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Когда проматываешь вниз страницу, на которой крутится GIF-мультик, так что он уходит вверх и исчезает с экране, продолжает ли он там крутиться?

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[oxfv.livejournal.com]

Странно, у меня открывается без проблем. Вот тебе текст на этой странице:


Unanswerable Questions

Ah, the koan. The unanswerable riddle put forth in an attempt to show how logic is not the end-all be-all of life, and that only through spiritual exploration wills we truly achieve fulfillment. I know the answers to the two most famous koans in existence.

An idle boast, you say perhaps. Who in their right mind would claim to have the answer to a question that is known to have none? Well, I do not claim to be a genius, but logic can be used to discern the answers, and science. I fully advocate spiritual exploration and growth, but these questions will not lead me personally to enlightenment.

First, sharing the fame of the greatest koan in history, is the query, "If a tree falls in the middle of the forest, and there's nobody around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Now, this would seem to be unanswerable at first look. However, science has proved that sound is a vibration of the air, and if that vibration is present, then sound is present. The tree falling would make air vibrations whether or not people were present, and so it would technically make a sound.

The second koan that has highest fame is the riddle, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" This is a difficult question to answer, unless you look at the meanings of the words. The verb "to clap" is found in the form of "clapping" in the question. Now, most people interpret this to mean "the action of slapping one's hands together fast enough and hard enough to make a sharp noise (a clap)." However, the word "clap" is an onomatopoeia for that sharp sound. Therefore, the verb "to clap" can also be interpreted as "to make a sharp noise (a clap)." With this definition, the question can be rewritten "What is the sound of one hand making a clap?" This question is easily answered. The sound of one hand making a clap is obviously a clap.

For anyone who reads this and questions why I would actually try to answer these questions, I will tell you that the clapping question was completely unintentional. I rather like writing and English, and one day on the bus ride to school, my mind began to wander. I had a revelation, and realized the solution to the koan. It was cool.

Questions? Comments? Evil flames? znm101@hotmail.com

[lnvp.livejournal.com]

Очень трогательно, по-моему :^). А ты, со своим питерским снобизмом... Хорошо, что тот парень (ставлю 10 против 1, что не девушка) не знает, как ты его тут обижал (хотя, по его рассуждениям, тем не менее обида объективно существует :^) )

[oxfv.livejournal.com]

Look who's talking about питерский снобизм! :) wink-wink, nudge-nudge, say no more!