October 14, 1947 – Pilot Chuck Yeager flew the Bell X One rocket plane and became the first person to break the sound barrier.
BREAKING THE SOUND BARIER?
The New York Times reports that Nathan P. Myhrvold, Microsofts chief technology officer, working with a paleontologist, has developed a computer model that provides evidence that some dinosaurs may have been able to use their tails like bull whips, creating a cannon-like sonic boom by exceeding the speed of sound with the last few inches of the tail. Thus, dinosaurs, and not Chuck Yeager, may have been the first life forms on the planet to break the sound barrier.
It struck me as somehow appropriate that Microsofts CTO would concern himself with how to make a dinosaur go so fast.
Sandy (AKA Ms Sam)
Chuckles Of Choice Web Site
http://www.chucklesofchoice.com/
Posted in Computer |
La maestra les dejó de tarea a sus alumnos investigar qué animal es el más venenoso o ponzoñoso.
Al dÃa siguiente, la profesora le pregunta a Juanita acerca de la tarea y ella le contesta que es la abeja, porque picaba y dejaba hinchado y con mucho dolor. Después le pregunta a Pedro y él le responde que es la vÃbora, porque su piquete es mortal. Hasta el final, le pregunta a Pepito.
El burro es el animal más ponzoñoso, responde Pepito.
¡Cómo te atreves a decir que es el burro, Pepito!
SÃ, maestra, a ver, aguántele un piquetito.
Posted in Chistes chistosos |
A man sees a blonde woman at the beach one day sporting a walkman and headphones, but thinks nothing of it.
The next day, he sees the same blonde woman at the grocery store, still with the walkman and headphones on. A little suprised, he goes on with his shopping.
The next day was Sunday, and the man headed off to church. The man arrived at the church and found a seat just as the preacher was beginning the sermon. Halfway through the sermon, the man looked over, and to his surprise, saw the same blonde woman. Even more shocking, she was STILL wearing the headphones! The man was so curious as to why she was wearing the headphones, he jumped up, ran over to the woman, and ripped the headphones off her head. She
immediately fell to the ground, clutching her throat. The man, horrified, picked up the headphones to see what was playing in them. To his amasement, the same thing was playing over and over again:
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in, breathe out…
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The Office of Institutional Computing has defined a lower cost alternative for Desktop conversions that also addresses the Year 2000 issue: The goal is to remove all computers from the desktop by Jan, 1999.
Instead, everyone will be provided with an Etch-A-Sketch. There are many sound reasons for doing this: Y2K problems No technical glitches, keeping work from being done. No more wasted time reading and writing emails. Substantial hardware cost savings.
Frequently Asked Questions from the Etch-A-Sketch Help Desk:
My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen. What do I do?
Pick it up and shake it
How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
Pick it up and shake it
Whats the short cut for Undo?
Pick it up and shake it
How do I create a New Document window?
Pick it up and shake it
How do I set the background and foreground to the same colour?
Pick it up and shake it
What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch?
Pick it up and shake it
How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch?
Pick it up and shake it
How do I save my Etch-A-Sketch document?
Dont shake it.
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Q:why did the burger queen get pregnant?
A:the burger king forgot to wrap his whopper.
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Knock Knock
Whos there?
Frank!
Frank who?
Franks and beans!
Posted in Knock-knock |
Q: How do you tell one bathroom full of statisticians from another?
A: Check the p-value.
Joke found on http://www.ahajokes.com
Posted in Math |
I want to become a politician when I grow up so Ive made a list of skills I want to aquire, but
Ive only come up with one: Lying.
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Last semester I took macroeconomics and didnt have a clue what I was doing (as cited on the final exam). There were 80 multiple choice questions. For some reason I decided to play the game of probability and choose the letter A for everything. In that game, the only thing probable was that I failed.
The following day, the professor asked to see me after class. Is everything okay? Sure, I said, why? Well, heres your test, he said and handed me a piece of paper that was covered with red ink. Can you explain why you chose an A for everything? Knowing that there was nothing I could do at this point, I said, Well, Ive always wanted to be an A student.
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What does a woman have to do to keep a man interested?
Wear perfume that smells like beer.
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