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mac11
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:17 am
Whoops, looks like the American flag on the Canadian bill is an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp
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New Haven
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:26 am
"If the population of China walked past you in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction"


Is all this reproducing going on while the people are in line?
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:30 am
The line is so long that part of Chinese (those in the rear part of the line) may have some time for making kids Laughing
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New Haven
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:31 am
satt_focusable wrote:
The square root of 12345678987654321 is 111111111 (nine 1's).



And the square of 111,111,111 is: 1.2346 E 16
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New Haven
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:34 am
2 liters ofSchweppes ginger ale, ( diet ) contains 640 mg of sodium.
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Gen
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:36 am
I presume so New Haven...

Talk about a wild party! :wink:
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New Haven
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 11:38 am
Gen wrote:
I presume so New Haven...

Talk about a wild party! :wink:



I'll say! Razz Razz Razz
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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 12:05 pm
There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

Incorrect. There is no such thing as a regulation number of dimples on a golf ball. Professionals (and we amateurs) often play with balls having different numbers of dimples. The number, size, and shape of the dimples (yeah, they have different shapes also) give the ball different kinds of characteristics.




Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in New Jersey.

Not even close to accurate. Less than one percent of the total eggplant crop is grown in New Jersey.

New Jersey is not even the top producer of eggplants in the US -- and the US is not the top producer of eggplants in the world.
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bobsmyth
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 12:26 pm
Wow! Bet that You Never Knew This!
The word assassins comes from the Persian word for a drug using cult who were users of hashish. The famous poet Omar Khayyam was also a military leader who fought against the.
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steissd
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 12:34 pm
New Haven wrote:
satt_focusable wrote:
The square root of 12345678987654321 is 111111111 (nine 1's).
And the square of 111,111,111 is: 1.2346 E 16

You should change notation of your calculator from scientific (presenting numbers as a product of some number in 1-10 range and a degree of 10) to a regular; 1.2346e16 is a rounded presentation of 12,345,678,987,654,321. The best device for calculating 111,111,111² is the MS Windows built-in calculator (it can be found in the program group "Accessories").
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Equus
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 02:03 pm
So, how could these Chinese reproduce when they're standing in a line? Rather unwieldy, not to mention public. Of course I guess the Chinese who have already passed by you could be dismissed, but then they'd have to return their kid to wait in line, and they'd never see him/her again.

Who feeds all these Chinese folk standing in line, anyway? I think they'd die of starvation waiting for eons in line; which would tend to make the line shorter. How do they relieve themselves when they are in line?
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dagmaraka
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 02:07 pm
Plus, why do I have to watch them all pass by? I would much rather do anything else thank you.
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Phoenix32890
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 02:24 pm
Dagmaraka- Would you rather count dimples on golf balls??? Laughing
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roger
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 02:26 pm
Not me! Everytime I loose count, I have to start over.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 04:57 pm
THAT'S why the Chinese have time not only to reproduce but to feed themselves, go to the loo and such!
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dagmaraka
 
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Reply Fri 9 May, 2003 04:58 pm
That's right, Roger, now concentrate already, another passed by uncounted!
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New Haven
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2003 10:47 am
A can of coke on a dirty kitchen floor cleans the dirt right off. Very Happy
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New Haven
 
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Reply Sat 10 May, 2003 10:49 am
Equus wrote:
So, how could these Chinese reproduce when they're standing in a line?


The instructions to those in line are : Keep your eyes forward, your hands to yourself and mind your own business. Twisted Evil

AND never, ask WHY!
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New Haven
 
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Reply Sun 11 May, 2003 03:52 am
steissd wrote:
New Haven wrote:
satt_focusable wrote:
The square root of 12345678987654321 is 111111111 (nine 1's).
And the square of 111,111,111 is: 1.2346 E 16

You should change notation of your calculator from scientific (presenting numbers as a product of some number in 1-10 range and a degree of 10) to a regular; 1.2346e16 is a rounded presentation of 12,345,678,987,654,321. The best device for calculating 111,111,111² is the MS Windows built-in calculator (it can be found in the program group "Accessories").


You may communicate this info to Hewlett Packard, the maker of my scientific calculator.
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