What a clever boy :)

A little story I was sent some time ago…

What starts with an F and ends with a K?

A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, ‘Harry, what’s your problem?’

Harry answered, ‘I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!’

Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the Principal’s office.

While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was.

The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave.

She agreed.

Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.

Principal: ‘What is 3 x 3?’

Harry: ‘9.’

Principal: ‘What is 6 x 6?’

Harry: ‘36.’

And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader  should know.

The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, ‘I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade.’

Ms. Brooks says to the principal, ‘Let me ask him some questions.’

The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks asks, ‘What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?’

Harry, after a moment: ‘Legs.’

Ms. Brooks: ‘What  is in your pants that you have but I do not have?’

The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!

Harry replied: ‘Pockets.’

Ms. Brooks: ‘What does a dog do that a man steps into?’

Harry: ‘Pants.’

Ms. Brooks: What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?’

Harry: ‘Coconut.’

The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: ‘What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?’

The Principal’s eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, Harry replied, ‘Bubble gum.’

Ms. Brooks: ‘What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?’

Harry: ‘Shake hands.’

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: ‘What word starts with an ‘F’ and ends in ‘K’ that means a lot of heat and excitement?’

Harry: ‘Fire truck.’

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, ‘Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong…

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Gloutons du Rock

Samedi 16 mai 2009
Gloutons du Rock
H1N1 Free
5ème édition
Festival Musical Bucolique et Sympathique

Programme:
19h30 Pique-nique. Apportez à manger et à boire.
20h00 Louis Coumian (Nouvelle scène française)
21h00 Duke (rock, pop, jazz)
22h00 RockingChair78 (blues chocolaté, recouvet de rock fondant)
23h00 Lov Love (rock, rock)

Contacts:
Marc 06 88 96 15 35
Bruno 06 22 15 10 16
Franck 06 72 79 15 57

Lieu:
Manufacture des Oeillets
31-33 rue Raspail
Ivry-Sur-Seine

Ligne 7 Maire d’Ivry
RER C

And to give you a flavor for the event, here is an amateur video taken two years ago at the same place:

The War on Women in Afghanistan

I read an interesting article on “Karzai’s cynical war on Afghan women” in today’s South China Morning Post, on page A11 ( “Insight”).

This was an article from Sreeram Chaulia, a researcher on international affairs at the Maxwell School of Citizenship in Syracuse, New York.

Sreeram’s article was first published under the title “The War on Women in Afghanistan” on the web site “Opinion Asia“.

Do read this article which highlights some of the problems with the “mullahcracy“, those dangerous “self-appointed  custodians of morality”.

Be prepared for the offline world

I read an interesting article in today’s PostMagazine, Technology section (Sunday 12 April 2009 edition of the South China Morning Post, a.k.a. Sunday Morning Post). Bien Perez is the main contributor to this section, but this particular article – entitled “Gone, but nor forgotten”, was written by Peter Svensson and illustrated by Steve Yau.

In short, the point is that when you “log off” for the final time (either that you pass away, or become severely disabled, or leave for a “no return” expedition to the planet of the Apes etc.), you can – using one of various new web services – leave relevant information to your dear ones for them to know what to do with your cyberlife and cyberposessions (such as your flickr photo collection or your blog) once your are gone.

Three sites were described in the above mentioned article, namely:

- Death Switch;

- Slightly Morbid;

and

- Legacy Locker.

Check them out before your check out. As the saying goes 1) “shit happens” and 2) today might thus be your last day – sorry – that’s life, and the end of it

Was Jesus Black, Jewish, Italian, Californian, American Indian, Irish, or a Woman?

As seen on Guy Kawasaki’s HolyKaw blog on Posterous.

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother
2. He liked Gospel
3. He didn’t get a fair trial

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into His Father’s business
2. He lived at home until he was 33
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands
2. He had wine with His meals
3. He used olive oil

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair
2. He walked around barefoot all the time
3. He started a new religion

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature
2. He ate a lot of fish
3. He talked about the Great Spirit

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish:
1. He never got married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3. He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all – 3 proofs that Jesus was a woman:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment’s notice when there was virtually no food
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn’t  get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was still work to do

Hard Drive Domino’s

First seen on Linux Manua – Le Jeu du Geek n°1.

Black-out Hadopi (suite)

Suite à ma précédente mention du blackout du net en France, voir d’autres videos (comme celle ci-dessus) à ce sujet sur le site Youtube de Galeop.

Voir aussi le visuel interactif du Monde sur “La Loi Hadopi vue par les internautes”.

Ou encore le site “La Quadrature du Net”.

T4 as in “Terminate the pollution” ;)

A message from Avaaz.Org:

EUROPE: LEAD ON EFFICIENCY!

Europe is one of the biggest sources of the world’s climate pollution — and half of Europe’s emissions come from boilers, fridges, TVs and other energy-using products in homes and other buildings.

Strong energy efficiency standards have been proposed for these products that would massively reduce climate emissions, save money on electricity, and set a strong example of what’s possible for the rest of the world. But out of sight of the public, some vested industrial interests are pushing hard to water down the proposals.

A public, worldwide outcry can still defeat the industry lobbyists, but time is short! Sign the petition below, and it will be delivered this week to EU decision-makers in Brussels.

Sign the petition now!

IE7 is so slow …

… compared to Safari 4, Minefield, Chrome, Firefox 3, Opera 9.6 and IE8.

IE7 is way too slow

And yet, it is still the “official browser” in a large french bank I am fairly familiar with

Source: Safari 4 benchmarked: 42x faster than IE 7, 3.5x faster than Firefox 3 (Crave, the gadget blog from CNET UK).