03-13-2013, 10:11 AM | #11191 |
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Yes, the operative word being national capitals. Fbone was close, but I took state to mean an entity within a nation.
Ignoring the obvious, Abuja is now the capital of Nigeria, Dodoma of Tanzania, Yamoussoukro of Ivory Coast and Naypyidaw of Myanmar. Paul has it. |
03-13-2013, 12:03 PM | #11192 |
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OK, if you think I was close enough. But I can't really claim much credit for that answer.
A quickie then.... How many mentions are there of the world-wide web in the book Zen and the Art of the Internet by Brendan P. Kehoe, published in 1992? |
03-13-2013, 12:17 PM | #11193 |
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0. Nada, zilch, none.
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03-13-2013, 12:31 PM | #11194 |
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Quite right.
Yes, a book written in 1991 and published in 1992 by someone very knowledgable about the internet doesn't mention the world wide web at all. The world wide-web didn't really take off until the release of Mosaic in January 1993, a year after the book was finished. You can read a copy here. Over to you, HIMS. |
03-13-2013, 01:37 PM | #11195 |
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soc.culture.books.electronic.readers...
I was in school in computer science. You'd think I'd know that. Mosaic had just come out and it was like, wow, hyperlinks. I was using gopher in my first years and programming on the mighty PDP-11. Time to celebrate Canada, some random Canadian questions: 1. How many Unesco World Heritage Sites does Canada have? 2. Canada has 44 National Parks and reserves. How many National Parks has Canada abolished? 3. What is the longest river in Canada? How long is it (within 100km) 4. Name the five most populous cities (not metropolitan areas) in Canada. (1 point each) 5. How many Prime Ministers has Canada had? Who had the shortest tenure? Who had the longest tenure? |
03-13-2013, 01:38 PM | #11196 |
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4. Vancouver
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03-13-2013, 01:54 PM | #11197 |
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2. None, yet, eh?
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03-13-2013, 03:11 PM | #11198 |
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03-13-2013, 03:19 PM | #11200 |
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3. Mackenzie - no idea how long it is.
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03-13-2013, 03:32 PM | #11201 |
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4. Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Hamilton, Quebec City?
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03-13-2013, 05:46 PM | #11202 |
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I was surprised Vancouver wasn't in the top 5. How about Calgary?
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