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Is it? - Part III

I. The average person spends two weeks waiting for a traffic light to change.

II. By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times (figuring on an average of 70 beats per minute.)

III. A normal person laughs five times in a day.

IV. Humans have 46 chromosomes, peas have 14 and crayfish have 200.

V. The word "listen" contains the same letters as the word "silent".

VI. The most powerful laser in the world, the Nova laser at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, CA, USA, generates a pulse of energy equal to 100,000,000,000,000 watts of power for .000000001 second to a target the size of a grain of sand.

VII. An average human move 25.4 times during sleep in a day.

VIII. The average person has 100,000 hairs on his/her head. Each hair grows about 5 inches (12.7 cm) every year.

IX. The world's first University was established in Takshila, India in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

X. KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.

XI. The 73% of people who buy Valentine's Day flowers are men, while only 27 percent are women.

XII. An eyeball weighs about 1 ounce

XIII. Human use 14 muscles to smile and 43 to frown.

XIV. The most beautiful and incredible gift of love is the monument Taj Mahal in India. Built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife it stands as the emblem of the eternal love story. Work on the Taj Mahal began in 1634 and continued for almost 22 years and required the labor of 20,000 workers from all over India and Central Asia.

XV. The Jules Undersea Lodge is an underwater hotel in Key Largo, Florida and is the only such hotel in the United States. It is 30 feet (9 m) deep on the ocean floor and guests have to scuba dive to get to their rooms.

XVI. The heaviest human brain ever recorded weighed 5 lb. 1.1 oz. (2.3 kg.).

XVII. The polar bear's compact ears and small tail also help prevent heat loss.

XVIII. An average human speak 4,800 words in 24 hours.

XIX. Cat's urine glows under a black light.

XX. 60% North Indians are pure vegetarian & in whole India 36%.

Corruption at its very best!!

100% in all six subjects by a Kerala board girl!!!

FOR M. S. Shreelakshmi, a student of Kerala Board who has applied to DU’s St Stephen’s College, no cut- off can prove to be a hurdle this year.

There is a time when Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) has made applicants doubt the possibility of scoring a perfect 100 in at least four subjects, Sreelakshmi’s report card is quite the shocker.

A student of commerce, she has scored full marks in all her six subjects.

In other words, even a cut- off of 100 per cent can’t stop her from qualifying to any course in any college affiliated to DU this year. She has applied to B. A. ( Honours) Economics in Stephen’s.

“ Not only does she have 100 per cent in her best- of- four aggregate, but also in all the six subjects”

However, the students of Kerala Board score very high marks every year.

"No one have never seen anyone get perfect score in all subjects".

BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAI

VASTNESS OF BOTTOM TO SHARPNESS OF TOP
BURJ KHALIFA, DUBAITHE TALLEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD

Sachin The Legend All Words of Praise

Sachin.....The MAN

All words of Praise

"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin
Tendulkar on it."
- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he
boards a flight.

"Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid
and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper.

"To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin.

“Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the
cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific
measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of
sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play
alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people
switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
- BBC on Sachin

"Tuzhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC.

Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara

"We did not lose to a team called India ...we lost to a man called Sachin."
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997)

"The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his
best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha

"The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with
which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate
humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
- Glen McGrath

"I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute
longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out
there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
- Anjali Tendulkar

"There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were
invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to
see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and
Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!"
- Shah Rukh Khan in an interview.

آ“ India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte
hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte.. آ“
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV

He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.
- Waqar Younis

'I Will See God When I Die But Till Then I Will See Sachin'
- A banner in Sharjah

Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who
has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all
over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in
a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That
was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA)
took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be
alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball
of my next over and it was a full length delivery outside the
offstump. And I shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to
the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time
is the best I have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his
wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for
boundaries.
- Allan Donald

On a train from Shimla to Delhi , there was a halt in one of the
stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was
nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials,
everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This
Genius can stop time in India !!
- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist

"Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what Gandhiji was to politics.
It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering

There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two
all the others.
- Andy Flower

"I have seen God, he bats at no.4 for India "
- Mathew Hayden

"Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed
because even God is watching him."
- A hoarding in England

NOW THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST AND MOST CUTEST OF THE LOT

"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class her father's name after
the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.

FB koduma!!! `Ultimate`

Burmese roc

An Amazing Scene in Burma


What's so special about this?

This is a picture of a rock formation near
a lake in Burma.

The photo can only be taken on a specific
day once a year, when the sun's rays touch
the rocks at a certain angle.

Tilt your head to the left, and then look at
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What Rajnikanth Can Do?

1. Rajnikant makes onions cry
2. Rajnikant can delete the Recycle Bin.
3. Ghosts are actually caused by Rajnikant killing people faster than Death can process them.
4. Rajnikant can build a snowman….. out of rain.
5. Rajnikant can strangle you with a cordless phone.
6. Rajnikant can drown a fish.
7. When Rajnikant enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on, he turns the dark off.
8. When Rajnikant looks in a mirror the mirror shatters, because not even glass is stupid enough to get in between Rajnikant and Rajnikant.
9. Brett Favre can throw a football over 50 yards.
   Rajnikant can throw Brett Favre even further.
10. The last digit of pi is Rajnikant. He is the end of all things.
11. Rajnikant does not know where you live, but he knows where you will die.
12. Bullets dodge Rajnikant.
13. A Handicap parking sign does not signify that this spot is for handicapped people. It is actually in fact a warning, that the spot belongs to Rajnikant and that you will be handicapped if you park there.
14. Rajnikant’s calendar goes straight from March 31st to April 2nd, no one fools Rajnikant.
15. If you spell Rajnikant wrong on Google it doesn’t say, “Did you mean Rajnikant?” It simply replies, “Run while you still have the chance.”
16. Rajnikant can do a wheelie on a unicycle.
17. Once a cobra bit Rajnikant’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
18. When Rajnikant gives you the finger, he’s telling you how many seconds you have left to live.
19. Rajnikant can kill two stones with one bird.
20. Rajnikant was once on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune and was the first to spin. The next 29 minutes of the show consisted of everyone standing around awkwardly, waiting for the wheel to stop.
21. Leading hand sanitizers claim they can kill 99.9 percent of germs. Rajnikant can kill 100 percent of whatever he wants.
22. There is no such thing as global warming. Rajnikant was cold, so he turned the sun up.
23. Rajnikant can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
24. Rajnikant has a deep and abiding respect for human life… unless it gets in his way.
25. It takes Rajnikant 20 minutes to watch 60 Minutes.
26. Rajnikant once shot down a German fighter plane with his finger, by yelling, “Bang!”
27. In an average living room there are 1,242 objects Rajnikant could use to kill you, including the room itself.
28. Behind every successful man, there is a woman. Behind every dead man, there is Rajnikant.
29. Rajnikant destroyed the periodic table, because Rajnikant only recognizes the element of surprise.
30. Rajnikant got his drivers license at the age of 16 Seconds.
31. With the rising cost of gasoline, Rajnikant is beginning to worry about his drinking habit.
32. The square root of Rajnikant is pain. Do not try to square Rajnikant, the result is death.
33. When you say “no one’s perfect”, Rajnikant takes this as a personal insult.
34. There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Rajnikant has allowed to live.
35. Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Rajnikant.

Rajnikant’s hand is the only hand that can beat a Royal Flush.

Rajnikant doesn’t wear a watch, HE decides what time it is.

Rajnikant gave Mona Lisa that smile.

Rajnikant can slam a revolving door.

Rajnikant does not get frostbite. Rajnikant bites frost.

Remember the Soviet Union? They decided to quit after watching a Padayappa on Satellite TV

There are no races, only countries of people Rajnikant has beaten to different shades of black and blue.

Rajnikant’s house has no doors, only walls that he walks through.

Rajnikant doesn’t actually write books, the words assemble themselves out of fear.

Rajnikant can divide by zero.

Newton’s Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction,
there is no force equal in reaction to a Rajnikant turnaround kick.

When taking the GRE, write “Rajnikant” for every answer. You will score over 1600.

Rajnikant invented black. In fact, he invented the entire spectrum of visible light. Except pink. Tom Cruise
invented pink.

In the beginning there was nothing…then Rajnikant kicked that nothing in the face and said “Get a job”. That
is the story of the universe.

Rajnikant has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.

Rajnikant grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.

Archeologists unearthed an old English dictionary dating back to the year 1236. It defined “victim” as “one
who has encountered Rajnikant”

Rajnikant ordered a Big Mac at Burger King, and got one.

If you Google search “Rajnikant getting his ass kicked” you will generate zero results. It just doesn’t happen.
It shows now 400+ results. Thanks to these facts.

Rajnikant can drink an entire gallon of milk in thirty-seven seconds.

Rajnikant doesn’t bowl strikes, he just knocks down one pin and the other nine faint.

There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Rajnikant lives in Chennai.

Rajnikant once ate an entire bottle of sleeping pills. They made him blink.

James Cameron wanted Rajnikant to play the Terminator. However, upon reflection, he realized that would have turned his movie into a documentary, so he went with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Thousands of years ago Rajnikant came across a bear. It was so terrified that it fled north into the arctic. It was also so terrified that all of its decedents now have white hair.

Long live the star!!

Difference B/w Cybershot and Mobile Camera shot!!!

Cybershot:

Mobile shot:

Things to watch out in Indian Currency!!!

Sachin Tendulkar (Record Book afraid of this name)

Sachin Tendulkar, the name that makes you watch your television even when you are in the urgency of doing things, that keeps us glued in one position, that entertains you in all forms of cricket on any given day, that keeps your love going for the game of cricket, that keeps ringing on our mind when you talk about cricket, that holds almost all the batting records in the form of cricket. Below is a list of some of the achievements he has made in his career thus far.

Test Cricket

Game Appearances:

i) On his Test debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the third youngest debutant (16y 205d). Mushtaq Mohammad (15y 124d) and Aaqib Javed (16y 189d) debuted in Test matches younger to Tendulkar. Since then, there have been 2 players who were younger than Sachin on their Test Cricket debut: Hasan Raza - Pakistan (14y 227d), the current youngest debutant, and Mohammad Sharif - Bangladesh(15y 128d).

ii) Tendulkar has played the most number of Test Matches (177).

Runs Scored:

i) Highest run scorer in the history of Test cricket with 14692* Test runs.

ii) Career Average (1989–2010, 177 Tests, 14,692 runs) at 56.94.

iii) Became the first Indian to surpass the 11,000 Test run mark and the third International player behind Allan Border and Brian Lara. Lara took 213 innings, Sachin 223 and Border 259.

iv) Second Indian after Sunil Gaveskar to make over 10000 runs in test matches.

v) Tendulkar and Brain Lara are the fastest to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket history. Both of them achieved this in 195 innings.

vi) Sachin Tendulkar (8145) world record of runs scored in Tests away from home.

vii) Sachin Tendulkar (29) world record of Centuries in Tests away from home.

viii) First player to reach 12,000-13,000-14,000 Test runs.

ix) Holds the record for scoring most 1,000 Test runs in a calendar year. He has done it six times - 2010 (1562*), 2008 (1063), 2002 (1392 runs), 1999 (1088 runs), 2001 (1003 runs) and 1997 (1000 runs).

x) Sachin Tendulkar is the fourth highest run-getter in a single calendar year in Test History. He has scored 1562 runs in 2010 and is behind Mohammad Yousuf (1788 runs in 2006), Viv Richards (1710 runs in 1976) and Graeme Smith (1656 runs in 2008).

Centuries:

i) Highest number of Test centuries(51), overtaking Sunil Gavaskar's record (34). On October 10, 2010 (Need to verify) in Bengaluru (Bangalore) against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar trophy's second and final Test match Sachin Tendulkar reached a milestone. With a single to third man, Tendulkar reached his 6th double century and his 49th test century.

ii) Highest number of 150+ score in Test Cricket (20)

iii) When Tendulkar scored his maiden century in 1990, he was the second youngest to score a century. Only Mustaq Mohammad had scored a century at a younger age by 1990. Tendulkar's record was bettered by Mohammad Ashraful in 2001/02 season. The record for previous youngest Indian centurion was held by Kapil Dev.

iv) Tendulkar's record of five centuries before he turned 20 is a current world record.

v) Tendulkar holds the current record (217 against NZ in 1999/00 Season) for the highest score in Test cricket by an Indian when captaining the side. Gavaskar held the previous record (205 against West Indies in Bombay - 1978/79 season).

vi) Tendulkar has scored centuries against all Test playing nations. He was the third batsman to achieve the distinction after Steve Waugh and Gary Kirsten. The current list also includes Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis, Adam Gilchrist and Marvan Atapattu.

ODI

Highlights of Tendulkar's ODI career include:

Game appearances:

Matches Played: 450

Consecutive ODI Appearances: 185

Most Stadium Appearances: 90 different Grounds

Inning appearances: 442 ( Most ). First to appear in 400 innings in ODI matches.

On his debut, Sachin Tendulkar was the second youngest debutant. Only Aaqib Javed debuted in ODI matches younger than Sachin Tendulkar. Since then, there has been 4 players who were younger than Sachin on their ODI debut: Hasan Raza ( Pakistan ) - the current youngest debutant, Mohammed Sharif ( Bangladesh ), Shahid Afridi ( Pakistan ) and Ramveer Raj ( UAE ).


Runs scored:

i) Most runs in an ODI Innings: Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for maximum number of runs scored in one ODI innings. He is the only batsman to score 200 runs (147ball 25x4 3x6) in an ODI against South Africa.

ii) Most runs: 18,111 Runs at the rate of 45.16 runs for every time he has gotten out (as of 4 April 2011). He is the leading run scorer in the ODI format of the game and the only player ever to cross the 14,000-15,000-16,000 and 17,000 run marks.

iii) First player to reach 10,000-11,000-12,000-13,000-14,000-15,000-16,000 and 17,000 and 18,000 ODI runs.

iv) Most centuries: 48
Only cricketer to ever score a double hundred in the ODI format - against South Africa at Gwalior, India.

Calendar Year record:

i) Most ODI runs in a calendar year: 1,894 ODI runs in 1998.

ii) Most Centuries in a calendar year: 9 ODI centuries in 1998

Partnership Records:

i) Sachin Tendulkar with Sourav Ganguly hold the world record for the maximum number of runs scored by the opening partnership. They have put together 6,609 runs in 136 matches that includes 21 century partnerships and 23 fifty run partnerships. The 20 century partnerships for opening pair is also a world record.

ii) Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for the highest partnership in ODI matches when they scored 331 runs against New Zealand in 1999 at the LBS, Hyderabad.

iii) Sachin Tendulkar has been involved in six 200 run partnerships in ODI matches - a record that he shares with Saurav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid.

iv) Most runs (2,278 at an average of 56.95 as on 9 April 2011) in World Cup Cricket History including 6 centuries & 15 fifties with a best score of 152* against Namibia in 2003 world cup.

v) 673 runs in 2003 Cricket World Cup, highest by any player in a single Cricket World Cup.

vi) Player Of The World Cup Tournament in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

vii) 523 runs in the 1996 Cricket World Cup at an average of 87.16, making him the highest run scorer in the 1996 World Cup and setting the then record for the highest runs by any player in a single Cricket World Cup - subsequently bettered by himself in the 2003 World Cup.

Combined (ODI & Test) records

i) First batsman in history to score over 90 centuries in international cricket. He now has 99 Centuries(51 in Tests and 48 in ODIs), which is still the record for the highest number of centuries in international cricket.

ii) First batsman in history to complete the 32,000 runs in (ODIs+Tests). He has now scored 32813 [ODI(18111)+Test(14692)+T20(10)].

iii) Most overall runs in international cricket, (ODIs+Tests+Twenty20s), with 32,000 + runs overall ( in Tests, in ODIs).

iv) Record of getting out the maximum number of times in the 90s in international matches. He has been dismissed 26 times (18 in ODIs and 8 in Tests) on scores of 90-99. The 18 nineties in ODIs are an ODI record too.


Record book is afraid of this name, because it might run out of pages to note down his records. Neverending Sachin and our love for Sachin is also never ending. Sachin Rockz!!

Is it? - Part II

i) The cockroach is the fastest animal on 6 legs covering a meter a second.

ii) Polar bears have more problems with overheating than they do with cold. Even in very cold weather, they quickly overheat when they try to run.

iii) Due to a metal shortage during World War II, Oscars were made of painted plaster for three years. Following the war, the Academy invited recipients to redeem the plaster figures for gold-plated metal ones.

iv) According to German researchers, the risk of heart attack is higher on Monday than any other day of the week.

v) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.

vi) The creosote bush, which grows in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts, has been shown by radiocarbon dating to have lived since the birth of Christ. Some of these plants may endure 10,000 years, scientists say. If only they could talk.

vii) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.

viii) The focusing muscles of the eye move about 100,000 times a day. To give the leg muscles the same exercise would involve walking 80km (50 miles) a day.

ix) Many fish can change sex during the course of their lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, have both male and female sex organs.

x) 40 percent of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

xi) Google, with a brand value of $86 billion, is the world's most powerful brand.

xii) Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

xiii) If you go blind in one eye, you'll only lose about one-fifth of your vision (but all your depth perception).

xiv) The Statue of Liberty's index finger is eight feet and one inch long.

xv) If you ate too many carrots, you'd turn orange.

xvi) The world's population has been increased 3.1 billion in last 40 years.

xvii) Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

xviii) The only 2 animals that can see behind itself without turning it's head are the rabbit and the parrot.

xix) Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water.

xx) Giraffes can not swim.

Is it?

i) A Blue whale's tongue weighs more than an elephant.

ii) Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.

iii) 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.

iv) Bone is five times stronger than steel.

v) Bamboo can grow up to 3 ft in 24 hours.

vi) 250 people have fallen off the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

vii) You grow by about 8mm (O.3in) every night when you are asleep, but shrink to your former height the following day.

viii) When glass breaks, the cracks move at speeds of up to 3,000 miles per hour.

ix) About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday.

x) American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.

xi) Over 4 million cars in Brazil are now running on gasohol instead of petrol. Gasohol is a fuel made from sugar cane.

xii) It would take 1,200,000 mosquitoes, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human of blood.

xiii) 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.

xiv) There are as many chickens on earth as there are humans.

xv) If you are locked in a completely sealed room, you will die of carbon dioxide poisoning first before you will die of oxygen deprivation.

xvi) Longest officially recognized place name is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu, has 85 letters. It's the name for a hill, 305 metres (1,000 ft) high, close to Porangahau, New Zealand.

xvii) "Bookkeeper" is the only word in English language with three consecutive Double letters.

xviii) Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, never telephoned His wife or mother because they were both deaf.

xix) A normal person will die from total lack of sleep sooner than from starvation. Death will occur about 10 days without sleep, while starvation takes a Few weeks.

xx) During the 2,475,576,000 seconds of the average length life, averagely we speak 123,205,750 words, have sex 4,239 times, shed 121 pints of tears.

Father of "Analysis of Algorithm" and his famous Cheque

Donald Ervin Knuth is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He is the author of the seminal multi-volume work "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth has been called the "father" of the analysis of algorithms. He contributed to the development of the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms and systematized formal mathematical techniques for it. In the process he also popularized the asymptotic notation.

In addition to fundamental contributions in several branches of theoretical computer science, Knuth is the creator of the TeX computer typesetting system, the related METAFONT font definition language and rendering system, and the Computer Modern family of typefaces.

As a writer and scholar, Knuth created the WEB/CWEB computer programming systems designed to encourage and facilitate literate programming, and designed the MIX/MMIX instruction set architectures


Knuth's Challenge:

Knuth is known for his "professional humor".

He used to pay a finder’s fee of $2.56 for any typographical errors or mistakes discovered in his books, because "256 pennies is one hexadecimal dollar", and $0.32 for "valuable suggestions". (His bounty for errata in 3:16 Bible Texts Illuminated, is, however, $3.16). According to an article in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Technology Review, these Knuth reward checks are "among computerdom's most prized trophies".


Knuth had to stop sending real checks in 2008 due to bank fraud, and instead now gives each error finder a "certificate of deposit" from a publicly listed balance in his fictitious "Bank of San Serriffe".

The word "DEBUG"

In 1947, Grace Murray Hopper was working on the Harvard University Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator (an old computer).

On the 9th of September, 1947, when the machine was experiencing some problem, an investigation showed that there was a moth trapped between the points of Relay #70, in Panel F.

The operators removed the moth and Grace Hopper affixed it to the log. The entry reads: "First actual case of bug being found."

The word went out that they had "debugged" the machine and the term "debugging a computer program" was born.

Although Grace Hopper was always careful to admit that she was not there when it actually happened, it was one of her favorite stories.

Grace Hopper is sometimes referred to as "Amazing Grace" for the large number of accomplishments to her name.

Though the term "Debugging" in computer terminology is completely attributed to Grace, she did bring the term into popularity. The remains of the moth can be found in the group's log book at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.