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Monday, March 02, 2009

Hyperturtle...

The nature of time and space is a tricky thing. But I saw a swimming turtle yesterday that was remarkably fast. In the water, the turtle moved adeptly and unpredictably. It moved at a curious speed; it was the previously undefined Murphy Velocity.
Murphy Velocity is an almost infinitely variable number, with the principle characteristic of it being the wrong velocity for what you want to do. This particular example was designed to frustrate my picture taking ambitions. My cell phone camera is amazingly slow, with several button presses and a long pause before it decides almost randomly when to take a picture. The turtle mischievously defined his Murphy Velocity to my camera specs, leaving me with many blurry pictures and zero satisfaction.
Mother Nature is one perverse individual.

}:)

P.S. Dolphins sometimes swim over when you whistle... That could be crucial to my plans to take over the world!