Posted on: Sunday, July 10, 2005
Males, aliens have something in common when it comes to brains
Percentage of computer engineering doctorates received at North American universities in 2003-04 that were received by males, according to latest report by the Computing Research Association: 86.
Percentage that were received by nonresident aliens: 69.
OBSESSED WITH E-MAIL
Percentage of Americans that say they can't go more than two to three days without checking their e-mail, according to a survey conducted by America Online in partnership with Opinion Research Corp.: 26.
Percentage who check it in bed: 23.
Percentage who check it in a business meeting: 8.
Percentage who check it in the bathroom: 4.
Percentage who check it in church: 1.
HARDLY WORKING
Percentage of executives surveyed who said 4 to 6 p.m. is the least productive time of day for employees, according to a recent study by Accountemps: 33.
Percentage of executives who said noon to 2 p.m.: 29.
FRAUD BY FRIENDS
Percentage of identity theft victims in 2004 that had their identities stolen by a friend, acquaintance, relative or employee, according to a study by Javelin Strategy & Research: 20.
Percentage of identity thefts that came through computer spyware: 5.
Percentage that were done by computer hackers: 2.
LEAVE A PAPER TRAIL
Percentage of workers who routinely lose paperwork, according to a survey by Esselte: 60.
Average time spent retrieving and refiling a document: 10 minutes.
Cost to a company if a document is lost: $1,202.
COULD BE HAPPIER
Percentage of employed twentysomethings who are happy with where their career currently stands, according to a survey by InsightExpress: 33.
Percentage who are still receiving financial assistance from family members: 45.
Percentage who say that "knowing what they know now" they would change the major they picked in school: 40.
AUTHORS AND THEIR AGE
Average age of writers when their novels first topped the hardback fiction section of the New York Times Bestseller List during the half-century from 1955-2004, according to a study of best-selling novels and their authors by Lulu.com: 50.5.
Age of Francoise Sagan, the youngest author to top the N.Y. Times list when "Bonjour Tristesse" reached No. 1 in 1955: 20.
Age of J.K. Rowling, the youngest solo author to hit No. 1 from 1980-2004: 34.
IT'S MY VACATION
Percentage of Americans who say they do not like vacations where the activities are organized for them, according to a survey by Simmons Market Research: 45.
GOTTA PAY THE BILLS
Percentage increase of the overall labor force by 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: 12.
Percentage increase of workers 55 and older during that time: 49.
ME AND MY BOAT
Percentage of boaters who will take Friday off from work to spend more time on their boats, according to a survey by Progressive Insurance: 51.
Percentage who would work less overtime: 37.
Percentage who would work fewer hours each day: 23.
Percentage who would call in sick to work: 7.
IDLE THOUGHT
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate."
