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• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Fri, Dec 8 2023 7:18 AM

  Supersonic concord is back . Overture made by Boom starts in 2025 . For the price of a business class ticket cross the atlantic in 4 hours .

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  Fri, Dec 8 2023 7:47 AM

  Mary Queen of Scots Born December 8, 1542 d. 1587 Queen of Scotland (1542-67). She ascended to the throne when she was only six days old. She was beheaded for her participation in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I.

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Fri, Dec 8 2023 7:48 AM

  Hearing a nun's confession is like being stoned to death with popcorn .

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  Sat, Dec 9 2023 6:53 AM

  Discovered First Computer Bug Grace Hopper Born December 9, 1906 d. 1992 American computer pioneer, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. While she was working on a Mark II Computer in 1947, her team discovered a moth stuck in a relay causing the computer to malfunction, causing the first "computer bug." Though the term "bug" had been used in engineering since the 1800s, this is the first recorded instance of a literal "computer bug." The moth can be seen in their log book at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Mon, Dec 11 2023 9:10 AM

  A nerdy mathematician was riding his Segway in a circle when he realized his outer wheel was traveling twice as fast as his inner wheel. If the wheels are 20″ apart, what was the diameter of the outer wheel's track?

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Mon, Dec 11 2023 9:14 AM

  The original McDonald's mascot was a chef hat on top of a hamburger called "Speedee".

• ozysouthpaw 2,953 Posts

  Tue, Dec 12 2023 1:43 AM

  craigswan:

  If the wheels are 20″ apart, what was the diameter of the outer wheel's track?

  I was never the best at maths at school, in fact I'm still waiting to use a lot of what I studied in Year 12 which was 40 years ago but I'll take a stab in the dark & say 40"?

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Tue, Dec 12 2023 5:26 AM

  For the outer wheel to go twice as fast as the inner, the circumference of the outer track must be twice that of the inner track. A circular track's circumference is directly proportional to its radius. We know that the distance between the inner and outer tracks is 20″, therefore for the outer radius to be twice the inner radius, the inner radius must also be 20″. 20″ + 20″ = 40″ radius for the outer track, or 80″ diameter..

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Tue, Dec 12 2023 7:19 AM

  Golf Tee December 12, 1899 George F. Grant receives a patent for the first golf tee..

• craigswan 31,541 Posts

  Wed, Dec 13 2023 7:22 AM

  Everybody is a genius but if you judge a fish by it's ability to climb trees it will live it's life thinking it is stupid .