In Washington, D.C., protesters planned to dump a million tea bags in Lafayette Square. But they promised to put the bags on tarps and clean up afterward so as not to make a mess.
Losers.
Update: Foiled by the man!! Apparently, the original tea party planners were smart enough to get the right permits before their act of civil disobedience.
From what I gather, many of the readers here are musicians, to one degree or another. So, I was wondering... would any of you be interested in doing an on-line collaboration ?
There are online services, such as Kompoz which make the process pretty simple. Basically, someone would start the song by creating a foundation track, then we'd all add our own tracks to it. There's a bit of software involved (but you can use free stuff like Audacity, so there's no cost) and you'll need to know how to record yourself to MP3, but that should be doable.
Anyone up for it ?
(and don't be shy - I'm not expecting that this would be some kind of masterpiece or anything. I'd just like to see what would happen when all these people with all these different musical tastes get together and do something. I'll even volunteer to put up the first track. And I'll offer tech support to make it happen, where I can.)
“We did not try to exhort anyone to hate. What mattered to us was the mathematical model – the historical context was irrelevant. In order to solve the problem one needs to be acquainted with principles Maths, not the ways of murdering Turks.”
Or so said the co-author and publisher of a mathematics textbook used to train Polish school children who want to compete in an international mathematics competition.
The question in question:
"On board a sinking ship there are fifteen Christians and fifteen Turks. In order to save the ship from going to the bottom, half of the crew needs to be thrown overboard. One of the Christians proposes that the whole crew form a circle and every ninth person jump overboard. How should the Christians place themselves so that only the Turks are drowned?”
See? Perfectly innocent!
Tough question, too. The circle gets smaller after each one jumps, so you can't just do something simple like "make every 3rd person a Turk". It seems like it has to be an iterative solution. But is it? Is there a way to get the answer without drawing the circle and following it around, knocking-off people, until you're left with 15?
"...if you are planning simultaneous tea bagging all around the country, you’re going to need a Dick Armey."
David Schuster, of MSNBC.
Return it plz ?
April showers bring...
... vast clouds of choking pollen.
