Think all that “security” really matters?
Check these pranks.
The Visa Prank
http://www.zug.com/pranks/visa
The Credit Card Prank
http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit/
The Credit Card Prank II
http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit_card/
The Credit Card Criminal
http://www.zug.com/pranks/credit-cards/
How does the arrow cursor on your computer monitor work when we move the mouse? Haven’t you ever wondered how it works?Now, through the miracle of high technology, we can see how it is done.With the aid of a screen magnifying lens, the mechanism becomes apparent.
Click on the link below and you will find out.
The image may take a minute or two to download. When it appears, slowly move your mouse over the light gray circle and you will see how the arrow cursor really works.
Notice what happens even when you stop moving the mouse for a minute.
Try clicking your mouse too.
Follow this link and find out the truth
It seems that we do not like people to sit.
We dislike it so much, that we work over and over and over to be sure that people do not sit.
A story in the Providence Journal (also accessible from this site) tells the story of Edgar Velázquez. An illegal immigrant, he was apparently employed by a tree care service. The owner reportedly knew he was illegal and paid him in cash, under the table. When he was working, without the protective headgear required for such work, a chainsaw blade “kicked back and sliced through his nose, left eyelid and forehead”.
The story indicates that his employer then arranged for immigration to deport him to avoid the issues of this accident.
One year ago, Edgar Velázquez slashed his face open with a chainsaw while working for a Warwick tree service company. The saw blade struck a fence, kicked back and sliced through his nose, left eyelid and forehead, leaving a flayed crimson channel and nearly exposed bone. Though a surgeon repaired his face, his wounds reopen and ooze, he said, and his pain lingers.
At the time, Velázquez was in the country illegally from Mexico, working for William J. Gorman Jr., owner of Billy G’s Tree Care. Velázquez said Gorman hired him despite knowing of his undocumented status.
Soon after his injury, Velázquez learned that he was entitled to seek compensation from his employer for his medical bills, permanent disfigurement and weekly benefits.
But Velázquez never had his day in court.
State law entitles undocumented workers to workers’ compensation benefits — as is true in many other states — but on the day of Velázquez’s scheduled hearing, on Aug. 2, immigration agents arrested him outside the J. Joseph Garrahy Judicial Complex in Providence. Less than one month later, the 20-year-old was sent back to Mexico.
“I was about to get into the courthouse when Mr. Gorman said my name. He speaks a little Spanish. He says, ‘Edgar, Edgar, stop!’ So I turned around and Immigration was there. And then he [Gorman] laughed, and he said, ‘Now Edgar, I’m sending you back to Mexico — I have no use for you now,’ ” Velázquez said in a phone interview from Mexico. “He said, ‘Edgar, adiós.’ ”
I found this story at WorkingImmigrants.com which has much more information as background.
As that site notes, “There is quite a lot of passion around the issue of ‘illegal immigrants,’ but far too little passion around the issue of ‘illegal employers.’”
You can see the original picture here. (After clicking you’ll have to use the pull-down menu on the left to select the pacman skull.)
Saturday Night Live offers great skits. I recently encountered this one about the TSA. Alas, it is too too close to the truth.
I am strongly opposed to the conflict (”war”) in Iraq and what I believe to be the politics of deception that took us there.
But that said, for me, opposing the fight and supporting the troops are not opposites. For me they are parallel, synchronous thoughts and feelings.
There is a video on YouTube which was put together by Lizzie Palmer (with some help).
Lizzie is 15 years old. She uses the YouTube handle of FlutieCutie.
Here is some info about Lizzie
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=FlutieCutie
She has made many “tribute” videos about the military.
This particular one, uploaded more than six months ago (12.Nov.2006) is experiencing lots of internet fame. In part because of it’s appearances on conservative blogs and lists, it has now been viewed more than 6.6 Million times.
But it isn’t just on conservative blogs and lists. Like I said, I oppose the war.
Frequently, the young remind us of what we knew when we were young … and what we fail to remember in the hub-ub of adultness.
I recommend you get a box of tissues.
Large version
http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1
Smaller screen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ervaMPt4Ha0
Though I never really got paid for anything mathematical, mathematics is my formal college degree.
I have a BA in Mathematics. No, not a BS. I have a BA. But that’s another story.
Even though I’ve never “done” math for money, I still enjoy the mathematical gift.
Here is the best gift shop I’ve found for mathematicians.
Do you know a mathematician? Maybe s/he would like an “American Pi” coffee mug. You can see it on this page.
It can be a problem, especially because you are here and s/he is there.
Montana has the answer. You can get married in Montana with a double proxy wedding. Both of you appoint a proxy to act on your behalf and the proxies do all the work. They take the vows for you. Neither of you have to be there.
Think I’m kidding? Read the article.
Have you ever wondered what characteristics you should look for in a webdesigner.
This video post by zefrank offers one version.
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