Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Scale
Lucas (the "dog" we babysat) | 3 lbs |
Pigmy goat | 50 lbs |
me | 194 lbs |
Large dairy goat | 300 lbs |
Gorilla (male) | 350 lbs |
400 pound gorilla | 400 lbs |
Anaconda | 500 lbs |
Lion | 500 lbs |
Giant squid | 2,000 lbs |
My Honda Civic | 2,700 lbs |
Giraffe | 3,000 lbs |
White rhino | 4,000 lbs |
Hippo | 7,000 lbs |
Hummer H1 | 8000 lbs |
Elephant | 7,000 - 13,000 lbs |
Columbian Mammoth | 10,000 lbs |
Tyrannosaurus rex | 13,000 lbs |
Baluchitherium (largest land mammal) | 20,000 lbs |
Diplodocus | 22,000 lbs |
Whale-shark | 26,000 lbs |
M1A1 tank | 135,000 lbs |
Brachiosaurus (largest land animal) | 140,000 lbs |
Blue whale | 300,000 lbs |
2,200 acre honey mushroom in Oregon | 400,000 lbs |
Boeing 747-400 | 400,000 lbs |
Caltrain (locomotive + 4 cars) | 750,000 lbs |
General Sherman (giant sequoia) | 4,000,000 lbs |
Aspen clone in Utah (many trees but all one organism) | 13,000,000 lbs |
Titanic | 92,000,000 lbs |
Nimitz Class aircraft carrier, fully loaded | 200,000,000 lbs |
Pluto | 28,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbs |
Monday, June 13, 2005
Steve Jobs' commencement speech
Compare the different accounts of Steve Jobs' commencement speech:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/grad-061505.html
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67836,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
In particular, the Stanford Report seems to be lacking the "Steve Jobs told Stanford University graduates Sunday that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he ever made because it forced him to be innovative" line.
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/grad-061505.html
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67836,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_6
In particular, the Stanford Report seems to be lacking the "Steve Jobs told Stanford University graduates Sunday that dropping out of college was one of the best decisions he ever made because it forced him to be innovative" line.