A Few Real Facts
Real Fact #144: Texas is the only state that permits residents to cast absentee ballots from space.
I can hear it now “Hey Bill, before we land on Mars, I need to drop my absentee ballot off at the voting booth on the moon.” :)
Real Fact #180: The first VCR was made in 1956 and was the size of a piano.
I’d actually like to find a picture of the first VCR. Anyone up to help me locate one?
Real Fact #167: You have to play ping-pong for 12 hours to lose one pound.
12 hours?! That’s a lot of ping-pong. I don’t even think Forest Gump played that much ping-pong.
Needless to say, I won’t be adding ping-pong to my hacking the body project to help me lose weight.
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January 7th, 2007
You mean this thing?
January 7th, 2007
Nice find Luke.
That’s the Ampex VRX-1000, the first VCR.
So did you just do a Google search or did you actually have that link in your bookmarks?
January 7th, 2007
I did a Wikipedia search for “video cassette recorder,” scanned the page, and then checked out the source link for the Ampex info.
Ah, if only I was putting even this very basic amount of effort into my school work…
January 7th, 2007
Wikipedia saves the day.
Indeed, you should put at least this basic amount of effort into your school work.
Stop playing Zelda and to your home work :)