Category: quote of the day

invincible ignorance

Rather than a depiction of a pious missionary (I don’t get that by looking at the picture), it’s an illustration of a horse thief trying to outrun a lynch mob.

In the magazine, the illustration bears the caption: “Had His Start Been Fifteen Minutes Longer He Would Not Have Been Caught.”

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This is the hallmark of a tragically bad executive. But in this case, it couldn’t be more precious. The president of the United States has identified closely with a man he sees as a mythic, heroic figure. But in fact he’s a wily criminal one step out in front of justice. It perfectly reflects Bush the man. . . and Bush the president.

[From “The Illustrated President” by Scott Horton (Harper’s Magazine) ]

What a great story. Rather than a depiction of a pious missionary (I don’t get that by looking at the picture), it’s an illustration of a horse thief trying to outrun a lynch mob.

In the magazine, the illustration bears the caption: “Had His Start Been Fifteen Minutes Longer He Would Not Have Been Caught.”

The full explication is here.

formulae

So you want to make a tapered cone section, but you don’t know the first thing about how to make the flat pattern?

…I was hoping the graphing calculator here in OS X would do, but it’s not a calculator so much as a viewer.

I finally worked out my frustum problem, but ideally, the steps in this explanation could be made into a function. Not that anyone would need to do it very often (hah, who am I kidding? I’ve done it more times than I can count, and actually cut materials 3 times so far).

So you want to make a tapered cone section, but you don’t know the first thing about how to make the flat pattern?

[From How To Make a Perfect Tapered Adapter]

But are there any programmable calculators online that can handle this? I was hoping the graphing calculator here in OS X would do, but it’s not a calculator so much as a viewer.

It would be interesting to simply drop the known values into the equation(s) and get back the result.

unsuitable work

I am trying to work out the correct way to make a truncated cone, and it occurred to me that someone, somewhere, must have equations that can help with this…. If these equations worked for me, I could make a function out of it, but I have not been able to get that far.

I am trying to work out the correct way to make a truncated cone, and it occurred to me that someone, somewhere, must have equations that can help with this. I found this page, but I’m not sure it’s right. I never seem to get answers that will work.

Picture a cone with a base diameter of 6 (D1) and at 2.75 (L), the diameter is 3(D2). How to make a flat pattern, given those three dimensions? If these equations worked for me, I could make a function out of it, but I have not been able to get that far. I end up with a very flat cone.

This just isn’t my long suit. I can’t tell if I am misreading it or what.

Continue reading “unsuitable work”

there’s some truth to that

“The lesson is that it’s not a good idea to drink, it’s not a good idea to be high on dope, and it’s not a good idea to taunt a man-eating tiger.”

…drink a coupla shots of vodka (as they did), then taunt a tiger (as it seems they also did), you might just get what you ask for.

“Clearly there’s the lesson to be learned here,” said zoo spokesman Sam Singer. “The lesson is that it’s not a good idea to drink, it’s not a good idea to be high on dope, and it’s not a good idea to taunt a man-eating tiger.”

Authorities were weighing whether to seek criminal charges against the Dhaliwals, but their lawyer, Mark Geragos, said they have presented no evidence of a crime. Geragos, who has repeatedly said the brothers didn’t taunt the tiger, also noted that the affidavit does not specify any possible counts.

“Basically, they’re arguing that if you go to the zoo and wave at the animals, you get the death penalty,” he said. “And that’s just nonsense.”

[From Taunting a factor in tiger attack – Yahoo! News]

Actually, if you a. get stoned and b. drink a coupla shots of vodka (as they did), then taunt a tiger (as it seems they also did), you might just get what you ask for.
Trouble is, the tiger died too, and she didn’t deserve that.

[addendum] Apparently, animal-taunting is quite common, to the point where not seeing any means you’re complacent.

day after Friday cat blogging

This one takes the word aloof to new heights, at least as far as her relationship with me goes.

And this one just dumped the contents of extremely full bladder on one of the beds, thankfully not mine.

The girls.

Cricket, née Bagheera
This one takes the word aloof to new heights, at least as far as her relationship with me goes.

Smudge, née Foxy

And this one just dumped the contents of extremely full bladder on one of the beds, thankfully not mine.

<sigh> and this after a week spent nursing back to health from an upper respiratory infection.

links for 2008-01-07

recycled quote of the day

It was interesting in the debate, Sen. Clinton saying ‘Don’t feed the American people false hopes…. I mean, you can picture JFK saying, ‘We can’t go to the moon, it’s a false hope.

Ouch, that’s gonna leave a mark.

“I find the manner in which they’ve been running their campaign sort of depressing, lately. It was interesting in the debate, Sen. Clinton saying ‘Don’t feed the American people false hopes. Get a reality check, you know?’ I mean, you can picture JFK saying, ‘We can’t go to the moon, it’s a false hope. Let’s get a reality check.’ It’s not, sort of, I think, what our tradition has been.”

— Sen. Barack Obama, in a forthcoming interview on Good Morning America, about Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

[From Extra Bonus Quote of the Day]