Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

OK, for all those of you who wanted to check your answers to the 80's Toy Quiz, here they are: 1. Lite-Brite 2. Operation 3. Cabbage Patch Kids 4. My Buddy 5. Castle Greyskull (He-Man) 6. Transformers 7. Spirograph 8. Teddy Ruxpin 9. Shrinky-Dinks 10. Big Wheels 11. Care Bears 12. Micro Machines 13. My Little Pony 14. Rainbow Brite 15. Merlin 16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17. G.I. Joe 18. Monchichi 19. Mouse Trap 20. Mr. Microphone 21. Barbie Dream House 22. Simon 23. Slip - N - Slide 24. Robotix 25. Laser Tag So, how'd you do?

When I was in college, one of my best friends introduced me to the idea of The Fun Equation. Being both chemistry students, we often found humor in relating math and science to the 'real' world (whatever that is). The Fun Equation was a cute, funny, and fun way of looking at what makes an experience "fun". Here's the equation in its most modern form. In order to really understand how fun is to be had, we first need to define our variables. F is, of course, Fun . The amount of fun to be had. M is Mess . Mess may be made by the person having fun, or be a result of the fun. N is Noise . C p is the Potential for Getting Caught (but not actually getting caught - think of it as risk) S is Sleep . I s and I o are Injury terms. I s is Injury to Self , while I o is Injury to Others . D p is Damage to Property , either belonging to self or others. C a is Actually Getting Caught . From the equation, we can see that Fun is compounding exponentially with respect...