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Showing posts with label Random nothingness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Random nothingness. Show all posts

Monday, September 21, 2009

An Experiment


Rank the following in order of most probable to least probable, with 1 representing the most likely outcome and 3 representing the least likely.

  • Peyton Manning will throw for 300 yards tonight.
  • The Miami Dolphins will beat the Colts by more than 30 points, and Peyton Manning will throw for 300 yards.
  • The Miami Dolphins will beat the Colts by more than 30 points.
Let me know how you rank them and then I'll let you know if you're right or not.  

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Galloping Gertie

This clip is of the fall of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on November 7, 1940. To read the full story, click here (Damn Interesting).

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

This Could Never Happen Now: C'etait un Rendevous

On Christmas, I went to my aunt and uncle's house. Now my uncle and my two cousins are huge car enthusiasts, which I must admit I am not. The whole first hour I was there they kept talking about this movie called Rendeveous that my uncle got for Christmas. Finally, they popped it in, and I was blown away. I watched it three more times with them. This is that movie, actually called C'etait un Rendevous. It is a ten-minute film released in 1976 in which the director, Claude LeLouch, strapped a camera onto the front of a Ferrari 275 GTB and drove through Paris at 5 or 6 AM. There is a ton of mythology surrounding the film, which you can read here. Also, I highly recommend seeing it on a large TV with surround sound. It blows this version out of the water. Enjoy.