Missing Dollar

3 guys go to a hotel. They want a room together. The owner decides to rip them off and charges more for the room. He charges them $30 for one room.They each give $10 and go to their room. Afterwards, the owner feels guilty and decides to give them back the money they overpaid. He calls the bell boy, gives him $5 and tells him to take it back to the 3 guys. On his way, the bell boy remembers they never tipped him. He keeps $2 and gives each of them $1 each. In the end, they each paid $9. That's $27 for the room. The bell boy has $2. Where's the missing dollar?

Personal Favorites

• 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot.

• I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
  

• Remember, half the people you know are below average.
  

• Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
  

• I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol.

• Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your week.

• Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

• If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.
  

• Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

• Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film.

• I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.

• Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.

• Light travels faster than sound. That is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Is that BROWN?

A DJ BROWN siting at last night's Rockies game. Another great moment in baseball ... one for the books! LETS GO METS!

This morning ...

... I woke up to a distorted reality. It was so real!

Work Shmerk

With about a year left till I finish as CU, I've been frequently asked, "What are you plans after school?" My immediate response is, “Nothing! I really have no desire to go back to work.” By work, I mean corporate work. After working with NG for 4 years, I still have that nasty taste in my mouth. To this day, I remember dragging my worn body into my office on early weekday mornings, sipping on java, replying to 150 emails regarding the same damm subject ... how much will it cost us to build a data center? How many LvP analysis do I have to do till they get it? How can I get rid of my pager? Although the paycheck was nice to me, it just ain’t worth it! It may be a pipe-dream … but for now … I’ll be looking for beach, sun and fun once school is done!!!

Trail Ridge Road

Photo by me @ Trail Ridge Summit.

"Trail Ridge Road provides spectacular view of the majestic scenery of Rocky Mountain National Park. It is the highest continuous motorway in the United States, with more than eight miles lying above 11,000' and a maximum elevation of 12,183'. The name "Trail Ridge Road" derives from it proximity to historic pathways used by native peoples to cross the Rocky Mountains.

Trail Ridge Road was designed to replace Fall River Road, which proved inadequate for modern motor travel as soon as it opened in 1920. Trail Ridge Road was designed to have more gentle grades, broader curves, and a greater variety of scenic experiences. The sunny, ridge-top location would also reduce snow accumulations and allow Trail Ridge Road to open earlier then its shady, snow-laden predecessor.

Trail Ridge Road was constructed between 1926 and 1932 through the collaborative efforts of the National Park Service and the Bureau of Public roads (now the Federal Highway Administration). Construction Crews had to contend with imposing terrain, harsh weather, short working seasons and stringent design criteria, which were intended to ensure that the road would "lie lightly on the land" displaying the region's rich scenic diversity with minimal impact on the natural environment. Trail Ridge Road opened in July 1932, providing motorists with access to impressive, views, memorable wildlife viewing opportunities and spectacular high mountain Terrain.

GRADE: The road was designed with a ruling grade generally less than 5% and never exceeding 7%, less that half as steep as the Fall River Road.

TURN RADIUS: Minimum radii for open curves were 100' and 200' on blind curves. Many curves were designed to sweep across but not dominate the landscape.

ROAD WIDTH: Unlike the single-track Fall River Road, Trail Ridge Road was designed as a two-lane with a 22' roadbed and 3' ditches in cut sections.

ELEVATION GIAN: The roadway was largely built into the hillside, elevated on rock fill once it reached tundra. Long continuous curves were used to gain elevation."

Weekend R&R

Photo by Retelle.

In addition, I saw Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds. First 45 minutes was impressive. Big and loud! Then it tanked right to the very end. My rating ... a lousy C-. Here's the e-text version of War of the Worlds by HG Wells.

I Just Realized ...

... I need a miracle!

Deja Vu

Lately, I've been experiencing much deja vu. Some days, twice a day! What does this mean? Was something changed in the matrix??? Was it the same cat?

Water Conservation w/ Peter Couch

Have you ever heard of Peter Couch? Well, he's the guy that would pee in your shower. Peter doesn't believe in flushing toliets. "Peeing in toilets is lunatic behavior ... wasteful," he says. "But if you pee in the toilet and don't flush it people think you're uncivilized or disgusting. I say, if it's yellow, let it mellow, but my roommates hate that, so I pee in the drain. They never know the difference. They waste gallons of clean water to carry away, like, ten ounces of piss."

Most toilet bowls use btw 128 and 448 ounces of water per flush. The ave adult generally feels the need to go when their bladder is filled with only seven ounces of urine; consider that the full adult bladder holdss about 34 ounces. The next time your lady needs to use the bathroom and you're on the road, let her know she's got plenty of room to hold it!

What happens when ...

... the forcing frequency (w2) equals the natural frequency (w1) in a solution for an undamped system?

Consider the ODE mx'' + kx = Fcos(w1t)

And the soln .. x(t) = Acos(w1t) + Bsin(w2t) + ((F/m)/(w1^2 - w2^2)).

When w1 = w2, we encounter such events like the Tacoma Narrows Bridge disaster.
The function can also describe sound. Feedback occurs when w1 = w2. When w1 does not equal w2, we can obtain a harmonic resolution. Ain't that just beautiful! More on the Theory of a Musical Universe.

Happy Independence Day!!!

Cosmic Fireworks

Last night at approximately 11:52 pm (MT), Deep Impact made contact with Comet Tempel 1 at a location 134 million km from earth. A few minutes before impact, I was on the net watching NASA TV. As a first time viewer, I found it to be pretty exciting. There was a view of mission control and I got to hear some NASA jargon pertaininig to the mission. "American components ... Russian components ... All made in Taiwan!" For more info on Deep Impact's mission, check out this fact sheet.

Lost

Is there a point where our dreams and reality meet? Is our reality one long dream? Where am I and where am I going?