Some are more whimsical

A more whimsical prototype of the mad scientist can be found in Aristophanes' comedy The Clouds .

Now, that might seem a bit whimsical, but this pervasiveness of this tendency towards spontaneous order sometimes has unexpected consequences.

This is a system called TAMPER, which is a slightly whimsical look at what the future of editing and media manipulation systems might be.

Open capital accounts may be replaced not by whimsical ad hoc interventions that heighten uncertainty and weaken confidence, but rather by predictable rules based constraints on financial capital flows.

This whimsical wrap up of TED2006 presented by Einstein, the African grey parrot, and her trainer, Stephanie White simply tickles. Watch for the moment when Einstein has a moment with Al Gore.

Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister takes the audience on a whimsical journey through moments of his life that made him happy and notes how many of these moments have to do with good design.

At TEDxRotterdam, world champion whistler Geert Chatrou performs the whimsical Eleonora by A. Honhoff, and his own Fête de la Belle. In a fascinating interlude, he talks about what brought him to the craft.

And when you're dealing with grammar, which is, you know, incredibly dry, E.B. White wrote such wonderful, whimsical and actually, Strunk and then you come to the rules and, you know, there are lots of grammar things. Do you mind me asking a question?