What would happen if the Earth froze in its orbit around the sun? I'll bet most Slashdotters could answer this in a reasonably intelligent way.
Wondering what rich people in the Middle East do with their oil wealth? In Abu Dhabi, they auction off license plates. Just like on Slashdot, the low numbers are highly coveted. One guy paid over $6 million dollars to have number 5. Other high demand numbers are the two-digit numbers, and repeating digits like 11111. The money goes to a government run charity benefiting largely traffic accident vict
Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"