Way cool!
Robert Pendell
shinji@elite-systems.org
Sat Jun 30 23:30:00 GMT 2007
On 6/30/07, Dave Korn wrote:
> Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot gmail is a PITA. Never mind, here's something else
> to think about:
>
> A. Newton's first law of motion:
>
> - Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of
> motion unless an external force is applied to it.
>
> B. Murphy's law:
>
> - Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
>
>
> Multiply A by B and what do you get?
>
> C. Murphy's corrollary to Newton's first law of motion:
>
> - Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of
> motion unless it sees a chance to really screw things up for you by suddenly
> springing into life of its own accord.
>
>
> This, to me, is the only satisfactory explanation how you can put a mug of
> coffee down a good five centimeters from the edge of the table on a flat
> surface and turn and walk away and only several seconds later does it tip over
> and spill coffee everywhere. It probably explains a lot of other so-called
> 'accidents' too. Inanimate objects aren't as inanimate as they pretend to be
> when we're looking.
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
> --
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
>
>
Heh. Thanks for the laugh.
--
Robert Pendell
shinji@elite-systems.org
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