Milton Friedman’s “Free To Choose” Series is AWESOME!
You’ve gotta put some time aside to check this out. IdeaChannel.tv is offering the 1980 Series, and the 1990 followup, of “Free To Choose.” Watch the 1980 Series first, then watch the 1990 Series. Simply put, Milton Friedman shows you the way to economic prosperity on a national and global scale.
Fifteen episodes, each is about an hour long, but every minute is well worth the time. The DVD is available, too, but it’s expensive (*cough TORRENT cough*). If you’ve ever wondered why our system is the way it is today, and why it’s so inefficient, then watching Uncle Milty will help you understand.
Go watch “Free To Choose” right now!
Stuck Mojo - Southern Born Killers
An interesting band. They’ve been shafted by the man, and now they’re giving their shit away for free. The story is on their website. Click Here to see the video of “Open Season” on YouTube. Below are the songs from the album.
Stuck Mojo - I’m American
Stuck Mojo - Southern Born Killers
Stuck Mojo - The Sky Is Falling
Stuck Mojo - Metal Is Dead
Stuck Mojo - For The Cause Of Allah
Stuck Mojo - Open Season (Video)
Stuck Mojo - Prelude To Anger
Stuck Mojo - That’s When I Burn
Stuck Mojo - Yoko
Stuck Mojo - Home
Verizon IDIOTS!
Oh man, it’s funny but infuriating listening to this conversation between a customer and several Verizon reps. This time, however, it’s not the customer who’s the idiot, it’s the Verizon reps!
First, let me ask you a question: Is there a difference between .002 dollars and .002 cents?
If you answered yes, you have the basic math skills to understand this clip, so click here to go to YouTube to watch/listen to this clip entitled “vcents”.
If you answered no, you need to go back to school. Well, maybe if you listen to the customer give his many conversion examples you’ll learn something, so go watch it anyway.
Notes:
.002 cents = .00002 dollars
.002 dollars = .2 cents
.002 = two one-thousandths
.2 = two tenths
If you cut a penny into 1,000 equal pieces, 2 of those 10 pieces equals two one-thousandths of a cent.
If you cut a penny into 10 equal pieces, 2 of those 10 pieces equals two tenths of a cent.
The Verizon reps are saying .002 dollars is equal to .002 cents, which is so wrong it’s not even really funny.
Let’s see if I can explain it plainly (no guarantees):
A dollar = 100, a penny = 1 (it takes 100 pennies to equal 1 dollar, right?)
To say you have 1 penny (which is 1.0 cent) when talking about dollars, you’d have to say you have 0.01 dollars (because .01 is one one-hundredth, and 100 x 0.01 dollars = 1 dollar)
Now you have this penny (1.0 cent), which is the same as 0.01 dollars. If you cut this penny into 10 equal pieces, each piece of this penny is 0.1 cent, but it is also 0.001 dollars. You’d need 10 of these equal penny pieces to make 1 cent, but you’d need 1,000 of these equal penny pieces to make 1 dollar.
We go to the next step. Cut a penny into 100 equal pieces. Each of those equally sized penny pieces is 0.01 cents, but each of those equally sized penny pieces is also 0.0001 dollars. You’d need 100 of these equally sized penny pieces to make 1 cent, but you’d need 10,000 of these equally sized penny pieces to make 1 dollar.
The final step. Cut a penny into 1000 equal pieces. Each of those equally sized penny pieces is 0.001 cents, but each of those equally sized penny pieces is also 0.00001 dollars. You’d need 1000 of these equally sized penny pieces to make 1 cent, but you’d need 100,000 of these equally sized penny pieces to make 1 dollar.
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0.001 cents = .00001 dollars
0.002 cents = .00002 dollars
So if someone says it’s going to cost you 0.002 CENTS per kilobyte to download stuff, and you download 35,893 kilobytes, it comes out to 71.786 CENTS (0.002 x 35,893 = 71.786).
In whole numbers, where 0.002 cents equals 1 kilobyte (kb):
1 cent = 500 kilobytes
10 cents = 5,000 kilobytes
50 cents = 25,000 kilobytes
[71.786 cents = 35,893 kilobytes]
100 cents (1 dollar) = 50,000 kilobytes
Got that? Good. Now go rest your brain, you’ve done enough today, pookie.
