[ILUG-Social] giving more then 100%...

[kevin lyda]

this came up in rhf the other day.  here's a bit of perl to work out
your own work ethic:

    perl -ne 'chomp;$x=0;$s="";map {$y=ord($_)-ord("a")+1;print "$s$y";$x+=$y;$s=" + "} split(//);print " = $x\%\n"'

enjoy...

>Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
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>We have all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100%.
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>How about achieving 103%?  Here's a little math that might prove helpful.
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>What makes life 100%?
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>If    A B C D E F G H I J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z
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>is represented as:
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>      1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.
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>Then,  H A R  D W  O  R  K
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>       8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98%
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>K  N  O  W  L  E D G E
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>11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96%
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>But,    A T  T  I T  U  D E
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>        1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100%
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>And,   B U  L  L  S  H I T
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>       2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 = 103%
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>So, it stands to reason that hand work and knowledge will get you close,
>attitude will get you there, but bullshit will put you over the top.

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