Sunday, July 22, 2007

Freak #3, rant #7

security gates beeping too much? or maybe the gate are trying to tell you something and you are not getting the message. here are a few handy phrases that i have translated:

beep - do you smell smoke?
beep beep- help! fire!
beep beep beep - liar! liar! pants on fire!

beeeep - whoa! lay off the perfume!
beep beeeep beep - go home and take a shower ...and deodorant wouldn't hurt either!
beeeep beeeep - your mother is a hamster and your father smells of elderberries.
beeeep beep beeeep -

beeeeeeeeeeeeeep - no one is listening to me
beeeeeeeeeeeeeep beep - come back!
beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeep beep beep- you said that you were going to call me.
beep beep beep beeeeeeeeeeeeeep - what are you looking at?

hope this handy guide helps you understand the security gates better. if you happen to know more phrases in beepish, then let me know.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Sunday, July 1, 2007

a handy guide

has this ever happened to you: a customer insists that 21 days is not 3 weeks? you would probably assume that they are crazy/stupid/mathematically challenged- or all three at the same time. however, it could be possible that they are right! 21 day might not be 3 weeks on their home planet!

here is a chart for how long a day is in earth hours:

planet day 21 days
--------- ----------- --------------------------------
Mercury 58.65 days 1231.7 days (or about 3.4 years)
Venus 243 days 5103 days (or about 14 years)
Mars 1.o26 days 21.5 days
Jupiter 9.8 hours 8.6 days
Saturn 10.2 hours 8.9 days
Uranus 17.9 hours 15.7 days
Neptune 19.1 hours 16.7 days
Pluto 6.39 days 134.2 days