The odds of guessing correctly are 50/50, but the probability you will get it wrong is 90%.
Happens to me more often than I’d like.
Meme filled
Nabbed these from Uncle Zoloft
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You Are The Hermit |
 You posses a great deal of wisdom and the ability to see people for who they are. You are always looking ahead at the future, developing visions. A loner, you tend to travel by yourself through life, seeking your own truth. You don’t crave material things or fancy titles. You have no baggage. Your fortune: It’s possible that there is a unknown guiding figure in your life, ready to help you. All you have to do is find this person and seek their advice. It’s also possible that you need to start seeking the meaning of your own life. Either way, there’s some deep thinking you need to undertake, and it needs to be done soon. |
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You Are From Pluto |
 You are a dark, mysterious soul, full of magic and the secrets of the universe. You can get the scoop on anything, but you keep your own secrets locked in your heart. You love change and you use it to your advantage, whether by choice or chance. You don’t like to compromise, to the point of being self-destructive with your stubbornness. Live life with love, and your deep powers will open the world to you. |
Scary new radiation symbol
There’s a new radiation symbol that’s been introduced by the ISO and IAEA which is meant to alert people that whatever they see this symbol on is a potentially lethal source of radiation. The rationale behind developing the new symbol is that while the old symbol marked the presence of radiation, it didn’t provide any indication as to how dangerous the source might be. The new symbol with the addition of the skull and cross bones should definitely indicate to everyone that the source marked by the symbol is dangerous.
From the IAEA press release:
With radiating waves, a skull and crossbones and a running person, a new ionizing radiation warning symbol is being introduced to supplement the traditional international symbol for radiation, the three cornered trefoil.
The new symbol is aimed at alerting anyone, anywhere to the potential dangers of being close to a large source of ionizing radiation, the result of a five-year project conducted in 11 countries around the world. The symbol was tested with different population groups – mixed ages, varying educational backgrounds, male and female – to ensure that its message of “danger – stay away” was crystal clear and understood by all.
It’s a decidedly scarier looking symbol than the classic yellow/magenta radiation symbol (right), which is probably a good thing considering the class of radioactive materials the new symbol is meant to warn people about. The new symbol is meant to be used on what the IAEA classifies as Category 1, 2 or 3 sources. These are the kinds of sources that nobody really wants to be around when they’re shielded (although perfectly safe to be around when properly shielded), and definitely not when they’re unshielded. Category 1 sources include RTG sources, irradiators used in sterilizers and teletherapy sources. They contain activities in the TBq (tera-Becquerel) or MCi (mega-Curie) amounts. Even brief exposure to these sources would probably be fatal in a matter of days or weeks. Category 2 sources cover industrial radiography sources and usually have activities in the high GBq (a few hundred Ci) range. Certainly less lethal, but still not something you want to be around for any length of time. Category 3 sources include calibration sources and sources for gauges and well logging.and have activities in the low GBq (a few Ci) range.
Fortunately, I will never have to see the new symbol because the activities I’m around are in the MBq (mCi) range. And if I ever do see the new symbol, I’m definitely not sticking around.
Meeting? What meeting?
Don’t you just love it when you run into colleagues in the hall and they tell you “Hey, we just got out of a meeting you probably should have been in”.
Usually it also means I’ll end up with more work dropped into my lap at some point, and much scrambling later to resolve issues that probably would have been easier to take care of if I actually was at that first meeting.
Does that ever happen to anyone else?
Dog logic
“Apply Dog Logic
to Life:
Eat Well, Be Loved,
Get Petted, Sleep a Lot,
Dream of a Leash-Free World”
-SARK
Spotted at Mutt Lynch Winery