Fw: [geeks] Working Music vs Thinking Music

[Will Mc Donald]

From: "Dave McGuire" <mcguire at neurotica.com>
> On June 23, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > > > 45s!
> > >
> > > now its my turn to say "huh?"
> > >
> >
> > As in 45RPM vinyl.  A *lot* of folks believe that it has far better
> > audio quality than any format that followed it.
>
>   A lot of folks run Windows too.  Probably a lot of the same folks.
>
>   On a very similar note...My boss shared a disturbing statistic with me
> a couple of weeks ago.  It seems that some 60% of all Americans don't
> know that the Earth revolves around the Sun.  And of those who can,
> some 20% can't tell you the period of revolution.

This was on Fark or Metafilter a few days back I think...

 http://www.msnbc.com/news/767581.asp?0dm=T17LT

"Here's something shocking. According to a study by the National Science
Foundation, 70 percent of Americans do not understand science. Here's the sad
part: 30 percent don't even know what 70 percent means."

The last statement's not entirely accurate if I recall but it's funny
nonetheless. :)

Will.