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Cam, you owe another six bucks.

No, no. I didn't eat any of the Buffalo wings.

Oh, really? That's great.

Well, we're not doing it that way.

We're just dividing equally.

So let's say you pay.

I got it, all right?

No, no. I got it. I got it. I got it. I got it.

It's your birthday.

You're as broke-ass as I am.

I just wish now

I had eaten some of those wings.

So, I nailed the specs on the 2.09 last night,

after 19 cups of coffee.

- Check it out.

- You are kidding. You're kidding!

This is good. Miles, this is good.

Yeah, well, it better be'cause this is what

we've been working for since we got here.

This is called destiny.

You know, there is the... Thank you.

There is the possibility that

we might not actually win this thing.

Oh, yeah?

Bite your tongue! Bite your damn tongue!

Look, guys,

we don't date, we don't travel,

we don't have any money.

The only thing that we do have

is the 2.09 Competition.

If we can't even win that, what's the point?

Hey, hey. Look at this!

No, no, no, no.

We suck.

Your father would be so proud of you, Ben.

Yeah.

Do you remember anything about him?

Not really. Maybe when he shaved?

Yeah, I think I watched him shave.

So, what are your plans

for the rest of the night?

I don't know. I'll probably just go back

and work on that essay.

Ben, you're working too hard.

Between the job and school and the 2.09,

you've had no time for just yourself.

You have to squeeze in

a little time for fun, Ben.

You only turn 21 once.

And it goes by very fast.

Okay. All right.

- Good night.

- All right, good night.

- Don't come home before 3:00.

- All right.

All right.

Now, who can explain Newton's method

and how you use it?

You can use it to solve nonlinear equations.

That's impressive. That's really good.

I mean, I'm very impressed by that,

especially since my class

is called Nonlinear Equations.

All right, now somebody tell me something

I don't already know.

Anyone?

Bueller. Anyone? Bueller.

Newton stole it.

- I'm sorry?

- Newton stole it.

Joseph Raphson published

this same method 50 years earlier.

And if the start value is too far removed

from true zero, then it fails.

- I'm sorry, what's your name?

- Ben. Ben Campbell.

Ben.

So Ben Campbell suggests

that Joseph Raphson

was the original author of this method.

Well, if that's the case,

then why didn't he get any credit?

Well, for one thing,

Newton had a better publicist.

And for another, after 1700,

we know very little about Raphson

other than the fact that he discovered the

Kabbalah about 300 years before Madonna.

All right, now, let's give Ben a chance

for some extra credit, shall we?

We're gonna call this

the game show host problem, all right?

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