Fun and Games: September 17

Joke: Short and Funny
Problem: Legal Descriptions: Describing Curves
Cool Link: Set Up a Wireless Network

Joke of the Week: Short and Funny

I dialed a number and got the following recording: "I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes."

Aspire to inspire before you expire.

My wife and I had words, but I didn't get to use mine.

Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.

Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for her first question.

I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.



Problem: Legal Descriptions: Describing Curves

The elements of a plane circular curve include its length, radius, tangent, and central (delta) angle. How many of these elements are needed to define a unique curve?

(A) One
(B) Any two
(C) Any three
(D) All four

Come back next week for the solution!
This is problem 46(7-29) from the new second edition of 1001 Solved Surveying Problems by Jan Van Sickle. Reprinted with permission from 1001 Solved Surveying Problems by Jan Van Sickle (1997, 728 pp., Professional Publications Inc.). For details on this and other FLS exam-prep books, call 800/426-1178 or visit www.ppi2pass.com .

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Cool Link of the Week: Set Up a Wireless Network

Microsoft's tutorial on how to set up a wireless network in a small office.

https://www.microsoft.com/canada/smallbiz/products/howto/setupwireless.mspx

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