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Flesch-Kincaid Hack

2009-05-24T14:39:00.003-05:00

This is an example of the problems with Flesch-Kincaid Grade Leveling

(To see the error select the A s and press Ctrl-Shift-C or Tools:Word Count (In Google Docs))

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The Grade level of the A s is 653, a surreal number. This is because Flesch-Kincaid uses this formula:

(image source: wikipedia)

to calculate the grade level: Because the A s all have one syllable and have many words and one sentence, the result is a very large fraction/high grade level.

Sound

2009-04-11T12:25:00.000-05:00

Humani are greatly affect by sound. We can make them exicted or nervous depending on what type of sound waves hit them. Extremly loud sounds that rapidly change pitch make Humani exicted. Organ music also makes them nervous, especially in dark places. Light waves have a simalar effect. Colored fast moving light either hypnotize the Humani or exicite them. Apsense of light makes them nervous and scared. We hope that this information allows you to master the emotional control of Humani. Note: This works only on MOST not ALL Humani.

Browser Poem

2009-04-10T11:25:00.000-05:00

Foxes dash through fire
Exploring on a Safari
A Flock of birds fly to an Opera
In their quest to get shiny Chrome
Fighting against the monster Mozilla
Who want Chtome for itself.

Vegtable News

2009-04-10T11:12:00.000-05:00

These the news is so biassed to some side or another that I've decided to read unbiased fake news. Yes, the Onion. It's is always fake, but it mirrors current events and no other new network has a level of profanity as high as the Onion and newspeople always call each other b---hs. It is funny. Since nothing exciting happens anymore I feel like it is fine to read goods old Vegatable News from 1896. After all 9 billion people agree with me.

Flordia

2009-04-09T20:03:00.000-05:00

I'm in Flordia in a beachfront condo. The view is nice as the beach is fun (well it kind of got boring after a few days of it). The water here is freezing cold and the air is so cold that you freeze after getting out of warm pool water. At least it's not as cold as in Wisconsin. I "forgot" to bring my laptop (really she wouldn't let me) and I have discovered how hard it is to check deviantART and update this blog (I just kind of remembered that I had it and updated its theme and added this post) on the iPod Touch. Apple's autocorrect really pisses me off. It contadtly changes words so if you see any mispellings or bad grammar that's why.

SharedView and Office Live

2009-01-26T19:02:00.001-06:00

I found this great program called SharedView from Microsoft (http://www.sharedview.com/) that lets users share there screen with others for free. No limitations other than a Windows Live/MSN/Hotmail account.

In related new there is also Office Live (http://www.office.live.com/). It is sort of like Google Docs but with one change. It uses the more powerful Microsoft Word to edit your changes then automaticly uploads them to the Office Live site. It also requires of Windows Live/MSN/Hotmail account.

How to Use Outlook 2003 as a web browser

2009-01-01T07:17:00.002-06:00

1. Right Click on Personal Folders and choose New Folder.

2. Then Right Click on that new folder and choose Properties.

3. Then go to the Home Page tab and check the Show home page by default for this folder.

4. Then type in the page you would like as your home page and click Ok.

5. Right Click in a blank area next to the toolbars and choose Web.

6. Go to your folder for a quick web browse.

Google Docs/Chat Tips

2008-12-17T17:08:00.001-06:00

Google Docs Tips

For double-spacing select text then go to Edit:Document Styles then change the spacing option to to Double
For the Word-style Print Layout view go View:Fixed width page view

Google Chat Tips

Emoticons:
Emoticon Key Combination

<3

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\m/

:-o

:D

:(

x-(

B-)

:'(

=D

;)

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:-D

;^)

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:P

Why I Think The Mayan Civilization Collapsed

2008-11-06T16:50:00.064-06:00

The Maya civilization collapsed because of a war with the Toltec people from Mexico. The Toltecs came into the Copan Valley where the Mayans lived and started to siege their cities. The Mayans fought back, killing Toltecs and getting killed themselves. That decreased their numbers. After several defeats they holed up inside their cities, where disease and food shortages occurred. Drought plagued the Mayan cities and crops died. After two years of this the Mayans were almost all dead. The Mayan generals decided to take the survivors and move to the Yucatan Peninsula. While they were escaping a Toltec solider saw them and the Toltec army chased them. After several days the Toltecs lost them. They gave up and went back to get the Copan Valley to get the Mayans' precious objects. The Mayans who escaped settled in a small village. Before the war with the Toltecs the Mayans were a dominant empire. After the war they became a small, weak, civilization that was few in numbers and controled a small amount of land.

Mayans Fighting. Both sides are getting killed.

Mayan Fortress walls. They help keep the enemy out. But they also keep the people in.

Dead crops in a drought. Without crops people start to starve.

Ancient Civilzations of Peru Trip

2008-10-22T14:52:00.037-05:00

The year is 2008. I have been assigned to go on a time traveling trip. I just walked into my time machine and set it for 200 AD. I am in the heart of the Moche civilization. Ahead on me there is a huge area. Inside the Moche chief is speaking. It looks like he is receiving great gifts. I took a picture of the scene (see right). Uh-oh. The chief has spotted me and he wants me to give him a gift to. I don't have anything to give to him so I quickly warp out back to 2008 AD.

Oops. Instead of warping out to 2008 I warped to the year 750 AD. On the ground their is a dead Sican man with a bronze axe in his head. He is wearing simple clothes but has an elaborate gold mask. I took the mask thinking that it would be of some value back in 2008. This is a picture of the mask (see left). My Inter-Time phone is ringing. Just a second. That was my boss. He said I have to go to the year 1000 AD and visit the Chimú.

Well here I am in the year 1000 AD. I seem to be in a big city (see below this paragraph). People are bustling all about. I walked into a ciudadella. I knocked over a piece of pottery and a pure gold sculpture. Suddenly I am surrounded by many angry looking people. They're pointing towards the piece of pottery and are screaming at me. They don't seem upset at all about the dented gold piece. That's probably because they all are wearing gold earrings, gold necklaces, gold bracelets and other gold stuff. I start to run away. As I am running away I pass by many pyramids. I was so awed by them that I ran strait into a 2o foot defence wall. My phone beeps. I realize that I am behind schedule. I should be exploring the Inca by now. I warp out to the year 1200 AD.

I am in a rural area where I can see terraces with something growing on them. I think those are used for farming. Right next to me there is an Incan man in colorful garments making music. He is making music by blowing air through a wide hollow tube that looks like about a foot and a half long. I took his picture for you (see below this paragraph). I'm all done for today. Back to 2008 I go.

Mistakes that Barack Obama/Joe Biden and John McCain/Sarah Palin made during their debates

2008-10-19T17:21:00.014-05:00

These are mistakes that Barack Obama/Joe Biden and John McCain/Sarah Palin made during their debates.

First Presidential Debate Mistakes:

Second Presidential Debate Mistakes:

Third Presidential Debate Mistakes:

Vice Presidential Debate Mistakes:

Saturday Night Live: Sarah Palin

2008-10-19T13:03:00.009-05:00

These are the Saturday Night Live mock of Sarah Palin:

Hope you think it's funny.

Vice Presidental Debates

2008-10-03T12:22:00.013-05:00

Economy:

Joe Biden and Sarah Palin are wrong about their economy plans because they just said what just what their running mates are doing; they don't have any plan of their own. Because of that I would say that both are incompetent. I am going to do the plan that you can see in my previous post. For taxes: both of on saying how their running mate's policy is way better that the other's running mate's policy. I think that we should lower taxes and cut government spending.

War Against Terror:

Both think that both Al Qaeda in Pakistan and Iran are dangerous however Biden cannot say which is more dangerous. I think that Iran with a nuclear weapons is the most dangerous.

For the Iraq withdrawal plan Sarah Palin thinks that we should pull out as soon as Iraq is stable. Biden that we should pull out as soon as sixteen months have passed. I agree with Sarah Palin because if we pull out of Iraq to early while it is unstable we could turn it into a country full of war and terror.

Health Care:

Sarah Palin says that McCain will give $5,000 credit to people to start buying health care insurance. Biden says that Obama will have universal health care for everyone. I agree with Palin because giving money to people so that the can afford health care. I disagree with Obama because his universal health care gives mediocre care to everyone.

Craig's Economic Plan

2008-09-25T13:28:00.005-05:00

My plan for solving the the United States of America's economic problem is for the government to give money to the big banks, who would then be able to lend money to littler banks, who would then be able to lend money to even littler banks and so on until the money gets lent to to the average person who would then have money to by their house or an another big item.

“A strong dollar will reduce energy and food prices,” McCain said. “It will stimulate sustainable economic growth and get this economy moving again.”

“The plan that has been submitted to Congress by the Bush administration is flawed, but the effort to protect the American economy must not fail,” Obama said.