Thursday, May 15, 2008

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Cocaine Cowboys


Interesting documentary to watch if you have some free time kids! (maybe in the holidays)

A bit of silly stuff!

Fake Rich Guys! Some of the coolest millionaires don't actually exist.

Here are the top 5:

Thurston Howell III

Without the blue-blood attitude that Thurston brought with him, life on that deserted island just wouldn't have been the same. Estimated worth: $5.7B14.

Forrest GumpYeah,

he lucked into money and can only be tolerated in small doses, but he spreads his wealth around. That, friends, is a good reason to list him here. Estimated worth: $15M13.

Dr. Evil

Thanks to Number Two's investments, the bad doctor had a bankroll big enough to pay for a high-tech lair and a miniature replica of himself. Estimated worth: $500M12.

Dylan McKay

He inherited a fortune, cruised around on a motorcycle, had the hottest chicks in Beverly Hills and rocked the world's greatest sideburns. Works for us. Estimated worth: $10M11.

Mr. Drummond

Not only did the president of Trans Allied Inc. adopt his dying housekeeper's two sons, but his penthouse had two staircases.Estimated worth: $33M

Keyser Soze

You've got to respect any small-time drug dealer who has the chutzpah to make it big, especially when he has to kill his own family and take on the Hungarian mafia to do it.Estimated worth: $91M

Fact or Fiction?!

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
45
Longest word in a major dictionary

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
30
Longest word in a major dictionary

Honorificabilitudinitatibus
27
Longest word in Shakespeare's works

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Figure this out!

There is a bus,
on the bus there are 7 girls
each girl had 7 bags
In each bag there are 7 big cats
Each big cat has 7 little cats
each cat 4 legs
how many legs are on the bus?...

Good luck :)

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Emotion sensor 'detects boredom'

Scientists are developing an "emotion sensor" to show if someone is finding your conversation interesting or not. It is being developed to help people with autism, who tend to be less skilled at interacting with others. New Scientist magazine reports researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed the headset.


A camera on a pair of glasses is linked to a hand-held computer which "reads" the emotional reactions of a listener. The device uses image recognition software and emotion-reading software to decode the images. If the wearer appears not to be engaging with their listener, the software makes the computer in their hand vibrate.


Previous research by the team has shown the device could detect if someone was agreeing, disagreeing, concentrating, thinking, unsure or interested from just a few seconds of film.
Previous computer programmes have only been able to detect six basic states of happiness, sadness, anger, surprise and disgust.

To read more visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4856050.stm