Thread: Trivia and other useless but interesting items

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

scan me.jpg Love a bit of history. Barcode takes you to Port Fairy Historical society pages like this
History (portfairyhistoricalsocietyinc.org.au)

There used to be large signs with information about ship wreaks and other bits. Lots of Disabled parking about. Do we need Disabled Technolgy Accessibility Add lots of cafes and restaurants are starting to use Barcode for ordering and paying for food now. My Trivial thought. Some can and some cannot . Always was and always will be

Did you not take that module, or don't the RAAN teach how to do it?

Yet others absolutely refuse to do so.

R.A.N. not RAAN Ian. I am also a runner

Advertising back lash trivia or ? I chuckled. I do not have a apple other than the fruit

"Apple is facing a backlash online over an advert in which objects including musical instruments and books are crushed into oblivion by a hydraulic press.The video is meant to demonstrate how their creativity has been compressed into the latest iPad.
But celebrities including Hugh Grant and Justine Bateman have reacted with horror to the destruction on view.
Apple boss Tim Cook has been called tone deaf for his post on X, formerly Twitter, about the device, where he asked people to "imagine all the things it’ll be used to create".
The BBC has approached Apple for comment."

US brothers arrested for stealing $25m in crypto in just 12 seconds (bbc.com)
That was fast

Not a crypto fan in any way

Original at least. It did take months to set up!

"The US Department of Justice said the alleged heist is the first of its kind.Prosecutors also say the pair, reportedly educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), carried it out in April 2023.

"The Peraire-Bueno brothers stole $25 million in Ethereum cryptocurrency through a technologically sophisticated, cutting-edge scheme they plotted for months and executed in seconds," said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco."

Zero is an odd number in that it is actually even as in 0,2,4,6,.....and is also neither negative nor positive.

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

Zero is and odd number in that it is actually even as in 0,2,4,6,.....and is also neither negative nor positive.

Zero is actually nothing at all, but the whole science of mathematics collapses without it. Odd indeed, even.

Originally Posted by Tins

Zero is actually nothing at all, but the whole science of mathematics collapses without it. Odd indeed, even.

One wonders why the Japanese used it then? For summat that didn't exist the aircraft of that name certainly existed & caused much mayhem in WW2.

The aircraft was the Mitsubishi A-6M.

The IJN designated it as "Navy Type 0 carrier fighter", after the last digit of the year it came into service, Imperial Year 2600 (1940).

Is pilots used "0" as its slang designation. Allied code for it was "Zeke".

The tube they put around hot take-away coffee is called a zarf.