The most interesting thing of the moment: 5/28/06

How Much Does the Average American Worker Make?: "How Much Does the Average American Worker Make?
The Labor Department says quarterly average wages were up by 1.7 percent over the last quarter, but how much per week does the average American worker make now? According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average weekly wages of all workers covered by state and federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs was $739 in the fourth quarter of 2002, an increase of 1.7 percent from the same quarter in 2001."

IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest - TV

IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest - TV: "IKEA founder overtakes Gates as world's richest - TV

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ingvar Kamprad, the Swede who founded furniture retail chain IKEA, has overtaken Microsoft's Bill Gates as the world's richest man, Swedish TV news reported on Sunday.

Citing next week's edition of the Swedish business weekly Veckans Affarer, public service SVT2 television said Kamprad, 77, has a personal fortune of 400 billion crowns ($53 billion)."

How much is my body worth?

How much is my body worth?: "When we total the monetary value of the elements in our bodies and the value of the average person's skin, we arrive at a net worth of $4.50!"

Health Quiz: How much is the human body worth?

Health Quiz: How much is the human body worth?: "How much is the human body worth?

How much is a human body worth? When broken down into fluids, tissues and germ fighting our bodies are worth more than $45 million.

This price tag on the human body is based on a survey published in Wired magazine. It found that vital organs are no longer the most valuable body parts. Rather, bone marrow heads the list…priced at $23 million, based on 1,000 grams at $23,000 per gram.
DNA can fetch $9.7 million, while extracting antibodies can bring $7.3 million. A lung is worth $116,400, a kidney $91,400 and a heart $57,000."

Stanley Ho's Blog: Slides from JSR-277 BOF @ JavaOne 2006

Stanley Ho's Blog: Slides from JSR-277 BOF @ JavaOne 2006: "Here are the slides I co-presented with Michal Cierniak@Google and Bryan Atsatt@Oracle at the JSR-277 Bird-of-Feather Session at JavaOne 2006. These slides cover the current snapshot of the general design of JSR-277.

Note that JSR-277 is undergoing active development, and many details mentioned in these slides are subjected to change before the early draft comes out in the next few months. However, they should be sufficient to give you a sense of where the JSR is heading.

Slides for JSR-277 Bird-of-Feather Session

Please take these slides with a grain of salt. :-)"