I bought a table lamp today. The label said:
MAX 150-WATT 3-WAY TYPE A LAMP
OR USE MAX 29-WATT 3-WAY CFL LAMP
Why would there be a different max for type A and CFL bulbs?
The label inside said the lampshade said:
PLEASE REMOVE THIS LABEL
BEFORE USING THE SHADE
That makes sense, because it might catch fire. How many people would read a label inside a lamp shade? I bet a bunch of people miss it.
I also removed the giant label attached to the wire.
Normally, math and psychology are separate fields, but they come together in calculating the odds of a nuclear disaster. You can hire engineers to calculate the probably of a nuclear meltdown. The calculation itself is a math question, but getting them to do a good job is a psychological question. What if their boss is evil? What if there is disagreement and the corporation suppresses the bad reports? The drug industry also has a problem with companies suppressing reports.
One of the complaints about the original Jurassic Park movie was “Who would design a zoo where if the power failed, the animals would escape?” I have the same question about nuclear power plants. Who would design nuclear power plant such that if the power failed, the plant would blow up?
News organizations are a bit two-faced about Lindsay Lohan. Sex sells, so they like to put a picture of a sexy lady on television. When she wears a sexy dress to court, they put that on television and then they criticize her for wearing a sexy dress. If they didn’t cover the story, nobody would care.
Years ago, the press criticized Britney Spears for not wearing panties. I blame the paparazzi for taking up-skirt shots. They had to align their cameras just right to get these shots.
You can run but you can’t hide unless you’re a Roomba. Today, I searched everywhere for my Roomba and couldn’t find it. Eventually, I found it under the recliner. I didn’t know that it could get there.
On a previous occasion, it opened a closet door by hitting it, went into the closet, and then closed the door by hitting it. It was trapped and it took me a long time to find it.
All these tax cuts make me nervous. We have a budget deficit to deal with and without tax increases, the deficit won’t be brought under control. In the short run, everyone is trying to stimulate the economy. The problem is that the recession may last for years. We can’t keep these deficits up for an extended time period. The way to fix the job market is through tariffs. Neither party is proposing that.
