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Posted by Thom Byxbe | Under Concept
Tuesday Jan 22, 2008
Life on Mars? What in the Mars is this? In February of 2005, Space.com reported "A pair of NASA scientists told a group of space officials at a private meeting here Sunday that they have found strong evidence that life may exist today on Mars, hidden away in caves and sustained by pockets of water."
As of today, the mainstream news outlets in the United States have yet to cover this breaking story. These amazing photos, which were sent back to Earth by Spirit (NASA's Mars explorer vehicle, which landed there four years ago) revealed a mystery figure on the Red Planet:
Space enthusiasts spent four years analyzing this image, which on much closer inspection shows the 'alien'.
The final image is where questions begin to settle in...
This is another edition of "Wee Winks" Small little links to interesting and/or odd sites around the net... Enjoy!
GOOD LUCK ODDITY
Ritual practiced among some Indian muslims where babies are dropped from the roof of a building. The theory: if you can survive being dropped 100 feet as a baby, you can probably go on to do anything.
One popular subscriber has put his Twitter account up for sale on eBay, prompting a fiery debate over ethics and commerce online.
[ http://snipurl.com/friendsfors ]
STEAL THIS
An entrepreneur looks for a gap in the market; pirates look for a gap outside the market. (Microsoft is worried that Vista isn't being pirated very much.)
[ http://snipurl.com/steal
In a study that hasn't been described as a complete waste of time and money, tennis scientists have found line judges usually get their calls right.
[ http://snipurl.com/24yl1
Posted by Thom Byxbe | Under Concept, Thought
Wednesday Apr 9, 2008
Here is our 6 Minute MBA Course. Every major concept taught in an MBA course is summarized here to give you an official "CITB 6 Minute MBA."
Course 1 - Length 1 minute
A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower, when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next-door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $600 to drop that towel." After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob. After a few seconds, Bob hands her $600 and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Bob the next door neighbor," she replies. "Great!" the husband says, "did he say anything about the $600 he owes me?"
Concept learned: If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.
Course 2 - Length 1 minute
A priest offered a Nun a lift. She got in and crossed her legs, forcing her habit to reveal a leg. The priest nearly had an accident. After controlling the car, he stealthily slid his hand up her leg. The nun said," Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest removed his hand. But, changing gears, he let his hand slide up her leg again. The nun once again said, "Father, remember Psalm 129?" The priest apologized "Sorry, Sister, but the flesh is weak." Arriving at the convent, the nun went on her way. On his arrival at the church, the priest rushed to look up Psalm 129. It said, "Go forth and seek, further up, you will find glory."
Concept learned: If you are not well informed in your job, you might miss a great opportunity.
Course 3 - Length 1 minute
A sales rep, an administration clerk, and their manager are walking to lunch when they find an antique oil lamp. They rub it and a Genie comes out. The Genie says, "I'll give each of you just one wish." "Me first! Me first!" says the admin clerk. "I want to be in the Bahamas, driving a speedboat, without a care in the world." Puff! She's gone. "Me next! Me next!" says the sales rep. "I want to be in Hawaii , relaxing on the beach with my personal masseuse, an endless supply of Pina Coladas and the love of my life." Puff! He's gone. " OK, you're up, " the Genie says to the manager. The manager says, "I want those two back in the office after lunch."
Concept learned: Always let your boss have the first say.
Course 4 - Length 1 minute
An eagle was sitting on a tree resting, doing nothing. A small rabbit saw the eagle and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing?" The eagle answered: "Sure, why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the eagle and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.
Concept learned: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.
Course 5 - Length 1 minute
A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy." "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. "They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung, and found it actually gave him enough strength to reach the lowest branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally, a few days later, the turkey was proudly perched at the top of the tree. He was promptly spotted by a farmer, who shot him out of the tree.
Concept learned: Bullsh!t might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
Course 6 - Length 1 minute
A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold the bird froze and fell to the ground into a large field. While he was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on him. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, he began to realize how warm he was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him.
Concepts learned: :
Not everyone who sh!ts on you is your enemy
Not everyone who gets you out of sh!t is your friend
And when you're in deep sh!t, it's best to keep your mouth shut!
This ends our 6 minute MBA course. Now you can say you "Received Your MBA In 6 Minutes!"
CITB Quote of the day: "Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome." - Arthur Ashe
The Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit APRU at Goldsmiths, University of London is currently engaged in a collaborative research project with Dr Rupert Sheldrake investigating the phenomenon of “telephone telepathy”. This is the fairly common experience of feeling that you know who is calling you on the telephone before you answer it - even on occasions when you had no particular reason to expect a call from that person. Obviously, skeptics and believers in the paranormal have different explanations for what is going on in such situations, but Rupert Sheldrake claims to have demonstrated that a genuinely paranormal phenomenon may be in operation here. The only way to find out is to carry out well controlled empirical studies and that is what researchers at the APRU are doing.
Here is a video clip of Dr. Rupert Sheldrake's experiment in action:
Read the full article at Public Parapsychology (and if you live in the U.K., you may want to volunteer).
The reason I found this interesting is that although I am normally oblivious to anything “paranormal”, I think I may have had a peculiar form of this when I was a kid. Bear in mind that back in those days we were on a four-party line, with a manual switchboard (they didn’t get dial where I lived until 1960), but it was a Michigan Bell exchange and all the ring current came from the same local ringing generators. Our signal on the party line was two short rings, and it was the same for any incoming call, local or long distance, and we rarely got long distance calls. Nevertheless, it seemed that whenever one of my aunts or anyone else was calling long distance, I’d hear the first double ring and immediately say “that’s a long distance call.” My folks would ask how I knew and I’d just say that the ring somehow sounded different, although it really didn’t - on an objective level I knew it was exactly the same ring, yet somehow it “sounded different” to me (and not to anyone else) when it was an incoming long distance call.
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Thomas Byxbe is the Publisher and Editor of Concepts, Ideas, Thoughts & Bullsh!t.
Thom has been a respected Internet author for over 12 years. He has written extensively on the Internet, Technology and Lifestyle topics. Concepts, Ideas, Thoughts & Bullsh!t is one of 3 current blog projects he writes and manages.
Mr. Byxbe is President and Chief Internet Visionary of Metamorphosis Idea Lab located in Madison Heights, Michigan.
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