The "Useless Information" Thread

[Roy Rob]

One penny doubled everyday becomes over 5 million dollars in just 30 days.

 

[zstairlessone]

One penny doubled everyday becomes over 5 million dollars in just 30 days.

Does that many pennies reach to the ...

 

[ardchoille]

One penny doubled everyday becomes over 5 million dollars in just 30 days.

Someone once gave me this idea as a project to save money. However, on the 12th day I realized I couldn't keep it going for a whole month. Surprising how quickly those pennies add up.

Does that many pennies reach to the ...

ROFL!

 

[Bob Maxey]

Here is a fact:

Earthworms dump more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than cows and cars combined.

 

[Bob Maxey]

One penny doubled everyday becomes over 5 million dollars in just 30 days.

1: $.01
2: $.02
3: $.04
4: $.08
5: $.16
6: $.32
7: $.64
8: $1.28
9: $2.56
10: $5.12
11: $10.24
12: $20.48
13: $40.96
14: $81.92
15: $163.84
16: $327.68
17: $655.36
18: $1,310.72
19: $2,621.44
20: $5,242.88
21: $10,485.76
22: $20,971.52
23: $41,943.04
24: $83,886.08
25: $167,772.16
26: $335,544.32
27: $671,088.64
28: $1,342,177.28
29: $2,684,354.56
30: $5,368,709.12

 

[zstairlessone]

1: $.01
2: $.02
3: $.04
4: $.08
5: $.16
6: $.32
7: $.64
8: $1.28
9: $2.56
10: $5.12
11: $10.24
12: $20.48
13: $40.96
14: $81.92
15: $163.84
16: $327.68
17: $655.36
18: $1,310.72
19: $2,621.44
20: $5,242.88
21: $10,485.76
22: $20,971.52
23: $41,943.04
24: $83,886.08
25: $167,772.16
26: $335,544.32
27: $671,088.64
28: $1,342,177.28
29: $2,684,354.56
30: $5,368,709.12

In case anyone couldn't sleep thinking about it this is the progression that memory goes through as you increase the channel width. If you move the decimal over two to the right you can see how much memory so many bits 'wide' a bus can support.

 

[Bob Maxey]

Someone once have me a this idea as a project to save money. However, on the 12th day I realized I couldn't keep it going for a whole month. Surprising how quickly those pennies add up.

There are several popular gambling schemes out there that exploits this basic idea. Simply put, you double every time you lose, through perhaps 30 or 40 runs, or spins.

I have read these authors that claim basically this: You place a roulette bet. When you lose, you make the same bet, but double the amount you lost. That is to say, first bet, a buck; second bet two; third bet 4, etc.

They claim that you might need to place as many as 30 or 40 bets in a row or more before you win, but when you win, you win big.

One author claims to have placed as many as 50 bets in a row at a five dollars at a time. Below is an Info-Graphic created by the distinguished Harvard Department of Economics Mathematics Professor, Bob Maxey. I tire of the figgerin, so the World Famous Info-Graphic below only goes to 30 calculations. Anyone want to continue through 50 "spins?"

When you run the math, it is clear that he is a liar. Try doubling five dollars, thirty times. You will see that the bets he claims to make he could not make because he is a crappy writer selling crappy books to idiot wanna-be gamblers. He could not afford the hundreds of millions required to to bet five dollars per bet through 50 bets.

Besides, the Mob will not let you win big, so there.

Oh sure . . . they offer you these amazing packages when they call me at three AM. Like a luxury room actually close to the boiler room and all the $1.47 shrimp cocktails I can eat, but you start winning big while wearing a disguise and then you start dating Guido Lasagne's 19 year old Town daughters and they force you move to Salt Lake City, Utah where I have to change my name. Sure, they both tell you "dont worry, that happens to all guys" but do they call me now? huh? No, just some guy called Knuckles is the only person that visits me and he is hate filled, I'll tell you what.

So stay away from gambling systems, they cause broken knuckles and buckshot in the behind. Besides, you cant afford the costs and you might have to marry two 423 pound Italian women with lovin on their minds and garlic on their breath. No thank you!

5.00
10.00
20.00
40.00
80.00
160.00
320.00
640.00
1,280.00
2,560.00
5,120.00
10,240.00
20,480.00
40,960.00
81,920.00
163,840.00
327,680.00
655,360.00
2,621,440.00
5,242,880.00
10,485,760 .00
20,971,520.00
41,943,040.00
83,886,080.00
167,772,160.00
335,544,320.00
671,088,640.00
1,342,177,280.00
2,684,354,560.00
5,368,709,120.00

See . . . Told ya.

 

[Bob Maxey]

Maine is the only state in the United States whose name has one syllable.

Really? I doubt it. Care to cite the specific Wikepedia page to substantiate your rather dubious claim?

 

[ardchoille]

Really? I doubt it. Care to cite the specific Wikepedia page to substantiate your rather dubious claim?

Any current list of US states will prove his claim true.

 

[scifan57]

Really? I doubt it. Care to cite the specific Wikepedia page to substantiate your rather dubious claim?

Believe it, it's true. Maine is also the only US state to border only one other US state, New Hampshire.
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-many-us-states-have-one-syllable.htm

 

[Bob Maxey]

Any current list of US states will prove his claim true.

But there are no accurate lists available. According to our president, there are 57 states in the United States of America. 57. My map shows only the 46 states we know about and can readily verify. I do know Utah is finally a state but perhaps when we secede, who really knows what will happen; it is a topsy turvy world, you know?.

I have always maintained that the missing states we were never told of are most likely single syllable states because all of the great multi-syllabic names are gone.

And what about that District thing? Nobody knows if that is now a state or not a state. I'll tell you, I am truly bothered.

When you look at a map--any map--you might ask yourself, where are those missing states and are they or are they not multi-syllabic?

 

[Bob Maxey]

Believe it, it's true. Maine is also the only US state to border only one other US state, New Hampshire.
How Many US States Have One Syllable?

Well, so what? Big Carmel Apples, I say. We got Maine beat because Utah is the only statre where you can stand in one spot and be in four different states. We call it the Four Corners Monument.

 

[Bob Maxey]

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month, which we know today as the honeymoon.

That is interesting. In my family, there is usually a shotgun involved but no meade, just we done made from a quality corn mash. Yee, Haw!

 

[scifan57]

Well, so what? Big Carmel Apples, I say. We got Maine beat because Utah is the only statre where you can stand in one spot and be in four different states. We call it the Four Corners Monument.

That claim also applies to Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Four_Corners_Monument_Marker.jpg

 

[ardchoille]

But there are no accurate lists available. According to our president, there are 57 states in the United States of America. 57. My map shows only the 46 states we know about and can readily verify. I do know Utah is finally a state but perhaps when we secede, who really knows what will happen; it is a topsy turvy world, you know?.

I have always maintained that the missing states we were never told of are most likely single syllable states because all of the great multi-syllabic names are gone.

And what about that District thing? Nobody knows if that is now a state or not a state. I'll tell you, I am truly bothered.

When you look at a map--any map--you might ask yourself, where are those missing states and are they or are they not multi-syllabic?

There are 50 US states, these are different from "territories". There are no "missing" states.

The District (D.C.) cannot become a state due to Article 1, Sect. 8, Para. 17 of the US Constitution (it is a federal territory):

"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States.."