In between the gloating over basketball victories and the professional kitten porn, The Poor Man tells us the most important piece of knowledge he has: "If you remember only one thing you have read on this webpage, remember this one fact. There will be a question and answer session afterwards, in case you find this at all confusing, because it is really vitally important that everyone completely understands this thing I am about to tell you. Here it is, in boldface, all caps, and underlined italics so you don't forget: WATER BOILS FASTER WHEN YOU COVER THE POT."
I want to second him, and to add another equally important piece of information: LIFE IS MUCH, MUCH EASIER IF YOU BUY PLASTIC LEFTOVER CONTAINERS SO THAT THEY ALL--NO MATTER WHAT THEIR VOLUME--TAKE THE SAME SIZE LID.
Posted by DeLong at May 19, 2003 04:36 PM | TrackBack
The second piece of information is simply BRILLIANT!
Posted by: Jean-Philippe Stijns on May 19, 2003 05:21 PMThe first is attributed to Albert Einstein, by someone who had been his host in Switzerland, in a letter to the editor of Scientific American, published in the issue after their feature on The Physics of Food a couple or five years ago.
-dlj.
Too many people only think of the Theiry of Relativity when they think of Einstein. He also made contributions in other inportant fields of research.
Posted by: zizka on May 20, 2003 07:12 AMI have it on good information that the Bush Administration thinks both assertions require further study.
Posted by: a different chris on May 20, 2003 07:46 AMI have it on good information that the Bush Administration thinks both assertions require further study.
Posted by: a different chris on May 20, 2003 07:49 AMThe main thing I have learned and relearned is: Use both hands.
Isn't Brad, the economic historian, just borrowing an idea from Henry Ford or Samuel Colt or somebody? Also, in my experience, in dynamic equilibrium (i.e., taking into account the effect of pot luck dinner invitations, kids' home science experiments, etc.)the only way to maintain a stock of leftover storage containers with interchangeable lids is to always order soup when you get Chinese food delivered. Maybe Joseph Needham should look into this.
Posted by: Martin on May 20, 2003 11:50 AMIsn't Brad, the economic historian, just borrowing an idea from Henry Ford or Samuel Colt or somebody? Also, in my experience, in dynamic equilibrium (i.e., taking into account the effect of pot luck dinner invitations, kids' home science experiments, etc.)the only way to maintain a stock of leftover storage containers with interchangeable lids is to always order soup when you get Chinese food delivered. Maybe Joseph Needham should look into this.
Posted by: Martin on May 20, 2003 11:52 AMNever eat at Taco Bell without a fork.
Posted by: Faisal on May 21, 2003 03:25 PMNever eat at Taco Bell without a fork.
Posted by: Faisal N. Jawdat on May 21, 2003 03:28 PM