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Wednesday, April 25, 2007

How many sides does a triangle have?

Uh, none? Four? I'm so confused...

Hat tip to Joseph over at Corpus Callosum.

Speaking of ignorance, there's a little gem in the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Apparently, global warming is being caused by Daylight Savings Time starting earlier this year. The pain! Oh, the pain!

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Cool science video

Mark Chu-Carroll (Good Math, Bad Math) shows off a really cool video of the Kaye effect, whereby a stream of liquid flowing onto a smooth surface will occasionally shoot off jets that merge back into the downward stream. I think I'm going to need more shampoo (and someone to help clean the inevitable mess I'll make).