+cincol Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 Not a dry eye in the house!!! Meathead - sorry, Meatloaf! Love his voice.
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 10, 2011 Posted February 10, 2011 You took the words right out of my mouth? But then again 2 out of 3 ain't bad.
+cincol Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Apologies all - I have been without an Internet connection at home after moving. Still do not have 100% on-line facilities yet. Here is a quickie for the geeks out there - What does the acronym ADSL stand for AND what does it mean to the "man in the street"?
+Jors Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 asyncronous digital subscriber line it is a means of using wires installed for analogue telephone (normally copper wires) for digital data transfer.
+cincol Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 asyncronous digital subscriber line it is a means of using wires installed for analogue telephone (normally copper wires) for digital data transfer. AND has revolutionised the way we communicate! Go for it Jors.
+Jors Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) Umm.. The A is for asymmetric, not asyncronous, so the same subject it is. In this sense, what is the meaning of asymmetric for the "man in the street"? (versus symmetric) Edited February 15, 2011 by Jors
+the pooks Posted February 15, 2011 Posted February 15, 2011 Different rates of sending and receiving data. Because we download much more data than upload, more of the capacity of the line is allocated to download hence downloading is normally much faster than uploading. That is what I understand about it. Someone else can offer a clearer explanation.
+the pooks Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Having trouble finding a question - anyway...another abbreviation What does CAT stand for in a CAT-scan?
+the pooks Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Computerised Axial Tomography Ding-a-ling! Your turn GEO
+GEO936 Posted February 16, 2011 Posted February 16, 2011 Thanks the Pooks! Now to think of something....A very easy one: What was the exact date (DD Month YYYY) when the Berlin Wall was broken down?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Not so easy - I remember it was towards the end of 1989 - but I do not remeber the date - November or december I think - towards the end of the Varisty year.
+GEO936 Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Not so easy - I remember it was towards the end of 1989 - but I do not remeber the date - November or december I think - towards the end of the Varisty year. The year is correct and you almost have the month correct - which one is it? Clue: The same month WW2 ended officially. Clue for the day...one of our numbers....
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 OK - 9 (first one ) WW2 ended in Sept (VJ) and May (VE)? Perhaps you meant WW1? - November Year - 1989
+GEO936 Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 (edited) OK - 9 (first one ) WW2 ended in Sept (VJ) and May (VE)? Perhaps you meant WW1? - November Year - 1989 Sorry yes, meant the one that ended in November...thought it was WW2 But you got it! On 09 November 1989 it was official that the Berlin Wall would come down! I was in Matric during that time and still remember the euphoria around that. When I went to Berlin for the first time in 2004, it was the first thing I wanted to see, as there are still sections of the wall that have remained intact to show tourists. Your go CH! Edited February 20, 2011 by GEO936
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Putting all the bits together OK - what is the unique/interesting thing about the birth of Emilio Marcos Palma - an Argentinian citizen. Born on 7 January 1978.
+GEO936 Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 Have no idea.....He's Martin Sheen's son - Emilio Estevez?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 20, 2011 Posted February 20, 2011 There is a geocache very close to his place of birth with a (current) South African connection? Perhaps haggishound can help?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 21, 2011 Posted February 21, 2011 Putting all the bits together OK - what is the unique/interesting thing about the birth of Emilio Marcos Palma - an Argentinian citizen. Born on 7 January 1978. OK - he was NOT born on mainland Argentina.
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Nope - he was born in 1978 - so not that long ago
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 No - not at all - more about WHERE he was born
+GEO936 Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Born in a barn in some dorpie in South Africa?
+Henzz Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 He was born at the site of a plane crash ??? His mother survived and he was born in some remote mountain area ???
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Born in a barn in some dorpie in South Africa? Nope He was born at the site of a plane crash ??? His mother survived and he was born in some remote mountain area ??? Remote yes - plane crash no - mom and dad were there and survived the process.
+Discombob Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 the last baby to be born in Falklands before the falklands war?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Close (geographically) but try for a FIRST rather than a LAST
+Discombob Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 the first baby to be born after the falklands war?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Nope - Falklands was a little later - but First baby born ........ - think PLACE not event
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Antarctica? Yep - never thought of it - but the first baby born in Antarctica was only born in 1978. You're it
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Emilio Marcos Palma (born January 7, 1978) is an Argentine national who is the first person known to be born on the continent of Antarctica. Emilio weighed 7½ pounds (3.4 kg) when born in Fortín Sargento Cabral at the Esperanza Base near the tip of the Antarctic peninsula. His father, Captain Jorge Emilio Palma, was head of the Argentine army detachment at the base. While ten other people have since been born on Antarctica, Palma's birthplace remains the most southerly of anyone in history.
+cincol Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 The American JEEP was originally developed during WWII. What is the origin of the word "JEEP"?
+Carbon Hunter Posted February 27, 2011 Posted February 27, 2011 Was it related to the sound it made that was similar to a cartoon character of the day?
+cincol Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Appears as though this thread has started losing its appeal recently. Perhaps the questions need to be geared more towards caching then? Originally the Jeep was developed for the US military with the required specs that it should be a "general purpose all terrain vehicle". The prototype was referred to as "GP vehicle" from which the name JEEP was derived. New question - Many GPSr's now have the suffix HCx or HC or Hx. [ie: eTrex Vista HCx] What does the "H" stand for?
+Jors Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 suffix HCx or HC or Hx. [ie: eTrex Vista HCx] What does the "H" stand for? H(igh sensitivity)
+cincol Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 suffix HCx or HC or Hx. [ie: eTrex Vista HCx] What does the "H" stand for? H(igh sensitivity) It indicates that it has the latest high sensitivity receiver chip in it. Over to you Jors.
+DamhuisClan Posted March 3, 2011 Author Posted March 3, 2011 Arggg.... that was one I knew! (The H in HCx)
+Jors Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Fingers on the buttons... Where did GOOGLE get its name from?
+DamhuisClan Posted March 4, 2011 Author Posted March 4, 2011 Ok, here goes.... Google got its name from a googel, with I think is a 10 to the power of 10 * a hundred zeroes. it was two varsity students who came up with the program / algorithm for the, what is now known, as the google search engine, and when they had to get paid for something, the check that was made out to them was spelt incorrectly as "Google", and from there the name seemed to have stuck. Wat I love about google though is their head office is called GooglePlex ... complex ... Googleplex ... just love the wordplay.
+Jors Posted March 5, 2011 Posted March 5, 2011 Ok, here goes.... Google got its name from a googel googol, with I think is a 10 to the power of 10 * a hundred zeroes. it was two varsity students who came up with the program / algorithm for the, what is now known, as the google search engine, and when they had to get paid for something, the check that was made out to them was spelt incorrectly as "Google", and from there the name seemed to have stuck. Wat I love about google though is their head office is called GooglePlex ... complex ... Googleplex ... just love the wordplay. Yep, that's it. A googol = 1 x 10100, and a googolplex is even a bigger number = 1 x 10googol. I wouldn't mind a cheque like that, even if it was Zimdollars... DamhuisClan, shoot!
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