Useless Facts

Dude, either get me ILM or a GoPro and someone who has done something really bad, I've got to see this!

 

That sounds horrifying. So a person is like a drop of water on a burner,
except on a magma flow.

 

If the surface tension of water plays into this, I would expect the steam build up to explode, like popcorn.

 

A scorpion can sting itself to death. Caught in desert fires, they commit suicide.

 

Something I demonstrated years ago (I'm good doing Sudokus):

For each non-prime integer
X = p1 * p2 * p3 * ... * pn
In which all pi are prime numbers in the form:
pi = 1 (module 4)
There are exactly and only
2^(n-1)
different ways (ignoring order and position) to write X as a sum of two squares (a,b):
X = a^2 + b^2
Example:
65 = 5 * 13,
where 5 = (4*1) +1 and 13 = (4*3) + 1
Therefore: n = 2 and there're only
2^(2-1) = 2 different ways to write 65 as a sum of two squares (a,b):

65 = 64 + 1 (8,1)
65 = 49 + 16 (4,7)
With more prime factors (all 1 mod4):
3 factors= 4 ways.
4 factors = 8 ways.
5 factors = 16 ways.

 

Please relate this to:
The Golden Mean
The Golden Triangle
The Unit Triangle
The Unit Circle

 

The Golden Arches

Come to think of it, somebody's probably already written the formula for them.

 

Anyone? C'mon, don't be shy!

 

Parabolic?

 

Hyperchondriac.

 

Hyperplexy?

 

Hyperabolic?

 

Maybe a little perplexed, but not that bad.

 

Bollix?

 

See, now that's funny, right thar!

 

There's a good example of inflation. Today, on the cheap side, a .45s go for about 25 cents per round.

 

Back when I used to shoot, I would pick up surplus ammunition in bulk. Last time I purchased 7.62x25 rounds I picked up a crate of 2500 rounds for a little under 500 CAD (or about and 20 c each) and a can of 720 rounds of 7.62x39 was around 175 CAD (or 24 cents per round). Or at the current exchange rate, 15 and 18 cents American respectively.

 

And a shot of whiskey goes for anywhere from about four bucks and up.

 

A "glory hole" is where one goes to blow



glass.

 

Really gotta shake my head over this one! As I wipe the tears from laughing so hard.