Interesting Pay Scale
June 19, 2010 by Robert Owen
Filed under Random - TidBit
Interesting Math adventure.
Today, while having lunch with my parents at Litton’s, Barry Litton (the owner) posed a scenario that I had a hard time wrapping my head around. It was this:
Barry: If a man came to your home and said, “I’d like to work in your yard everyday for the next 31 days. All I ask for is you pay me 1 cent the first day then double it every day after for the next 31 days.” How much do you think you would end up paying?
Me: No idea… I can’t do that much math in my head.
Barry: over Ten Million dollars
Me: *gulp*
So, the more I thought about this the more impossible it sounded… I mean, we’re talking about pennies!! So, here’s the Math. One employee, 31 days of employment, 1 cent first day, doubling everyday after.
Day 1: 1 cent
Day 2: 2 cents
Day 3: 4 cents
Day 4: 8 cents
Day 5: 16 cents
Day 6: 32 cents
Day 7: 64 cents
Day 8: 128 cents = $1.28
Day 9: 256 cents = $2.56
Day 10: 512 cents = $5.12
Day 11: 1024 cents = $10.24
Day 12: 2048 cents = $20.48
Day 13: 4096 cents = $40.96
Day 14: 8192 cents = $81.92
Day 15: 16384 cents = $163.84
Day 16: 32768 cents = $327.68
Day 17: 65536 cents = $655.36
Day 18: 131072 cents = $1,310.72
Day 19: 262144 cents = $2,621.44
Day 20: 524288 cents = $5,242.88
Day 21: 1048576 cents = $10,485.76
Day 22: 2097152 cents = $20,971.52
Day 23: 4194304 cents = $41,943.04
Day 24: 8388608 cents = $83,886.08
Day 25: 16777216 cents = $167,772.16
Day 26: 33554432 cents = $335,544.32
Day 27: 67108864 cents = $671,088.64
Day 28: 134217728 cents = $1,342,177.28
Day 29: 268435456 cents = $2,684,354.56
Day 30: 536870912 cents = $5,368,709.12
Day 31: 1073741824 cents = $10,737,418.24
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Total monthly pay: $21,474,836.47
Well over 10 million. So… I guess, this would be a good deal if you could get it! Anyone need an IT guy for 31 days?? Start cheap! 
Makes you think twice about getting rid of the penny now, doesn’t it? Lunch was still quite good at Litton’s, even though I was distracted by the above math problem. If you want a good Burger and some interesting math discussions, go see Barry Litton over at Litton’s in Fountain City.
Visit their website: http://www.littonsburgers.com
Follow them on Twitter: @littons
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August 27, 2009 by Robert Owen
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When Vista came on the scene one of the new features I thought was pretty cool was the new Snipping tool. It’s a really useful little utility and for the most part it’s great. In Windows 7, the tool is still there (no improvements that I can see). But, one of the things about this little utility that bothered me was my inability to use it to capture context and other drop-down menus. Every time I would open the menu I needed to capture, it would disappear as soon as I selected the Snipping Tool.
This really annoyed me. There has to be a way!? Well, it turns out there is a really simple solution for this. To use the Snipping Tool to capture menus, follow these steps.
First, locate and start the Snipping Tool. When the tool starts it will be in “New capture” mode. Click Cancel but, don’t close the tool. Next, open the menu you want to capture. With that menu open, press the “Control” and “Print Screen” buttons on your keyboard. This will re-activate the Snipping Tool in the “New Capture” mode. Now just capture your image.
As you can see above, it works quite well. This, “work-around”, functions the same in Windows Vista and in Windows 7. I’ve also tried it on my laptop and desktop and there was no difference in function.
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Random Mess for Saturday
June 13, 2009 by Robert Owen
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Here is another “Eaten Post” from my site Conversion.
Happy Saturday to everyone… Following Friday Funny style (I know it’s Saturday), the following came to me via an e-mail. Here is a random worthless mess for All those people who “know” everything. Who knows if it’s 100% accurate or not but, if you know everything, you’ll know. And, if you don’t… Well… ENJOY!
SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW EVERYTHING?
A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.
A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.
A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
A “jiffy” is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
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June 11, 2009 by Robert Owen
Filed under General, Random - TidBit
Continuing on the Theme of “Posts eaten” , we have this beauty below. It truly is a dandy, must be because, WordPress ate it up like a plate of Chocolate covered bacon… mmmm, bacon!
A friend of mine sent me a bit of information about our Presidential line that I did not know so, I thought I would share.
Who was the first President?
I’m sure that George Washington was your best guess. After all, no one else comes to mind.
But think back to your history books – The United States declared its independence in 1776, yet Washington did not take office until April 30, 1789.
So who was running the country during these initial years of this young country?
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June 9, 2009 by Robert Owen
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Hello all, I was planning a post for today… have a couple in mind actually but, like everyday I got distracted. I thought… Hey!… I’ve set up that Google Analytics thing but never actually looked at it’s VERY detailed reports. I wonder what people are already reading.
Well, to my surprise… (and to yours, I’m sure 
) I actually have some readers out there. And this, as you can image, distracted me even further. “Where are these people coming from? Turns out, my site has seen hits from 66 different countries in the last month! The Majority of hits did come from the North America and Alaska… Apparently, I’m a hit in Alaska.
66 Countries accidentally clicked through to me!
Who’d a thunk it?! Not me… What do you think? Bots or People? I would suspect Bots but, it’s cool none the less. So now, I must prepare a new post. What should this new post contain? Should I preach on World Peace, technical support, or that funny new Fart Joke I heard last week?
Knowing myself as I do, I’m afraid we may get another Fart Joke. *sigh* the responsibility is overwhelming!
I will try to do better!!
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May 20, 2009 by Robert Owen
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Here’s a quick story for Nap time.
Enjoy:
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April 15, 2009 by Robert Owen
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This is just a quick post to link to a video I saw on YouTube I would normally just embed it but they wont allow this one to be embedded.
This is way better than the crap that spits on on American Idol and, shows you shouldn’t judge by appearance alone.
Give this a look: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lp0IWv8QZY
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