“Frank Epperson… mixed himself a drink of soda water powder and water - a popular drink back in 1905. For some reason he never got round to drinking it and left it on the back porch overnight with the stirring stick still in it. Of course, when the temperature dropped overnight, the mixture froze and […]
“Assigning more programmers to a project running behind schedule will make it even later, due to the time required for the new programmers to learn about the project, and the increased communications overhead.” The Mythical Man-Month, Wikipedia
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“Gore’s circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention.” Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, on Al Gore’s warnings of climate catastrophe in his film “An Inconvenient Truth”
Tags: environment, global, movies, politics
“Sometimes, when passing a shiny window, I make like I’m looking through to the other side, but I’m really just checking myself out.” Rachel
Tags: psychology, social
“Why does one grab your attention, make you snap your head up, and why is the one that’s pure sweet, and imitating a fragrance that’s one of nature’s most beautiful, almost unbearable? Here’s why. Because, at the center of the expensive perfume, underneath the ‘good’ scents, there’s a bad scent, intentionally placed. A smell that […]
“It is my lifelong dream. I plan to retire here in Davao. I’m happy and honored and proud to be accepted into a country I’ve loved. It’s not that I don’t like being American, I just like being Filipino better.” US WWII veteran Charles William Mosser, on his lifelong dream to acquire his Filipino citizenship
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“Apparently one of the Enron CEOs was a big fan of Richard Dawkins’ book The Selfish Gene. He took Dawkins’ (in my opinion) overly reductionistic view of evolution and proceeded to even further reduce it in his own mind to social Darwinism… Basically, they would evaluate the traders and most other employees based on performance […]
“Researchers at the University of Illinois say the so-called ‘5-Second Rule’ isn’t a myth. They say when you drop food on the floor, it’s still safe to eat if you pick it up within five seconds… By the way, if you try getting rid of germs on your food by blowing on it or […]
“After 30 years without a major design overhaul, the 51-year-old fast-food giant is adopting a hip new look. The world’s largest hamburger chain is redesigning its 30,000 eateries around the globe in a 21st century makeover of unprecedented scale… What will the new McDonald’s look like? ‘Think iPod: clean lines, simplicity’ … The signature mansard […]
“The gospel message is a confrontational message. When you remove the confrontation–or soften, downplay, or bring it in through the back door–you have compromised the message. The modern pulpit is weak, not for a lack of witty messages, but because men fear to speak the hard truths of God’s Word powerfully and with conviction.” John […]