The Useless Facts Thread

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:58 am

doctorx0079 wrote:
Randorama wrote: When latex fucks up, of course, I turn on some quick fix of Batsugun.
I assuming you mean LaTeX here.

*Ahem* Of course *hides the chains and SM stuff*

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 5:22 am

Barbara Branden, author of The Passion of Ayn Rand, has a cameo in the movie based on that book; she plays the role of her own mother.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:38 am

Canada loves Gundam!
according to this months highest search on google for Canada so far this month!

in the top ten for Afghanistan is فال !
(A way of predicting future with a bird & envelope)

for Chile at number 13 its comunismo or communism to us English speaking

at number seven for Columbia its the ever popular menstrual cycle

Turkey love there hip hop with rapmatix (a rap site) and Snoop dogg being top searches

and finally south africa love there Cute puppys comming in at number 7!

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:01 am

Lordstar wrote:Canada loves Gundam!
according to this months highest search on google for Canada so far this month!

That's it, I'm packing my bags.

Guess where the 0079 in doctorx0079 comes from.

bay · Post by **bay** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:28 am

tada wrote:On average, a chocolate bar contains 8 spider legs.

- good to be diabetic!

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 1:41 pm

Johnny Cash's birth name was J. R. Cash.

Yes, just the initials.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:16 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
Lordstar wrote:Canada loves Gundam!
according to this months highest search on google for Canada so far this month!
That's it, I'm packing my bags.

Guess where the 0079 in doctorx0079 comes from.

KD-0079?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:38 am

LGB wrote:
doctorx0079 wrote:
Lordstar wrote:Canada loves Gundam!
according to this months highest search on google for Canada so far this month!
That's it, I'm packing my bags.

Guess where the 0079 in doctorx0079 comes from.
KD-0079?

No, not Australia, guess again.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:30 am

The original Tetris is 26KB, count 'em, 26. Vadim Gerasimov made the original PC port from Alexey Pajitnov's prototype, and he has graciously made it available for download here.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:58 pm

In japan people use more paper for mangas than for toilet paper

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:05 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
LGB wrote:
doctorx0079 wrote: That's it, I'm packing my bags.

Guess where the 0079 in doctorx0079 comes from.
KD-0079?
No, not Australia, guess again.

Wait, did I even put the right link? I meant the song... where did that Australia bit come from?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:41 am

LGB wrote:
doctorx0079 wrote:
LGB wrote: KD-0079?
No, not Australia, guess again.
Wait, did I even put the right link? I meant the song... where did that Australia bit come from?

Now you say Australia again and then I say, "no, try a different country." Then you say "Finchley" and I say "no, but look in here", and then when you look in the microscope I bop you on the head.

Old Monty Python sketch.

I'll give you a hint: 0079 is NOT a reference to Seed Destiny.

Post by **nZero** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:06 am

Australia, you say?

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 7:13 am

Burma!

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 8:55 am

In the second stage of Rohga/Wolf Fang, the passage with the Opera House in the background is not realistic - there is no highway on the right side of the OH, nor the skyline would correspond to the circular quay one.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:18 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
LGB wrote:
doctorx0079 wrote: No, not Australia, guess again.
Wait, did I even put the right link? I meant the song... where did that Australia bit come from?
Now you say Australia again and then I say, "no, try a different country." Then you say "Finchley" and I say "no, but look in here", and then when you look in the microscope I bop you on the head.

Old Monty Python sketch.

I'll give you a hint: 0079 is NOT a reference to Seed Destiny.

Oh (I'm a fool)

So it's not a KOF99 reference?

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:42 pm

One Year War

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:33 pm

The 29th of November is Liberation Day in Albania. It's also my birthday. Therefore, I must visit Albania sometime.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:23 pm

JoshF wrote:One Year War

As in Universal Century 0079. Give that man a beam saber.

Okay, for those who don't know, that's the creaky old Mobile Suit Gundam with Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. Still the best, except for 08th MS Team (which also takes place in UC0079).

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:40 pm

I enjoyed Stardust Memory.

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 7:00 pm

JoshF wrote:I enjoyed Stardust Memory.

Stardust Memory is pretty cool.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 9:47 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
JoshF wrote:One Year War
As in Universal Century 0079. Give that man a beam saber.

Okay, for those who don't know, that the creaky old Mobile Suit Gundam with Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. Still the best, except for 08th MS Team (which also takes place in UC0079).

I should have known this, even if I'm not a huge Gundam buff. I AM a fool.
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Whenever you see "nd" attached to the end of a rom clone, it means nonencrypted (unless it's like the title), even if it is "nd" (I guess they were shooting for the first and letters, dunno why)

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:01 am

Bruce Dickinson, singer of metal band Iron Maiden, is also a writer, swordsman, and airplane pilot.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 11:49 pm

George Michael's real name is Γιώργος-Κυριάκος Παναγιώτου (Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou).

popawell · Post by **popawell** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:54 am

doctorx0079 wrote:
JoshF wrote:One Year War
As in Universal Century 0079. Give that man a beam saber.

Okay, for those who don't know, that's the creaky old Mobile Suit Gundam with Amuro Ray and Char Aznable. Still the best, except for 08th MS Team (which also takes place in UC0079).

8th MS team was one of the best if not the best.

SD Gundam.... Zaku Zaku Hour anyone?

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 8:02 am

The word "debunked" was coined by R. Buckminster Fuller.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:53 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
JoshF wrote:I enjoyed Stardust Memory.
Stardust Memory is pretty cool.

That's 0083

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:49 pm

Timothy McVeigh's favorite TV show was Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:17 am

The "torn jeans" fashion was created accidentally by a-ha's lead singer Morten Harket; he tore his pants on the edge of an amplifier on the way to a stage in 1985.

elfhentaifan · Post by **elfhentaifan** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:34 am

Back then Michael Jackson made an ad for a Suzuki roller