Jun 25, 2007

Sometimes one should assume...

If I inform you that within the eyes of others, your behavior portrays you as the Prime Minister of Jackass --an individual who hasn't an ounce of pride in oneself-- and you still act like said jackass, well, then... I'll just assume you want to be a jackass.

if you're okay with that, I'm okay with that.

as long as we're clear.

Jun 9, 2007

June 9, 1954

At one time, many thousands of Americans were accused of being Communists or communist sympathizers and became the subject of aggressive investigations and questioning before government or private-industry panels, committees and agencies. The primary targets of such suspicions were government employees, those in the entertainment industry, educators and activists. Suspicions were often given credence despite inconclusive or questionable evidence, and the level of threat posed by a person's real or supposed leftist associations or beliefs was often greatly exaggerated. Many people suffered loss of employment, destruction of their careers, and even imprisonment. Most of these punishments came about through trial verdicts later overturned, laws that would be declared unconstitutional dismissals for reasons later declared illegal or actionable, or extra-legal procedures that would come into general disrepute.

At a session on June 9, 1954, McCarthy charged that one of Welch's attorneys had ties to a Communist organization. As an amazed television audience looked on, Welch responded with the immortal lines that ultimately ended McCarthy's career: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness." When McCarthy tried to continue his attack, Welch angrily interrupted, "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?"

Overnight, McCarthy's immense national popularity evaporated. Censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy died three years later, 48-years old and a broken man.

-Wikipedia

He died? Are you certain?

Let's ask Mr. O'Reilly...



Jun 2, 2007

Wait. What?

C A U T I O N !


Post hoc analysis of response times during the rebound period using a 3 (group: OC, NAC, AC) x3 (word type: nontarget word, nonword, target word) mixed factor ANOVA yielded no main effect of group, p>0.05; and no significant group x word type interaction, p >0.05.

However
, there was a significant main effect of word type, F(2, 72)=7.18, p<0.05.>0.05. Thus, there was no evidence of a signifcant rebound effect for any of the three participant groups.

Rebound d's were as follows: OCs o.11, NACs 0.27, ACs 0.33 Similarly, between-group post hoc tests indicated no significant differences in lexical decision time for any word type, p's>0.05.

Soooo, yeah... I could easily tell you the answer, if only I could figure out the goddamn question!

Get me a functional graphing calculator and allow me to do The Dew and I'll tell you the answer, but the question... I forgot the question...

welcome to jenji's world.

jenji