Friday, April 25, 2008

I love this

Friday, April 18, 2008

oh Internets, is there anything you don't know?

Your result: the Wit (80% dark, 34% spontaneous, 26% vulgar)
your humor style:
CLEAN | COMPLEX | DARK


You like things edgy, subtle, and smart. I guess that means you're probably an intellectual, but don't take that to mean pretentious. You realize 'dumb' can be witty--after all isn't that the Simpsons' philosophy?--but rudeness for its own sake, 'gross-out' humor and most other things found in a fraternity leave you totally flat.

I guess you just have a more cerebral approach than most. You have the perfect mindset for a joke writer or staff writer.

Your sense of humor takes the most thought to appreciate, but it's also the best, in my opinion.


You probably loved the Office. If you don't know what I'm talking about, check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/.

PEOPLE LIKE YOU: Jon Stewart - Woody Allen - Ricky Gervais



The3-Variable Funny Test!

Friday, March 28, 2008

The coolest thing I will see online today

Monday, March 24, 2008

why telecommuting is hard.

I do work in an office, but far away from the rest of my department. Sometines, it is aggravatingly difficult to make a simple point over any of the various communication methods we have available.

Such as today, when I'm trying to make the word "Étoile" in a template on our content management system ...

Me: The special characters are not working inside the page headers, which make the titles.

Distant Coworker: Check this link out i found when i googled "special charcter html". http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/spchar.html

Me: Yeah, that's what I mean. They aren't working. It's just displaying the code.

DC: You are using capital E. E /= e. [non-web people note: this means "E does not equal e"]

Me: That's how you get a capital E with an accent over, É

DC: Lower case e.

Me: That makes a lower case e with an accent. For upper case E with accent it's ampEacute; [amp should be &, but I can't figure out why the pre tag won't work here. maybe I'm not as smart as I think.]

DC: You're trying to change the title right?

Me: Yes.

DC: The code is actually right but rather it is not working inside the page header.

Me: Right, that's exactly what I'm saying.

(All respect to my coworkers. I'm saying it's very difficult to get people to understand. Also this is probably remotely interesting to about maybe ... nobody who reads this thing. Hi Mom!)

oh, the transhumanity

You Score as a Transhumanist-Biotech
TranshumanistTranshumanists believe that humanity can and should strive to attain higher levels of physical, mental, and social achievement through the use of technology. They seek to extend human capabilities and improve the human condition through technology- supporting the quest for immortality, the conquering of death and disease, the amplification of human intelligence, and the capabilities of the human body.

Transhumanists recognize that over time and with technological advancements, man will realize new possibilities for society and human nature and achieve a posthuman condition (becoming more than human). Societal change is an important consequence of technological progress.

Because of this passionate trust in technological advancement, transhumanists generally see all technologies, as long as they don't jeopardize the non-corporeal consciousness of a person, as being beneficial both to society and to the happiness and advancement of the person.
Transhumanists see benefit not only in technologies that address medical necessities, but also aesthetic or recreational demands. They support advances in cybernetics, genetic engineering in clinical settings, embryo design, and other technologies that allow individuals to take control of their biology, and the human species to take control of evolution.

Transhumanists can be either hard-technology oriented--more inclined to add microchips and machines to their lifestyle--or bio-technology oriented--preferring the softer, more natural advancements and modifications that are made available.

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Your Results
You scored as a TB
73.3% of people also scored as TB

Other Results
6.5% of people scored as BC
2.1% of people scored as BL
0% of people scored as LU
0.3% of people scored as TC
17.8% of people scored as TP