Theoretical Logic

A collection of Trevor Parscal's illustrated theories, some more plausible than others.

Elevator User Interface

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Theory: Pressing the close door button on an elevator control panel does not affect the time it takes for the door to close.

Geography Knowledge vs. Population Density

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Theory: The average resident of San Francisco has stepped foot in a greater number of foreign counties than neighboring cities.

Lifecycle of Eating Salad for Lunch

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Theory: Everything tastes better with meat and cheese.

Productivity vs. Time Consumption

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Theory: Using social networking web sites is the opposite of having sex. (and that’s why I am digitally abstinent)

Adoption Rate of Web Standards

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Theory: By the time Microsoft Internet Explorer supports CSS3, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox will already support the W3C Teleportation API.

Reasons to Start Using Linux

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Theory: Linux is the future, resistance is futile.

Excuses for Not Using Linux

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Theory: Linux is so bleeding-edge it doesn’t even work yet.

Periodic Table of Browsers

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Theory: If Microsoft Internet Explorer was never invented, I wouldn’t have walked to work, I would have ridden a hoverboard.

Computation vs. Engineering Efficiency

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Theory: JavaScript is the best programming language in the world.

Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Engine

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Theory: Internet Explorer’s JavaScript engine is haunted.