I know this has been floating around the Internet for many years but it is such a great illustration of how the American tax system works that I would like to share it.Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.If they paid their bill…
Day: June 29, 2007
Technorati can’t count?
It has recently come to my attention that the blog tracking site Technorati is suffering with a math problem. Yes, the site that tracks millions of blogs (and rates them by popularity) does not understand that their Top 100 list should be just that, a top 100 list. Instead their Top 100 list appears to…
Dude, Where’s my Lake?
For those of you who haven’t yet heard, a lake in Southern Chile disappeared at some point in the last two months. That’s right, disappeared.The lake itself, situated in the southern Andes Mountains, was almost 100 feet deep and had a surface area of 10-12 acres. That’s a lot of water, about 39 million gallons…
Pokemon Farming: Charmander
Welcome to my first farming event: CharmanderFirst, I’d like to start with an introduction. Here, and elsewhere online, I tend to go by the name Robottnik. There’s a bit of a long story behind the name (it involves a senile gym teacher in high school who couldn’t remember anybody’s name), but in a nutshell I…