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The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:13:27 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA  34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16.  After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department. 

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters.  With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals. 

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time.  Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August.  I look forward to seeing you then. 

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

Tags: rejection, letter, humor, funny, wit, application, jobs, people, joke, entertainment

How the mighty Google shall look in 2084

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:32:31 GMT

clipped by: sohil
clipper's remarks: Interesting

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Tags: google, funny, fun, humor, science fiction, software, internet, web 2.0, web, technology

Awesome Sidewalk Art

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:56:22 GMT

clipped by: CyanSmoker

Clip Source: moronland.net

Awesome Sidewalk Art

A collection of perspective images drawn on sidewalks. Truly incredible what can be accomplished with a bit of chalk.

Tags: art

When Graphic Artists Get Bored or are on Drugs !!!

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:34:02 GMT

clipped by: sohil
clipper's remarks: They're awesome aren't they.

BBW, Hurry up with the Anti-Dote already

Clip Source: homepage.ntlworld.com

When Graphic Artists Get Bored

Tags: photo, photoshop, photography, photos, fun, funny, humor

Do you clean your toilet with Coke?

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:38:00 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.wackyuses.com

Discover hundreds of little-known uses for well-known products,
by just clicking on a product!

Alberto VO5^® Conditioning Hairdressing

Alka-Seltzer^®

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Canada Dry^® Club Soda

ChapStick^® Lip Balm

Coca-Cola^®

Cool Whip^®

Crayola^® Chalk

Dannon^® Plain Yogurt

Easy-Off^®

Efferdent^®

Gatorade^®

Huggies^® Baby Wipes

Irish Spring^®Soap

Jell-O^®

Jif^® Peanut Butter

Lipton^® Tea Bags

Listerine^®

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Maybelline^® Crystal Clear Nail Polish

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Tags: science, humor, humour, house

north pole sunset

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:42:14 GMT

clipped by: em_daskalos

Clip Source: www.rockinghamremembered.com

Tags: moon, north pole, amazing

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

Sat, 08 Jul 2006 01:47:22 GMT

clipped by: invictus

Clip Source: tools.fodey.com

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

Tags: humor, newspaper clipping

Introducing the FULL TEXT Clipmarks Search Engine

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 21:12:22 GMT

clipped by: sohil
clipper's remarks: Searches Clipmarks.com, Clipmarks Blog and Clipmarks Updates.

Clip Source: www.google.com

Clipmarks

Scours the deep sea of information called Clipmarks

Tags: clipmarks, ideas for clipmarks, technology, google, web 2.0

The Eye of God

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 20:58:21 GMT

clipped by: sohil

Clip Source: www.wordtinker.com

Tags: god, nasa, picture, astronomy, cool

New Clipmarks Web Site!!

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:36:35 GMT

clipped by: egoldstein
clipper's remarks: I hope you enjoy the new site!!

Clip Source: clipmarks.blogs.com

This is a big one. Here's a sample of what's new.

Brand new design. Lots of changes...hope you like the new look and layout!
Only clips that are under 2,000 characters can be popped. We believe in the power of clip-size portions of information as a new, enjoyable way to consume information about more topics in less time. We're not exactly sure what it should be, but we feel there needs to be some kind of definition of "clip-size". For now, we're going to try 2,000 characters (you can still clip whatever you want, but to get popped it needs to be clip-size).
By default, comments no longer shoot a clip to the top. However, if you want to keep up with the latest comments, change your sorting options at the bottom of the Clip Exchange.
Check out the new clip-scroll at the bottom of the Clip Exchange. We think this should make it much easier and quicker to see what's available on the site.
There are now 4 main topics in the header. Each contains a drop-down menu with 10 related tags. You can set these to whatever topics interest you by clicking the "customize" link in the drop-down.
On the right side of the header are buttons that let you link to any of your favorite clippers or tags from anywhere on the site.

We hope you like the new site!!!

Tags: clipmarks

Unless You Say No, Your Organs Go

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 06:45:03 GMT

clipped by: haraya

Clip Source: blog.wired.com

The Canadian province of Ontario is considering a "presumed consent" system that would make everyone a potential organ donor unless they opt out.

It would apparently be the first place in North America to not require consent before organs can be removed.

The Canadian Press reports:

Members on both sides of the legislature said Monday the status quo isn't good enough. The NDP's Peter Kormos said perfectly good organs will continue to go to waste until Ontario has the courage to strengthen its organ donor system.

"It's a matter of political will," said Kormos, who has introduced a private members' bill to bring in presumed consent.

"There is some squeamishness about it. I, for the life of me, can't understand why people are squeamish about saving the lives of mothers, daughters, sisters, brothers, children and parents."

Tags: body, organs, donation, canada, ontario, consent, science, biology, health, medicine

The Fallacy Files

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:50:03 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks: I clipped this before, but pop restrictions burried the clip.

In a very naive hope to keep discussions fallacy-free, better the debate and stimulate some self-criticism, I'm re-sharing this with you all.

Anyway, the resource is huge, examples abundant, explications very clear and even etymological grounded.

Clip Source: www.fallacyfiles.org

Go to Main Menu

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I JKL M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

Clip Source: www.fallacyfiles.org

What are the Fallacy Files?

A collection of named fallacies—such as "ad hominem"—that is, types of bad reasoning which someone has thought distinctive and interesting enough to name and describe. This collection took the form, primarily, of the study and acquisition of books and articles on the named fallacies, especially textbooks and reference books. You can find individual files on the named fallacies via the Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies, or from the alphabetical index in the scroll bar to your left.

A collection of fallacious, or otherwise bad, arguments, that is, examples of reasoning which may commit one or more of the named fallacies under 1, or are bad in some way yet to be classified. This collection took the form of clippings from newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, photocopies of pages of books, and—in a few rare cases—entire articles or books which were rich sources of bad reasoning. I have used selections from my collection as examples in many of the files on named fallacies, and additional examples can be found in the file: Stalking the Wild Fallacy.

Tags: fallacy, logical, discussion, argument, logical fallacy, logic, appeal, argumentum, debate, index, list, rhetoric, science, politics, fallacy files

clipmarks truck spotted!

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 07:21:29 GMT

clipped by: BigBadWolf
clipper's remarks: The clipmarks truck was seen making it's way to the Rhino Awards. It's been rumored that the truck got lost on the way to the show and ended up at a nightclub in Vegas.

Clip Source: rhf3.com

Tags: clipmarks, truck

Does your mind live in different worlds?

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 01:40:01 GMT

clipped by: adamc
clipper's remarks: Woah. I think I'm becoming more decoherent the more I try to make sense of this.

Clip Source: hanson.gmu.edu

Many times each day, your mind permanently splits into different versions that live in different worlds.

The startling prediction of the "many worlds" interpretation of quantum mechanics is that when systems like your mind interact with small quantum systems, every possible quantum outcome actually happens in a different "world." Quantum mechanics is our most basic theory of physics, and surveys of prominent physicists reportedly find majorities favoring this interpretation. (More here.)

Clip Source: www.hedweb.com

Loosely speaking a "world" is a complex, causally connected, partially or completely closed set of interacting sub-systems which don't significantly interfere with other, more remote, elements in the superposition. Any complex system and its coupled environment, with a large number of internal degrees of freedom, qualifies as a world. An observer, with internal irreversible processes, counts as a complex system. In terms of the wavefunction, a world is a decohered branch of the universal wavefunction, which represents a single macrostate. (See "What is decoherence?") The worlds all exist simultaneously in a non- interacting linear superposition.

Worlds, or branches of the universal wavefunction, split when different components of a quantum superposition "decohere" from each other [7a], [7b], [10]. Decoherence refers to the loss of coherency or absence of interference effects between the elements of the superposition. For two branches or worlds to interfere with each other all the atoms, subatomic particles, photons and other degrees of freedom in each world have to be in the same state, which usually means they all must be in the same place or significantly overlap in both worlds, simultaneously.

Tags: mind, worlds, many worlds, quantum mechanics, science, interesting

108 Meditation Techniques

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 02:22:19 GMT

clipped by: arifsali

Clip Source: www.meditationsociety.com

108 Meditation Techniques

This is our list of 108 different meditation techniques. The hyper-linked (underlined) meditation techniques are currently online, and we are always adding more in the Featured Technique section. In the near future, we hope to have all of the techniques online, but until then we appreciate your patience.

Tags: spirituality, meditation, religion

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The Newspaper Clipping Generator

Name of the newspaper:

Date:

Headline:

Your own news story:

Introducing the FULL TEXT Clipmarks Search Engine

The Eye of God

New Clipmarks Web Site!!

Unless You Say No, Your Organs Go

The Fallacy Files

Go to Main Menu

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I JKL M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

What are the Fallacy Files?

clipmarks truck spotted!

Does your mind live in different worlds?

108 Meditation Techniques

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The Ultimate Rejection Letter

How the mighty Google shall look in 2084

Awesome Sidewalk Art

Awesome Sidewalk Art

When Graphic Artists Get Bored or are on Drugs !!!

Do you clean your toilet with Coke?

north pole sunset

The Newspaper Clipping Generator

Name of the newspaper:

Date:

Headline:

Your own news story:

Introducing the FULL TEXT Clipmarks Search Engine

The Eye of God

New Clipmarks Web Site!!

Unless You Say No, Your Organs Go

The Fallacy Files

Go to Main Menu

INDEX

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

What are the Fallacy Files?

clipmarks truck spotted!

Does your mind live in different worlds?

108 Meditation Techniques

A B C D E F G H I JKL M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ