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Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by giddyup, Feb 12, 2008.

  1. kikimama

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    Somewhere in his calc along with s = 0 (0 as reference) and x = final height below reference, should have been gravity (a = 9.81), s = x - v*t - (1/2)at^2 to get time. I think. Then some different equation to adjust for the increase in dollars (height) as he falls. I think.
    Anyhow, the point is bill gates is rich !@#%%!! (not calling you a -----, just a reference to dave chapell).

    Apple makes $80 / iPhone @ $399 + $240 / AT&T 2 Yr contract(with iPhone).

    Octopus eat and use the restroom with the same orafice.

    Highest paying jobs in order:
    # Mutual-Fund Manager: $500,000-$1,000,000/yr
    Surgeons: $65.89/hr; $137,050/yr
    # Investment Banker: $64.42/hr; $134,000/yr (entry level)
    # Obstetricians and gynecologists: $64.15/hr; $133,430/yr
    # Anesthesiologists: $63.31/hr; $131,680/yr
    # Internists, general: $61.03/hr; $126,940/yr
    # Actuaries, certified: $57.52/hr; $119,680 (base salary only)
    # Pediatricians, general: $56.03/hr; $116,550/yr
    # Psychiatrists: $54.60/hr; $113,570/yr
    # Family and general practitioners: $52.89/hr; $110,020/yr
    # Dentists: $53.28/hr; $110,820/yr
    # Pharmacists: $53.00/hr; $110,240/yr
    # Chief Executives: $51.77/hr; $107,670/yr
    # Airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers: (N/A); $99,400/yr
    # Podiatrists: $45.43/hr; $94,500/yr
    # Lawyers: $44.19/hr; $91,920/yr
    # Optometrists: $42.35/hr; $88,100/yr
    # Computer and information systems managers: $40.33/hr; $83,890/yr
    # Physicists: $40.26/hr; $83,750/yr
    # Air traffic controllers: $40.07/hr; $83,350/yr
    # Petroleum Engineers: $39.33/hr; $81,800/yr
    # Nuclear Engineers: $38.56/hr; $80,200/yr
    # Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates: $38.24/hr; $79,540/yr
    # Marketing Managers: $37.70/hr; $78,410/yr

    Korean government will invest USD 1.9 Billion dollars to create 2 ROBOT theme parks.
     
  2. ima_drummer2k

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    # Musicians: ($20.00)/hr


    You can not fold a piece of paper more than 7 times, no matter how big or small it is. G'head, try it.
     
  3. DonnyMost

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    think mythbusters busted that one
     
  4. newplayer

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    not true. I just did 2 experiments and in both cases I managed to fold a piece of paper 7 times.

    Experiment 1: I took a rather long strip of double-layered toilet paper and folded in the same direction 7 times.

    Experiment 2: I took a piece of A4 paper, folded it symmetrically along the short side 4 times, then symmetrically on its long side 3 times, and it worked!
     
  5. Lil Pun

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    I thought they did too.
     
  6. Lil Pun

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    Well, he said MORE than 7 times.
     
  7. newplayer

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    the toilet paper is double layered, and i folded it 7 times, so it counts as 8 times single layered.

    i just folded a piece of A1 paper 8 times and it worked!
     
  8. Lil Pun

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    Want a cookie?
     
  9. bladeage

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    i just made really little folds and was able to fold about 20 times.
     
  10. DonnyMost

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    drummer2k meant to say "you cannot fold a piece of paper symmetrically (end to end) more than 7 times"
     
  11. Yaozer

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    I kick ass at origami.
     
  12. ima_drummer2k

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    Screw you guys!!!
     
  13. Cannonball

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    I don't know about you but I made (on average) $65/hr this year. I just didn't have that many hours. :D
     
  14. newplayer

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    if by "cookie", you mean a blow job, then yes.


    that's what i did! you can take a piece of A1 paper, fold it symmetrically with respect to the long edge 4 times, then fold it symmetrically with respect to the short edge 4 times. The paper will end up a bit stiff, but it can be done.
     
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    You can't fold a piece of paper IN HALF in successive folds, not unfolding any of the previous folds, more than 7 times.
     
  16. Lil Pun

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    No I meant an actual, baked cookie. I'm not gay, not that there is anything wrong with that if it is your preference.
     
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    dogs and bees smell fear
     
  18. Lil Pun

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    I thought they could sense it? How do they smell it?
     
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    1. If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days, you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.

    2. If you fart consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.

    3. A pig's orgasm lasts for 30 minutes.

    4. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour.

    5. Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.

    6. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.

    7. Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left-handed people do.

    8. The ant can lift 50 times its own weight, can pull 30 times its own weight and always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.

    9. Polar bears are left handed.

    10. The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.

    11. The flea can jump 350 times its body length.

    12. A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death.

    13. The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to its body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.

    14. Some lions mate over 50 times a day.

    15. Butterflies taste with their feet.

    16. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

    17. Starfish don't have brains.
     
  20. bladeage

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    Alot of people pass gas when they get scared.
     

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