Scientific theories
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A UK magazine held a competition, inviting its readers to submit new scientific theories on ANY subject. Below are the winners: 4th place (Subject: Bio-Mechanics) Why Yawning Is Contagious: You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your head unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they then yawn to even it out. 3rd place (Subject: Symbolic Logic) The Chinese are technologically underdeveloped because each of their alphabetical characters represents a whole word or phrase, rather than a single letter. Thus they cannot use acronyms to communicate technical ideas at a faster rate. 2nd place (Subject: Newtonian Mechanics) Deforestation may cause earthquakes, tidal waves, or even the total destruction of our planet. Just as a figure-skater's rate of spin increases when the arms are brought in close to the body, the cutting down of tall trees may cause the Earth to spin dangerously fast on its axis with disastrous results. Winner (Subject: Perpetual Motion) When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
I'm going to try the cat one. Be right back...
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A related link: why strapping buttered toast to a cat's back will not produce infinite power "The original Perpetual Motion Machine calls for a cat with a piece of buttered toast strapped to it's back. This machine will not work because the cat will land on it's feet and the toast will never hit the ground!" Several solutions are also proposed, including breeding twin cats conjoined at the feet... ;P --------
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Shog9 wrote: Several solutions are also proposed, including breeding twin cats conjoined at the feet... Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy?
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Shog9 wrote: Several solutions are also proposed, including breeding twin cats conjoined at the feet... Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy?
Roger Wright wrote: Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy? Murphy's law would kick in and the epoxy would break. Probably just about the time your PC (powered by the cat-driven generator) was 99 percent done downloading the latest SDK. :( --------
I am not a connoisseur.
--Shog9 --
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Roger Wright wrote: Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy? Murphy's law would kick in and the epoxy would break. Probably just about the time your PC (powered by the cat-driven generator) was 99 percent done downloading the latest SDK. :( --------
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--Shog9 --
Possibly. Though it would be a wonderful experiment. I'm personally curious to learn whether aligning the cats head to tail, rather than head to head, would change the spin of the system...
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Possibly. Though it would be a wonderful experiment. I'm personally curious to learn whether aligning the cats head to tail, rather than head to head, would change the spin of the system...
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Heh, well, if you do get around to performing these experiments, be sure to invest in a couple of good leather gauntlets first! :) --------
I am not a connoisseur.
--Shog9 --
When working with cats as experimental subjects, it's standard procedure to wear full-body armor. Those claws are awfully sharp, and cats have no sense of humour at all.
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When working with cats as experimental subjects, it's standard procedure to wear full-body armor. Those claws are awfully sharp, and cats have no sense of humour at all.
Roger Wright wrote: and cats have no sense of humour at all. Yeah, I have noticed that as well. I can't see why you cannot wind the cats like you do on a generator. Possibly you could make the cats using the famous Bonsai Kitten techniques as well. Regardz Colin J Davies
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Heh, well, if you do get around to performing these experiments, be sure to invest in a couple of good leather gauntlets first! :) --------
I am not a connoisseur.
--Shog9 --
Shog9 wrote: Heh, well, if you do get around to performing these experiments, be sure to invest in a couple of good leather gauntlets first! You can borrow my set of steel gauntlets for a fiver... ;) Andy Metcalfe - Sonardyne International Ltd
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Shog9 wrote: Several solutions are also proposed, including breeding twin cats conjoined at the feet... Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy?
Roger Wright wrote: Shog9 wrote: Several solutions are also proposed, including breeding twin cats conjoined at the feet... Couldn't we save some time and expense by using fast-set epoxy? Or staples? J "I am wise enough to therefore not spout my ill informed opinion as if it were remotely related to fact." - Christian Graus
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A UK magazine held a competition, inviting its readers to submit new scientific theories on ANY subject. Below are the winners: 4th place (Subject: Bio-Mechanics) Why Yawning Is Contagious: You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your head unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they then yawn to even it out. 3rd place (Subject: Symbolic Logic) The Chinese are technologically underdeveloped because each of their alphabetical characters represents a whole word or phrase, rather than a single letter. Thus they cannot use acronyms to communicate technical ideas at a faster rate. 2nd place (Subject: Newtonian Mechanics) Deforestation may cause earthquakes, tidal waves, or even the total destruction of our planet. Just as a figure-skater's rate of spin increases when the arms are brought in close to the body, the cutting down of tall trees may cause the Earth to spin dangerously fast on its axis with disastrous results. Winner (Subject: Perpetual Motion) When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet, and when toast is dropped, it always lands buttered side down. Therefore, if a slice of toast is strapped to a cat's back, buttered side up, and the animal is then dropped, the two opposing forces will cause it to hover, spinning inches above the ground. If enough toast-laden felines were used, they could form the basis of a high-speed monorail system
Regards, Nish Native CPian. Born and brought up on CP. With the CP blood in him.
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: When a cat is dropped, it always lands on its feet Sorry, But I know this is not a true statement. The last cat I had (20yrs ago) landed on it's feet only about 60% of the time. Really! To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step towards Knowledge. Benjamin Disraeli