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3668
Flying
WHEN TO SOLO A STUDENT PILOT
When he is safe all of the time and does 7 out of 10 landings very good, he is ready for his first solo flight.
Dale Scharpenberg, Flight Instructor, Bryan, Ohio, USA
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3669
Cooking
DISSOLVING (A LOT OF) SUGAR
To disolve, without cooking, 17 pounds of sugar requires 1 gallon of hot water. This makes two and a quarter gallons of liquid sugar.
Dale Scharpenberg, Candy Factory Worker, Bryan, OH, USA
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3670
Education
TEACHING AT A NEW SCHOOL
When a new teacher at a new school, always make friends with the head-office secretaries. They really run the place and can help you far more than the principal.
Gerry M. Flick, MD, JC, BCLM, Ship's Surgeon, Tacoma, WA, USA
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3671
Miscellaneous
EXPLAINING AND UNDERSTANDING CONCEPTS
If you can't adequately and clearly explain a concept to a neophyte, you don't understand it clearly enough yourself.
Adam, CIO, Perth
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3672
Measuring
ANCEDOTES AND DATA
The plural of anecdote is not data. A single data point is worth a thousand expert opinions. Don't remember where I heard these but they are good.
Adam, CIO, Perth
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3673
Restaurants
ORTHOGRAPHY AND HYGIENE IN RESTAURANTS
If you find 3 or more typos in the menu, ask for bottled water; 6 or more, consume only that water; 9 or more, take the menu home as a souvenir.
Dor, Professor, Berkeley, CA, USA
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3674
Computers
E-MAIL IN-BOX SAFETY
If in any doubt about e-mail, delete before opening.
Catherine O'Doul, Retired, USA
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3675
Computers
IN C, 5 LINES OF CODE IS 1 COMPLEX
The simplest metric "lines of code" is correlated with the more sophisticated metric "cyclomatic complexity". The constant for C is roughly 5. If you have lines of code and you want
camlock coupling
, divide by 5.
Johnicholas Hines, Programmer
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3676
Business
EBAY NON PAYING BIDDERS
Company spokesman Usher Lieberman said about 6 percent of auctions end in nonpayment by the winning bidder
Scott Parker
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3677
House and Home
ACTUAL COST OF HOMEOWNERSHIP
Homeowners should plan on paying about $100 a month for a repair fund. Total net housing cost can be 40-45 percent more than the base mortgage.
Scott Parker
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3678
Measuring
THUMBJUMP DISTANCE ESTIMATION
Extend your arm in front of you and stick your thumb up. Place your thumb on the distant object you want to estimate the distance to; close one eye. Now close the other eye and open that one. Your thumb will seem to jump away from the object. Estimate the length of the jump over there. Multiply by 10.
Ken Harrison, retired scientist, alabama
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