I'm not sure how this plan failed. Theoretically, it seems fool proof. There will undoubtedly be investigations, and the incident will be the subject of much conjecture. Surely the man's plan would have worked with any rational human being. More details here.

I stumbled upon yet another ridiculous LJ community today. It gave me an idea for a terrific LJ community: amiinsecure ( Read more... )

laff

It wouldn't happen today with grade inflation as it is, but it's a funny twist to the story.

Since folks seemed to like the puzzle I posted yesterday, I thought I'd put up another. Comments are screened this time so that's it'll be safe to look at them until tomorrow. Absolutely everyone on my friends list has the math skills necessary to solve this puzzle ( Read more... )

For ye math geeks out there ( Read more... )

1) Total number of books owned?:
I'd ballpark it around 100, but it's tough to say exactly with a fair number of them still in my folks' collection.

2) The last book I bought?:
Design Patterns by Gamma et al

3) The last book I read?:
The last book I finished was The Goal by Eli Goldratt. The last book I was physically reading was Drawing on the ( Read more... )

For as long as Jim has been posting his photos, I've been inspired to delve back into art by him. When I was younger, I took great pleasure in drawing (usually fantasy) sketches. For a few years I've had a nagging thought in the back of my head: "Wouldn't it be nice to another pad and start doodling again ( Read more... )

The marine/software guru at work posted this on the door:

"XML is like violence: if it doesn't solve your problem, you aren't using enough of it."
-Chris Maden

Priceless.

I think this basically sums up my take on recent events in Lebanon. In short, chicks risking their lives for freedom are hot. Of course, Lebanese girls are naturally attractive.

Here's an article by the president-elect of the American Library Association. Apparently he's not very good with Google. That sounds like a personal problem to me.