tuesday, april 06, 2004
stars and pendulum logs
in the great blog-wank tradition, here are answers to questions, searched for by somebody, that have shown up in this site’s server logs.
- how to know where ip address comes from
- click this link: Wikipedia. click inside the text box on the upper-left corner. type “IP address”. click the “Go” button. read the article, including the paragraph that mentions ARIN. reflect on your newfound knowledge.
- the meaning of the cover of kindred by octavia butler
- the cover of my copy has a tinted-purple photo of a woman standing in a field. she is the main character, dana, in the past as a slave woman. her eyes look left (right, from the viewer’s perspective)—somebody told me once that a person’s eyes look left when they’re accessing a memory, because memory is stored on the left side of the human brain. the purple tint and wacky typography have no significance.
- why is there no b drive
- a long time ago, the b drive was the second floppy disk drive. now, computers usually don’t have second floppy disk drives, but the standard was established and now b is unassigned.
- why is hypertext so useful
- click here!
- why should the same person release the simple pendulum and star
- because that way it’s much easier for the end-user. if different persons release the simple pendulum and star, the objects might not be consistent. sometimes, they aren’t even compatible. then, the user has to search for new simple pendulums or stars, and they might get confused and give up. you don’t want to make people read the documentation.
- actually, i have no idea.
- ti-83 how to make smileys
- press
alpha. press·[the decimal point key]. press). congratulations, you have a happy smiley! pressdeland(for an unhappy smiley.
comments (3)
Hey, now that you mention it, when thinking i always look to my left..... the right just does not work..... *tries thinking while looking to his right*... nope, just doesn't feel right.
How strange
and strangely interesting.
– Vulcar Zorki on 4/8/2004 12:34:47
whoa! i look up and to the left when i'm trying to remember something. i know this 'cause i get made fun of for it. odd. it's like i'm trying to look into my brain. whoa.
– david on 4/14/2004 23:45:46
haha, cool. the lady who told me that said it was a good way to tell whether people are lying -- they'll look to the right. usually.
– britta on 4/15/2004 15:30:23
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