reversehaven

A piece of paper....
:Friday, July 06, 2007:

Ever wondered how many times you could fold a piece of paper in half before it's too thick to fold? Yeah. Even using large mahjong paper, you can only fold it in half seven times before it's too thick to fold. Screws your mind huh? go give it a try. heh.

Hmm. but if you WERE able to fold paper infinitely, ever wondered how tall a piece of paper could get if you folded it in half fifty times?
Hmm. one inch thick?
one metre?
Ten metres?

Still wrong. Since the paper doubles it's height each time you fold it, by the second fold it's four times as thick. By the seventh fold it's 128 times i'ts original thickness. By the tenth fold it should be 1024 times it's thickness. That would be two reams of new A4 paper. That means that by the 14th fold, it should be 16384 times as thick. That would equate to 32 reams of new A4 paper, which will definitely be about your height. by 50 times, it should be as tall as the eiffel tower. you do the math.

Screws your mind, doesn't it? just one small piece of paper. heh.

Edit. Just got bored so..... decidedd to rant about this lecturer guy around....

We were having our Archery booth at the SP open house. so this moustached guy walked past and started staring with interest. I think he should be a lecturer. Then we engaged in a conversation which made me wonder how many other idiots there are out there in this world.

him:have you all seen the REAL bows and arrows?
me:uhh, Sir, these are real.
him:nono. i mean have you all seen thos REAL bows an arrows? the REAL ones?
me:stares at him quizzically
him:i mean those with (makes a triangular shape at the arrow tips)
me:oh, you mean those with broadheads, those used for hunting?
him:yah
me:oh we engage in target archery, so we do not use those types of bows and arrows.
him:nono, i mean those real types, Metal types of bows, those two parts joined together type
me:metal, this is metal too *points to james' metal riser, the winstar2*
him: no no, i mean those that you make your own arrows wan. The type with goose feathers and stuff like that. Those are the real bows, need licence to carry around becasue they can kill. I know that because I do alot of archery in the UK(ED:erh.. what do you mean 'a lot of archery in the UK?!' that's poor english. and besides, target archery makes up 70% of the entire archery fraternity, if you count ski archery, hunting, traditional, and yada.)
me: but sir, these can kill too. Though we don't need a licence because they are sporting equipment. Although we are not allowed to show them in public.
him:no no, I know all these becasue I do alot of archery in the UK.
me:erh, well, this is a olympic class setup similar to what an olympic archer will use in the olympics. *points to james' recurve bow again, complete with carbon stabilisers.*
him:singapore has never won the olympics before right?
me:erh no. Singapore isn't in the olympic league yet.
him:ok ok. i'm just trying to tell you about this. I know becasue i'm doing a lot of archery in the UK. *walks off dissatisfied*

whoa... i'm beginning to wonder if my$2k bow setup is now going to be classified as a toy. O_O. Gosh that's quite hillarious isn't it? imagine Mr Simon Fairweather when he won the sydney 2000 gold medal. 'YESSSSSSS (with the bow in the air) I WON THE OLYMPIC GAMESSSSSSS with a toy.'..............

grins. i love making fun of his kind of people. heh heh.

The reversehaven spoke at 12:03 AM