Re: Way cool!

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.
>