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[samvara]

The Physics of Bras
Bog Snorkelling
Can Fame Be Measured Quantitatively?

We propose... ...the standard unit of fame be called the Lewinsky (Lw), where 1 Lewinsky is the number of web pages that mention Monica Lewinsky. In this system, Earle Spamer has a fame of 840 microLewinskys, while Jesus Christ has a fame of 7.6 Lewinskys.

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[zebra363.livejournal.com]

The women run with and without bras, so the laboratory doors are bolted to prevent uninvited people from bursting in.

*g*

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Because if I had agreed to a study where people get to stick sensors on my breasts and then map the way they jiggle when I run, the thing I'd be worried about is people seeing them.

[juffles.livejournal.com]

To that end, McGhee's team in Australia, headed by biomechanist Julie Steele, tags women with light-emitting diodes and asks them to run on treadmills.

I find there's a real problem these days with assuming that technological solutions are the best ones. This team has gone to all the trouble of tracking LEDs in 3-dimensional space, when all you really need is a triple-redundant configuration of adolescent mammary observation specialists. Give them a look at the test subject running for...oh, about 2 seconds?...and they'll give you a 10-page report with accuracy of movement down to about 5nm.

[juffles.livejournal.com]

Actually, my point about reliance on technological solutions is reinforced with the first picture in that article, with the caption:

"An x-ray scan of a bra reveals major structural elements, including straps, fasteners, and underwires."

I think we could pick those elements just by looking at it?

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

Yes but would you feel like you'd really, really studied it?

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

I think we could pick those elements just by looking at it?

I thought this too. Overkill!

[cricketk.livejournal.com]

From bra physics "When straps are thin, the pressure exerted through them can be so great as to leave furrows in the shoulders of large-breasted women. As the straps dig into the brachial plexus, the nerve group that runs down the arm, they may cause numbness in the little finger. "

One mysterious jogging pain mystery solved!

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

63 to go?

Fame

[eric-schulman.livejournal.com]

You might also be interested in my second article on fame (http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/fame2.html). And my third article on fame will be appearing in the Annals of Improbable Research soon. You'll be able to access it from my science humor page (http://members.verizon.net/~vze3fs8i/air/) once it is published.

Re: Fame

[black-samvara.livejournal.com]

I like The History of the Universe in 200 Words or Less and the Operational Assessment of the E-11 Blaster Rifle.

I have always thought the failure of Imperial Stormtroopers to successfully fire a blaster and hit a barn waddling away slowly was to do with having been cloned badly from Jango Fett. A blind spot no doubt enhanced by the traditional helmets.