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As Greenland is part of North America, surely it has to be the glacier which is occupying most of that magnificent island!
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The Bering glacier in Alaska is 204 km long.
Jordon
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When Mendeleyev created the periodic table, there were three elements he identified as "missing". Which elements were they?
Jordon
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Gallium, scandium and germanium.
Enhance the trance
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Wouldn't technetium have to be one of the missing elements? It is the only "light" element that does not have any stable isotopes and does not occur naturally.
Alex
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However, the question is which elements did Mendeleyev identify as "missing"... and it's those three.
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Gallium, Scandium, and Germanium
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Nice work!
Gallium, Scandium and Germanium
Jordon
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What Microsoft product was code named "Rosetta"?
Jordon
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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Nice work guys.
SQL Reporting Services
Jordon
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Which king was called "Farmer George"?
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King George III of Great Britain
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George III, British king. Ruled from 1760 to 1820.
Jordon
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What is the first recorded instance of a computer "bug"?
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Moth found between a relay switch.
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I think Mr. Schulz is right.
I may be mistaken, but I think that the incident he described happened during WW2 with the Collosus machine used to help crack the German Eninma machines. (I'm just talking off the top of my head so I may be totally wrong on this.)
And, I'm sure my fellow CPers will let me know!
Andrew C. Eisenberg
Nashville, TN, USA (a.k.a. Music City USA)
(Yes Virginia, there are rock and roll stations in Nashville! )
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Hi Jordon,
Yupper the first reply is correct. I don't think is was the secret agent machine that had it though....was one of those ancient tube computers.
Thanks for a great site Jordon, they should have hired you loooooooonnnnnnnggggggg ago!
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Thank you. So sweet of you
Here is the answer in more detail.
In 1945, Grace Murray Hopper working in a World War I temporary building not equipped with air conditioning, the Harvard Mark II computer stopped. After some searching Grace discovered a moth beaten to death in the jaws of a relay. After extracting the moth and taping it into the machine log-book, she reported, using a euphemism originated by Thomas Edison, that she had "debugged the computer"
Jordon
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What is the lowest point in Europe?
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The News from Jordon wrote: What is the lowest point in Europe?
As in metres below sea level? Or as in a historical low?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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Caspian Sea (-28 metres below sea level)
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I wouldn't say it was "in" Europe. Wikipedia says it is between Europe and Asia - and to me it looks like it is all in Asia.
I would imaging that if it is the lowest point it would have to be lowest point on land.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
My: Website | Blog
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