The Little Known Facts Thread

[GaryD1971]

A rat can last longer without water than a camel! It's true!

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

10 hours ago, pistonbroke said:

The longer the stocking is the closer the bottom is to the top 

You have just stirred up long lost memories... 

[pistonbroke]

5 hours ago, Man On The Clapham Omnibus said:

You have just stirred up long lost memories... 

Ha yes ! The " chuckle gap " once you got your hand there you were laughing 

[John K]

16 hours ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said:

edit: @John K  that one has to be my favourite so far, but as a web developer I just don't get why so many people still use "www" at all these days!

Yeah, that was one was a bit 'niche' for all the geeks and nerds out there - you know the ones who always got picked last for the school football teams

[John K]

Did you know a TLA is by its own definition a TLA..?

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Not heard that expression for years! My dad used to use it, but would never tell me what it meant, it was one of the "I'll tell you when you're older things" that he never lived long enough for.  

[John K]

6 minutes ago, Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Secretary said:

Not heard that expression for years! My dad used to use it, but would never tell me what it meant, it was one of the "I'll tell you when you're older things" that he never lived long enough for.  

Dave, in an attempt to plug a little gap, I'm pretty sure your old man would have meant it in the forces context of T***s, L**gs and A*s - as in "Did you clock that superb TLA"

Unfortunately, mine is the geeky variant "Three Letter Acronym", so you see a TLA is a TLA... 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Actually, it referred to Bernies post on the chuckle gap, but you sneaked in their with a quick double post!

 

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

Mind you as my dad was a (merchant) naval radio operator in the war, I'm quite sure the old forces TLA acronym would have been just as well known to him!

 

[Man On The Clapham Omnibus]

There did used to be a strict protocol of progress and TLA or the general geographic areas thereof, were how it was supposed to go. I did know a very young lady who was reluctant with any 'T' but after a bit more encouragement was very happy indeed to go straight to 'A'! 

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

lego is the world's largest tyre manufacturer

[Marcus Barlow - Show and Events Co-ordinator]

Marshmallows placed in vacuum chamber will expand due to Boyle's Law

[John K]

For our Web Master...

On 31 December (New Year's Eve) 2006, a team of researchers from the University of Tokyo, Japan, led by professor of computing science Dr Kei Hiraki, the WIDE Project and NTT Communications transmitted 585 gigabytes of data across 32,372 km (20,115 miles) of network in approximately 30 minutes - an average rate of 9.08 gigabits per second. The network stretched from Tokyo to Chicago (USA) to Amsterdam (Netherlands) the back to Tokyo via Seattle (USA). New Year's Eve was chosen as Internet traffic is traditionally at a low. The Internet2 Land Speed Record (I2-LSR), as it is known, is an open and ongoing competition to push the Internet's performance over high-bandwith, end-to-end networks.

Makes CAT6 and USB3 seems a bit naff really...

[pistonbroke]

Eric Yochin of Garswood Lancs could eat 2 special fried rice and lick the plates clean before I could eat a half of one