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
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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
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