I know that all you highly intelligent and scientifically literate souls out there are familiar with chaos theory, often illustrated by the notion that a butterfly beating its wings in Guatemala could cause tornadoes in Kansas. That sort of thing.
Here is a more down-to-earth illustration of this idea.
Well, I was using the term "highly intelligent and scientifically literate" in a fairly broad-brush way, so there will obviously be exceptions ...
I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The squirrel, which had a broad bush tail, caused the broad to flash what she's got, which was awesome, so....where does literature fit in?
To put it in suitably simple terms, "literature" means "a book", and it fits in the gap between the wobbly table leg and the floor. But be aware that science books are generally to thick for that purpose - unless of course your carpentry skills are on a par with everything else, in which case I would recommend getting a cheap set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica from eBay.
Well, we all know that getting seriously into drinking beer is a slippery slope.
By the way, I've just been working out whether the trajectory of the boulder thrown by the backhoe loader was realistic, and the result looks something like this, although I may have to refine the numbers a little further..
p.s. On examining the above calculations you may be expressing some doubts about the "+" sign in the bracket at the top. But let me just say that if you change that to a "-" (as I suspect you may be tempted to do), the formula would show the projectile travelling through the centre of the earth, eventually emerging through the roof of a ranch-style residence somewhere in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The structural damage would be similar to that shown in the video but since it would be a winter's night in that part of the world, the house might well be full to bursting with Australians swilling cans of Foster's lager, so the collateral damage could be substantial. Just leave the maths to me, OK?
p.s. On examining the above calculations you may be expressing some doubts about the "+" sign in the bracket at the top. But let me just say that if you change that to a "-" (as I suspect you may be tempted to do), the formula would show the projectile travelling through the centre of the earth, eventually emerging through the roof of a ranch-style residence somewhere in the western suburbs of Sydney, Australia. The structural damage would be similar to that shown in the video but since it would be a winter's night in that part of the world, the house might well be full to bursting with Australians swilling cans of Foster's lager, so the collateral damage could be substantial. Just leave the maths to me, OK?
Graeme; I really like your picture as I have always liked abstract art combined with Chinese writing. I hope the Aussies drinking Foster's Lager had a coaster under their table legs when that boulder hit!
I know that all you highly intelligent and scientifically literate souls out there are familiar with chaos theory, often illustrated by the notion that a butterfly beating its wings in Guatemala could cause tornadoes in Kansas. That sort of thing.
Here is a more down-to-earth illustration of this idea.
I'm now thinking that maybe a whole flock of Guatemalan butterflies flapped their wings years ago and caused the tornado that made Dorothy's house spin off into the sky in The Wizard of Oz. That was Kansas.
@graeme-ogg Graeme; could this Chinese number writin' formula of yours be applied to the arc required to hit that urinal in the other post we got today?
To put it in suitably simple terms, "literature" means "a book", and it fits in the gap between the wobbly table leg and the floor. But be aware that science books are generally to thick for that purpose - unless of course your carpentry skills are on a par with everything else, in which case I would recommend getting a cheap set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica from eBay.
Hope that helps.
I'm a bit light on funds at the moment to buy encycled pediars at present.....would a couple of Hustler magazine work?
