The Off Topic Topic

[HisMajestyBOB]

That can't possibly be true.

Why can't it?  It's similar to "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo" (I think I got that right ).

I've definitely become aware of how many homophones English has since I began teaching. And Buffalo can mean a few different things but at least it's a singular word and not one phonetic syllable repeated over and over.

Notice the dots on the i's, they're rather different, guess its different tones.

I believe there are 4 tones, so each Shi can have 4 different sounds. Then you combine them into words.

Still crazy.

[Caliga]

There is something similar in Latin.  Malo malo malo malo.

I would rather be
In an apple tree
Than a naughty boy
In adversity

Weird.... that never came up in college Latin.

[Caliga]

If I had a time machine, I'd go back in time and set Eugene Schieffelin on fire.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I was bored so I made a spreadsheet:

[DGuller]

GDP per capita is a strange number to put in a pie chart. 

[Josquius]

Its a bit different to the standard use given they aren't taking chunks of the greater whole but...meh, it works alright for comparing.

[HisMajestyBOB]

GDP per capita is a strange number to put in a pie chart. 

I'm comparing them relative to each other, i.e. which countries in Central America are the wealthiest
Also, I just got into a pie chart habit.

[DGuller]

GDP per capita is a strange number to put in a pie chart. 

I'm comparing them relative to each other, i.e. which countries in Central America are the wealthiest
Also, I just got into a pie chart habit.

Bar charts are more appropriate for that.   Pie charts make sense for variables whose sum is meaningful.  The sum of GDP per capita is not meaningful.

[Eddie Teach]

  @ Nicaragua

[garbon]

My 5-year-old daughter had just finished an instructive week at preschool that revolved around a family theme, when she hit me with this request: "I want 15 moms. I don't want just you. I want to have 15 mommies."

Bewildered and with a hint of resentment, I asked why.

She said: "Because some of my friends in school have two mommies. And some have two mommies and one dad. And I want to be like them. I want more mommies, like they have."

So much for politically correct teaching to preschool children!

[HisMajestyBOB]

GDP per capita is a strange number to put in a pie chart. 

I'm comparing them relative to each other, i.e. which countries in Central America are the wealthiest
Also, I just got into a pie chart habit.

Bar charts are more appropriate for that.   Pie charts make sense for variables whose sum is meaningful.  The sum of GDP per capita is not meaningful.

Fixed

[Admiral Yi]

Read an article in the FT which predicted the rate on Treasury bonds will rise to 7% after the end of QE2.  They're around 2 right now.

[Habbaku]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY   

[Razgovory]

There is something similar in Latin.  Malo malo malo malo.

I would rather be
In an apple tree
Than a naughty boy
In adversity

Weird.... that never came up in college Latin.

What kind of college did you go to?

[Syt]

Now that the sun is shining again I like wearing my Pirates baseball cap, which is a good way to shield the eyes. However, even though I have the largest size (8, or 63.5) it's still a bit too tight.