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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2520 on: July 03, 2011, 09:06:34 PM »
Quote from: odeon on July 03, 2011, 04:26:44 PM
The SGML standard, on which the www as we know it is based, was created in part by an IBM lawyer.

that answers a hell of a lot of questions.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2521 on: July 04, 2011, 11:42:22 AM »
Grateful Dead Live at The Centrum on 1987-04-03 is the most downloaded show on Internet Archive and one that I was actually at.  The Centrum is in Wooster Ma
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2522 on: July 09, 2011, 03:01:09 PM »
Quote from: Queen Victoria on July 03, 2011, 09:06:34 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 03, 2011, 04:26:44 PM
The SGML standard, on which the www as we know it is based, was created in part by an IBM lawyer.

that answers a hell of a lot of questions.

And creates a host of new ones. :zoinks:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2523 on: July 09, 2011, 03:21:55 PM »
A quick brown fox jumped over a lazy sleeping dog.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2524 on: July 09, 2011, 04:15:29 PM »
There is a Swiss spambot trying to register an account on the board right now
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2525 on: July 09, 2011, 05:52:59 PM »
Quote from: parts on July 09, 2011, 04:15:29 PM
There is a Swiss spambot trying to register an account on the board right now

It's in a for a surprise. :zoinks:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2526 on: July 09, 2011, 06:49:40 PM »
Quote from: odeon on July 09, 2011, 05:52:59 PM
Quote from: parts on July 09, 2011, 04:15:29 PM
There is a Swiss spambot trying to register an account on the board right now

It's in a for a surprise. :zoinks:

Awww it didn't make it past the bot traps :'(
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2527 on: July 10, 2011, 01:33:23 AM »
The number 1 album on Triple J's Hottest 100 Australian albums of all time is Powderfinger's Odyssey Number Five. :)
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2528 on: July 10, 2011, 03:07:07 AM »
That is very useful to know. :laugh:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2529 on: July 10, 2011, 03:18:17 AM »
Quote from: odeon on July 10, 2011, 03:07:07 AM
That is very useful to know. :laugh:
It is a useless fact! I own the album so I am pretty happy it is #1.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2530 on: July 10, 2011, 03:28:04 AM »
Quote from: renaeden on July 10, 2011, 03:18:17 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 10, 2011, 03:07:07 AM
That is very useful to know. :laugh:
It is a useless fact! I own the album so I am pretty happy it is #1.

OK then. Have it your way, but it did brighten my morning. :P
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2531 on: July 10, 2011, 06:23:10 PM »
Nikola Tesla was born on this day in  1856.  I wish Tesla would post again
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2532 on: July 11, 2011, 02:25:16 AM »
Agreed. Tesla is cool.
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2533 on: July 14, 2011, 02:37:48 PM »
Today the French celebrate 'le quatorze juillet'.. for on this day in 1789 folks stormed the Bastille (Saint-Antoine, a prison in them days). This 'storming' later became the symbol of the French revolution and kinda marks the beginning of the 'all men are born equal' perception.  :2thumbsup:
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Re: Post a useless fact
« Reply #2534 on: July 14, 2011, 05:44:36 PM »
Quote from: lutra on July 14, 2011, 02:37:48 PM
Today the French celebrate 'le quatorze juillet'.. for on this day in 1789 folks stormed the Bastille (Saint-Antoine, a prison in them days). This 'storming' later became the symbol of the French revolution and kinda marks the beginning of the 'all men are born equal' perception.  :2thumbsup:

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