User:Fnorth

Todo
Gremlins Paradox - write a description, find the appropriate categories. similarities: no beer after midnight @ 24hr supermarket, while unsigned int < 0)

Interests

 * Washington, DC
 * Marathons
 * University of Virginia
 * Movies... the better ones I've seen recently:
 * Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
 * North by Northwest
 * and the worst ones I've seen recently:
 * The Descent

I saw that Gremlins was a featured article recently. That reminded me of what I call the Gremlins Paradox, where the creatures cannot be fed after midnight. The movie never establishes when it is safe to feed the creatures - in other words they never indicate when it is not after midnight. Since 11:59 PM (2359) is twenty-three hours and fifty-nine minutes after midnight. So it is always after midnight except when it is exactly midnight. I thought this was just a silly little plot hole, but then I tried buying beer at a 24-hour grocery store around 12:15 AM. They said they don't sell alchohol after midnight. I challenged the cashier, asking exactly when is it no longer after midnight. It turned out to be 6:00 AM for that particular store.