If you answered the newest trivia question, please leave your name in the comments.
Of course, you don't have to. I just wanted to know who is answering.
Update: I had to tweak the trivia question a bit, so go answer again.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Page views
Nooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Someone was 4444 and they did not claim the prize.
Now it is on 4474
It is wierd because i got 1111 and 3333
but not 4444 so i will probably get 5555
Someone was 4444 and they did not claim the prize.
Now it is on 4474
It is wierd because i got 1111 and 3333
but not 4444 so i will probably get 5555
Monday, November 26, 2012
Musical Monday #8
I'm a little short on time, so this is short...
I know you probably think the guy is creepy, and I know you might be a little confused why I am posting this video. So the thing is...
I know you probably think the guy is creepy, and I know you might be a little confused why I am posting this video. So the thing is...
Friday, November 23, 2012
Bias
Since there has been a lot of comments about whether or not GM's latest trivia question was biased, I am here to describe bias and why I think the arguments are invalid.
1.
First of all, what is bias?
1.
an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric.
2.
a particular tendency or inclination, especially one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice.
3.
Statistics . a systematic as opposed to a random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure.
4.
Lawn Bowling .
a.
a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl.
b.
the curved course made by such a ball when rolled.
5.
I'll assume the comments were referring to #2.
(If any of you were referring to any other definition, please let me know immediately.)
Let's take a look at the question...
Electronics . the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation.
I'll assume the comments were referring to #2.
(If any of you were referring to any other definition, please let me know immediately.)
Let's take a look at the question...
"Snow Cone uses Glaciate. What is Snow Cone supposed to be?"
Arguments that this is biased basically are saying "But I never played Pokemon in my life!"
I say this is completely invalid.
What if the question were "Billy Bob Jo can breathe. What is Billy Bob Jo supposed to be?" with answer choices of a glass of water, a homo sapien, N's Nexus & with a glass of water, and a water bottling factory? You most likely wouldn't say it is biased for whatever reason. Maybe because the word breathe is more common than glaciate? Maybe because Billy Bob Jo is a more popular name than Snow Cone? Maybe because you have played a game in which a character is named Billy Bob Jo?
Even if you've never met Billy Bob Jo or memorized a list of everything that can breathe known to mankind, you still have a chance of getting the answer. That's the thing about trivia questions. You either know it or you don't. And with our multiple choice set up, you can still get it right without knowing the answer. With my Billy Bob Jo question, all I did was replace "Snow Cone" with "Billy Bob Jo" and replace "glaciate" with "breathe."
n- typo u put & instead of 7
I say this is completely invalid.
What if the question were "Billy Bob Jo can breathe. What is Billy Bob Jo supposed to be?" with answer choices of a glass of water, a homo sapien, N's Nexus & with a glass of water, and a water bottling factory? You most likely wouldn't say it is biased for whatever reason. Maybe because the word breathe is more common than glaciate? Maybe because Billy Bob Jo is a more popular name than Snow Cone? Maybe because you have played a game in which a character is named Billy Bob Jo?
Even if you've never met Billy Bob Jo or memorized a list of everything that can breathe known to mankind, you still have a chance of getting the answer. That's the thing about trivia questions. You either know it or you don't. And with our multiple choice set up, you can still get it right without knowing the answer. With my Billy Bob Jo question, all I did was replace "Snow Cone" with "Billy Bob Jo" and replace "glaciate" with "breathe."
n- typo u put & instead of 7
Link Day! - Thanksgiving Week (Reposted from Veteran's Day Longer Weekend)
http://lights.elliegoulding.com/
Cool graphics plus music. A little boring to me but fun to watch.
http://htwins.net/nwnp/
No Walking No Problem is the name of this game. It's centered around a stick figure who has lost hte ability to walk but can somehow still jump. Strangely addicting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og8cxXICoVU
A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV
The title says it all.
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/teaching-values/481-parenting-students-to-the-top.gs
Supposedly the reason Asians are smart according to stereotypes.
http://www.psykopaint.com/
Great online canvas.
Like, really really great.
http://photo2text.com/
Turn any photo into a jumble of text resembling that photo.
http://www.playauditorium.com/
Awesome game with no real rules!
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/
Website dedicated to long stuff as you can probably tell.
http://whynot2000.blogspot.com/
Last but certainly not the least. =)
Nexus 7
Yeah!!
I got a nexus 7
In fact I am posting from it right now.
I got it on black Friday
Did anyone else go black Friday shopping
I went to office depot
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Unhappy Thanksgiving
Right now, there is a cliche on the Internet, and it is "Happy Thanksgiving!".
But of course GM has to disagree.
Have you ever considered how terrible Thanksgiving is to turkeys, domesticated or not?
Most of you say "Poor turkey," and continue eating, carving, or cooking the turkey. However, this is not true sympathy. If you do that and not anything else about the turkey then you don't really care about them.
You should care.
Why?
If one day you turned on the TV and saw a breaking news report about how thousands of people were crammed into pens with no personal space, fed hormones and chemicals, lived and slept in their own poop, and were mass murdered at a certain time of year in a factory to be packaged and processed into mystery meats or sold whole and eaten by people, you and the rest of the world would be absolutely horrified.
But, this is what happens to millions of poultry birds every Thanksgiving. Actually, the description that I just gave you was probably 5 times better than what really happens to domesticated birds.
Domesticated fowl live painful, miserable, short lives.
There is one thing that irks me even more than the plight of the turkey. Remember the paragraph that started with the word "If"? (If you don't, now is a good time to make sure you have no mental problems.)
If you do remember it, then let me ask you several hypothetical questions. If there was a news report on the horrible living conditions and life of the turkey, how long would it be? How long would it be talked about? How many people would stay glued to their TVs waiting for an update on who would be prosecuted for the torture of the turkey?
The answer is "A lot less than if the news report were about people being mistreated". This is because people value their own lives over the lives of animals or basically any other living things. The only reason this would be justified is if you are starving and impoverished in a third-world country or something just as bad.
However, turkey mass-murdering happens in America, where every person is doing better than that person in the third-world country.
This is why you should start caring for someone other than yourselves(like a turkey) since you have everything you need at your fingertips Take a couple steps back, past the celebrities and politics, and see the big picture. (not literally)
Then you would find out that the Earth itself is dying, turkeys are being mass murdered, and most first-world dwellers preoccupy themselves with stupid politics, diet plans, and celebrities( none of which are necessary for anything but mass stupidity) in a unfortunately successful act to convince themselves that there is nothing wrong.
Which is why you should never use diet plans.
But of course GM has to disagree.
Have you ever considered how terrible Thanksgiving is to turkeys, domesticated or not?
Most of you say "Poor turkey," and continue eating, carving, or cooking the turkey. However, this is not true sympathy. If you do that and not anything else about the turkey then you don't really care about them.
You should care.
Why?
If one day you turned on the TV and saw a breaking news report about how thousands of people were crammed into pens with no personal space, fed hormones and chemicals, lived and slept in their own poop, and were mass murdered at a certain time of year in a factory to be packaged and processed into mystery meats or sold whole and eaten by people, you and the rest of the world would be absolutely horrified.
But, this is what happens to millions of poultry birds every Thanksgiving. Actually, the description that I just gave you was probably 5 times better than what really happens to domesticated birds.
Domesticated fowl live painful, miserable, short lives.
There is one thing that irks me even more than the plight of the turkey. Remember the paragraph that started with the word "If"? (If you don't, now is a good time to make sure you have no mental problems.)
If you do remember it, then let me ask you several hypothetical questions. If there was a news report on the horrible living conditions and life of the turkey, how long would it be? How long would it be talked about? How many people would stay glued to their TVs waiting for an update on who would be prosecuted for the torture of the turkey?
The answer is "A lot less than if the news report were about people being mistreated". This is because people value their own lives over the lives of animals or basically any other living things. The only reason this would be justified is if you are starving and impoverished in a third-world country or something just as bad.
However, turkey mass-murdering happens in America, where every person is doing better than that person in the third-world country.
This is why you should start caring for someone other than yourselves(like a turkey) since you have everything you need at your fingertips Take a couple steps back, past the celebrities and politics, and see the big picture. (not literally)
Then you would find out that the Earth itself is dying, turkeys are being mass murdered, and most first-world dwellers preoccupy themselves with stupid politics, diet plans, and celebrities( none of which are necessary for anything but mass stupidity) in a unfortunately successful act to convince themselves that there is nothing wrong.
Which is why you should never use diet plans.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Musical Monday #7- A real one, except for the fact it's Sunday...
Well, I finally found some time to do a MM in the original way!
Although you might not have heard of this song probably have no idea what this song is, I found a surprisingly large number of things to take literally.
"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz
Although you mi
"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz
Success!
Finally, I have made a trivia question that has stumped 75% of the people that answered it! It wasn't even that hard! Only one person got it right, and that was RF, whose answer does not count since she used Google! 75% percent of you put "A paper cone with some ice inside" when the answer was "A Kyurem"! Snow Cone is my Kyurem and knows the move Glaciate. A Kyurem is a Dragon and Ice typed Pokemon.
Mwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
I succeeded in stumping all 6 of you with this question!
This is a Kyurem.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Like A FREAKING Boss!
Alec Vacanti is back from the dead. Here I am and ready to rumble. Who the heck deleted me off the blog? I'm about to go berserk as I am now going to limit the number of posts I will in fact post. Lazy people who just want a headline... LOOK BELOW
ALEC VACANTI IS BACK YOU LAZY BUMS, AND WHOEVER DELETED ME OFF THE BLOG BETTER RUN CAUSE I'M COMING FOR YOU!
This is GM. I am here to inform you that even though Alec is part of Why Not? again, he is still too lazy to write blog posts. Also all example posts for the contest will be due Friday.
Friday, November 16, 2012
Ask Wendy Update
Since Connor and Alec tied for 1st place in the contest, they will both be guest authors.
Since there are three questions, you guys can not divide them up equally. Luckily i have come up with a solution to this. Both of you guys will answer all of the questions.
To answer the questions, send in your answers to wendy.smith.ws.1.2.3.4.5@gmail.com
Remember the questions are:
To answer the questions, send in your answers to wendy.smith.ws.1.2.3.4.5@gmail.com
CLUE petition
RF originally sharded this with we and right now i am just confused
anyway sign this to keep the clue program
anyway sign this to keep the clue program
Popular Posts
the most popular posts based on page views are
thank you for watching voki wednesdays
sorry i havent done one recently
and really corruption what has the world come to
side note here
rf writes the most posts but they are not popular
RF here. I think, as you have noticed, my posts are often fillers for those long stretches of time where everyone is too busy to post. Perhaps people never comment on some of my posts because I leave them speechless with my amazing work? Plus, I wanted to add that post popularity can be determined in different ways. Yes, by views, you two have the tops. I, however, hold the 3rd and 4th places. Anyway, I think I tend to write what the general population cares about. I have brought 8 hits by posting the YOLO post. Oddly enough, "I reported wendy" is the second search keywords that went to our blog.. If we count by comments, I think Alec has the best comments to post ratio. Wendy's stuff is also pretty controversial.
RF here. I think, as you have noticed, my posts are often fillers for those long stretches of time where everyone is too busy to post. Perhaps people never comment on some of my posts because I leave them speechless with my amazing work? Plus, I wanted to add that post popularity can be determined in different ways. Yes, by views, you two have the tops. I, however, hold the 3rd and 4th places. Anyway, I think I tend to write what the general population cares about. I have brought 8 hits by posting the YOLO post. Oddly enough, "I reported wendy" is the second search keywords that went to our blog.. If we count by comments, I think Alec has the best comments to post ratio. Wendy's stuff is also pretty controversial.
Musical (Not) Monday #6
Well, since I missed so many MMs, here's another one. Not the original type, though. I think I might be doing music videos for a while.
This is a small random compilation of music I found.
Here, we have the "sequel" to the song we love to hate- "Friday." Surprise, it's mostly about... Saturday.
Next up, a guy who plays pop song excerpts on the piano. Amazing! I for one really enjoyed this, although I'm not really into pop. Maybe because I play piano?
Here are these brothers who call their group "Nuttin But Stringz." Despite their spelling skills in the naming process, their performances are not bad. They're no Beethoven's, but I like how they combine classical music with other musical genres. However, I do not approve of them throwing their bows...
This is a small random compilation of music I found.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Musical (Not) Monday #5- Which is Worse? edition*
Which is worse?
VS
Well then, are you annoyed or surprised or even aware that these two are so similar?????
Let's see...
VS
Well then, are you annoyed or surprised or even aware that these two are so similar?????
Let's see...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A Post That Is Supposed to be Offensive
Some time ago, the Why Not? team had a problem with Lily cussing in the comments. This problem was taken care of, but today I went on the blog and found an Ashley Hudspeth-Adams asking who Wendy was and cussing. This violates our two rules about commenting: don't ask who Wendy is and don't cuss. Now this "Ashley" may not have been aware of this, but now she knows. So there is no reason for more cussing and spam from her.
Oh, Loveable Nerds!
Alternately titled: RF Attempts a Rant
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So what's a nerd?
Weird isn't it?
Somehow, there's been this trend of "Nerds are lovable!"
Somewhat. At least it's a trend I've seen at the mall.
(read more)
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So what's a nerd?
Weird isn't it?
Somehow, there's been this trend of "Nerds are lovable!"
Somewhat. At least it's a trend I've seen at the mall.
(read more)
Monday, November 12, 2012
Not Really Longer...
The weekend really hasn't gotten any longer. The weekend is still just Saturday and Sunday. Today, Monday, isn't really a day of the weekend. It's just a day off that happens to be right after the weekend days. In fact, many people who don't work on weekends are still going to work today. We mostly have the day off so government workers can get a day off. Anyway, although I've referred to breaks like this one as "long weekends," that's probably not the best term.
When I mentioned this to N, he sighed like my logic was totally illogical.
When I mentioned this to N, he sighed like my logic was totally illogical.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Link Day- Veterans Day weekend 2012
Links for your entertainment over the longer weekend.
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http://lights.elliegoulding.com/
Cool graphics plus music. A little boring to me but fun to watch.
http://htwins.net/nwnp/
No Walking No Problem is the name of this game. It's centered around a stick figure who has lost hte ability to walk but can somehow still jump. Strangely addicting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og8cxXICoVU
A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV
The title says it all.
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/teaching-values/481-parenting-students-to-the-top.gs
Supposedly the reason Asians are smart according to stereotypes.
http://www.psykopaint.com/
Great online canvas.
Like, really really great.
http://photo2text.com/
Turn any photo into a jumble of text resembling that photo.
http://www.playauditorium.com/
Awesome game with no real rules!
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/
Website dedicated to long stuff as you can probably tell.
http://whynot2000.blogspot.com/
Last but certainly not the least. =)
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http://lights.elliegoulding.com/
Cool graphics plus music. A little boring to me but fun to watch.
http://htwins.net/nwnp/
No Walking No Problem is the name of this game. It's centered around a stick figure who has lost hte ability to walk but can somehow still jump. Strangely addicting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og8cxXICoVU
A Surreal Descent into Madness: Reviewing Children's TV
The title says it all.
http://www.greatschools.org/parenting/teaching-values/481-parenting-students-to-the-top.gs
Supposedly the reason Asians are smart according to stereotypes.
http://www.psykopaint.com/
Great online canvas.
Like, really really great.
http://photo2text.com/
Turn any photo into a jumble of text resembling that photo.
http://www.playauditorium.com/
Awesome game with no real rules!
http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/
Website dedicated to long stuff as you can probably tell.
http://whynot2000.blogspot.com/
Last but certainly not the least. =)
Surprise!
So, in the poll that asked what the special prize for the 3333 contest was, most people chose "surprise!" Since N won, I guess he should get a surprise. But, I am not sure what should be given. I'll try to think of something and give it to N on Tuesday.
GM's Goals for the Longer Weekend
Goal 1: Make hexaflexagon. (This is because I heard RF say "I still can't make a hexaflexagon.")
Goal 2: Clean tetra's tank. (If you don't know what tetras are, then you are banned from the authorship contest.)
All crossed out goals have been done.
Goal 3: Make convincing fake interview of parents because they never had a teenage job.( This is the hardest part of the math project: the non-math part.)
All crossed out goals have been done.
Trampoline
One day rf and i were getting our instruments from the orchestra room and were walking out
we talking about math and some random girl comes up to us and says, "Is that a trampoline?" , pointing to RF's cello
RF then replied,"No!"
then we discussed the differences between a cello and a trampoline
and there are a lot of them
the reason i am posting this is because RF said that she thinks this would be disrespectful to the stupid girl
in my opinion RF is too nice
we talking about math and some random girl comes up to us and says, "Is that a trampoline?" , pointing to RF's cello
RF then replied,"No!"
then we discussed the differences between a cello and a trampoline
and there are a lot of them
the reason i am posting this is because RF said that she thinks this would be disrespectful to the stupid girl
in my opinion RF is too nice
Poll closed
The burning ice cube won the logo contest
rf won
that is the official logo for our websites, g+ page and twitter page
rf won
that is the official logo for our websites, g+ page and twitter page
Technology these days
Sorry i haven't done one of these in a long time but frankly there was noting good to write about
u are probably going"Mr. Vemula, Mr. Vemula what about the i pad mini event"
and i am like "hey me from the past
1. the ipad mini sucks
2. they had other things too
1. The ipad mini
5. 13 inch mac book pro
u are probably going"Mr. Vemula, Mr. Vemula what about the i pad mini event"
and i am like "hey me from the past
1. the ipad mini sucks
2. they had other things too
1. The ipad mini
- it sucks
- it is 7.9 inches
- same resolution as ipad 2
- not retina display
- smaller version of ipad
They just had to get rid of the 3rd gen though
2. the ipad with retina display
- stupid name-ipad 3rd gen had retina display
- new processor
- no real exterior changes
3. new imac
- this is actually pretty good
- not that expensive compared to other stylish all in ones
- cool awesome welding process (mentioned in keynote-i loved how the guy quoted indie from mymusic"you've probably never heard of it")
- so thin and light
- noooooo they took out the optical drive and u have to buy one for 80$
4. new mac mini
- i actually kinda like this good design and it actually has ports
- i loved the inside view they gave us but space is being wasted
5. 13 inch mac book pro
- okay i guess
- no optical drive but yes hdmi, barely any ports
- why do u need retina display
that is it for now i will do the nexus 7 later
and then about technology in cars
and about nintendo
Friday, November 9, 2012
A Somewhat Technology These Days
As you might know, we've been planning on getting the blog some social media accounts to share its awesomeness with the general population.
Here are some nice ones I found.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Ask Wendy
Actually, N likes Gary Johnson, too.
It is legal to vote for him.(Duh!)
He got third place in 48 states.
He was the candidate for the Libertarian Party.
Blog Websites
There are now official blog websites made by me, N.
http://whynot2000.weebly.com/
http://sites.google.com/site/whynot2000blog/
http://whynot2000.weebly.com/
http://sites.google.com/site/whynot2000blog/
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Gary Who? Stein? Another Party? Say What?
America has a two party dominance. Republican and Democrat. The Independent parties hardly stand a chance! Leading up to this Election Day, pretty much everyone asked me, "Who would you vote for president?" I always answered Gary Johnson, an answer to which all but one person responded with either a "Who's that?" look followed by an unineterested shrug or by yelling "Nooooo! I meant Obama or Romney! Is it even, like, legal, to vote for Gary Johnson anyway?"*
Considering the chart below, it's a pretty impressive feat that Johnson even got 1% this time around!
I'm just saying that I feel third parties totally deserve a chance. After all, America is supposed to be "with liberty and justice for all." It was not founded to have a strict two party system. People from other parties used to be elected more often, but our last third party president was Fillmore, of the Whig Party, in 1850! (I think... Correct me if I'm wrong.)
Just my thoughts... Sort of a follow up to N's "3rd parties" post.
*Most were strong Obama supporters.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
stupid 3rd parties
why are they called 3rd parties if there are more than one
and they are stupid because we wont get a majority in florida because the 3rd party canidates are taking about 0.8% of the vote there causing mitt romney and obama to be neck-and-neck but neither gets a majority
then no one gets the electoral votes and there will be a big legal siut
it will be a repeat of the 2000 election
just saying , but al gore should have won
we would have been a lot better off
if u r in florida and reading this--
if u didnt vote then u will be the cause of this
u could have prevented it
ur vote counts
update
no one got Florida because no one got a majority
and they are stupid because we wont get a majority in florida because the 3rd party canidates are taking about 0.8% of the vote there causing mitt romney and obama to be neck-and-neck but neither gets a majority
then no one gets the electoral votes and there will be a big legal siut
it will be a repeat of the 2000 election
just saying , but al gore should have won
we would have been a lot better off
if u r in florida and reading this--
if u didnt vote then u will be the cause of this
u could have prevented it
ur vote counts
update
no one got Florida because no one got a majority
election
Today is election day
first Tuesday in november
btw there are other stuff to vote for other than president like governer, senator, representative, ect
so far romney is winning
jill stien is losing
first Tuesday in november
btw there are other stuff to vote for other than president like governer, senator, representative, ect
so far romney is winning
and to connor
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Correct Usage of YOLO
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| You Only Live Once! Note: I don't mean that I absolutely enforce the idea of "YOLO." Like as in the belief that people only live once. I have no solid proof of that for you. I meant to put across the idea that YOLO shouldn't be carried out by going to stupid parties and doing stupid things. |
example post (by Sarah mostly...)
Politics....I don't understand half the things they are talking about!
N-that was Bush(the worst president ever)
he started 2 wars caused a recession, ect.
n-idk
n-Sarah palian is an idiot
n- goverment uses too much money
n-huge controversy on if obama is really a us citizen
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Art Freak!!!
N-that was Bush
he started 2 wars caused a recession, ect.
n-idk
n-Sarah palian is an idiot
n- goverment uses too much money
n-huge controversy on if obama is really a us citizen
Art Freak!!!
-Sarah Liu
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Vote!
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Oh, have you noticed veto is an anagram of vote?
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
Now that Alec Has Really Left....
I really wish that I had kept that post that threatened Alec because it looks like he really was too lazy.
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