Author Archives: ronnieapteker
Did the Greeks invent the first mechanical computer over 2000 years ago … ?
Reconstruction of the Antikythera Mechanism out of Lego.
http://www.smallmammal.com/films/?tubepress_video=17648733&tubepress_page=1
Three months to go …
Russian Tampon commercial
“The Russians don’t need images of women playing tennis, wearing white pants and riding around on horses all day to sell tampons – they get straight to the point.”
Take note !
Bottled birds
Danny Hillis: The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B
“In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the Internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of people, machines and essential pieces of infrastructure — leaving us vulnerable to cyber-attack or meltdown. Internet pioneer Danny Hillis argues that the Internet wasn’t designed for this kind of scale, and sounds a clarion call for us to develop a Plan B: a parallel system to fall back on if — or when — the Internet crashes.”
Dear John letter …
A Marine stationed in Afghanistan recently received a “Dear John” letter from his girlfriend back home.
It read as follows:
Dear Ricky,
I can no longer continue our relationship. The distance between us is just to great. I must admit that I have cheated on you twice, since you’ve been gone, and it’s not fair to either of us. I’m sorry. Please return the picture of me that I sent to you.
Love, Becky
The Marine, with hurt feelings, asked his fellow Marines for any snapshots they could spare of their girlfriends, sisters, ex-girlfriends, aunts, cousins etc. In addition to the picture of Becky, Ricky included all the other pictures of the pretty gals he had collected from his buddies.
There were 57 photos in that envelope … along with this note:
Dear Becky,
I’m so sorry, but I can’t quite remember who you are. Please take your picture from the pile, and send the rest back to me.
Take care, Ricky
Ja well no fine
Morris went to his rabbi for some needed advice. “Rabbi, tell me is it proper for one man to profit from another man’s mistakes?”
“No Morris, a man should not profit from another man’s mistakes” answered the rabbi.
“Are you sure Rabbi?”
“Of course, I’m sure, in fact I’m positive” exclaimed the Rabbi.
“Ok, Rabbi, if you are so sure, how about returning the two hundred dollars I gave you for marrying me to my wife?”
New seahorse found …
