Finally
So I havent updated because nobody asked anything! I’ll try to be more entertaining or informative so people will follow my blog just cause.
Turns out the grass background was foreshadowing, as I have started my own lawn care service with a friend. But door-to-door is slow because I am sick and that is how I had time to find out about Google Wave.
I’ve been telling my wife that there is a niche to be filled, one left empty by the death of the chatroom. Google Wave is going to fill it, EXACTLY as I was saying someone needs to do. Go google it if you want to know what it is, but your brain might collapse from the immensity of it. But you will have used it at least once in a year.
Add this to how I was telling her that our phones need video and a system of posting straight to Youtube and BAM–Cupcake goes and does it! So I gotta keep updating so I can keep calling things.
And please, ASK ME SOMETHING!
Eamon
Lunch questions.
I got really worn out last week and didnt get to these questions! I’ve been listening to and trying to understand Bob Dylan lately. It IS infectious, I find myself singing songs all the time, the abyssmal trend-hippie covers of which haunted my childhood.
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Chris re-asked how to measure a second. You measure the atomic radioactive decay of Cesium and the time it takes to go through a set number of stages is a second. It was originally a celestial measurement and the need for a leap day comes from slight nuances in our orbit. We want the universe to correspond to our calendar days, so a leap day is like daylight savings time in that respect.
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Which chapter is the most superior of all Space Marine Chapters in Warhammer 40k?
Aarron
Well, the Ultramarines were the gene-seed, and the Grey Knights are the most decorated. So I’d say its between the two.
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Do you think Quantum Theory has anything in common with what Jesus taught about Faith?
Paige
They are both intangible. Other than that, no. Quantum theory is largely comedy to me, since it is a lot like Nihilism or The Matrix in that it is proven by itself in that it is a theory that everything and nothing is concrete. I sincerely believe it is the extrapolation of some correlations and results of some physics experiments to this pseudo religious extreme. If it were the premise of a SciFi show it would be great, but the idea that someone would find it helpful in any way is laughable. I don’t quite understand how it would relate to Faith other than it is unprovable and requires faith of some kind to ascribe to. Perhaps you could elaborate.
No name questioner!
Why do ‘no trespassing’ signs say “posted: no trespassing”? Isn’t the ‘posted’ posted part implied?
Yes, but you could also wonder why warning signs say warning: hot surface instead of just posting an average temperature or saying “hot”. Its more a statement of legality than communication. My dad had signs on his Ranch that read: “Posted: NO TRESPASSING. This is your final notice” every 500 feet. Felt a lot more like an implication that you had your chance, and the rules were met and spelled out for you.
How long is a second?
Its actually amazing. A second used to be an astronomical time unit, measured, like many things in the old days, celestially. The egyptians took a day and divided it up 24 times, and the greeks divided those up 60 times, then 60 times again. The modern standard is the space between 9 waves of radioactive decay of a Cesium atom. Trouble is, pesky things like magnets and gravity alter the rate, so it must be isolated to measure.
….or you could time the sunrises of 2 days, and divide it 24 then 60 then 60 times. Modern methods may be fancy but they sure can be stupid. Reminds me of the predicament NASA had getting pens(which are gravitationally and atmospherically fed) to work in space. Pressurized pens would be dangerous, so they spent MILLIONS developing a space-pen that could write upside-down or in space and was prohibitively expensive except for collectors and spacemen.
Meanwhile, the Ruskies used pencils.
Im trying to internet myself to sleep. It ain’t working. Maybe I’ll read. Anyone else not get enough sleep during the workweek and then can’t sleep on weekends?
Eamon
Goodness gracious!
So fine. Nobody ask me anything.
Chris asked which way toilets flush on the equator, and the answer is that the equator is an imaginary line like a state border. You are either on the top or bottom half and it flows one way or the other.
I would now like to criticize our president. Clearly, he is either like those authors that create a masterpiece at their day job and then realize they can’t just write good stuff, or he fired whomever wrote those old speeches. His administration’s policy is absolute trash, which I may get to, but considering a president is more a figurehead and face than anything, I take issue with his misleading statements. I am not even concerned with the fact that I find this change repulsive, and Bush should never have had to write an order demanding that EXTREMELY devisive, and non-restorative actions not be publicly funded. I only will focus on his poor leadership.
I speak, of course, of the “false choice” dead horse he’s beaten into the ground, inspiring fanboy democrats everywhere to kill their own horse and find a stick. He stated:
“In recent years when it comes to stem cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values. In this case. I believe the two are not inconsistent. As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering. I believe we have been giving the capacity and will to pusue this research–and the humanity and conscience to do so responsibly.”
A false choice is a dilemma where only two choices are given when there are in fact other options. You would think Obama would be an expert, considering a massively perpetuated false choice is what got him elected. He is asserting that the administration decided sound science and thoughtful research is sacriligious. He then goes on to state that because he claims he is of the one religion ascribed to by everyone who isnt an atheist(right?), and that he has decreed that stem cell research is morally acceptable because we can and want to, it should be publically funded.
None of my own opinions are in that paragraph, it simply is a direct translation of the bull-headed carpetbagging verbally displayed by our fearless leader. I do not condemn him for it, no one man can decide for the nation, and in a position of extreme power such as his, you can’t expect the vested groups surrounding him to sponsor an environment of clear thought and careful decision making. They’ve already made their decisions, after all.
In the Bible, a recurring theme is that of a good or bad ruler. Many lives are preserved and stories are told as lessons in leadership, and I’ve never understood why even the most extreme of candidates never focus on their God-given charge to be a talented, fair, just, and wise ruler. It seems we just get one at a time, at severe deficit to the others.
Don’t they know that focusing on just one is a giving in to a false choice?
Eamon
what causes the white spots on my fingernails? Ive heard its caused by calcium deficiency, because i don’t drink milk.
-Kissy
Honestly, there is just flat too much information on this page about nail spots, so I’ll post the link.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-causes-white-spots-on-fingernails.htm
Just know that calcium has no business in milk! It’s a common additive, like flouride in water or iodine in salt. Calcium is a mineral, so it is best attained through plants that store a lot of it from the soil.
Oh boy!!!
I got a shiny new toy! My Google G1, the extension of my body that probes cyberspace. Think of it as my taboggen on the intertubes.
I have some questions!! But I am cold on my apartment stoop, so I’ll only do a few.
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how does this work?
http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=60&startValue=61&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=15890346&parentid=W_COLL_VALENTINESFORHER&sortProperties=&navCount=15&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=W_COLL_VALENTINESFORHER&popId=WOMENS_APPAREL&prepushId=
-Betsy
My guess is, it doesn’t. It’s really expensive for a toy, but this IS urban outfitters we’re dealing with.
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It was brought to my attention that she meant to ask why plant CONTAINERS don’t need air holes. They do. But your plant needs very little air and produces a tiny amount of oxygen from sunlight and soil nutriants. The nitrogen from air it can derive from soil, but your success is due to its small scale. Thatch, a thick layer of debris on lawns, is very detrimental to the plants, one of the reasons being that it blocks air from getting in.
Questions!
Why dont plants need air holes?
–Betsy
They do! They are just incredibly tiny, as pores create water loss, so they stay small and close when they aren’t being used.
Where can i get a cork, made to fit jars that are really big?
–Betsy
How big? Try searching on the internet for “Buy Cork Plug” because the phrase “A Cork” is metonymy.
Is there any reason a tortoise couldnt be potty trained?
–Betsy
No. Any animal can be trained and just because it hasn’t been done doesn’t mean that it can’t be. But that has nothing to do with the fact that there is simply no stated evidence that a Tortoise CAN’T be potty-trained.
How bout[the feasibility of] put[-ting a tortoise] into a clear plastic exercise ball?
–Betsy
As long as an entry point is big enough to fit the Tortoise in it, you can put a tortoise in a clear plastic exercise ball. I doubt the Tortoise would like the exercise ball, because it is very disorienting for any creature at first, but rodents are energetic and curious and adapt quickly to it. But my experience with animals and animal caretakers is that just like all living things, every Tortoise is different.
Do tortoises like going to the beach?
–Betsy
Again, every Tortoise is different.
What is the average IQ of a drug dealer?
–Anonymous
No credible studies have been done, because the premise is illegal, which would cause a storm of red flags for bias, accountability, etc etc. So you can’t really say. The average person’s IQ is periodically re-centered at 100, to keep results updated, since the average person’s IQ is steadily rising, always most heavily in the lower half, called the Flynn Effect.
How much can I sell all my eggs for?
–Betsy
Well, you can’t sell them all at once, but you can sell them individually for about $4,000 apiece. Most women are born with anywhere from 1-2 MILLION eggs, and do not produce more eggs over the course of their lifetime. Interesting fact, if a woman is pregnant with a girl, by month 2, the baby already has all the eggs she will ever possess.
Why do people think calculator watches, fannie packs, and tying your hoodie around your waist are dorky, when they are far more efficient than the alternatives?
–Chris
It’s a preference. Either they disagree about the functionality of it, or they fear rejection for association to something considered negatively abnormal, which is a learned behavior.
Why does my hair get more greasy if I’m lying on the couch all day than if I were out riding my bike and getting all dirty and whatnot?
–Cameron
Your hair gets oily by getting coated in Sebum, a mysterious and near-ubiquitous bodily fluid that lubricates just about anything and everything on your body. If you sweat, your hair is not in danger of drying out, and will not get as oily. And knowing you, you probably take a shower twice a day when you sit around, and five times when you ride your bike. I kid. But not really.
Internet starved
So I’ve been totally without internet for some time now. It sucks.
I’ll be getting a G1(HOPEFULLY) within the next 30 days, and then I will be able to keep up with this place on a more than daily basis.
The answer to the proposed rules set is “ANY SERIES OF INCREASING VALUES”. It is used to display what is called “Confirmation Bias”, the tendency of people to look for validation of preconceptions before thinking intuitively. It’s the idea that if you perceive an some kind of trend, you will only search to validate it. It is rooted in what is known as “Inverse Gambler’s Fallacy”, which is one of my new favorite things.
I’ve become something of a “logic-nazi”.
Gambler’s Fallacy is the false belief that the odds of something particular happening in a randomized environment increase as the process is carried out. So if I roll a 6-sided die 800 times and never roll a single 5, it is often assumed that the chances of rolling a 5 are extremely high, but they are no higher than 1 in 6. INVERSE Gambler’s Fallacy is much more common in everyday life. It is the idea that if I rolled a 4 6-sided die(4d6, for those of you who don’t suck as much), and got 4 sixes as a result, the dice must have been rolled before. If someone is told that a person played a game of baseball and hit 5 home runs and threw 9 perfect innings, the assumption is that they have played baseball before, which isn’t necessarily true.
Critical thinking. It’s a new hobby of mine.
Eamon
Chemicals, Drugs, and a game.
First day of work today, and I feel pretty good. I got soaked hands in chemicals because our hose was broken(as we got the crappy truck), but mostly just spread fertilizer, killed some weeds, etc. It is a good balance between hard work and smart work. And most of the lawns we treat are looking pretty good.
I have a fun game to play! I’m going to give you a numerical series. It was made to abide by a single rule. You simply tell me what that rule is!
2 4 6
Eamon
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Are those experimental drug tests they pay people to do a bad idea?
Betsy
Yes! In short. You are being paid not for your time, but in truth, you are being paid to take an unforeseeable risk. You could die, you could get a disease, you could ruin a relationship, or just become emotionally scarred by altered behavior. They have no idea at all what putting their new creation into a living human being will do, so they pay people a small enough sum to ensure they are simply hard-up-for-cash people who’ll do near anything to make some money with no labor involved.
The real trick is that you said TESTS. Many people illegally and wrongfully take many of these tests simultaneously, in order to make a reasonable income by doing absolutely nothing. The problem is not only that the drugs are not tested at all, let alone for drug interactions, but it makes the already sadistic testing method completely invalid scientifically, and the results can’t really be trusted. So you try out a birth-control pill, and also a heart pill. The birth-control causes lethal blockage, pressure, or swelling in days, and the heart medication works wonders and saves your life outright. The birth-control is approved as completely harmless, and the heart medication is canned for causing sterility.
Don’t sell your health. OSHA, Child Labor Laws, and Worker’s Rights campaigns are just a few institutions that exist to enforce this value, and no consenting adult should give away their second most valuable personal possession for some stupid money.
Sunday
I got out and recycled our trash, which we had a lot of, and got several books on Lawn Care from the Library(where the recycling dumpsters are).
I’m gonna watch the Golden Globes tonight, because I’ve never seen them. I hope they don’t bore me to death.
Ok this post is an excuse for a question I’m pumped to share about.
Eamon
What does the Girl Scout organization do with the ridiculous money they make off selling all those cookies at $3.50 a box?
Chris
Actually, you’re lucky they are only $3.50, because the troops set the price locally! They only get 12-17% of the revenue and 50% goes to corporate, and the rest to the manufacturer. I personally was EXTREMELY disappointed by the warped and watered-down, PC version of Boy Scouts I was offered as a boy, several times at various stages. I don’t really support scouting because I don’t think it offers children anything other than another chance to become institutionalized.
So make the cookies yourself! If you live in Arlington, let me know, because I plan to make some of those Thin Mints, about 5 dozen of them. BECAUSE FROZEN THIN MINTS ARE THE BOMB!
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