Author Topic: Did you know... [Curiosities] (Read 95138 times)

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #150 on:** April 10, 2012, 03:21:19 AM »

The largest caves in the world are in China, many unexplored.

There is a cave in mexico containing a GIANT crystal room.

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #151 on:** April 10, 2012, 05:07:55 AM »

In the past few days, 3 major corporations have bought out parts of other companies in separate $1 Billion deals.

Microsoft bought out some AOL patents, Facebook bought Instagram, and AT&T sold Yellow Pages.

Booya · « **Reply #152 on:** April 10, 2012, 07:21:31 AM »

Radiation from Japan found in California Kelp.

kren.Z · « **Reply #153 on:** April 10, 2012, 01:41:49 PM »

Quote from: peewee_RotA on April 10, 2012, 05:07:55 AM

In the past few days, 3 major corporations have bought out parts of other companies in separate $1 Billion deals.

... Facebook bought Instagram ...

Yeah this acquisition was a shocker. Instragram kept their team very small but very smart (~9 employees), good for decreasing burn rate. One founder retained 40% after investment dilution so this cat walked out with $400 million in facebook stock. Pretty good deal without a revenue stream or viable business model.

Anyways...
I've been following their engineering blog for quite some time now, and it's an absolute goldmine for performance and scalability tips. I'm in the process of transitioning to Amazon's cloud services.

http://instagram-engineering.tumblr.com/post/13649370142/what-powers-instagram-hundreds-of-instances-dozens-of

Zeppelin · « **Reply #154 on:** April 12, 2012, 07:11:11 AM »

In Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger only spoke 700 words and was paid $15 million. That means 'Hasta la vista, baby' cost $85,716!

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #155 on:** April 12, 2012, 08:53:47 AM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on April 12, 2012, 07:11:11 AM

In Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger only spoke 700 words and was paid $15 million. That means 'Hasta la vista, baby' cost $85,716!

Linda Hamilton, who plays Sarah Connor, has an identical twin. Her twin played her double in various scenes, including when T-1000 impersonates her.

Linda Hamilton was married to James Cameron.

The Happy Friar · « **Reply #156 on:** April 12, 2012, 11:24:15 AM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on April 12, 2012, 07:11:11 AM

In Terminator 2, Schwarzenegger only spoke 700 words and was paid $15 million. That means 'Hasta la vista, baby' cost $85,716!

In Soldier Kurt Russel got paid $12 million & said 104 words. That's ~$115,385 per WORD!

Sgt. Dick · « **Reply #157 on:** April 12, 2012, 05:05:18 PM »

There are some people around here that might get money to

Just check the Fool's Gold thread

Zeppelin · « **Reply #158 on:** April 13, 2012, 05:00:45 AM »

You can't create a folder named "con" on a windows computer.

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #159 on:** April 13, 2012, 05:21:22 AM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on April 13, 2012, 05:00:45 AM

You can't create a folder named "con" on a windows computer.

Zeppelin · « **Reply #160 on:** April 13, 2012, 05:28:38 AM »

well, i didnt know that.
anybody knows why?

peewee_RotA · « **Reply #161 on:** April 13, 2012, 05:37:38 AM »

Quote from: Zeppelin on April 13, 2012, 05:28:38 AM

well, i didnt know that.
anybody knows why?

I was just making fun of it because CON sounds like KHAAAAAN!!!!

There's a bunch of reserved words in windows. This also includes many characters. In fact windows folders allow you to use a surprising amount of special characters in their names, except for a select few reserved ones.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_can't_you_create_a_folder_named_CON_in_Windows_or_MS-DOS

yahoo · « **Reply #162 on:** April 13, 2012, 05:40:38 AM »

Did you know that you can make a folder name peewee_RotA and then delete it

VaeVictis · « **Reply #163 on:** April 13, 2012, 01:50:26 PM »

that makes sense

con being the general file for console input.... like if you wanted to copy something directly from console into a file you can just do copy con file.txt type out your shit, ctrl^Z i think and tada.... cant backspace lines though

once you hit enter the line is committed... not the best thing in the world but it has its uses

been awhile since i used it... other one i use often is nul, so if you dont want output from something stupid, sending it to nul works, an example would be that people tend to use ping localhost > nul as a timer in batch scripting

others on that page... never used aux or prn, and the rest are just device names, though im sure they have their specialized uses i havent had a need for them yet

Zeppelin · « **Reply #164 on:** April 15, 2012, 09:58:31 AM »

Bill Gates is richer than 140 nations.

Author Topic: Did you know... [Curiosities] (Read 95138 times)

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