Larry Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:59:39 -0700, Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>> Beat 20 out of 25.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> Lew
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
> Zero - I don't do flash.
>
I recently reinstalled Windows. It seems I installed the flashblock
application but never installed flash itself. There's no point until I
really want to watch a video on YouTube, they keep on requiring the
latest version anyway.
Puckdropper
--
Wishing Flash and bad PDFs would go away.
"Mike Paulsen" wrote:
> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you
> answered this:
>
> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?"
> (north of the equator)
> [] Counter Clockwise
> [] Clockwise
> [] Straight down
The question remains how did you answer the question?
Lew
"Robert Haar" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:C710B9DE.47B80D%[email protected]...
> On 10/30/09 1:42 AM, "Mike Paulsen" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>
>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
>>
>> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered
>> this:
>>
>> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
>> of the equator)
>> [] Counter Clockwise
>> [] Clockwise
>> [] Straight down
>
> And the question about fan rotation depends on whether the fan is blowing
> towards or away from you. The number of lug nuts depends on the kind of
> vehicle. Etc.
>
> This is the kind of test where knowing too much gets you in trouble.
>
> The real question is why was this test done is such a small font? Any why
> bother with Flash when standard HTML+Java would work as well and be more
> browser independent.
>
And merry-go-rounds turn counter clockwise in the US and clockwise in
Europe. OB woodworking content: the right sides of US merry-go-round horses
are more elaborately carved than the left, and the opposite is true in
Europe.
Kerry
On Oct 30, 12:59=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> =A0 =A0Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> ----------------------------------------------- =A0
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
20
On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:54:49 -0400, the infamous Greg
G.<[email protected]> scrawled the following:
>Greg G. said:
>
>>Reminds me of the movie, "Yahoo Serious."
>>In it they answer the question - Jokingly...
>
>Actually, it was the movie, "Young Einstein", starring Yahoo Serious.
>My bad... You know you're a sick puppy when you argue with yourself.
Hey, that sick puppy looks familiar. You that same womanizin' stud
muffin from Down Under who used to haunt these halls?
---
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight
very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands.
It hopes we've learned something from yesterday.
--John Wayne (1907 - 1979)
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
>
>
Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered
this:
"Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
of the equator)
[] Counter Clockwise
[] Clockwise
[] Straight down
On Oct 30, 3:07=A0pm, FrozenNorth <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Doug Miller wrote:
> > In article <[email protected]>, "Lew Hodgett" <=
[email protected]> wrote:
> >> =A0 Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> >> Enjoy
>
> >> Lew
> >> ----------------------------------------------- =A0
> >> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
> > I got 21... and I think I can be excused for not knowing how many match=
es are
> > in a standard pack, because I don't smoke and never have.
>
> I got 21 too, even got 2 of the three that have a decided US slant, so
> being a canuck isn't too bad, missed the matches question, I was
> assuming a metric pack.
> ;-)
>
> --
> Froz...
Leon Redbone once asked for a match for his cigar. A roadie gave him a
pack of matches. Leon said: "I just want to light my cigar, not burn
the fucking building down."
On Oct 30, 12:49=A0pm, -MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greg G. wrote:
>
> > My bad... You know you're a sick puppy when you argue with yourself.
>
> If you don't, there are plenty of people in here waiting to. =A0 :-)
I think you're wrong about that.
R
Doug Miller wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Beat 20 out of 25.
>>
>> Enjoy
>>
>> Lew
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>>
>
> I got 21... and I think I can be excused for not knowing how many matches are
> in a standard pack, because I don't smoke and never have.
>
I got 21 too, even got 2 of the three that have a decided US slant, so
being a canuck isn't too bad, missed the matches question, I was
assuming a metric pack.
;-)
--
Froz...
RicodJour <[email protected]> writes:
> I've heard teachers spout that crap about the water rotation. People
> will believe anything.
> http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp
Like "balancing an egg on end can only be done during the Spring Equinox."
A real simple experiment can test this, but apparently
they don't teach teachers about the Scientific Method any more.
In article <[email protected]>,
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
>Enjoy
>
>Lew
>-----------------------------------------------
>Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
>
>
Well, there is one where their answer is simply wrong -- which way water
goes down a drain -- plus a couple where there is more than one correct
answer -- which way fans rotate, and which way a merry-go-round turns --
because it depends on the particular device. You can find fans that turn
in either direction; heck, I have some that have a reversing switch on
them. (Not to mention the 'minor' issue of which way is 'facing' an
exhaust fan. :) And I know of one amusement park (now defunct) that had
counter-rotating merry-go-rounds, _side-by-side_.
I got the book-of-matches question wrong. I can't think of when the last time
I saw, let alone _used_, a match-book -- have always had box matches around
instead.
On 10/30/09 1:42 AM, "Mike Paulsen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
>> -----------------------------------------------
>> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered
> this:
>
> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
> of the equator)
> [] Counter Clockwise
> [] Clockwise
> [] Straight down
And the question about fan rotation depends on whether the fan is blowing
towards or away from you. The number of lug nuts depends on the kind of
vehicle. Etc.
This is the kind of test where knowing too much gets you in trouble.
The real question is why was this test done is such a small font? Any why
bother with Flash when standard HTML+Java would work as well and be more
browser independent.
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...
>
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > Beat 20 out of 25.
> >
> > Enjoy
> >
> > Lew
> > -----------------------------------------------
> > Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
> >
> >
> >
>
> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered
> this:
>
> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
> of the equator)
> [] Counter Clockwise
> [] Clockwise
> [] Straight down
Actually, we can probably file that under 'urban legends'. I live Down
Under and the water goes down the drain clockwise in my bathroom sink
more often than not. Some Physicists, I remember reading, down here have
done experiments (pitching for the ignoble awards, maybe?) and found
that misc. erroneous & random factors have a much stronger influence on
water in a sink than the coriolis effect.
f.w.i.w. -P.
On Oct 30, 1:42=A0am, Mike Paulsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lew Hodgett wrote:
> > =A0 =A0Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> > Enjoy
>
> > Lew
> > ----------------------------------------------- =A0
> > Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you answered
> this:
>
> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
> of the equator)
> [] Counter Clockwise
> [] Clockwise
> [] Straight down
Yeah, that bothered me, too. I knew the answer the test was looking
for, but it's a stupid question.
R
Lew Hodgett said:
>
>"Mike Paulsen" wrote:
>
>> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you
>> answered this:
>>
>> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?"
>> (north of the equator)
>> [] Counter Clockwise
>> [] Clockwise
>> [] Straight down
>
>The question remains how did you answer the question?
Reminds me of the movie, "Yahoo Serious."
In it they answer the question - Jokingly...
What is commonly refered to as the Coriolis Force (the force resulting
from the Earths spin) is a couple orders of magnitude too small to
affect the spin of a drain.
But if it weren't the water would travel counterclockwise.
They should have added a forth option, "The direction the jets are
pointed in the toilet bowl."
Greg G.
On Oct 30, 1:04=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Mike Paulsen" wrote:
> > Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you
> > answered this:
>
> > "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?"
> > (north of the equator)
> > [] Counter Clockwise
> > [] Clockwise
> > [] Straight down
>
> The question remains how did you answer the question?
>
> Lew
23
Weather and drains in the top half rotate the same way. Think of a
screw stuck in the ground. A low pressure area is air moving up. It
has to move counter-clockwise to move up. High pressure (air
descending), or water going down a drain, has to move clockwise to go
down. Easier than soup, and I don't smoke (matches).
On Oct 30, 5:39=A0am, [email protected] (Edward A. Falk) wrote:
> 22/25
>
>
>
> >"Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
> >of the equator)
> >[] Counter Clockwise
> >[] Clockwise
> >[] Straight down
>
> Yeah, they not only got it wrong, but they got the wrong answer wrong.
>
> The right answer is that it depends on which way the water happened to be
> swirling when you open the drain.
>
> The wrong answer -- assuming you think Coriolis force has a significant
> effect -- is counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and they
> even got *that* wrong.
I've heard teachers spout that crap about the water rotation. People
will believe anything.
http://www.snopes.com/science/coriolis.asp
> Also, the Campbell's' soup question is unreasonable, it assumes you actua=
lly
> eat that awful stuff.
Hear, hear! I don't even like the design of the label.
R
On Oct 30, 12:59=A0am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> =A0 =A0Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
23
The test should factor time into account. I refused to eat any soup
as a kid, so the Campbell's soup can was a problem.
R
On Oct 29, 11:59=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> =A0 =A0Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> ----------------------------------------------- =A0
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
You're shitting me. With that fucking music, nobody over the age of 30
can think...and, no, I'm not changing settings for one silly assed
game.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
>
17
Bill
22/25
>
>"Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?" (north
>of the equator)
>[] Counter Clockwise
>[] Clockwise
>[] Straight down
Yeah, they not only got it wrong, but they got the wrong answer wrong.
The right answer is that it depends on which way the water happened to be
swirling when you open the drain.
The wrong answer -- assuming you think Coriolis force has a significant
effect -- is counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and they
even got *that* wrong.
Also, the Campbell's' soup question is unreasonable, it assumes you actually
eat that awful stuff.
--
-Ed Falk, [email protected]
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/
>
>Reminds me of the movie, "Yahoo Serious."
>In it they answer the question - Jokingly...
The Simpsons did a great episode on the topic once.
--
-Ed Falk, [email protected]
http://thespamdiaries.blogspot.com/
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
21
But I'll have to admit cheating on the first phone question,
it was sitting between me and the keyboard and I have
never been all that great with minor temptations.
basilsik
My nitpicks were with the fan, the question doesn't state whethere looking
at it from the endcap or the blade end, and I would bet that the "standard"
number of wheel lugs is probably now 4 rather than 5. I did get both of
those questions right though.
(19)
--
Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
21, but some of those don't have absolute answers.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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Greg G. wrote:
> My bad... You know you're a sick puppy when you argue with yourself.
>
If you don't, there are plenty of people in here waiting to. :-)
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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RicodJour wrote:
>>
>>> My bad... You know you're a sick puppy when you argue with yourself.
>> If you don't, there are plenty of people in here waiting to. :-)
>
> I think you're wrong about that.
>
> R
>
You're out of your mind if you believe that bull$h!t.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
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In article <[email protected]>, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
>Enjoy
>
>Lew
>-----------------------------------------------
>Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
I got 21... and I think I can be excused for not knowing how many matches are
in a standard pack, because I don't smoke and never have.
Robatoy wrote:
>
> Leon Redbone once asked for a match for his cigar. A roadie gave him a
> pack of matches. Leon said: "I just want to light my cigar, not burn
> the fucking building down."
Another roadie was in the alley behind a venue when a vagrant came up
and asked if he had an extra cigarette.
Rodie lips the cigarette he's smoking, grabs the pack, flips up the lid
and squints inside..... says, "Ummmm, I've smoked 5 and there's 15 left.
Nope, no, they didn't give me any extras, pal."
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
Kerry Montgomery wrote:
> And merry-go-rounds turn counter clockwise in the US and clockwise in
> Europe. OB woodworking content: the right sides of US merry-go-round horses
> are more elaborately carved than the left, and the opposite is true in
> Europe.
> Kerry
>
I've seen both in the US.
One could probably conclude they were imported or designed in Europe.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
Robert Bonomi wrote:
> I got the book-of-matches question wrong. I can't think of when the last time
> I saw, let alone _used_, a match-book -- have always had box matches around
> instead.
>
I never even thought of the fact that they would have one match per
cigarette in a pack.
--
-MIKE-
"Playing is not something I do at night, it's my function in life"
--Elvin Jones (1927-2004)
--
http://mikedrums.com
[email protected]
---remove "DOT" ^^^^ to reply
-MIKE- wrote:
> Robert Bonomi wrote:
>> I got the book-of-matches question wrong. I can't think of when
>> the last time I saw, let alone _used_, a match-book -- have always
>> had box matches around instead.
>>
>
> I never even thought of the fact that they would have one match per
> cigarette in a pack.
>
>
Wouldn't gopher matches need at least two per cigarette?
--
http://www.welshpembrokecorgis.com
In article <[email protected]>,
-MIKE- <[email protected]> wrote:
>Robert Bonomi wrote:
>> I got the book-of-matches question wrong. I can't think of when the last time
>> I saw, let alone _used_, a match-book -- have always had box matches around
>> instead.
>>
>
>I never even thought of the fact that they would have one match per
>cigarette in a pack.
D'oh! says me. That connection hadn't occurred to me either. Of course,
practically _nobody_ in my family smoked. One grandfather and an uncle were
pipe men, that's _it_. I spent most of my working life in computer rooms,
no exposure to smokers =there= either.
Lew Hodgett wrote:
> "Mike Paulsen" wrote:
>
>> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you
>> answered this:
>>
>> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?"
>> (north of the equator)
>> [] Counter Clockwise
>> [] Clockwise
>> [] Straight down
>
> The question remains how did you answer the question?
>
> Lew
>
I answered "Straight down", since "none of the above" wasn't an option.
Result:
Wrong! [which I expected]
Clockwise. (north of the equator) [which I found amusing]
They even got wrong, wrong.
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
>Only 18 So I guess I get a "C" About the same as in high school.ww
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Beat 20 out of 25.
>
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------------
> Http://oldjoeblack.0nyx.com/thinktst.htm
>
21/25. no cheats. not even the phone or book ones ;-)
jc
'lektric dan wrote:
> On Oct 30, 1:04 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "Mike Paulsen" wrote:
>>> Well, you can either add or subtract one, depending on how you
>>> answered this:
>>
>>> "Which way does water go down the drain, counter or clockwise?"
>>> (north of the equator)
>>> [] Counter Clockwise
>>> [] Clockwise
>>> [] Straight down
>>
>> The question remains how did you answer the question?
>>
>> Lew
>
> 23
>
> Weather and drains in the top half rotate the same way. Think of a
> screw stuck in the ground. A low pressure area is air moving up. It
> has to move counter-clockwise to move up. High pressure (air
> descending), or water going down a drain, has to move clockwise to go
> down. Easier than soup, and I don't smoke (matches).
Another tip: Clocks are HIGH on the wall -> High pressure moves clockwise.
And warm/cold fronts on weather maps remind one of titty-nipples: Cold ones
are pointed, warm ones are rounded. An occluded front is like a confused
woman - they alternate.