Probability Tables

Had a presentation on likelihood and consequences of certain events and hence risk factors today which got me thinking on an interesting train of thought... so I thought I'd share my mind and draw up a table about certain probabilities that may be of interest!

Giving birth to twins	2.272727%
Winning first division in tattslotto	0.000012%
Enjoying a movie played by Jim Carey	0.001000%
Dying of heart disease	33.333333%
Being killed by lightning	0.000062%
Being struck by a falling anvil	0.000005%
* Being struck by a falling anvil if you're a cartoon character	80.000000%

HOBOKEN!

Acronyms

Let's play a game! So most of us see and use acronyms freely in our day to day lives, but how many of them do we actually know what they stand for?

Try to guess what each letter in the acronym stands for and highlight the section to the right to reveal the answer :) They've been divided into categories to give you a helping hand.

Day to Day
EFTPOS - Electronic Funds Transfer Point Of Sale
PIN - Personal Identification Number
RSVP - Repondez S'il Vous Plait
LASER - Light Amplication by Stimulation Emission of Radiation
POKEMON - Pocket Monsters (not really an acronym I know, but I like Pokemon)

Technology
HTML - Hyper Text Markup Language
JPG - Joint Photographics Expert Group
USB - Universal Serial Bus
MP3/MPEG3 - Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 Audio
DVD - Digital Video Disc
SMS - Short Message Service
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LED - Light Emitting Diode
URL - Uniform Resource Locator
HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

American Corporations
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
IBM - International Business Machines
BMW - Bavarian Motor Works

Australian Corporations
ANZAC - Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
QANTAS - Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services
RACV - Royal Automobile Club of Victoria
RSPCA - Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Haw Flakes Part II

Bit of a dirty joke I came up with...

Q: Why are they called haw flakes?
A: Because they're exactly like they're named - cheap but satisfying.