Earl Leonard

Ballarat, Victoria, AUSTRALIA


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Brain teaser attachment

May 27th 2009 01:25
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)"


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Jet Li vs Tony Jaa

March 19th 2009 00:41
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On this Date:

2008-03-18 19:41:43

Said the following:

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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Aquaman vs The Kraken

March 18th 2009 03:41
Repostings 2.

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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James' Interview Part 3

March 18th 2009 03:35
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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Repostsings 1. Not Manga

March 16th 2009 23:59
I, as: Earlofthercs

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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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My L:azy Blogger Post

March 16th 2009 23:23
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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Leonard Cohen was awesome last night

February 6th 2009 01:14
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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Comment by Earl Leonard
on Lost Dog: Have You Checked The Mirror?

June 17th 2009 01:58
I find it interesting that only one species of Magpie passes the test... I wonder what makes them different from the other species of Magpie (or other similar birds rooks/ravens/crows etc) or other species of whales, dolphins, porpoises other than bottlenose and killer for that matter. Do btoh african and Indian Elephants pass? Wouldn't that make it 10 species then? Which doesn't if only one of them does?

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.

Comment by Earl Leonard
on On my radar . . .

June 11th 2009 00:05
Good links! Thanks for these Morgan.

Someone I know called their sons Truck and Rock. Even with weird names, I have a feeling those lads won't getting bullied by anybody.

Comment by Earl Leonard
on John Cleese slams Modern Writers

May 27th 2009 05:33
I think Father ted, Black Books, IT Crowd, The Office and many mroe mdoern comdey shows will have the same kind of legs Fawlty Towers does, and that there's actually more `good' tv now as there was then... but that said there is more bad television than there was too, just because there's more tv period. Its a bit like crime statistics in that way. Like how statistically you were more likely to be murderd in 1909 than you are now in 2009 (world wide even- not just 1st world) but it doesnt seem like that because of the sheer numbers.

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on Brain teaser attachment

May 27th 2009 05:24
Yep, exactly. Did you remember the answer or just solve it again?

Yknow, I wonder how many people have recieved/forwarded it so far? Six degrees and all that...

And, It's amazing how good solving a little puzzle makes you feel, isnt it?

I just wish I got the same sense of satisfaction solving the problems (math based and other) I do everyday in my day job! (accounting). Maybe if the boss/my clients phrased things differently. I.e. instead of `do this account keeping for maximum tax efficiency' they said `solve this brain teaser for the smallest possible result, n, where n equals tax payable!'

Thats a great idea; PhD here I come!

Well, thats a perfectly rational concern, Morgan. If you are a sociopath. (Don't you trust the `experts' to get it right?). Actually, yeah, while I've never had my handwriting officially assesed I've done other tests and such, and there is always that fear they'll discover the horrible truth...

Also my actual handwriting is far, far messier than any of the possible choices they gave in the test, so I guess my personality is like the above description, but worse somehow.

Comment by Earl Leonard
on "We Have A Nigger In The White House..."

April 13th 2009 23:47
Well, thats a bit simplistic anonymous. Many people are raised in a situation where overcoming racial bias on their own would be extremely difficult. While a terrible thing that one negative characteristic- that they may possibly learn of the error of their ways sometime in the future- in about a person should override all their other good qualities, and potential for other positive actions, in your eyes is a bit of a shame. What if someone worked tirelessly in say the wfield of womens health, but didnt like Japanese people because they were born in a WW2 `comfort girls' camp or something? Life is always more complex than your blanket `not worthy of any respect' statement would sugest.

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on Women Who Have Kicked Ass!

March 31st 2009 22:53
Jane from Daria.

Painting's an `action' right? (hm, I ended up marrying an artist... I only just realised the connection)

Oh and Lynda from Press Gang (investigative journalism is definetly heroic).

Other than that, I always drifted towards the bad girls of actiondom. Callisto impressed me more than Xena, Faith's got it all over Buffy etc. And I wana be clear, Im talking `interesting character' not `foxiness' here (though there is plenty of overlap). Foxiness is a much longer (and more nuanced) list.


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on 7 Unlikely Actors Who Have Become Superheroes

March 28th 2009 11:30
No worries, thanks for clearing that up for me. And yes, I agree JDM did a good job of being unlikeable! And actually yeah, I think `weak and grey' is the vibe we're supposed to get off nite-owl two as well, actually, so maybe Wilson did do a good job as well! haha.

Also, thanks movie mall for the great post.

E.