25,000,000
you are 1
you and me = 2
2+2=4
4+4=16
16+16=32
32+32=64
64+64=128
128+128=256
256+256=512
512+512=1024
How long do I need to do this to get to 25,000,000 people?
I’m sure that everything that can be said has already been said but I’m absolutely amazed at how much damage one can do with 2 CD’s…
UK postal strike nears resolution
Postal workers in the UK have been on strike for the past few days. Their leaders have negotiated a settlement with management. Normal work will resume once the postal workers agree to the deal…
…Once the deal is posted out to them. Then all they have to do is post the yea/nay forms [...]
Rathmines population = 5million souls
According to Dublin City Council’s website, the population of Rathmines = 4.9M people.
What is the population of Rathmines etc? #5820
Central Statistics Office - 4,984,000
NTL are pants
In Sept 2006 and March 2007, I wrote about the appalling customer service I’d received from NTL.
Sigh, here we go again…
A Brazilian friend is moving to a new apartment. It’s all a bit sudden…her partner died recently and she can’t afford the rent. Her English isn’t very good and she’s [...]
Thousands of Wong numbers
China runs out of surnames from The Register.
China has been forced to mull the possibility of allowing double-barrelled surnames - a break with the ancient tradition that citizens adopt one of a hundred single character surnames…
…In fact, other less common surnames bring the official total of permitted surnames to 161, but this doesn’t do much [...]