2Comments Buttered cat paradox

Facts:
When dropped from some height -

• Cats always land on their feet.
• Buttered toast always lands buttered side down.

The paradox arises when one considers what would happen if one attached a piece of buttered toast (butter side up) to the back of a cat, then dropped the cat from a large height.
The experiment will produce an anti-gravity effect. As the cat falls towards the ground, it will slow down and start to rotate, eventually reaching a steady state of hovering a short distance from the ground while rotating at high speed as both the buttered side of the toast and the cat’s feet attempt to land on the ground.
With a giant buttered cat array, a high-speed monorail could easily link New York with Chicago.
[The one obvious danger is, if the cats manage to eat the bread off their backs, they will instantly plummet. Of course, the cats will land on their feet.] 

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I read the quote first time in book named 'Don\'t make me think'.
Checked the wikipedia for concept.
Image is taken from tambayan.ph site

6Comments Oops. The flight you have requested...

Today something funny happened... At least I think its funny :)
While I was coming back to Mumbai, my flight number was 404.
At the boarding counter me n these airline guys had following conversation-
'Sir, just go down stairs you'll find our bus. It'll take you to your plane.'
'And what if I couldn't find it?'
'huh?'
'hehe. I was just kidding. you know, because the flight number is 404. hehe.'
(they looked at one another)
'well. 404 on internet means file not found. forget it... thanks anyways.'
n then I went down-stairs silently but rapidly.

Seriously, was that a lame joke? or they just didn't know what 404 means..
come on.. everyone knows what 404 means :)



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Just another thought -
May be they should use same protocol.
400s n 500s are may be not common but well known in case of airlines.
Technical issues, not able to connect to the tower, not able to find a flight (like LOST for eg), internal engine issues..
yeah, right? what say?

7Comments The Butterfly Effect...

परवा match मधे प्रवीण कुमार out झाला अणि माझ जेवण संपल. नंतर मला कळल की मी १ तास जेवत होतो. Normally मी १५ मिनिटात जेवण संपवतो. पण जेव्हा जेव्हा match अशा critical moments ला असते तेव्हा तेव्हा माझ्या actions slow होतात एकदम...
अस एक feeling असत की आपण इथे काहीतरी केल तर तिथे out होइल.. काही लोकांना वाटत की ते match पाहत असतील तर India हरायला लागते. मग अशा वेळी ते त्यांच्या त्यांच्या room मधे जाउन बसतात अन मग तिकडून ओरडत राहतात "काय झाल? out झाला का ??". काही लोक उभे असतात. अन मग त्यांना वाटत राहत की आपण जर परत खुर्चीवर बसलो तर wicket जाईल.
कोणीतरी just काहीतरी आणण्यासाठी आत खोलीत गेल आणि इकडे कोणी sixer मारली तर संपलच "तिथेच थांब! तू तिथे असशील तर ते चांगले खेळत आहेत.." बिचार्याची फुकट एक over आत बसून जाते. मग तो हळूच परत येतो..
Seriously, हा Butterfly Effect वरचा विश्वास, हा कमीत कमी हालचाल करण्याचा प्रयत्न match संपल्यावर next instance ला funny वाटायला लागतो. पण (मला तरी) हाच विश्वास पुन्हा match आणि जेवण एकत्र आल्यावर "एक घास बत्तीस वेळा चावावा" म्हणीची आठवण करून देतो...