Class is in Session

Using my TouchPad

Professor Fox — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:48:24 +0000

A test of the WordPress app for TouchPad

Back in the saddle

Professor Fox — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:26:51 +0000

So now I am using Word 2007 to post blogs. Soon I’ll try moblogging on my Treo…

Faxual Healing

Professor Fox — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:38:27 +0000

From Woot.com… Woot : One Day, One Deal

Great-great-grandpa marveled at the dots and dashes beeping down the telegraph line. Great-grandma couldn’t believe that train whizzing across the silent screen, just as real as you please. Grandpa never forgot his first look at color TV – and Mom, well, the first time she sent a fax at Kinko’s she was surprised to get her original back. How can the same piece of paper be in two places at once?

It’s no wonder people wondered at these wondrous wonders, but they’re yesteryear’s news now. We talk with our voices, not with dots and dashes. Our movies talk, too. And faxes? No thanks, not when we’ve got PDFs and email and FTP and all the rest of it.

What’s that? You don’t understand that last sentence? Then let us present to you the miracle of analog document transfer with the Hewlett Packard Fax 1240 Inkjet Fax/Phone/Copier. Insert your hog-feed bill, forged diploma, or gonorrhea test results into the slot, dial the number for the fax machine you wish to send it to, and presto! A lifelike copy will leap out of the fax machine on the other end! But not so lifelike that anyone will be able to tell which parts you whited out and altered!

No need to mess around with weird, scary “fax paper”, either, on account that this uses “regular paper” (please forgive the technical jargon). What’s more, your HP Fax 1240 will also make copies that are yours to keep. We visionary futur-o-philes call this “photocopying”. And it’s also a phone. And a paperweight. If you’re setting up an office in your home in 1991, you simply cannot do better than the Hewlett Packard Fax 1240 Inkjet Fax/Phone/Copier.

Miss Nevada 2007

Professor Fox — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 08:12:17 +0000

So I found a site online that has “The Photos that stripped Ms. Nevada of her title!”

A Special Box

Professor Fox — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:11:38 +0000

One of the best things from SNL

Check out these videos

Professor Fox — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:36:40 +0000

Interesting videos from Iraq

This guy is amazing in his memory recall

For those who grew up with The Picture Bible…

Professor Fox — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:36:10 +0000

The Brick Testament

“The Law” section is particularly interesting

Worst Pickup Line Ever

Professor Fox — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 05:36:30 +0000

Quoted from: Worst Pickup Line Ever « Daily Curmudgeonry

I ran across this essay that discusses the relationship between IQ and success in society. It summarizes the state of research in psychometrics up to 1995. Here are some correlations that appear to be strong. Remember that correlation does not equal causation. Remember this does not mean all people in a group are like this, but a statistically significant percentage are.

*Low IQ is correlated with poor academic performance, poverty, and criminality.
*Low IQ is correlated with low IQ parents and low socio-economic status.
*IQ appears to be immutable. Better education does not improve IQ substantially.
*On IQ tests, Asians score higher than average, while blacks and Latinos score lower than average. Whites are average.

If these statistics are true, then blacks and Latinos could become a permanent underclass in a globalized world that devalues manual labor and enriches a high IQ elite. Since most people mate with someone within their same socio-economic class, the low and high IQ groups will become more firmly entrenched. This disparity can lead to social instability and is undesirable in a country that aspires to give every child a fair shot at a comfortable middle class life. I propose that black & Hispanic women mate with high IQ Asian men. This solves many problems at once. Black & Hispanic women have a hard time meeting eligible men who can, or are willing to, support a family. On the other hand, high IQ Asian men have a hard time meeting women and are perpetually single. Get these two groups together and they can produce children that will be closer to the white IQ average.

Problem solved.

Unfortunately, it’s very difficult to explain all this to low IQ, yet smoking hot, black & Hispanic women. I haven’t been able to condense this into a quick pickup line yet. The line, “how would you like to make some smart babies tonight”, has gotten me slapped several times. Anyone got a better idea?

The only two things that are certain in life are death and…

Professor Fox — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:33:39 +0000

This was an e-mail that I received this afternoon

Tax his land,
Tax his bed,
Tax the table
At which he’s fed.

Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes
Are the rule.

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,
Tax his shirt,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he
Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,
Tax his beers,
If he cries, then
Tax his tears.

Tax his car,
Tax his gas,
Find other ways
To tax his ass

Tax all he has
Then let him know
That you won’t be done
Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers,
Then tax him some more,
Tax him till
He’s good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in
Which he’s laid.

Put these words
Upon his tomb,
“Taxes drove me
to my doom…”

When he’s gone,
Do not relax,
Its time to apply
The inheritance tax.

What taxes do we pay?

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL license Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax,
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline Tax (42 cents per gallon)
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Interest expense
Inventory tax
IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Taxes
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road usage taxes
Sales Tax
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone federal excise tax
Telephone federal universal service fee tax
Telephone federal, state and local surcharge taxes
Telephone minimum usage surcharge t ax
Telephone recurring and non-recurring charges tax
Telephone state and local tax
Telephone usage charge tax
Utility Taxes
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Some interesting links:
Yearly record of National Debt since 1900

The current National Debt Clock

Secrets Revealed: Raising Cane’s Sauce

Professor Fox — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:45:01 +0000

I was doing a bit of searching and found the recipe for Raising Cane’s secret sauce. I like it on a lot of things. Here it is:

1 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup ketchup
1 tsp garlic salt
1 tsp Worchestershire sauce
Ground pepper to taste

I added more garlic powder and Worchestershire sauce, and added a bit onion powder…you can also add a smidge of paprika Stir it up and let it sit for at least 15 minutes covered in the fridge. The longer and colder the better

Of course, you could just go buy a large container of it at Raising Cane’s…but in case I can’t get to the restaurant, I can make it right at home.