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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2910 on: February 01, 2012, 08:06:17 PM »
Quote from: parts on February 01, 2012, 07:36:53 PM
St. John's  Newfoundland has a shortwave station CKZN on 6160 khz with 300 Watts that I can at times receive at my house

 How did St. John teach his Newfoundland to run a radio station?  :doggie:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2911 on: February 01, 2012, 08:08:18 PM »
Quote from: couldbecousin on February 01, 2012, 08:06:17 PM
Quote from: parts on February 01, 2012, 07:36:53 PM
St. John's  Newfoundland has a shortwave station CKZN on 6160 khz with 300 Watts that I can at times receive at my house

 How did St. John teach his Newfoundland to run a radio station?  :doggie:

With great skill and endless patience :nerdy:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2912 on: February 02, 2012, 05:29:56 PM »
This post number, 12521, is a palindrome?
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2913 on: February 02, 2012, 05:33:55 PM »
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This post number, 12521, is a palindrome?

 Indeed it is, Your Majesty, well done!  :clap:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2914 on: February 02, 2012, 05:36:00 PM »
I just wasn't sure if palindrome was the proper word for a number like that.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2915 on: February 02, 2012, 05:46:10 PM »
They should have come up with a word for palindrome that was a palindrome
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2916 on: February 02, 2012, 10:02:40 PM »
Well, a number sequence like that is a palindrome.  And blame Ben Jonson for naming it.

A palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of units that can be read the same way in either direction, with general allowances for adjustments to punctuation and word dividers.

Composing literature in palindromes is an example of constrained writing. The word "palindrome" was coined from Greek roots palin (πάλιν; "again") and dromos (δρóμος; "way, direction") by English writer Ben Jonson in the 17th century. The actual Greek phrase to describe the phenomenon is karkinikê epigrafê (καρκινικὴ επιγραφή; crab inscription), or simply karkinoi (καρκίνοι; crabs), alluding to the backward movement of crabs, like an inscription that can be read backwards.

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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2917 on: February 03, 2012, 03:11:55 AM »
Dolby made a sound processor card for SR noise reduction called Cat 280T. When the patent expired, Smart Technologies made an SR card called Copycat 280T.

And got away with it.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2918 on: February 03, 2012, 07:55:54 AM »
The blade of my blender is sharp.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2919 on: February 03, 2012, 07:56:27 AM »
I am wearing a metallic band aid.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2920 on: February 03, 2012, 07:56:57 AM »
^^ and ^ are related  :hahaha:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2921 on: February 03, 2012, 07:58:47 AM »
OUCH!
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2922 on: February 03, 2012, 08:04:04 AM »
Just a small cut, while doing the dishes. Usually the blade rotates away when I clean it. This time it was somewhat stuck.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2923 on: February 03, 2012, 04:53:16 PM »
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, discovered Uranium  in 1789.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2924 on: February 26, 2012, 10:24:57 AM »
When I go to the toilet/bathroom (to deliver a message) I always take something to read with me. Newspaper usually. TMI maybe but.. (hey)
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