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A friend of mine sent me an email with a brain teaser attached- an excel file that's password was the answer to a math problem. If you solve the problem you can open the file, and add your name to the list of people who've opened the file to forward it to someone else. It appears to have travelled around the world a bit which is kind of cool.
I don’t know if there's a little macro grabbing people's email details or something, but heck, I'm going to forward it anyway (not only did I put my name down, but I also added this web address and that of my myspace).
One thing that stands out though is that there's a claim on the message that only people with an IQ above 120 can solve the problem. I think its just an ego stroking thing though, since the problem's very easy- year 8/9 maths at most, took me about 7 seconds to figure out- hopefully anyone with an IQ that's actually above 120 will be smart enough to recognise the false praise! (Damn, now I'm wondering what my IQ actually is, and whether or not it matters).
Anyways, since I don’t suppose spoiling an email matters to much here's the teaser message, if you think you know the answer post your email address and I'll send you the attachment! (Or just message me the answer and I'll tell you if you're right- you will be, since it’s easy).
"Find the 6th number in the sequence
1, 2, 6, 42, 1806, ?????
Only this number can open the attached document.
If you manage to open the file, enter your name, save and pass on.
Apparently only people within an IQ of over 120, manage to complete this, well at least that’s the claim from Europe and the US.
Have fun! (See attached file: IQ 1-Test1.xls)"
Earl
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2008-03-18 19:41:43
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Right now (Jaa) or at their peak? (Close one. Li definetly in a forms competition! That was his whole bit. Or if weappns are aloud- Li’s got heaps mroe experience in that regard. But Jaa if unarmed; he’s stronger and probably faster these days.)
Real life or a distilation of their movie characters? (Li if movie characters- just has too big a body or work, much of it `fantasy’)
Acting ability? Li. (But thats not saying alot).
Looks? Again, right now or at their peak?
Because Jet’s always been a fancy0smancy show off style movie maker its hard to guage his actual fighting ability, but Id say he can take a punch. Remember he won his first ever national forms copetiton while still in his teens against much odler competitors. So what? You may say, forms dont mean anything. BUT! Jet won while bleeding profusly from a sword cut to the side of his head! You cant buy that kind of composure under pressure.
So, Jet, since in fantasy Kung Fu, old masters always beat yougn tallented punks. haha.
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On 03/12/2008 as `Earlofthercs' I made the following comment (bad spelling and all- refer to my previous post comments section for an explanation on why I'm reposting comments with mistakes intact
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Check out earlier posts for parts 1 & 2 of this interview of a young chef. To change things up, this time I'll include the questions (answers in italics):
James
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So here's part 2 of the interview I did with James ages ago. (still haven't recieved the answers from the other chefs I sent questions to). Check out my last post for part 1 (I'll post part 3 tommorow).
James
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It occured to me that while I very rarely use this blog (it was a palce hodler while I was tyring to build up `cookfocus' interview material (that never happened either- the chefs that agreed to be interviewed kept being too busy and hard to organise) I post comments or, as you could call them `earls thoughts' all over the itnernet all the time.
So I'm gona start searching for old comments of mine from various places along with links to the original source I was commenting on, in no particular order and on no particular topic. Although allot of them will be about Batman I'm sure
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Peter Pan! I just terrible dreadful fear I have not updated this since people stopped clapping and Tinkerbell died... You would not believe how much more of a drama I could make that. Stupid Global Warming!.
I am overwhelmed with my tan, homeschooling five children, just generally being a pain to my local police, my day is full to bursting from when the nightclubs close to 11pm at which point I fall asleep on the couch. I am convinced that I absolutely deserve this after all my hard work. and that I can take that big badge off my head that says bad mother
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That's really my only thought. I don't really want to get into a review, because thinking about music kind of overwhelms me (I am a musician; we make terrible critics- which is partly why the whole `as if you could do better' criticism against critics doesn't make any sense. What critics are good at- some of them- is being critics, being good at the thing they're critising shouldn't be required, as is, as I say, in this case a detriment. Not that I'm saying I'm a good musician. I'm not bad, but certainly not in Leonard Cohen's league. Um, here's my myspaces: www.myspace.com/earlleonard, www.myspace.com/theryecatchers and www.myspace.com/theredcents) Um, where was I? Ah yes, awesome! Really good mix of material from throughout his whole career, and many of the songs- given the full band treatment- actualyl came up better than on the original recordings (especially I'm Your Man, There Ain't No Cure for Love and Halleluia. Man the royalties off that song alone must be phenomenal; its been covered by everybody!) hmm, I seem to be reviewing after all... look, my main other thought besides `awesome' is, "three hours? Man, I am so going to mock the next muso I hear complain about being tired after a gig now. If a 74 year old man can give me almost 3 hours of music (less short breaks) you can play at least an hour set buddy." Also, it was a great way to spend our anniversary. rach isn't as big or long term a Cohen fan as I, but she really enjoyed the concert too. Although she disliked the saxaphone solo's even more than I did. (I'm calling them `the persian flaw'). It was our 3rd anniversary, and I'm perfectly willing to cosider Leonard Cohen's voice and aged skin a fulfilment of the traditional `leather' requirement. Awesome.
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on Lost Dog: Have You Checked The Mirror?
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Also, Is that 18 month thing for babies an average rather than a definitive? It seems like my son has known his own reflection is just that, for over a month or so now, and he's a couple of weeks shy of 18 months still. I could be wrong, but he used to point and go `bub' but now he goes `Jabber' (his names Jasper) and he put a bowl on his head yesterday, then ran to the mirror in our bedroom to look, and laughed at the `boll-hat' (it was pretty funny). So yeah, is there deviation in that figure the same way there is for language/motor skills?
Interesting post either way.