Fiat Lux (and there was light!): 2005-10-09

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Face Analyzer

http://www.faceanalyzer.com/member.aspx?id=63615 (Thanks for the link CY)

Race Analysis
100% Chinese
0% East Indian
0% Middle Eastern
0% Eastern European
0% Southern European
0% Anglo Saxon
0% S0uth East Asian
0% Korean/Japanese

Personality Profile Rank
Celebmatch Bruce Willis
Intelligence 6.2 Average Intelligence 11983
Risk 5.4 Average Risk 5369
Ambition 5.6 Average Ambition 24861
Gay Factor 1.8 Very Low Gay Factor3586
Honor 6.0 Average Honor 3702
Politeness 6.7 High Politeness 4103
Income 6.2 $30,000 - $50,000 17168
Sociability 5.3 Average Sociability 20615
Promiscuity 2.5 Very Unpromiscuous28773

Your Archetype: White Collar

Personality Profile:
You particularly enjoy the traditional way of life. Having drinks with your friends, attending parties and relaxing while watching TV are some of the simple pleasures you indulge in. You may also enjoy physical exercise. Your driving force is to retire as early as possible, so that you can do the things you enjoy more often. Your main source of ambition comes from this desire. You dont particularly like your job but you do it without complaining. You realize that the income that it provides is essential to your lifestyle. You are friendly yet competitive with your co-workers. This competitiveness may lead you to squander your earnings to match other peoples' possessions. You operate most effectively when there is a set power structure, and the lines of authority are clear. You know your place in the ranks, you play by the rules, and will deliver what is expected of you. You do not care for responsibility; you would rather be care free.
Your view of other types
You sometimes disagree with Boss types, but you respect them for the most part. You may even be envious of their lifestyles. You find Academic types boring and uptight. You have very little in common with them. However some White collar types may respect the accomplishments of certain Academic types. You think that Artist types are unrealistic and immature. You like interacting with Charmer types, and sometimes envy their charisma. You perceive Gambler types mostly as loners and untrustworthy. However, since you may have to interact with them on a daily basis you are not hostile to them. You believe Drifters are too lazy to work for a living but you sometimes feel pity for them.
Other types' view of you
Boss types may have some things in common with Blue collar types, but for the most part they only interact with you during the course of business. Academics see White collar types as unsuccessful versions of themselves, but because of work situations they may have to interact with you often. Artists do not interact with you, for they consider you to be a slave of conformity. Charmer types may associate with you; they find that the collar types are the people that mostly want to hang around them. To the Drifter types your repetitive routines seem boring; they would prefer having more fun and excitement. They may however enjoy the company of some Blue collar types.

The Big One

I just read this article http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/172816/1/.html predicting that the next big earthquake in San Francisco has a 25% chance of occuring in the next 25 years. The authors of the study say that "As we approach the 100-year anniversary of that event, critical concern is the hazard posed by another such earthquake".

Well, most buildings in the Bay Area are designed to sustain minimal damage (continued occupation) in a 10% in 50 year event, and the more important ones are designed to sustain minimal damage in a 2% in 50 year event. Even the regular buildings are designed for life safety in a 2% in 50 year event, so I think you're pretty safe in a building, at least much safer than outside (falling glass hazards, fault rupture etc).

By the way, I was on the Bay Bridge when that quake in 2004 occured (the one that toppled some tower in the south bay). It was quite a big jolt in the city (I heard it on the radio) but guess what? I didn't feel a thing on the bridge. As I said, you're probably safer on a bridge or in a building than on the streets haha!

Oh, and lest we forget, the 1906 earthquake was actually more of the 1906 fire. More people perished due to the spread of fire than anything else. I'd say the fire protection engineers are the ones who should be on the alert rather than building designers....

The San Andreas Fault slips every single day. It's only a matter of time before the earthquake comes, so its no point being frantic just because the 100-year anniversary is approaching. Just remember your drills.

Here's my top ten tips:
1. Hide under the table if there is one. you dont want the lights or cupboard crashing down on your head.
2. Open all your room doors and unlock them before you hide! you don't want to be stuck in the room if the door gets jammed!
3. If there's no table hide in the doorway, stuff is less likely to fall on your head there.
4. If you are stuck in a corridor, run to the staircase. They are usually safer and u can make a quick exit from the rubble or fire.
5. Stay away from parking structures (don't ask why, just stay away!!!)! If you are stuck in one, hide in the staircase.
6. Don't run out into the streets! You are more likely to be hit by falling windows and stuff especially if you are in the city.
7. Don't run to the beach like those silly people who drove to the beach when there were tremors here! You might get hit by a tsunami! sheesh.....
8. If you could have anything in the world, it would be a hard hat. Just nice to protect your noggin from all those spalling concrete/shattered glass/flowerpots...
9. The safest place to be in during an earthquake is a hospital. Don't ask why. Though it wouldn't have been too nice to be in the Kobe general hospital in '95 (though they all made it out alive...).
10. After you've survived the Big One, don't take it easy just yet, there could still be aftershocks, floods, fires, etc!

Back to work....

Finally got back to work today. I turned on my computer and there were over a hundred emails!!!! It actually took me half a day to go through and act on all of them... Am I popular or what???