Yeah? But do you have a big enough piece of paper? I don't.
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And Sheffield is further south than Liverpool
Busted, but not unarguable?
Origami facts, from Kaustubh Saha on Quora.com:
Lets start will a typical A4 size paper roughly 300 mm x 200 mm (with a thickness of 0.1 mm) and keep on folding the longer dimension in half. Now you realize that there are two factors that make folding a piece of paper hard :
1. the length and breadth of the paper : smaller dimensions are harder to fold
2. the thickness of the paper : thicker sheets are of course harder to fold
Now, if we fold a paper 7 times alternating the direction of fold everytime,
the length and breadth of the surface will be reduced by factors of 2^4 and 2^3 respectively while the the thickness will increase by a factor of 2^7
So after folding an A4 sized paper seven times,
length of the surface = 300/2^4 = 1.8 cm
breadth of the surface = 200/2^3 = 2.5 cm
thickness of the structure = 0.1*2^7 = 1.3 cm
Now as you can see, the height of your resulting paper is rather significant in comparison to the remaining length and width at your disposal. You can start with a larger paper but the main problem here is the thickness and it will need immense strength to add one more fold manually. Britney Gallivan has done a lot of research on this area and concluded that in order to fold a sheet of paper in half, it must be PI (3.1415926 ...) times longer than its thickness.
1. the length and breadth of the paper : smaller dimensions are harder to fold
2. the thickness of the paper : thicker sheets are of course harder to fold
Now, if we fold a paper 7 times alternating the direction of fold everytime,
the length and breadth of the surface will be reduced by factors of 2^4 and 2^3 respectively while the the thickness will increase by a factor of 2^7
So after folding an A4 sized paper seven times,
length of the surface = 300/2^4 = 1.8 cm
breadth of the surface = 200/2^3 = 2.5 cm
thickness of the structure = 0.1*2^7 = 1.3 cm
Now as you can see, the height of your resulting paper is rather significant in comparison to the remaining length and width at your disposal. You can start with a larger paper but the main problem here is the thickness and it will need immense strength to add one more fold manually. Britney Gallivan has done a lot of research on this area and concluded that in order to fold a sheet of paper in half, it must be PI (3.1415926 ...) times longer than its thickness.
If you had a big enough piece of typically thick paper and folded it over 103 times, it would be thicker than the obervable universe, 69 billion light years. That's exponential growth for you.
The band Kasabian are named after - Linda Kasabian, who was the driver for Charles Manson and his followers, the Manson Family.
mythbuster
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I was surprised to learn that Norwich is slightly north of Birmingham. Weird.
They're also a bit crap.
mythbuster
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I don't know anybody who doesn't have an opinion on Kasabian. They're either crap, or amazing, depending on who you listen to.
Personally, I like a couple of their tunes, but I'd never go out and buy an album or a ticket to see them.
I like about 1 song of theirs, and like is a pretty strong words. I'd like to say I give all kinds of music a chance (despite my preferred being rock/metal), but they're just annoying and sound so samey...
Each to their own though, I s'pose.
mythbuster
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Yeah, I'm a big rock/metal fan myself, but that's not all I listen to. If somebody put a gun to my head and asked me to name my top ten artists, I'd probably go with:
Guns N' Roses
Pink Floyd
Alice In Chains
Nirvana
Megadeth
The Beatles
The Eagles
Bob Marley
Faith No More
Ocean Colour Scene.
EDIT: Oh crap, Led Zep should be in there somewhere. Oh well, can't be arsed mulling over who to take out.
It sounds like you don't think that they are crap or amazing.
mythbuster
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I'd defo put them closer to crap than amazing. Just get the impression that other people either love them or hate them (or just don't care.)
I really don't care about Kasabian. Anyway....
Chic's Le Freak was originally called, ahem, "'Eff" Off" (but the actual word, not abbreviated to "eff"). These were the words that were sung as the main hook, but they were understandably changed to 'Freak Out' before the song was recorded.
Chic's Le Freak was originally called, ahem, "'Eff" Off" (but the actual word, not abbreviated to "eff"). These were the words that were sung as the main hook, but they were understandably changed to 'Freak Out' before the song was recorded.
Jamo Martinez
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Stop trying to get round the swear filter.
Haha really?? I'm singing it new with new lyrics!!