December 2009
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#32: Y2K
RT: american-apologies:
If something bothered Americans a decade ago, chances are it was either the Y2K scare, or the unfortunate success of teen pop stars. In computer program design, the practice of representing the year with two digits becomes problematic when there’s a “rollover” from x99 to x00. It was thought that because of this rollover, important data systems would fail if not fixed...
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Uranus has 27 moons
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Did you know...
The flesh of the puffer fish (fugu) is considered a delicacy in Japan. It is prepared by chefs specially trained and certified by the government to prepare the flesh free of the toxic liver, gonads, and skin. Despite these precautions, many cases of tetrodotoxin poisoning are reported each year in patients ingesting fugu. Poisonings usually occur after eating fish caught and prepared by...
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Music to shake your ass to while enduring Xmas
I want to give myself new music for X-mas.
What do you suggest?
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I Wish It Was Christmas Today - One of the most famous things Jimmy Fallon ever did on SNL was the ‘I Wish It Was Christmas Today’ sketch with Horatio Sanz, Chris Kattan and TracyMorgan. Fallon has of course moved on to replace Conan at 11:30, and now he can do the same kind of thing but with the Roots for a band and Julian Casablancas of the Strokes on lead vocals. And so last night that’s what...
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