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Wed
7
Oct '09

Cute pic

Got this somewhere while browsing pictures of rabbits.

Cute
Sat
15
Aug '09

Facts

Well can’t find a few questions for TT11 so I’m going turn the tables and instead of asking the questions of trivia. I am going to tell you trivia.

A episode of the popular show Pokemon. Showed a fight with a certian red light pattern that caused seizures all over the country. This event was so bad it could only be made worse by a human with no common sense. Guess. A news reporter thought that it would be good for publicity if he showed a in case you missed it clip. I’ll take another round of seizures please. Human stupidity: 1 common sense: 0. Put another for the winning team for the makers not testing. One for the losing team for not showing the episode ever again. Final score; sense: 1 no sense: 2. What is this world coming to?

Spider silk is VERY strong. Even though a small item can cut through it when you see it hanging around. A string of silk the width of a pencil can stop a Boeing 747 in flight!

Back to the common sense game! Last time it was no sense 2 sense 1. Now see if we can top it. A man wanted to find out the contents of his car petrol tank. So what do you think he used to see in there? A flash light and found that like the name states petroleum! No change in score because it was a bad question but he did it sensibly… I wish! Now what do you think he really used? Lamp? No. Match? closer. Lighter? We have a winner!! He used the lighter and he quickly found out the contents were flammable petroleum. Well he was parked by his trailer home and this genius decided to rip out the tank and send it flying. No not in the direction of his house but he threw it without the cap on so the burning contents went towards well… everywhere. To top it off his wife went back in to get the dog and got severley injured. Now the score is the score is sense 2 one more for getting rid of the tank. No sense 6 one for the question one for the lighter one for not putting the cap back on one for his wife going back in.

I mightmake a 2 but with updates going slowly I may not.

Mon
16
Feb '09

Pic

Got bored so I made this:

Funny pic

Funny pic

made with AOK (age of empires 2 age of kings)

Fri
6
Feb '09

Orion Update

Remember back in 2007 when I told about the Orion spacecraft? Well guess what this is NASA’s schedule now.

  • 2009 (Sep) — AA-1 (Ascent Abort-1) unmanned ascent abort test (transonic)
  • 2010 (Spring) — PA-2 unmanned pad abort test
  • 2010 (August) — AA-2 unmanned ascent abort test (Max Q)
  • 2011 (February) — AA-3 unmanned ascent abort test (low-altitude tumble test)
  • 2012 (September) — Ares I-Y unmanned ascent abort test (high altitude)
  • 2012 — First unmanned flight of Orion in Earth orbit.
  • 2014 (September) — First manned flight of Orion in Earth orbit.
  • 2015–2018 — First unmanned flight of Altair.
  • 2016–2018 First manned flight of Altair.
  • 2019 First manned lunar landing with Orion/Altair system.
  • 2020 start of planning for Mars missions
  • 2037 Possible date of manned arrival on Mars hinted at by Michael Griffin, the NASA administrator

By the way space shuttles will be kept running until 2010. Space station is to be completed by WHO KNOWS WHEN. Sigh no info on it. Enjoy this piece of info.

Wed
4
Feb '09

Lamentations code

In the book of lamentations chapter 3 has a interesting sequence. In Hebrew alphabet there are 22 letters in this book chapters 1,2,4, and 5 have 22 verses in order of the Hebrew alphabet. Only in Hebrew writings do you see this. But chapter 3 has 66 verses. Verses 1,2, and 3 for the first letter. 4,5, And 6 for the second and so forth. This may be a sad book but a very interesting sequence. I thought it was interesting and decided to make a version of it for a code. Randomly put in for a 1,2, or 3 for b 4,5,6 you get the picture. Until 76,77,78 for z. Decipher this.

46,32,13,59,60,75 8,44,43,36 22,63,24.

use this code to baffle pepole or for a password or passphrase. (Hint. To find out what letter is what number. Change into letter corresponding by its place in the alphabet like 1-a 2-b to 26-z. Then multiply by 3 and subtract two and that is the lowest number you can have for that letter.) (Another hint. To find a number check to see if it is a multiple of 3. If not round up to the nearest multiple of 3. then divide by three and then find out which letter is that number. Such as 1-a 2-b to 26-z. Like this. 19 rounded up to the next multiple of three whitch is 21. Divide 21 by 3 to get 7 go from a to the seventh letter of the alphabet which is g. There you go.)

Sat
31
Jan '09

Puzzle 9

It is March 9th. You are a detective in a case of a kidnapping. A former code breaker has been kidnapped. The suspects are.

Lin Harold

Bob Fredricson

Rose Garnet

Wong Turner

You find a calendar and you open it and flip through the pages. On the month of January is a note that is the kidnapped person calling from help. But the letter mentions noone or nowhere as a clue. The letter reads:

Help! I am being kidnapped! Please find me. I have no idea who it is or where I’m going. Please help.

You know it is the person needing help because the fingerprints and signiture match.

WHO WAS IT ?

Post in comments I will post answers A. If someone posts in one week. B. If noone posts in a week I will post it when someone someone else posts it.

Good luck.

Fri
23
Jan '09

Traveling

I’m traveling right now. Going to be doing this frequently. You will still get posts as frequently. I should have a puzzle out soon.