From a strictly mathematical viewpoint it goes like this...

What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%?
Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all
been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How
about achieving 103%?

So what makes up 100% in life?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help you answer
these
questions:

If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z is represented
as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Then...
H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K
8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

and

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But...

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

And..

B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T

2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%

AND look how far ass kissing will take you...

A-S-S-K-I-S-S-I-N-G
1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 127%

So, one can then conclude with mathematical certainty that while Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, Bullshit and Ass Kissing will put you over the top.

Good one leflaw!

this is good

LOL..
ROCKIN'

This ROCKS! I'm copying, pasting and saving, cheerfully violating your copyright.

this is great
can i print this for my network tech class? or will that violate your intellectual property rights? hehe

Great! I like it

Remember this -

Einstein isn't remembered for a blackboard full of numbers. He is remembered for erasing blackboards full of numbers.

mmnuc3: I have no idea how Leflaw found my artwork for the broadcast flag graphic in the title, but since I also appropriated, commented and recreated the NY Times graphic--have at it. My art version is of magnitudes improvement.

Then join the creative commons license club.

If you need a poster sized graphic, ask me. I love student presentations.

Let me take the opportunity to remind you all about the corporate funded "respect copyright" classroom tutorials offered by Junior Achievement. It is called “What’s the Diff? A Guide to Digital Citizenship” Here is a quote:

“How would you feel if your homework was copied or stolen and
you did not receive credit for that work? If John
copies Sally’s work and then passes it off as his own, Sally
loses something of value––something that belonged to her.”

“Tell the students that in their great grandparent’s day, stealing music would have meant sneaking out of a store with a large, vinyl record. If you brought a vinyl record, hold it up and show the class. Grandparents and parents would probably have had to walk out of a store with either an 8-track or a cassette tape.Today, if someone wants to steal music, they don’t even need to go to a store.” –What’s The Diff? Manual

My response is as follows:

John Seely Brown, the Chief Scientist of the Xerox Corporation: “We are building a legal system that completely suppresses the natural tendencies of today’s digital kids. We’re building an architecture that unleashes 60% of the brain and a legal system that closes down that part of the brain.”

Jack Valenti responds:“Anyone who enjoys film, television, music, books, video games and software programs needs to understand that illegally downloading or duplicating copyrighted materialputs the future creation and availability of such content at risk,” he says.

“One of the ironies is that some people choose to see fileswapping
as a so-called ‘victimless crime.’ Junior Achievement’s program clearly teaches kids and their parents that nothing could be further from the truth. On behalf of the many millions of people whose ability to earn a living
depends upon the copyright industries, I applaud Junior Achievement for carefully bringing this issue into the classroom.”

Cyberspace law experts responded with alarm that constitutional protections for fair use are in jeopardy. Wendy Seltzer, an Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer said, “This is really sounding like Soviet-style education. First they’re indoctrinating the students and then having students
indoctrinate their peers. The takeaway message has got to be more nuanced. Copyright is a complicated subject.”

Melinda Anderson, speaking for the National Education
Association, says, “These companies are getting a tacit endorsement for their product. That’s not a school’s role—to be the purveyors.”

“What’s the Diff? A Guide to Digital Citizenship” launched in Oct. 2003 and advises kids to steer clear of music software programs like KaZaA and Grokster with the clear message “If you haven’t paid for it, you’ve stolen it.” The hour—long course will be used in 36,000 classrooms nationwide and has the potential of reaching 900,000 students in grades five through nine.

Thanks to Lefaw for the article and to quote Tomsog:

“What’s the Diff? A Guide to Digital Citizenship” launched in Oct. 2003 and advises kids to steer clear of music software programs like KaZaA and Grokster with the clear message “If you haven’t paid for it, you’ve stolen it.” The hour—long course will be used in 36,000 classrooms nationwide and has the potential of reaching 900,000 students in grades five through nine."

I hope I have educated my two children well in fair use, and if this comes up in their class to either stand up for their beliefs or ask to be dismissed.

If the industry want to look I have 600+ music CD's. I'm sorry most are my pre-boycot time frame. I also own 1000+ DVD's. The latest this week are Miracle, Torque, Paycheck and The last Samuri. Why, because even if the movie is bad, I get my money's worth in the extras on the disc. Not one or two songs on a music CD, but hours worth of extras.

Some say Albert Einstein failed seventh grade math. Others say in reality he never failed math but he did fail the entrance exam to the Polytechnic Institute of Zurich.

He was brilliant.

Damnit, I KNEW I shouldn't have skipped on that math course back in college.

I was hoping to be clever and figure piracy up but it only came to 81%. guess it's just not as effective as they make it out to be.

As a FORMER acquaintance of Mr Ulrich, I was shocked to see his side of the whole pay me to play me attitude. But because i am his "friend", I do what I can to help the band. I DOWNLOAD EVERY METALLICA SONG/ALBUM/VIDEO/DVD/CONCERT I CAN FIND, AND I DO THIS NOT TO 'STEAL FROM THE BAND', BUT TO ELIMINATE THESE FILES FROM THEIR EVER-PRESENT POSSIBILITY OF BEING DOWNLOADED AND STOLEN BY A "NON-ACQUAINTANCE" OF THE BAND. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK LARS!!!!

This is great. LOL