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stop complaining about your job

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 19:12:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.sunbelt-software.com

Quit Complaining About Your Job

Tags: fun, job, pictures

The Beauty of Mathematics

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:49:19 GMT

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The Beauty of Mathematics

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And finally, take a look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=123456789 87654321

beautiful, funny, interesting

Tags: beautiful, funny, interesting

Can Clipmarks change your life?

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:07:21 GMT

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Clip Source: clipmarks.com

This website changed my life

"Bitesize clips from the web" It's the wiki of news and web information. People share and you can sign up for feeds. Anyone can 'pop' a story to be at the top of the list on the site. Completely democratic user generated news and information. It's amazing. I find out everything here.. It's actually, dare I say, more addictive than MySpace. Thank me or hate me later...

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Knowledge, Power, Time, Work and Money Equations

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:01:55 GMT

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Knowledge, Power, Time, Work and Money Equations

From: Skull (skull@yakko.cs.wmich.edu)

Knowledge is Power
Time is Money
and as every engineer knows, Power is Work over Time.

So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of wisdom, we get:

K = P (1)
T = M (2)
P = W/T (3)

Now, do a few simple substitutions:

Put W/T in for P in equation (1), which yields:

K = W/T (4)

Put M in for T into equation (4), which yields:

K = W/M (5)

Now we've got something. Expanding back into English, we get:

Knowledge equals Work over Money.

What this MEANS is that:

The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and
The More You Know, the Less Money You Make.

Solving for Money, we get:

M = W/K (6)

Money equals Work Over Knowledge.

From equation (6) we see that Money approaches infinity as Knowledge approaches 0, regardless of the Work done.

What THIS MEANS is:

The More you Make, the Less you Know.

Solving for Work, we get

W = M K (7)

Work equals Money times Knowledge

From equation (7) we see that Work approaches 0 as Knowledge approaches 0.

What THIS MEANS is:

The stupid rich do little or no work.

Working out the socioeconomic implications of this breakthrough is left as an exercise for the reader.

Tags: knowledge, power, time, work, money, fun, humor

Bush Clothes Label

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:53:35 GMT

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Bush Clothes Label

Clip Source: www.davezilla.com

This is the clothing label from a small American firm that sells their products in France.

Here’s the translation of the French part of the label:

Wash with warm water
Use mild soap
Dry flat
Do not use bleach
Do not dry in the dryer
Do not iron
We are sorry that our President is an idiot
We did not vote for him

Via Brian

Tags: funny, fun, humor, humour

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:50:51 GMT

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The Ultimate Rejection Letter

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

Commonly Mispronounced Words

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:35:28 GMT

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Commonly Mispronounced Words

across (a-CROSS) - Incorrect: (a-CROST)

athlete (ATH-leet) - Incorrect: (ATH-a-leet)

Arctic (ARC-tic) - Incorrect: (AR-tic)

comfortable (COM-fort-a-ble, COMF-ta-ble) - Incorrect: (COMF-ter-ble)

electoral (eh-LEK-tor-al) - Incorrect: (eh-lek-TOR-al)

espresso (ess-PRESS-oh) - Incorrect: (ex-PRESS-oh)

February (FEB-roo-air-y) - Incorrect: (Feb-yoo-air-y)

figure (FIG-yer) - Incorrect: (fig-er)

forte (FORT) - Correct only as the music term: (for-TAY)

insouciant (in-SOO-see-ant) - Incorrect: (in-SOO-shant)

lambaste (lam-BASTE) - Incorrect: (lam-BAST)

library (LIBE-rare-ee) - Incorrect: (LIBE-air-ee)

menstruation (men-stroo-A-shun) - Incorrect: (men-STRAY-shun)

minuscule (MIN-uh-skyool) - Incorrect: (MIN-ih-skyool)

nuclear (NUKE-lee-ar) - Incorrect: (NUKE-yoo-lar)

nuptial (NUP-shul) - Incorrect: (NUP-shoo-al)

often (OFF-en) - Incorrect: (OFT-en)

percolate (PERC-o-late) - Incorrect: (PERC-u-late)

plenitude (PLEN-i-tude) - Incorrect: (PLENT-i-tude)

probably (PROB-ab-ly) - Incorrect: (PRAH-bal-ly, PROB-ly)

pronunciation (pro-NUN-see-A-shun) - Incorrect: (pro-NOUN-see-A-shun)

realtor (RE-al-tor) - Incorrect: (REAL-a-tor)

supposedly (sup-POSE-ed-ly) - Incorrect: (sup-POSE-ab-ly)

taut (TAUT) - Incorrect: (TAUNT)

toward (TOW-ward) - Incorrect: (TOR-ward)

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words, education, fun,

Tags: words, education, fun, mispronounced

How To Make Firefox Faster

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:09:32 GMT

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Clip Source: www.clipmarks.com

How To Make Firefox Faster

Clip Source: www.clipmarks.com

Here's something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

Tags: firefox, fast, speed, tips

The Current Prettiest Images

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 07:05:31 GMT

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The Current Prettiest Images

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The Current Prettiest Images:

Tags: photos, prettiest images, voting

collection of cool bus advertising

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:56:46 GMT

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Clip Source: clipmarks.com

+collection of cool bus advertising+

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cool, bus, ads, advertising, images, humor, humour, interesting, pics

Tags: cool, bus, ads, advertising, images, humor, humour, interesting, pics

Fun with English

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:52:51 GMT

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Clip Source: clipmarks.com

Fun with English

For all you lexiophiles (lovers of words):-

A bicycle can't stand alone because it is two-tired.
What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway).
Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
A backward poet writes inverse.In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes.
She had a boyfriend with a wooden leg, but he broke it off.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.
With her marriage she got a new name and a dress.
Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you A-flat minor.
When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart.
You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under.
He often broke into song because he couldn't find the key.
Every calendar's days are numbered.
A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine.
A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
He had a photographic memory which was never developed.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium-at-large.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
When you've seen one shopping center you've seen the mall.
Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine.
When an actress saw her first strands of gray hair she thought she'd dye.
Bakers trade bread recipes on a knead to know basis.
Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses.
Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.

Tags: fun, english, language

The size of our World

Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:50:20 GMT

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Tags: planets, suns, space, omfg