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RE: Way cool!
- From: Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
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- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 20:04:44 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: RE: Way cool!
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On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, Dave Korn wrote:
> 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.
Free association: nothing destroys a computer like a mug of coffee...
Igor
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