

what?
posted by The Whelk at 10:22 AM on April 2, 2010

next!
posted by infini at 3:01 PM on April 2, 2010

I once made a post with nothing but "e" as the title but after having typed the first 1,000,000 digits I had to take a nap and my pc rebooted to install a windows patch and then I lost interest.
posted by GuyZero at 3:18 PM on April 2, 2010

No limits, no art? I thought it was "In limitation only is a mast—"

Oh.
posted by cgc373 at 3:36 PM on April 2, 2010

It is obviously so.
posted by The Whelk at 3:55 PM on April 2, 2010

That which I am now typing is not the truth.
posted by flabdablet at 5:47 AM on April 3, 2010

Thank you, neuron, for feeding the troll.
posted by Ardiril at 8:33 PM on April 4, 2010

Sure you're not remembering it upside down?
posted by dhartung at 8:38 PM on April 4, 2010

a man a plan a canal panama!
posted by The Whelk at 9:08 PM on April 4, 2010

Do not start what you cannot finish. Or start.
posted by cgc373 at 9:26 PM on April 4, 2010

It is begun.
posted by The Whelk at 9:48 PM on April 4, 2010

He said, not having thought about his crime.
posted by The Whelk at 9:48 PM on April 4, 2010

Awful, all around.
posted by The Whelk at 9:48 PM on April 4, 2010

Alright, start. I will watch it.
posted by The Whelk at 9:49 PM on April 4, 2010

this is hard, as you know.
posted by The Whelk at 9:53 PM on April 4, 2010

Over the past couple of years I've tried to find it a few times, without success.

Did you search here?
posted by dhartung at 11:48 PM on April 4, 2010

I also favor additional constraints.
posted by flabdablet at 12:24 AM on April 5, 2010

its all relative anyways
posted by infini at 3:57 AM on April 5, 2010