Archive for July, 2008
Monday, July 28th, 2008
So, I recently got the idea of "billions and billions" in my head, thanks to memories of Carl Sagan, and wondered how many "billions and billions" is, particularly in respect to the Milky Way galaxy.
According to the Physics Factbook, the consensus among modern theorists seems to be that the number ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
When you were a kid (some of you may still be), how many times do you recall your parents or some authority figure prefacing an admonition with "if I told you once, I told you a million times"? Well, how long would it take them to tell you something ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
We've all run into it. You get your computer with the 300 gigabyte drive and when you look at the space free, it says that the drive's capacity is actually 279 gigabytes. You think you were a victim of false advertising until you read the fine print. The manufacturer measures ...
Posted in Bits & Bytes, Quantity | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 11th, 2008
Despite findings that it's a silly recommendation there are still people who suggest that you drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day for weight loss or colon health or proper hydration.
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One of the trains of thought I read on this is that people lose 10 cups of water a ...
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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
I know it's been a little while since my last post and it may seem odd for me to do a second post in a row about smoking, but last month I marked 1 year since I'd last had a cigarette or any sort of tobacco use, and it got ...
Posted in Food & Diet, Health, Monetary Value, Weight/Mass | 1 Comment »
