Thursday, October 25, 2007

can't resist a turtle story

"Some turtles win the old shell game"
A mathematician has found why only a lucky few species of turtles can right themselves after being flipped. It all depends on the shape of the shell.

i have 2 primary complaints with this story...

complaint number A:
what university pays not only a professor but also a grad student to create a self-righting object?? i can see how it might be interesting... but how exactly is it useful?

complaint letter 2:
so you've paid your professor and grad student to make you a self-righting object and now you're actually going to continue paying them to flip turtles over to see if they can right themselves? doesn't this constitute some sort of turtle torture??? i'm calling PETA!!!

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