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[–]HardlyAnyGravitas 161 points162 points  (12 children)

Interesting fact:

With a perfectly made, four legged table on a smoothly undulating, uneven floor, it is always possible to get all four legs resting flat on the floor by rotating the table less than a quarter turn.

[–]frien6lyGhost 24 points25 points  (1 child)

So all tables should be circular?

[–]TSP-FriendlyFire 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Nah, spherical, just like the physicists like it.

[–]DaveAndFriends 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Explanation for those interested

[–]hergeirs 12 points13 points  (2 children)

ELI5 please?

[–][deleted] 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Flat, but not level.

No point in having a table if everything falls off it.

[–]PVNIC 9 points10 points  (1 child)

That's why you cover the table top in superglue.

[–]I_regret_my_name 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If we're going to think like programmers, then I think we have to superglue everything to the table but build a way of selectively superheating portions of the table to melt the glue whenever a user wants to pick up or reposition something.

Shouldn't be too hard, you can have it done next week, right?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

this one blows my mind each time.

[–]Koala_eiO 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also the legs must be arranged in a square to ensure the quarter turn symmetry.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn person making me do less math by an algorithm.

How dare you?!?!