Rick J. "What can you tell me about rocks, I have a report on them to do?"

Rocks, eh.  Well most rocks are outside, like Mt. Augustus in Australia, which is the worlds biggest rock.  Rocks are also hard, rock hard to be more precise.  Different rocks have different hardnesses however, this is measured on the Mohr's scale, which ranges from 1 to 10.

1.  Talc (Baby Powder) -- soft as a baby's bottom
2.  Gypsum -- Rocks with the mental capacity of those who believe Gypsies and astrology
3.  Calcite -- Rocks found in heads in California especially Hollywood
4.  Fluorite -- Rocks found in heads of Florida voters
5.  Apatite -- Truck stop biscuits
6.  Moonstone -- Green Cheese
7.  Quartz -- Used for most watches, not hard to get at all
8.  Topaz -- this is a tough one; leave a suggestion in the comments
9.  Corundum -- between a rock and a hard place
10.  Diamond -- A girls best friend (not the dumpy one, the other one)

There are also three basic types of rocks classified by how they are made.  Sedentary, metaphoric, ignominious.

Sedentary rocks are common, they just sit there and do nothing.
Metaphoric rocks are like killing two birds with one stone.
Ignominious rocks are actually used to kill two birds.

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What is a geosynchronous orbit?

This is truly one of the great mysteries of the universe, well, not what it is, but rather how it works.

A geosynchronous orbit is where the satellite completes one revolution for every rotation of the body being orbited. In addition to this, they must both be moving in the same direction (counter-clockwise for the north, clockwise in the south. The reason for this has to do with the use of sun dials in the ancient world. In the north, the suns ecliptic is to the south, generally; in the south it is to the north, again generally. Near the equator people didn't care about the time, it is too hot to worry about such trivial matters. The location of the suns ecliptic caused sun dials in the north to move clockwise. In the south they also moved clockwise, but southern clockwise, which is currently referred to as counter clockwise. After the US civil war when the southerners were defeated the northern definition of clock wise was accepted as the standard). The other thing about the geosynchronous orbit is that it must be positioned over the equator. Otherwise it would be a longitudinalsynchronous orbit, and that name is just too long and hard to say.

So, how does it work? Simple, the phenomenon of "coyotus interruptus" and artificial intelligence. A comprehensive read on cartoon physics including coyotus interruptus can be found on wikipedia. The artificial intelligences make it possible for the satellites to want to be in orbit, but are designed that they are never able to realize that they should be falling. As a result they are in permanent orbit. It is rumored that China has been developing a militaristic 're-education' program for satellites under the code name "Wile E. Coyote" aimed at causing them to fall from the sky. As a result it is recommended that the equator be avoided when ever possible due to the possibility that you could be crushed by a satellite, in addition to the lack of drains working as a result of the suspension of the Coriolis effect at 0 degrees latitude.

Suzan Horn says: "Congratulations." I won the lottery!?

Yesterday I received an e-mail from one Suzan Horn suzanhorn85@live.nl). She informed me that I had won the lottery, what luck, this blog sure ain't paying the bills. I can think of several things I could do with "a lump sum pay out of US$1 m (One Million United States Dollars only)."

But then I remembered something... from my past. I remember vaguely a commercial for the Arizona Lottery stating that "You can't win if you don't play." I don't recall playing or entering "Lottery Winners International program." So, is it possible to win if I don't play? That is the question for today, thanks for the push in the right direction Suzy.

A brief web search for the company lists the company as part of a phishing scam (redundant I think, if you know of any phishing that isn't scam related please leave it in the comments below). Being part of a phishing scam does not mean it is bad, I get phishing e-mail from "e-bay." So the web search is inconclusive.

Close analysis of the e-mail gives two addresses, Suzies given above and this one: CiscoWeb@aol.nl. Both of these are based out of the Netherlands. I would expect a reputable international lottery to take place some where else, like Monocco, or Nigeria, or even Nevada.

Over all, I can't tell if I won or not. So, can you win if you don't play? The answer to your question is easy to find, on Tuesday. If there is no post, I won and retired. A post means I am still poor, and you need to work harder at making this profitable for me.

'Til next time, here's hoping.