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Old February 24th, 2005, 12:30 PM
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I dispute that. The human brain doesn't store memories and information in a binary fashion. What researchers mean is that the human brain has the ability to store textual information equivalent to 2 Terabytes (technically 4 Terabytes if you mean Unicode)
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If I've posted some code above, you might think it looks a bit simplistic. It might be. I'd rather people tried the next step themselves rather than getting a full solution on a plate. That way they learn more!
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The storage capacity of human brain exceeds 4 Terrabytes


Interestingly there are some psycologists who believe that the storage capacity of the brain could be nearly infinite... I say nearly, because I don't understand how it could be infinite
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When people who arn't physists or mathematicians talk about "infinity", they usually mean a number too large to comprehend or measure.

There was an interesting case of this Russian fellow who couldn't forget a thing.... ever. For example, in his 20's some psycologist gave him a verbal test that involved some random number ordering for about 5 minutes, 50 years later he paid that psycologist a visit, and repeated the numbers back to him, the psycologist nearly had a heart-attack aparently.

Its in a book in my room somewhere, but its something to consider.
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match
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The cigarette lighter was invented before the match

Whoa...that's just crazy talk!
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Old February 25th, 2005, 10:26 AM
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'Second Street' is the most common street name in the U.S.; 'First Street' is the sixth
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President Kennedy was the youngest president ever elected (age 43).

However, Theodore Roosevelt is the youngest president ever (age 42). He became president after the assassination of William McKinley.

George W. Bush is considered out 43rd president.
However, we have only had 42 different presidents.
Grover Cleveland is counted twice because he was our 22nd and 24th president.
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For 2 years, the country was run by a president and a vice president who were not elected.

Who were they and how did they get into these roles?
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Cool - it's Trivial Pursuit time...
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Old February 25th, 2005, 11:15 AM
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Was it Gerald Ford? I wouldn't have a clue on the VP...
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1/4 correct.
Anyone else?
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He assumed the presidency because of Watergate?
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