Useless facts!

Steve the Pocket · Postby **Steve the Pocket** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:45 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Richard K Niner @ Nov 10 2005, 04:34 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> (Really? That doesn't sound right ... are you sure you're not thinking of Windows (which does so by design)?)  </td></tr></table>  Nope, every Linux distro I've installed has had problems with thrashing at some point. *is so proud to know what it's called now <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /happy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='happy.gif' />* Even on the computer that has 640 megs of ram. Whereas I go days without restarting my Windows machine and never notice any signs of it getting sluggish except when it gets spyware (which, I'll admit, is rarely). It figures; I would love to recommend Linux to people but I'm never in any position to do so. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /laugh.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='laugh.gif' /> Which distro do you use?

TyVulpine · Postby **TyVulpine** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:51 pm

Fact: Fozzy on "Happy Days" was not permitted to be seen wearing his leather jacket AND riding his motorcycle in the same scene, because censors did not want to portray him as a gang member....

CoreyFox · Postby **CoreyFox** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 9:54 pm

Fact: Robots are not allowed to revel in their superhuman intellects.

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:14 pm

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (Octan @ Nov 10 2005, 05:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Which distro do you use? </td></tr></table>  Fact: My computer runs on the <a href='http://www.gentoo.org/' target='_blank'>Gentoo</a> distribution of GNU/Linux. Fact: Gentoo Linux is more difficult to install than most distributions, primarily because it avoids the use of wizards, instead requiring at least basic knowledge of command-line usage. (Fortunately, it provides two printable walkthroughs of the process.) Fact: The main reason that my Gentoo installation is fast probably has to do with the fact that I keep very few services running, and only install what I need. Fact: It took me two months (!) to configure my printer, and another month to get OpenGL working on my nVidia card. Oh, and as for my comment about Windows... Fact: Microsoft Windows does not free memory from finished processes unless absolutely necessary. As such, the more stuff you run on it, the more sluggish it can become. Fact: The above behaviour is a legacy from earlier versions of Windows; the rationale behind it was that users would want to restart programs after they were closed. As such, by keeping most of the program's resources in memory, it would start faster in these scenarios.

Rooster · Postby **Rooster** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:13 am

Fact - The current issue US heavy infantry support gun, M60, was based upon the MG42, standard issue MG of the German infantry during WW2. Fact - We have many more than 5 senses. These include sense of pain, sense of weight, sense of fatigue, ect. Fact - A "spork" is a spoon combined with a fork. Fact - I am very bored as I type. Fact - The long rizlas are univerally accepted to be only bought by people who will use them to smoke marijuana.

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:51 am

Fact: The data for linking US ZIP codes and Canadian Postal Codes to GPS coordinates costs less than similar data in other countries.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:08 am

Fact: Soem people are transmiting useful facts here. Fact: IO can;t remember the other fact I was goign to psot.

TyVulpine · Postby **TyVulpine** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:47 pm

Fact: the lights stand used to start drag races is called a "Christmas tree" You cannot fold a piece of paper in half more than 11 times $1,000,000 in $1 bills would weigh 2,000 pounds. $1,000,000 in $100 bills would weight 20 pounds. Your parakeet is closely related to the T. Rex. The hardest part of your body is the enamel on your teeth.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:41 am

Fact: I can only fold a piece of paper in half 6 times. Fact. This fact is incorect.

Bocaj Claw · Postby **Bocaj Claw** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 6:08 am

Fact: Space is very very large.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 12:42 am

Fact: There is an infanate amout of space in anything containign any volume.

Tom Flapwell · Postby **Tom Flapwell** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:33 am

Fact: They had to give a name to the Reflexive Property of Equality.

norsenerd · Postby **norsenerd** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:41 am

FAct: Not all comapsisons are reflexive. (A>B ~<=> B>A)

Richard K Niner · Postby **Richard K Niner** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 2:57 am

Fact: That's because A=>B <=> ~B=>~A

Rooster · Postby **Rooster** » Sun Nov 13, 2005 3:42 am

Fact - The word fact is a four letter word. Fact - Battlestar Galactica is bloody amazing. Fact - It is way past my beddybies

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