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| Thread ID: 66061 | 2006-02-09 08:00:00 | Butterflies - The New Threat | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 428811 | 2006-02-09 08:00:00 | I've been musing about chaos theory - as you do - and wondering what the butterfly in China (or Central Park) is up to . Then I chanced across this site where the sterling work of Professor Jim Hammer has uncovered the latent lepidopteral horror . . obvious . fsnet . co . uk/butterfly/butterfly . htm" target="_blank">www . obvious . fsnet . co . uk A sample: Event One: A butterfly - possibly a cabbage white, or similar variety - spreads itself across a leaf in New York's Central Park . It stretches lazily in the warm sunshine and contentedly flaps its wings . This motion generates a small current of air, barely perceptible, but sufficient enough to divert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Event Nine: Octopuses from all over the world gather in the Atlantic Ocean to protest . Their numbers are so great that they disrupt shipping and cut off the Gulf Stream, the current which supplies warm water to the North Atlantic . . . . . And so it escalates . Anyone got a net? :nerd: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 428812 | 2006-02-09 08:09:00 | Obligatory CB comment. | ninja (1671) | ||
| 428813 | 2006-02-09 08:17:00 | We have just witnessed a perfect sociological example of chaos Winnie. A man sketches a little drawing in Denmark, then a little later all hell breaks out all over the world with about a dozen or so killed. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 428814 | 2006-02-09 08:27:00 | We have just witnessed a perfect sociological example of chaos Winnie. A man sketches a little drawing in Denmark, then a little later all hell breaks out all over the world with about a dozen or so killed. Oh? So there were Danish butterflies involved? Gad. :waughh: |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 428815 | 2006-02-09 09:09:00 | Trouble is Winnie, physics doens't support this theory, despite chaos being involved . But hold ya horses: Now if a man (or woman for that matter, but more likely a man, as you will soon observe, that's if you can get past this wee piece of mindless blather I'm writing at the mo . . . ) . . . where the hell are we, yeah ok, got it, Now if a man or woman for that matter, but much more likely to be a man . . . . . . . . whoa! Ok! I'll let your superior intellects figure it out, to get you started (and not waste too much time with me blatheri . . . . . . ) . . . . . it's got everything to do with baked beans or onions or cabbage or a strong curry & beer or, combinations thereof (preferably) and, tobbacco and/or matches or a lighter or fire in general . 1 . to 9 . BOOOooooOOOm! Hint:________^ Shockwave coming back around . |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 428816 | 2006-02-09 09:43:00 | We have just witnessed a perfect sociological example of chaos Winnie. A man sketches a little drawing in Denmark, then a little later all hell breaks out all over the world with about a dozen or so killed. www.tshirthell.com |
ninja (1671) | ||
| 428817 | 2006-02-09 17:41:00 | Trouble is Winnie, physics doens't support this theory, despite chaos being involved . You think so? . imho . com/grae/chaos/chaos . html" target="_blank">www . imho . com "This phenomenon, common to chaos theory, is also known as sensitive dependence on initial conditions . Just a small change in the initial conditions can drastically change the long-term behavior of a system . " I love chaos theory . . . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 428818 | 2006-02-09 19:27:00 | We have just witnessed a perfect sociological example of chaos Winnie. A man sketches a little drawing in Denmark, then a little later all hell breaks out all over the world with about a dozen or so killed. Has anyone seen the offending cartoon? Is it available online? A P.S. Thanks for the like Winston! An interesting read.... |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 428819 | 2006-02-09 23:13:00 | You think so? www.imho.com "This phenomenon, common to chaos theory, is also known as sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Just a small change in the initial conditions can drastically change the long-term behavior of a system." I love chaos theory... As I said, despite chaos theory, you need to adhere to the wackier aspects of it to take the butterfly analogy on board in it's totality, I don't. Mind you, I only had a fairly cursory look at it and, some time ago at that. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 428820 | 2006-02-09 23:33:00 | I would suggest turning the mind to objective considerations. www.aynrand.org |
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