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Thread ID: 89496	2008-05-02 05:48:00	It's Funny To Me.........	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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664932	2008-05-02 05:48:00	A Microsoft software engineer, Dell hardware engineer, and a NASA departmental manager were on their way to a meeting in Switzerland . They were driving down a steep mountain road when suddenly the brakes failed . The car careened out of control, bouncing off guardrails until it miraculously ground to a scraping halt along the mountainside . The occupants of the car were unhurt, but they had a problem . They were stuck halfway down the mountain in a car with no brakes . "I know," said the NASA manager . "Let's have a staff meeting, propose a Vision, formulate a Mission Statement, define some Goals, and through a process of continuous improvement, find a solution to the Critical Retrograde Problems and we'll be on our way . " "No," said the Dell hardware engineer . "I've got my Swiss army knife with me . I can strip down the car's ABS motherboard, isolate the fault, fix it, and we'll be on our way . " "Wait," said the Microsoft software engineer . "Before we do anything, shouldn't we push the car back to the top of the mountain, point it downhill, get in and see if it happens again?" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A man is getting into the shower as his wife is getting out when the doorbell rings . The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs . She opens the door to find their next door neighbor, Bob . Before she can say a word, Bob says, "I'll give you $800 to drop that towel . " After thinking for a moment, she drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob . After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 and leaves . Wrapping herself in the towel, as she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks, "Who was that?" "It was Bob," she replied . "Great!" her husband says, "Did he say anything about the $800 he owed me?" :banana	SurferJoe46 (51)
664933	2008-05-02 06:05:00	:lol:	qazwsxokmijn (102)
664934	2008-05-02 06:15:00	Got another: TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN US SCHOOLS Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100 . His cost of production is 4/5 of the price . What is his profit? Teaching Math in 1960: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100 . His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80 . What is his profit? Teaching Math in 1970: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money . The cardinality of set "M" is 100 . Each element is worth one dollar . Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M . " The set "C," the cost of production contains 20 fewer points than set "M . " Represent the set "C" as subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" of profits? Teaching Math in 1980: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100 . His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20 . Your assignment: Underline the number 20 . Teaching Math in 1990: By cutting down beautiful forest trees, the logger makes $20 . What do you think of this way of making a living? Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the forest birds and squirrels "feel" as the logger cut down the trees? There are no wrong answers . Teaching Math in 2002: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100 . His cost of production is $120 . How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit margin is $60? Teaching Math in 2010: El hachero vende un camion cargado de lena por $100 . Su gasto de produccion es . . . . . . . . :banana	SurferJoe46 (51)
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