Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Missile Balloons for your Car.....
H/T Don
It's from a commercial for CH-9 in Kuala Lumpur but I cannot find the video.
Translating Scientific Reports......
The following list of phrases and their definitions might help you understand the mysterious language of science and medicine. These special phrases are also applicable to anyone reading a PhD dissertation or academic paper.
"IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN"... I didn't look up the original reference.
"A DEFINITE TREND IS EVIDENT"... These data are practically meaningless.
"WHILE IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE DEFINITE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS"... An unsuccessful experiment, but I still hope to get it published.
"THREE OF THE SAMPLES WERE CHOSEN FOR DETAILED STUDY"... The other results didn't make any sense.
"TYPICAL RESULTS ARE SHOWN"... This is the prettiest graph.
"THESE RESULTS WILL BE IN A SUBSEQUENT REPORT"... I might get around to this sometime, if pushed/funded.
"IN MY EXPERIENCE"... Once
"IN CASE AFTER CASE"... Twice
"IN A SERIES OF CASES"... Thrice
"IT IS BELIEVED THAT"... I think.sciencebad.jpg
"IT IS GENERALLY BELIEVED THAT"... A couple of others think so, too.
"CORRECT WITHIN AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE"... Wrong.
"ACCORD1NG TO STATISTICAL ANALYSIS"... Rumour has it.
"A STATISTICALLY-ORIENTED PROJECTION OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE FINDINGS"... A wild guess.
"A CAREFUL ANALYSIS OF OBTAINABLE DATA"... Three pages of notes were obliterated when I knocked over a glass of Mountain Dew.
"IT IS CLEAR THAT MUCH ADDITIONAL WORK WILL BE REQUIRED BEFORE A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF THIS PHENOMENON OCCURS"... I don't understand it
"AFTER ADDITIONAL STUDY BY MY COLLEAGUES"... They don't understand it either.
"THANKS ARE DUE TO JOE BLOTZ FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THE EXPERIMENT AND TO CINDY ADAMS FOR VALUABLE DISCUSSIONS"... Mr. Blotz did the work and Ms. Adams explained to me what it meant.
"A HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT AREA FOR EXPLORATORY STUDY"... A totally useless topic selected by my committee.
H/T DML
This is not...........from Rico
The Euro has gained 7.7% against the US dollar since February. The weighted Dollar Index (vs. the Euro, Yen, Pound, C$, Swiss Franc and Swedish Krona) posted its biggest 1-day drop since 1971 on 3/18 after Ben Bernanke's announcement. [For quantitative easing read: a flood of dollars]
Some have called this the end of Rome-on-the-Potomac...the start of the debasement of the World's Reserve Currency.
Winston Churchill in Nov 1942 said it best, and might well have said this about the US Dollar today:
"Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."
News....
The Britney Presidency Jules on the media muppet in the White House.
Obama Slams Churchill. A bit more on his insult to us Brits.
Obama Hacks Off France In Latest Foreign Policy Blunder. He is pissing everybody off.
The Big Takeover. And we are powerless.
Help Stop the Scandal at Our Lady's University. Someone else doesn't like Obamadisaster.
Top General: Next-Gen Bomber Ain't a Bomber at All. Sure looks like one.
Give us a £40k pay rise and we'll give up perks! Shameless MPs reveal 'solution' to expenses row. And they wonder why they are held in contempt.
Vulnerable patient left without food for 26 days was one of six who died after appalling NHS failures. Will heads roll? Not a chance.
Political row as top grammar school becomes the first to be placed into special measures despite 95% A-C GCSE results. F**k Ofsted
Stand up for the National Anthem! BBC's 'banal' song for England gets a panning. Which idiot thought this up.
Deflation expected to return to UK for first time in 50 years. Another nail in our economy's coffin.
Neglected Edwardian inventor 'made 1920s death ray'. Cool.
Anti-terror strategy highlights threat of small 'terrorist groups'. No s**t.
Barack Obama woos private investors to buy $1 trillion in toxic assets. They are called toxic for a reason.
Public sector hit as Britain prepares for deflation. It's bloated and needs to be cut back.
British soldiers in Iraq were betrayed by third-rate kit. The MoD should be held to account, but it won't be.
$2m bounty placed on heads of Mexican drug lords. Not high enough.
Kurdish funeral attack raises fear of escalating Iraqi violence. Our enemies know that Obama will cut and run.
Obama insists on Afghan exit strategy as US briefs NATO on new line. That will only encourage the Taleban.
and finally....
Top Gear team revs up for Majorca rally... and it looks like James May has finally pulled. Top Gear Totty.
The reason the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines squabble among themselves is that they don't speak the same language.
For example, take a simple phrase like, "Secure the building."
• The Army will put guards around the place.
• The Navy will turn out the lights and lock the doors.
• The Air Force will take out a 5-year lease with an option to buy.
• The Marines will kill everybody inside and make it a command post.
H/T Red Stick
Who needs a laptop!!
Alfred Sirleaf is an analog blogger. He take runs the “Daily News”, a news hut by the side of a major road in the middle of Monrovia. He started it a number of years ago, stating that he wanted to get news into the hands of those who couldn’t afford newspapers, in the language that they could understand.
Alfred serves as a reminder to the rest of us, that simple is often better, just because it works. The lack of electricity never throws him off. The lack of funding means he’s creative in ways that he recruits people from around the city and country to report news to him. He uses his cell phone as the major point of connection between him and the 10,000 (he says) that read his blackboard daily.
MORE HERE
H/T DML
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VERY INTERESTING STUFF..........
In the 1400's a law was set forth in England that a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb. Hence we have "the rule of thumb"
Many years ago in Scotland , a new game was invented. It was ruled "Gentlemen Only..Ladies Forbidden"...and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.
The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the U.S . Treasury.
Men can read smaller print than women can; women can hear better.
Coca-Cola was originally green.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
The State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska
The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% (now get this...)
The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%
The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven: $ 16,400
The average number of people airborne over the U.S. in any given hour: 61,000
Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.
The San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National Monuments.
Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:
Spades - King David
Hearts - Charlemagne
Clubs -Alexander, the Great
Diamonds - Julius Caesar
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later..
Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?
A. Their birthplace
Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name requested?
A. Obsession
Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?
A. One thousand
Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?
A. All were invented by women.
Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
A. Honey
Q. Which day are there more collect calls than any other day of the year?
A. Father's Day
In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes. When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase......... "goodnight, sleep tight."
It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.
In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts... So in old England , when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them "Mind your pints and quarts, and settle down."
It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"
Many years ago in England , pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim, or handle, of their ceramic cups. When they needed a refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is the phrase inspired by this practice.
At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow!
H/T Peter Gunn
Monday, 23 March 2009
Another Stupid Question....
The series 'The Mentalist' starts in the UK this week. Is it worth watching?
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