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From: gregwong@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Greg Wong)
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Subject: Re: Do You Have an Interesting Formula?
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Date: 13 Mar 88 20:41:50 GMT
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In article <1536@pixar.UUCP> hb@pixar.UUCP (H. B. Siegel) writes:
>I'm collecting interesting and/or amusing "formulas" for eventual
>posting.
>
>Some examples to give you idea of the flavor:
>  An expression for the probability of  
>life on other planets as a function of lifetime of technological 
>civilization times the lifetime of a star, etc.
...
>	H.B. Siegel

The probability that a mistakenly dropped, buttered slice of bread will
land buttered side down is greater than 0.5.  In fact, the probability
is directly proportional to the value of the carpet.

A socket used in repairing an automobile engine when dropped will roll
under a car to the exact center most of the time.  In fact, the distance
from the socket's location to the exact center of the car is in direct
proportion to the ground clearance of the car.
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