Saturday, September 29, 2007

SQR Declare-layout section:
paper-size(x,y) if x = 1 then max line length ~ 8.89 (approx from observation)
also, from observation margin length has no impact on graphics.

Freakonomics:
Direct from Freakonomics:

“So, you know, you try to take
care of them, but you know, you also have to show them you the boss. You
always have to get yours first, or else you really ain’t no leader. If you start
taking losses, they see you as weak and shit.”


People undertake any risk because the results on getting successful are very good.

"But criminals, like everyone else, respond to incentives. So if the prize is big enough, they will form a line down the block just hoping for a chance."

"The rules of a tournament are straightforward. You must start at the bottom to
have a shot at the top. (Just as a Major League shortstop probably played Little
League and just as a Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan probably started out as a
lowly spear-carrier, a drug lord typically began by selling drugs on a street
corner.) You must be willing to work long and hard at substandard wages. In
order to advance in the tournament, you must prove yourself not merely above
average but spectacular. (The way to distinguish yourself differs from profession
to profession, of course; while J. T. certainly monitored his foot soldiers’ sales
performance, it was their force of personality that really counted—more than it
would for, say, a shortstop.) And finally, once you come to the sad realization
that you will never make it to the top, you will quit the tournament. (Some
people hang on longer than others—witness the graying “actors” who wait tables
in New York—but people generally get the message quite early.)"


“celibacy tax.”
=>panache= person's flamboyant spirit
=>droopy=limp
=>aficinados=An enthusiastic admirer or follower; a fan
=>impunity=Exemption from punishment, penalty, or harm.
=>mayhem=A state of violent disorder or riotous confusion; havoc
=>retrospect=A review, survey, or contemplation of things in the past.
=>pummeled=To beat, as with the fists
<= ghetto= A dirty livlihood in extreme of city. =>menacing=Of or being an omen, especially an evil one
=>apocalyptic=Involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom: “now speaks in apocalyptic terms about the probable conflict ahead”
=>instigator=a person who initiates a course of action
=>unbeknownst=Without the knowledge of a specified party. Used with to: Our cousin had been ill for years, unbeknownst to the family.
=>eugenics=The study of hereditary improvement of the human race by controlled selective breeding.
=>grandiose=Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand.
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=>cohort=A band of bad people.
<=*hispanic=Spanish Speaking =>Prophylactic=Acting to defend against or prevent something, especially disease; protective.
=>Moratorium=An authorized period of delay in the performance of an obligation.
=>tinker=To manipulate unskillfully or experimentally.
=>pre·cinct =A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force.
=>churl·ish =Lacking in delicacy or refinement

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