(Equation) Money= Work Over Knowledge

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	(Equation) Money= Work Over Knowledge

Melloro

1-4-2009 6:29 AM

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Melloro says:

Tongue-in-cheek proof yields the following results: #1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and
# 2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make.
I would have to extrapolate that whoever worked this is overworked and underpaid...

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After applying some simple algebra to some trite phrases and cliches
 a new understanding can be reached of the secret to wealth and
 success.
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  Here it goes.
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           Knowledge is Power
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           Time is Money and as every engineer knows,
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           Power is Work over Time.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of
  wisdom, we get:
 <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          K = P    (1)
 </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          T = M    (2)
 </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          P = W/T  (3)
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  Put M in for T into equation (4), which yields:
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          K = W/M  (5).
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  Now we've got something.  Expanding back into English, we get:
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">       Knowledge equals Work over Money.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  What this MEANS is that:
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           1. The More You Know, the More Work You Do, and
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           2. The More You Know, the Less Money You Make.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL>  Solving for Money, we get:
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">        M = W/K  (6)
    </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">       Money equals Work Over Knowledge.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><I>
  From equation (6) we see that Money approaches infinity as Knowledge
  approaches 0, regardless of the Work done.</I></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL><B>  What THIS MEANS is:</B>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          The More you Make, the Less you Know.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><UL><B>  What THIS MEANS is:</B>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">           The stupid rich do little or no work.
</LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><H3>Statistics</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          Put W/T in for P in equation (1), which yields:
 </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.princeton.edu/~soccomp/fun/"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">          K = W/T  (4)
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