Dr Wingnut

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  • How big is a Google?

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    "We liked doing big things, and googol [the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros] is a huge number." Larry Page, cofounder with Sergey Brin, of GoogleFor the record, the googol is: 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000…

  • Up for a little history

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    This remarkable site Old Christmas Lights has an amazing collection of pictures and history about the significant events in holiday lighting since the invention of the light bulb.I remember the bubbler lights from when I was a kid, but I never knew that christmas lights were even created in what we now think of as…

  • Just when you thought…

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    Just when you thought it was safe to venture onto the net, you come across a site like beer.com.  The beer girls are quite nice, however they look like most women look after you put on a pair of beer goggles.  The movies only seem to work if you use IE.

  • Farm Sluts

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    This hilarious movie tells the tale of a man who loses his job when his friend sends him an email with the subject "Farm Sluts".Thanks Dougal.

  • Office gun safety

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    This morning, I wore my bright orange (pretty close to blaze-orange) vest to work.  I had to go talk to George, our accounting clerk (The employee voted most likely to go postal) about some fixed asset irregularities.George said, "I thought hunting season was over."I said, "Nope, just hoping that when you go postal that your…

  • Last night I got a call from Hannah tomorrow

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    She sounded great and gave me the next days weather LIVE, directly from the next day.  Hannah is 14+something hours ahead of us so she gets there before we do, or has already been there by the time we arrive.I don’t really understand why they get there first. But maybe that is good thing.  Asia…

  • How biased are you?

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    Research shows that you aren’t as unbiased and ethical as you think you are.  Take these bias tests to see if you fit in with the 75% of test-takers that favor young, rich and white people over old, poor and nonwhite people.  Those who show bias on tests are more likely to act that way…