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Geek Trivia: The map in the moon: Quibble?Hey Jay,One thing you neglected to mention was that da Vinci was also wrong about the oceans reflecting light to the moon. While you didn't explicitly state that this was the case, you didn't tell us that he was wrong either. I mistakenly believed that the oceans also reflected the...; Tags: joethejet, moon, Geek Trivia; Discussion threads 2007-03-21
Geek Trivia: Picking up the torch: ItalyI would imagine that Italy was allowed to participate in the 48 Olympics because, well they surrender in 43 rather than dragging it out like Japan and Germany. In addition, they provided some forces that fought on the side of the allies. Kind of weird, but Italy actually fought on...; Tags: career, comment on olympics, incidence, joethejet, Olympic Games, This Isn't; Discussion threads 2005-07-27
Consider algorithms other than Soundex: It's slooooooowMan this thing is a lot slower than Soundex!How about the Basic version ?I would like to see the source code that was ported from BASIC. If at all possible.I'm SURE this must be the ultimate algo, and...I'm glad /you're/ a genius and don't need justifications or explanations, but...; Tags: Programming languages, Soundex, Cyrillic; Discussion threads 2005-05-25

Is there any all-ages "gateway" science-fiction out there?: Member JoetheJet asked this question in the discussion thread of one of my Geek Trivia columns: "I think my 14 year old son would like these science fiction types of books, but I don't think he's ever read one. Do you have a recommendation of the 'best' one to start...; Tags: Science Fiction, Scalzi, Quality, Business Operations, Jay Garmon; Blog posts 2006-11-14
Geek Trivia: 404-letter words: What do the numbers in status code 404 signify under the formal HTTP spec? The time has come to celebrate yet another of those all-too-unrecognized geek-centric holidays which I may have just made up: 404 Day! Every April 4th, Web surfers of every persuasion should take time...; Tags: HTTP, Jay Garmon, CERN, Tim Berners-Lee, FTP, Geek Trivia Newsletter, W3C, Web Browser; Technical articles 2007-04-03

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