Did you know...

Post by **ph0bYx** » 02 Feb 2011, 14:59

This is a thread for all the little thingys that people usually miss or don't know about stuff.
Here I'll start:

...that when you pause any video on YouTube at 00:00 and press and hold the left arrow key on your keyboard and press up or down you can start a game of Snake while the video is loading?

Please share if you know any more.

Broken Angel · Post by **Broken Angel** » 02 Feb 2011, 16:00

O_o where did this come from??

man... snake

lol.... rofl...! It's freaking interesting

Post by **ph0bYx** » 02 Feb 2011, 17:17

Broken Angel wrote:O_o where did this come from??

One word: Google <3

Post by **DNR** » 03 Feb 2011, 08:05

more:
The word 'byte' is a contraction of 'by eight.'
The word 'pixel' is a contraction of either 'picture cell' or 'picture element.'

Back in the mid to late 80's, an IBM compatible computer wasn't considered a hundred percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft's Flight Simulator.

Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox, Unix is a registered trademark of AT&T.

DNR

Post by **maboroshi** » 03 Feb 2011, 10:28

I have it under good authority that if you type Google into Google, you will break the internet.

Broken Angel · Post by **Broken Angel** » 03 Feb 2011, 10:54

maboroshi wrote:I have it under good authority that if you type Google into Google, you will break the internet.

Super cool... let me bring 2 for us too. But they are not related to Computing.

1. Charlie Chaplin got Third (3rd) place in Charlie Chaplin LOOK-A-LIKE competition.

2. Butterfly was earlier known as Flutterby.

I got loads of them.

Hiram · Post by **Hiram** » 06 Feb 2011, 08:54

ph0bYx wrote: ...that when you pause any video on YouTube at 00:00 and press and hold the left arrow key on your keyboard and press up or down you can start a game of Snake while the video is loading?

Oh my God!

You were loading a YouTube video, but then a game of snake came up!
Which Operating system are you using? Windows, Linux/Unix?

Post by **ph0bYx** » 06 Feb 2011, 10:03

Hiram wrote: Which Operating system are you using? Windows, Linux/Unix?

I'm using both, but that doesn't matter.

Post by **floodhound2** » 07 Feb 2011, 08:50

Take a wave, invert it and add it to itself = cancel the original wave.

- Meaning take a loud sound and mute it. (neighbors / planes, etc.)
- Cell phone signal can be shut down.
- Cooling a CPU by using more heat?
- Making an object invisible. My suck-o shirt...

Hiram · Post by **Hiram** » 07 Feb 2011, 16:35

floodhound2 wrote:Take a wave, invert it and add it to itself = cancel the original wave.

- Meaning take a loud sound and mute it. (neighbors / planes, etc.)
- Cell phone signal can be shut down.
- Cooling a CPU by using more heat?
- Making an object invisible. My suck-o shirt...

How does this explain a game of snake coming from a YouTube video?
Your theories only seem to annihilate.

Do you mind explaining these
theories first?

Post by **ph0bYx** » 07 Feb 2011, 17:31

Hiram wrote:
floodhound2 wrote:Take a wave, invert it and add it to itself = cancel the original wave.

- Meaning take a loud sound and mute it. (neighbors / planes, etc.)
- Cell phone signal can be shut down.
- Cooling a CPU by using more heat?
- Making an object invisible. My suck-o shirt...

How does this explain a game of snake coming from a YouTube video?
Your theories only seem to annihilate. Do you mind explaining these
theories first?

The explanation for the Snake game is easy: YouTube belongs to Google, ergo Google is behind it, no further explanation needed there.
And the topic isn't about just the game, it's about all the "Did you know.." interesting stuff.

Raz0r · Post by **Raz0r** » 08 Feb 2011, 08:31

Wow....this is seriously cool.

ph0bYx wrote:Google is behind it, no further explanation needed there.

This made me laugh.

Hiram · Post by **Hiram** » 08 Feb 2011, 13:33

Raz0r wrote:Wow....this is seriously cool.

Hiram wrote:Google is behind it, no further explanation needed there.
This made me laugh.

Raz0r; you quoted me wrong here. It isn't me who wrote that.

That is ph0bYx.

Raz0r · Post by **Raz0r** » 08 Feb 2011, 19:09

Wow,I really don't know how that happend,but thanks and it has been edited.

Post by **floodhound2** » 22 Sep 2011, 18:50

Re: Did you know...

You can boil water in a paper cup under a open flame.