This is the time of year we typically see a lot of year end wrap-ups and beginning of year predictions. You wont see them here. Wrap-up and prediction articles always seem sort of like cheating to me as if we have a deadline, and have to write something, but its the holidays and were having so much fun and well, heres a thought, lets just write a wrap-up of all that happened this year, or better yet, lets predict what we think will happen in the coming year! Aha, mission accomplished!
I also dont like New Years Resolutions. If theres something I need to do to improve myself or the world, there is no special and magic time to start the thing. If it needs to be done, and I know it should be done, I should do it when I think of it!
Anyway, in the interest of getting something posted, even though it is a holiday week and Ive eaten too much, Ill do my own version of cheap subject matter! Here are some interesting facts that I will not explain or comment on…theyre just things that made me stop and think, Hmmmm. Also, they are in no particular order.
Here we go:
The average weight of an adult male elephants trunk is 290 lbs.
The average weight that trunk can lift is 550 lbs.
Studies show that people misjudge the tone of an online communication almost 50% of the time.
In 2005, the average loss experienced by individuals responding to the infamous Nigerian email letter was $5000. That was up 67% over 2004.
71% of the net fraud investigated by the FBI was committed by people from the United States. In second place, with just under 8%, were Nigerians.
If you get an email offer that sounds too good to be true (or even if it just sounds really good), you should go to www.snopes.com/ or http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ to check it out before responding.
So thats it for tonight and for this year. Have a Happy New Year. Lets be careful out there!