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Dating Scoreboard

Posted by Roger Keays, 22 July 2009, 10:00 PM

Good evening my conjelicious companions. How are we all? Ah... bon. Shall we get started then? Non, wait just one moment please... Today's topic is somewhat sensitive and gender specific, so I therefore must request that all female visitors stop reading immediately and go look for shoes on ebay instead. If you do not, you will probably hate me forever.

Thank-you.

Now, gentlemen. Gentlemen, gentlemen, gentlemen. Let's cut to the chase. Why do we date? I know the answer, but I'm giving you a minute or two to think for yourself..... Yes! We date because we have no choice. Even when we are 'not dating', we are dating and even if we believe in fairly tales, karma and destiny, we go right ahead and play the dating game... badly.

But don't worry. I'm here to help. Really, I care. Okay. I don't care, but I had a lot of fun making this dating scoreboard anyway. It's very simple to use. The first column is drivel, the second is nonsense and the third is largely a waste of space and only making this whole global warming thing worse. Nevertheless, I post it here in the hope that one day my work will be recognised by the leading psychologists of tomorrow.

Je vous presente... the Dating Scoreboard!

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Pimsleur Spanish 2, Unit 6

Posted by Roger Keays, 22 July 2009, 12:00 PM

  • viaje (n) - ¿Hace usted muchos viajes?
  • entrante (adj) - Sólo hasta la semana entrante.
  • quedarse (v) - ¿Y cuánto tiempo va a quedarse?

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Returns on Investment

Posted by Roger Keays, 11 July 2009, 8:29 AM

The market statistics here are from the All Ords Accumulation Index or the All Ords, where I couldn't find the AOAI return. The figures vary from different sources, so I wouldn't exactly reference them or anything. My returns are calculated including imputation credits (which increases the figures), and treating reinvested dividends as part of the contributed capital (which decreases the figures). CPI figures come from the ABS website.

Year CPI Market Me CPI Adjusted
1999 1.8% 16.1% 7% 5.1%
2000 5.8% 3.6% 11% 4.9%
2001 3.1% 10.1% 9% 5.7%
2002 3.0% -8.8% -16% -18.4%
2003 2.4% 15.9% -2% -4.3%
2004 2.6% 27.6% 7% 4.3%
2005 2.8% 21.1% 18% 14.8%
2006 3.3% 25% 20% 16.2%
2007 3.0% 18% 22% 18.4%
2008 3.7% -43% -37% -39.2%
Avg 3.15% 8.56% 3.9% 0.75%

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Percentages with JSF NumberConverter

Posted by Roger Keays, 3 July 2009, 12:06 AM

Hooray for buggy javadocs. The JSF taglib describes the type attribute of an f:numberConverter as:

Specifies how the number string will be formatted and parsed. Valid values are "number", "currency", and "percentage".

Nice, but wrong. For percentages, the correct value is percent, as defined in the JSF spec.

<f:convertNumber type="percent"/>

Where do I apply for my refund on that hour of my life?

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 10

Posted by Roger Keays, 24 June 2009, 12:00 PM

  •  しち (num) - ビール本お願いします。
  •  ろく (num) - ビール本お願いします。
  •  ご (num) - ビール本お願いします。
  •  よん (num) - ビール本お願いします。
  •  さん (num) - ビール本お願いします。

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 9

Posted by Roger Keays, 23 June 2009, 12:00 PM

  • 其れとも それとも (conj) - 其れとも八本?
  •  きゅう (num) - ビール本お願いします。
  •  く (num) - 時です
  •  はち (num) - 時です
  •  じ (n) - 何ですか。

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 8

Posted by Roger Keays, 22 June 2009, 1:32 AM

  •  だれ (pn) - ですか。
  • 買い かい (v) - 何か買いたいです。
  • 為る する (irr) - 何よますか。
  • (conj) - 一二?
  • お願いします おねがいします (int) - ビール二本お願いします。
  •  ほん (n) - ビール二ほん
  • 二 に (num)
  •  いち (num)
  • 昼ご飯 ひるごはん(n) - 今尋ご飯を食べませんか。

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 7

Posted by Roger Keays, 21 June 2009, 12:00 PM

  • 欲しい ほしい (v) - 何よ欲しいですか。
  • ビール びーる (n) - ビールが飲みたいです。
  •  さけ (n) - おが飲みたいです。
  •  なん (pn) - よ飲みますか。
  • レストラン れすとらん (n) - レストランで食べたいです。

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 6

Posted by Roger Keays, 20 June 2009, 12:00 PM

  •  い (adj) - ですね。はい、です。
  • 後で あとで (adv) - 今?いえ、後で
  •  いま (adv) - 何時?
  • 何時 いつ (adv) - 飲みますか。はい、何時
  • (adv) - 私飲みますか。
  •  ところ (n) - 何処ですか。貴方のところで。

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Pimsleur Japanese 1, Unit 5

Posted by Roger Keays, 19 June 2009, 12:09 AM

  • 結構 けっこう (adj) - 飲みますか。いえ、結構です。
  • 飲み のみ (v) - いえ?じゃ、飲みますか。
  • 何か なにか (pn) - 何か食べますか。
  • 食べ たべ (v) - 私は食べたいです。
  • 知る しる (v) - いえ。Rogerさん知るません。
  • 知って しって (v) - Rogerさん知ってますか。

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