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Re:How to Stabilize a Wobbly Table (2007) by thfuran on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:50PM (#21632042)
How does that work? I guess the sphere just expands?
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Re:How to Stabilize a Wobbly Table (2007) by zentiggr on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:59PM (#21632127)
Old physics joke about using approximations to model a farming problem... "Start with a spherical cow in vacuum, ..."
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Re:How to Stabilize a Wobbly Table (2007) by twic on Monday November 25, 2019 @03:16PM (#21632301)
thfuran's comment extends the joke by inquiring how a cow might raise its head while being a perfect sphere.
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Re:How to Stabilize a Wobbly Table (2007) by zentiggr on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @08:53AM (#21638236)
Gotcha - 'rearing their ugly heads'... I should slow down and think the thread through every now and then lol
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