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A Idade do Gelo 3

A minha sugestão para quem se quer rir durante 90 minutos ;) O filme é muito muito giro!!! E eu não vi os anteriores. Divirtam-se!

Lei polémica

Olá!
Já ouviram com certeza falar na lei polémica que o Presidente da França, Nicolas Sarkozy, quer aprovar. Este disse que as burkas não são bem-vindas em França e que as mesmas fazem das mulheres prisioneiras.
Em primeiro lugar custa-me a acreditar que mulheres que vivem e cresceram em França decidam usar burkas de livre e espontânea vontade, mas assumindo que sim, vi umas mulheres francesas a serem entrevistadas que afirmavam com muita firmeza e confiança que a burka era uma maneira de se expressarem, que as pessoas se expressam de muitas formas e elas fazem-no através da religião e que a burka é a sua liberdade e que as protege dos olhares dos rapazes.
Por outro lado, também mostraram um representante muçulmano da Argélia e residente em França que dizia que a burka não faz parte da religião muçulmana.
De acordo com o Corão, as mulheres devem cobrir o cabelo e serem modestas, não diz que se têm de cobrir da cabeça aos pés, com uma frechinha para poderem ver, anulando a sua identidade numa indumentária que não permite a alguém de fora distingui-las umas das outras, que até podiam ser homens que não se dava conta.
Há tempos também em França ouve a polémica dos hijabs, isso já me parece um certo ataque no que respeita a religião muçulmana, uma vez que faz parte das tradições, para as mulheres que levam "o cobrir dos cabelos" à letra. Agora as burkas, para quem as usa de forma tão firme e confiante, já me parece um bocadinho fanatismo.
Resumindo, eu acho que usar uma burka, principalmente num país ocidental, como uma escolha livre, uma perfeita estupidez, e não acredito que o islamismo seja isso. Quanto a avançar com uma lei que o proíba já não sei. O tal representante dizia que podia ser uma forma de acabar com esse costume desprezível, e nesse caso era bem-vinda. Há tradições e tradições, e algumas não devem ser perpetuadas. Está o Sarkozy a interferir com a Liberdade destas mulheres, ou a libertá-las apesar de elas não o encararem como tal?
O que é que vocês acham?

More Riddles

A Anjali mandou-me um mail com isto porque não conseguia postar, então este é um post dela e não meu.



1-A hunter is hunting for bears. He spots one at the edge of a cliff. The cliff is w meters high. He is x meters away from the bear. He shoots at the bear. The bullet travels at y meters/second. After the bullet hits the bear, the bear falls off the cliff after z seconds.
What colour is the bear?
Keep in mind that the values for distance, velocity and time are extremely accurate.'

2-A teacher of mathematics used an unconventional method to measure time for a test lasting 15 minutes. He used just a sand-glass, which spills in 7 minutes and a second sand-glass, which spills in 11 minutes. During the whole time he turned the sand-glasses only 3 times. Explain how the teacher measured 15 minutes

3-Two trains 200 km from each other are moving at the speed of 50 km/hour towards each other. At the moment the trains are 200 km from each other a fly takes off from one train, flying straight (upon the rails) to the other train at the speed of 75 km/hour (relative to ground), bounces away from it and flies back to the first train. This is repeated till the trains crash into each other and the fly is smashed.
What distance is the fly able to fly until its death?

4-The circumference of the globe is approximately 40,000 km. If we made a circle of wire around the globe, that is only 10 metres longer than the circumference of earth, could a flea, a rabbit or even a man creep under it?

5- You awake inside a small transparent capsule sitting on the surface of Venus. From a small speaker you hear a voice that says, "We will leave you here either for a day or a year. If you choose to stay a day, we will give you $1 million. If you choose to stay a year, we will give you $2 million. Either way, you will have sufficient food and water. We will make sure the temperature is a constant 21 degrees Celsius. We will also supply cable TV."
What is your choice? (Don't let money decide your answer).

6- An advertisement had the following words:

"Attention sci-fi addicts and kids of all ages. Now you too can have your very own Photon Emitter Module. Yes, it's true! For only $39.99, you can impress your friends when you show off your Photon Emitter. It's safer than a laser and easy to install in any home. The amazing Photon Emitter Module converts electrons into photons and safely releases them for your viewing pleasure. To get yours, just send $39.99 to ..."

What are they really selling?


7- Once there was a bus conductor, who was very rude to his passengers.
One day a young girl, of around 18 years, tried to board the bus, but he didn't stop the bus. Unfortunately the beautiful young girl came under the bus and died on the spot.
Angry passengers took the conductor to the police station, who in turn took him to the court.
The judge was not at all impressed with him and gave him capital punishment.
He was taken to the electrocution chamber. There was a single chair in the centre of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. The conductor was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him.
But to everyone's amazement, he survived. The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.
After a few months, this time, a middle aged woman tried to board the bus but the conductor didn't stop the bus. Unfortunately, this time also, the middle aged woman came under the bus and died on the spot.
Again angry passengers took him to the police station, who in turn took him to the court. The judge took one look at the conductor and gave him capital punishment.
The conductor was taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was single chair in the centre of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time also to everyone's amazement, he survived.
The judge decided to set him free, and he returned to his profession.
A couple of months later, an elderly gentleman tried to board the bus. This time the conductor, remembering his earlier experiences, stopped the bus.
Unfortunately the elderly gentleman slipped and died due to his injuries.
The conductor was taken to the police station and then to the court, to the same judge. Though he hadn't done anything wrong, but considering his past record the judge decided to set an example and gave him capital punishment.
The conductor was again taken to the same electrocution chamber where there was a single chair in the centre of the room and a single banana peel at one corner of the room. He was strapped to the chair and high voltage current was given to him. This time he died instantly!
The question is why didn't he die on the first two occasions, but died instantly the third time?

8- Cindy, a High School cheerleader, told her fellow cheerleaders that she was worried about changing for practice in their locker room.

It seems that she overheard the science teacher, Dr. Smith, telling the Principal that he had just invented an invisibility potion which turns whoever drinks a sip of the potion completely invisible for 24 hours.

The bad news was that someone had stolen a bottle of it from Dr. Smith's lab. Cindy was worried that the thief was a guy and that he might already be invisible, hiding in their locker room and waiting to watch them undress.

Jane, the Head Cheerleader and President of the Science Club, believed Cindy since she knew Dr. Smith was working on the potion, but told her they had nothing to worry about.

Since Jane did not steal the potion or know who had stolen the potion, how could she be so sure their privacy would not be compromised?

HINT: Jane knows a lot about human anatomy and physics



Have Fun!

funky lights

Guess what this actually is?

"O Monstrengo"

Recentemente estive a ver o debate sobre o Estado da Nação na Assembleia da Republica. Não, não vou falar sobre o caso do ministro Manuel Pinho mas queria apenas sim explicar porque fiz este post.

O ministro das Finanças Teixeira dos Santos no seu discurso final resolveu enunciar o livro "Mensagem" de Fernando Pessoa e mais concretamente "O Monstrengo". Enunciou o poema referindo-se aos seus adversarios como o Monstrengo e ao seu Governo como o Homem do Leme.

Este está longe de ser um post sobre política e concordando ou não com esta comparação gostei de como ele falou nos nossos adversarios como o Monstrengo que nos atormenta e que devemos ser sempre o Homem do Leme e lutar pelas nossas conquistas, pelos nossos objectivos independentemente do que temos a lutar contra nós.

Fica aqui então o poema do Fernando Pessoa:

O mostrengo que está no fim do mar
Na noite de breu ergueu-se a voar;
A roda da nau voou três vezes,
Voou três vezes a chiar,

E disse: «Quem é que ousou entrar
Nas minhas cavernas que não desvendo,
Meus tectos negros do fim do mundo?»
E o homem do leme disse, tremendo:

«El-Rei D. João Segundo!»
«De quem são as velas onde me roço?
De quem as quilhas que vejo e ouço?»
Disse o mostrengo, e rodou três vezes,

Três vezes rodou imundo e grosso.
«Quem vem poder o que só eu posso,
Que moro onde nunca ninguém me visse
E escorro os medos do mar sem fundo?»

E o homem do leme tremeu, e disse:
«El-Rei D. João Segundo!»
Três vezes do leme as mãos ergueu,
Três vezes ao leme as reprendeu,

E disse no fim de tremer três vezes:
«Aqui ao leme sou mais do que eu:
Sou um povo que quer o mar que é teu;
E mais que o mostrengo, que me a alma teme

E roda nas trevas do fim do mundo,
Manda a vontade, que me ata ao leme,
De El-Rei D. João Segundo!»

by Fernando Pessoa in Mensagem

Multiplicações

Hoje em dia toda a gente usa máquinas de calcular para fazer contas, eu própria também o faço a não ser quando não posso e tenho de recorrer ao papel e multiplicar os numeros um a um.

Mas...há uma maneira de multiplicar que nunca me tinham ensinado e é essa maneira que está aqui no video:



Então era assim que os Maias faziam as multiplicações...
Gostava que me tivessem ensinado mais cedo!