Recent content by bobtheconquerer

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    Why do Americans write their dates down backwards?

    There's arguments towards the "importance" of writing the date one way or another. It seems kinda arbitrary though. However, metric has come up a few times so I figure I should answer that question. The United States didn't switch to the metric system because they didn't desperately need...
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    Poll: Who shot first in the Mos Eisley cantina (and 1 vs 100, too)

    Just to make things weirder. The special edition of "Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" comes with an art booklet. In that art booklet Stephen speilburg is in one of the pictures wearing a "Han shot first" shirt. It's not the focus of the picture, he just happens to be wearing it...
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    Zero Punctuation Decline In Popularity

    I don't think it was the mailbag showdown. Just look at Penny Arcade. They took a huge hit at about the same time. My guess is that people are using some new surfing application that doesn't record on regular hit counters.
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    Zero Punctuation Decline In Popularity

    http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation Traffic figures, happy? Page views is the third tab. It's not a perfect measure, but statistically I imagine it should be fine. It's a graph of Escapist in general, but I think it's safe...