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Fans
of
Weirdness
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30th
Apr
2001Newsgroups:
sci.lang.japan
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Subject:
Re:
Are
there
white
page
phone
directories
in
Japan?
In
the
Australian
external
territory
of
Norfolk
island,
there
is
rather
a
shortage
of
distinct
surnames
[historical
reasons].
So
[apparently]
the
White
Pages
is
sorted
by
nickname...
Newsgroups:
alt.shenanigans,sci.physics
|
Subject:
Re:
LED
flashlight
My
$5
laser
pointer
drove
my
dog
crazy,
but
my
cat
could
have
cared
less
(he
reacted
to
the
spot
just
enough
to
let
me
know
he
saw
it,
then
was
bored).
Newsgroups:
sci.math
|
Subject:
Re:
Apparent
Size
of
the
Moon
[A
full
moon
looks
bigger
near
the
horizon]
>Indeed,
and
it
appears
that
can
easily
be
verified.
Stand
with
your
>back
to
the
moon,
bend
over
and
look
at
it
between
your
legs.
The
>illusion
disappears.
Congratulations
on
your
serendipitous
discovery.
It
pays
to
keep
your
eyes
open
no
matter
what
you're
doing.
"It
seems
that
doing
it
yourself
can
actually
be
bad
for
your
health.
Neurosurgeon
John
Liddell
warned
about
the
dangers
of
'DIY'
at
a
forum
on
brain
surgery
in
Hobart
last
week."
--
Sun-Herald,
3
Dec
2000
p.16
[Sadly
(from
the
weirdness
point
of
view)
the
topic
was
household
DIY
head
injuries,
not
DIY
brain
surgery.]
Newsgroups:
sci.physics,alt.zen
|
Subject:
Re:
Do
Photons
Have
Mass?
Photons
are
sometimes
totalitarian
unless
their
wave
properties
get
in
the
way;
then
they
look
more
like
organized
anarchists.
Unless
the
particle
properties
get
in
the
way;
then
they
look
more
like
subversives
trying
to
dig
tunnels
under
state
lines
unless
they
get
entangled
in
barbed
wire
and
set
off
the
alarms.
Photons
lead
tough,
uncertain
lives
and
get
no
respect.
... you thought televised parliament was viscious? ...
Newsgroups:
sci.physics
|
Subject:
Re:
Perfect
circles
with:
f
=
ma
=
m[v^2/r]
=
2ms/t^2
>
>
Your
mathematical
abilities
approximate
those
of
an
epileptic
sea
urchin.
>
>
Ever
heard
of
something
called
a
limit,
bozo?
Or
calculus,
for
that
matter?
>
>
Of
course
I've
heard
of
them:
Are
you
some
kind
of
nerd?
Unlike
you
I've
>
studied
them.
And
that
time
was
clearly
wasted.
You
know,
most
people
at
your
level
of
ignorance
keep
this
fact
to
themselves.
>
No
matter
how
small
you
make
a
vector
triangle
it
will
never
>
point
to
the
circle's
center:
No matter how small we make a thimble, your brain will still fit nicely within it.
Dave
Barry's
comments
(including
using
the
frog
levitation
technique
to
getting
children
out
of
bed
on
school
mornings)
on
the
University
of
Nijmegen's
Flying
Frog
experiments
Cartoon:
Illustration
from
Backstage
Lensman,
a
parody
by
Ron
Goulart
in
Analog,
June
1978
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