Thursday, April 5, 2012

Brokered Conventions

We haven't seen a brokered convention since:
For the Democrats, 1948; for the Republicans, 1952. Why?

Money talks?

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Thursday, March 10, 2011

How about those magnets?

I stood on the ledge. I released the computer. It immediately fell down to the ground 20 feet below. It disintegrated upon impact. Hundreds of little pieces bouncing off the pavement in a random, unpredictable pattern.

Then I attached the hammer to the magnet. I shook the magnet. I waved the magnet. The hammer continued there, stuck on the magnet. I wondered, what happened to gravity? Why did the magnet prevent the hammer from falling? Is the force in the magnet f=g+x?

Maybe it was the force of my hand holding the magnet holding the hammer. Maybe.