Building Fences
It’s been my experience that lots of people will tell you how to build a fence, but very few will pick up a hammer to help you.
Entries Tagged as 'You Live and Learn'
How Smart Are You and How Does it Affect Your Employment?
Here’s an article I found (age unknown) that has some pretty interesting insight into an adults IQ (Intelligence Quotient) and their employability.
Definition of IQ: “Generally, one’s mental age stops rising rapidly when one reaches the latter teens–e. g., 16. Consequently, on some IQ tests, ‘16′ was taken as the chronological-age divisor in an IQ calculation for adults. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale is calibrated for all ages up to 70, with chronological-age divisors appropriate to every age 70 or below.
The average IQ is, by definition, 100. To get an idea what this means, someone with an IQ of 80 or below is considered to be marginally able to cope with the adult world. People with IQ’s of 80 or below typically work as unskilled laborers such as lawn maintenance and trash pickup. They generally need help from friends or family to manage life’s complications. About 10% of the population has an IQ of 80 or below.
People with IQ’s of 80-90 are a little on the slow side but may be found in fast-food restaurants, day-care centers, etc. They may also be found in unskilled jobs. About 16% of the population has IQ’s in this range.
People with IQ’s of 90-110 generally occupy semi-skilled positions, including typists, receptionists, assembly line workers, and checkout clerks. They are able to keep up with the world, and comprise about 46% of the public.
People with IQ’s in the 110 to 120 range fill the skilled trades and include some tool and die makers, teachers, and Ph. D.’s among their ranks. They also make up 16% of the population.
People with IQ’s of 120 and above tend to staff the professions as doctors, dentists, lawyers, teachers, and college professors. They fall in the upper 10% of the population.
The average IQ of all college professors is 130, which lies within the upper 3% of the general public.”
Makes you want to go out and take the test doesn’t it? I know where I land 
The Problem With PC People
Dave Winer has realized the problem with some developers. They don’t realize there’s a whole other world out there of people who don’t use Windows’s but still want to buy their programs and use them.
Dave Winer: “I just had my first experience clicking on a link to install some software and groaning when I realized it was Windows-only. Oy. The Mac is (dramatically) prettier, more colorful, has nicer hardware. But developers still make software for Windows without doing Mac versions. Before today that was someone else’s problem. Today it’s mine too.”
Kudos to all you developers who choose a platform-independent route. I like to use the same programs on my Windows and Linux machines that I use on my Mac. You make that happen. Thank you.
BTW, If you haven’t figured it out there are very few programs (Azureus being a noted exception) that run comparably on all 3. The most useful aps are server side like Bloglines, NewsGator, and Gmail.
Zipfizz
One of my friends at work brought in a couple of tubes of Zipfizz, the self-carbonating, just-add-water energy drink. For No Sugar (uses sucralose), 5 calories, and 1 carb this stuff was pretty good. It contains ginseng, caffeine, taurine, several amino acids, and 41,667% of the USDA’s recommended dose of Vitamin B12. I kid you not.
It didn’t leave me feeling shaky or antsy but I felt like I’d had a good nights sleep and a slight feeling of euphoria. Interesting stuff. I’d say it was better than coffee as a pick me up.
Tags: miscellaneous
Creative Cooking
Interestingly enough, I don’t think Jack Daniels cooks out of spaghetti sauce the way wine does.
It was good though. Damn I have a headache.
In Addendum: Robert’s comment wasn’t able to get past MT blacklist (sometimes it works just too well) so here it is.
Robert Brown: That’s hilarious, Loyd. One of my favorite techniques for improving Prego — aside from ample additions of basil, oregano, and garlic — is swishing some red wine around the inside the bottle to clean out the remaining sauce.But Jack? Now that’s a good idea.
I think we all spike our spaghetti sauce. We usually do wine also except this time I decided to get creative. My favorite things to add other than fresh herbs to spachetti sauce, sauted mushrooms.
Thanks for the comment, Robert!
Understanding
- Resistance to change
- Difficulty in expressing needs; uses gestures or pointing instead of words
- Repeating words or phrases in place of normal, responsive language
- Laughing, crying, showing distress for reasons not apparent to others
- Prefers to be alone; aloof manner
- Tantrums
- Difficulty in mixing with others
- May not want to cuddle or be cuddled
- Little or no eye contact
- Unresponsive to normal teaching methods
- Sustained odd play
- Spins objects
- Inappropriate attachments to objects
- Apparent over-sensitivity or under-sensitivity to pain
- No real fears of danger
- Noticeable physical over-activity or extreme under-activity
- Uneven gross/fine motor skills
- Not responsive to verbal cues; acts as if deaf although hearing tests in normal range.
Sometimes things just break your heart.
Dogs Are People Too
I’ve always said “dogs are smarter than humans” and now there’s proof.
Finally, an Old Dog That Can Learn New Tricks
In a report being published today in the journal Science, the researchers say a 9-year-old border collie named Rico was able to learn the name of a new object in one try, by a process of elimination.[NY Times (free registration required I think but it's worth reading)]
Let’s see you get a cat to do that.
Was it supposed to do that?
Mental note: Sometimes creating an .htaccess file can have “interesting” side effects (e.g. not being able to see your site anymore). Good news is writing over the file with a blank file seems to cure the problem. Remind me not to do that again.