Thursday, August 9, 2007

Cocaine possession for Carrying too much money

It is a known fact that most US dollar bill contain cocaine. According to the Argonne National Laboratory study "the average contamination was 16 micrograms (or 0.000016 grams.)" carrying more than 5 grams of cocaine will land you in jail.

Therefore you would have to carry 312,500 bills in order to be charged for possession of coke. Or 312.5 kg or 688.94 pounds of bills!




The math:


1 Bill = 0.000016 grams
x Bills = 5.00000 grams

1. Set up as two fractions (the bills and the grams)
1/x and 0.000016/5.00000
2. Cross multiply
5 = 0.000016x
3. Solve for x

x = 312,500 one dollar bills

For the weight. 1 bill = 1 gram. So 312,500 bills would weigh 312.5 kg or 688.94 pounds

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

10 Ways to Stay Awake

Whether it is because you have a project you need to get done, or you just want to stay up all night to party, or maybe you just fall asleep in class or at work. For whatever reason, this guide will help you get through your day and/or night.





1. Coffee

The most common method of staying awake is with a high dose of caffeine from coffee. In order to get the most caffeine per cup use finely gained coffee (more surface area = more caffeine) in a drip coffee maker.
If you desire even more caffeine, instead of using water in your coffee machine use coffee, for a double caffeine punch! (Note, this may ruin your coffee machine)
Also, for long lasting results, drink small amounts of coffee throughout the day.

2. Energy Drinks
Energy drinks commonly contain caffeine, guarana, taurine, various forms of ginseng, maltodextrin, inositol, carnitine, creatine, glucuronolactone and ginkgo biloba. All designed to increase energy and stamina. I find that Bawls, works best for staying up late. If you want to workout, then i would recommend Red Bull. However, statistically, Cocaine contains the most caffeine per ounce.

3. Water
Dehydration, can often times cause fatigue. In order to combat this, drink plenty of water. Also, large amounts of water will result in many bathroom breaks, which should also keep you awake.

4. Pain
Nothing will keep you awake like pain. Try pulling your hair a little, or lightly poking yourself with a paper clip.
5. Head Stand
A head stand will force blood to your head. Resulting in increased alertness
6. Flex
Flex your butt muscles or leg muscles. This will result in a faster heart rate and increased alertness.
7. Keep the room cold.
8. Excite yourself
Watch some porn. Go streaking. Anything to cause excitement.
9. Make a bet
Make a bet that you can stay awake for "X" amount of time. Money influences people, so i bet will influence you to stay awake.
10. Turn everything into a Sexual Innuendo
Mainly works for meetings and lectures, listen carefully to see what you can make "Dirty." "In order to solve the equation we must multiply..."

Random Article - What Enginerds do when they are bored

Its Friday night, no date (ever,) and nothing to do. But wait! There is always Wikipedia. Whenever I am bored I love clicking on Random Article until i see something interesting. Not only is it fun, but you also learn a lot too! YAY! New Zealand in the 2000 summer Olympics, interesting...

Random Article

Monday, August 6, 2007

Don't live in the United States? No Internet for you!

Think everyone has access to the same internet? Well, maybe if you live in the US. For the rest of us, the internet is limited. Many websites (particularly the ones offering free television shows) are only available to ISPs located in the US. Why is this? Advertising? I don't think so, because it would be easy to find advertising based on location, which many websites already do.

Me being an American who has lived in the US most of his life, was completely unaware of this discrimination. It was not until I went to visit my parents in the Netherlands did I become aware of the limits of the internet for countries outside the US.


While surfing the net I came across a website that has links to free online education. I browse the site and click on a link to view a podcast to learn French, It opens itunes and I get this pop up.









Sorry, free French podcasts are only available for people who live in the US. I can't think of a reason why this is. Because last time I checked podcasts usually don't have advertisements. Oh well, I guess I will watch Lost then.














Nope, full-length episodes are only available to viewers within the United States. I don't get to see my Lost episode AND I still had to view their advertisements. ABC profited from my visit, and did not have to use their bandwidth to send me their show.

No Education, no TV, hmmmm what about Music? I then decided to go to Slacker Radio after hearing from PC Magazine: "It's the most exciting thing in digital music to happen in a long time."


















Yep! Looks pretty fucking exciting. No Radio, no TV, no Education. And the RIAA and MPAA wonder why people are pirating? For us outside the United States, it is the only way to have access to these free services.

 
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