Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:35 pm
Alexander Graham Bell didn't like people saying "Hello" when they answered the phone, because it was chosen by a rival inventor. He prefered the term "Hoy, hoy" or "Ahoy," but they didn't catch on the way "Hello" did. I think that's why Mr Burns on the Simpsons says "Hoy, hoy" when he answers the phone.
In Latin, "nemo" means "no one." It kind of makes you consider the movie title "Finding Nemo" rather strange.
And more in Latin--"procrastinate" has the Latin roots "pro" and "cras," meaning "for" and "tomorrow." Perfectly apt, no?
In Latin, "nemo" means "no one." It kind of makes you consider the movie title "Finding Nemo" rather strange.
And more in Latin--"procrastinate" has the Latin roots "pro" and "cras," meaning "for" and "tomorrow." Perfectly apt, no?
Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:08 pm
-40 Degrees Celsius is exactly the same temperature as -40 degrees fahrenheit.
Man has never created or witnessed the temperature of absolute zero.
Man has never created or witnessed the temperature of absolute zero.
Sat Apr 15, 2006 5:14 am
An eyelash lives an average of 150 days before falling out!
Actually, it was Finland
-Ducky- wrote:Donald Duck comics were banned in Sweden (I think.) because he doesn't wear pants
Actually, it was Finland
Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:30 am
- the left lung is slightly smaller than the right lung to make room for the heart
the human brain is about 85% water
the average human body contains enough potassium to fire a toy cannon
the poisonous copperhead snake smells like fresh cut cucumbers
bulletproof vests, fire escapes, lazer printers and windshielf wipers were all invented by women
about 10% of the worlds population is left handed
the average human body contains enough iron to make a 7.62cm nail
a fingernail or toenail takes about 6 months to grow from base to tip
Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:21 am
You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)
Sun Apr 23, 2006 5:24 pm
the_dog_god wrote:You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)
Okay, how many people went to go try that?
Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:07 pm
When Chevy went to sell their Chevy Novas in Mexico hardly anyone bought them. No wonder, in Spanish Nova means "No go" hehe (sorry if that was a little weird O_o)
Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:12 am
You can't lick your elbow.
Most people who read that will try to lick their elbow.
Most people who read that will try to lick their elbow.
Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:24 am
I can lick my elbow...Hahaha
Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:33 am
Amethyst wrote:the_dog_god wrote:You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)
Okay, how many people went to go try that?
I've been a computer geek for years and I didn't know that
Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:47 pm
Lost wrote:When Chevy went to sell their Chevy Novas in Mexico hardly anyone bought them. No wonder, in Spanish Nova means "No go" hehe (sorry if that was a little weird O_o)
Actually, that's not true. It's just a story business school professors like to prattle on about in their market research classes as a "classic example of why market research is important." I heard it in an organizational behavior class last summer and drove my professor bonkers by insisting that he was wrong.
http://www.snopes.com/business/misxlate/nova.asp
Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:20 pm
the_dog_god wrote:You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)
Actually that's not true, my friend showed me a site that had a kinda walkthrough on how it is done, basically through using command prompt. Not sure what site it was posted on so if anyone wants to verify...
Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:33 pm
Amethyst wrote:the_dog_god wrote:You can't name a New Folder 'con' in Windows (as in con - no ' marks)
Okay, how many people went to go try that?
i went and did it, actually i still don't get why you can't
- the neanderthal man's brain was bigger than modern man's
- apples, not caffiene, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning (i don't believe that)
edit: and i'm starting to smell!! yay!!
