Thursday 4/4/2024
Celebrate:
Hug a Newsperson Day
International Carrot Day
Jeep 4X4 Day
National Burrito Day
Naitonal Cordon Bleu Day
National Vitamin C Day
Ramen Noodle Day
Tell a Lie Day
Walk Around Things Day
World Rat Day
It’s also 404 Day - The origin of the 404 error code dates back to the early days of the World Wide Web. In 1992, Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the Web, and his team at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, created the first web server software, called CERN httpd.[2] This software used a simple file system to store and retrieve web pages, and it assigned a three-digit number to each type of request and response. The number 404 was chosen to indicate that the requested file was not found on the server.
The term "404 Not Found" was coined by Berners-Lee himself, who explained in a 1998 interview that he wanted to make the error message "slightly apologetic". He also said that he considered using "400 Bad Request" instead, but decided that it was too vague and technical.
The first documented case of a 404 error appearing on a web page was in 1993, when a user tried to access a page about the Mosaic web browser on the NCSA website. The page had been moved to a different location, but the link had not been updated.[2] The user reported the error to the NCSA team, who fixed the link and added a humorous message to their 404 page: "We're sorry, but the document you requested is not here. Maybe you should try someplace else."
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A friend asks if they can borrow $10. You hand them a ten, they use it to buy Powerball tickets, and they hit the jackpot. How much do they owe you?
Someone asked, and people voted. Here are the four options . . .
1. Just the original $10 you loaned them.
2. Half of the winnings.
3. All the winnings
4. Nothing.
The top vote-getter was just the original $10. It got 72% of the vote. If they want to give you more, great and maybe they should. But they're not obligated to.
Half of the winnings is next with 15%, then nothing at 12%. 2% think they should give you the full $1 billion.
If the roles were reversed, 64% say they'd only feel obligated to pay back the original $10 . . . 27% claim they'd split the winnings . . . and 9% say, "they're not getting that 10 bucks back."Â
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So you say you're 54 years old, and you still listen to the music you loved when you were 13? Don't worry, that's not a sign of immaturity. You're perfectly normal.
A therapist named Nikki Roy says, quote, "There is a thing called neural nostalgia where researchers are actually finding that the music we listen to as teenagers binds to our brains differently than anything we're ever going to hear as adults."
That actually makes that music a great coping mechanism, because it, quote, "helps us get out of our heads and helps us connect to ourselves. It makes us feel alive again."
Author Daniel Levitin adds that the music we listen to at that age becomes attached to our sense of identity.
Quote, "We are discovering music on our own for the first time when we're young, often through our friends. We listen to the music they listen to as a badge, as a way of belonging to a certain social group."
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The Force is strong with George Lucas. He's officially the richest famous person in the world, according to Forbes' 2024 list of celebrity billionaires. Check it out:
1. George Lucas: $5.5 billion
2. Steven Spielberg: $4.8 billion
3. Michael Jordan: $3.2 billion
4. Oprah Winfrey: $2.8 billion
5. Jay-Z: $2.5 billion
6. Kim Kardashian: $1.7 billion
7. Director Peter Jackson: $1.5 billion
8. TIE: Tyler Perry and Rihanna: $1.4 billion
10. Tiger Woods: $1.3 billion
11. TIE: LeBron James, Magic Johnson, and "Law & Order" creator Dick Wolf: $1.2 billion
14. Taylor Swift: $1.1 billion
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In a new survey, 80% of drivers rate their OWN driving as "very good" or "excellent."Â But only 14% of people would give the same grade to other passenger cars, and only 25% would say the same about commercial vehicles.
One of the biggest problems seems to be distracted drivers. A whopping 90% of people say that it's dangerous to hold a phone in your hand while driving, whether you're using it to talk, text, or navigate.
And 89% of people say they support laws to prohibit drivers from holding their phones while driving.
26 states and Washington, D.C. have hands-free laws in place. Eight more have limited rules . . . and 16 states have NO laws prohibiting handheld cell phone use.
That said, 49 states (plus D.C.) ban text messaging for all drivers . . . the only state that's still cool with drivers texting is Montana.Â
But phones aren't the only distraction.
43% of drivers admit they've eaten while driving . . . 34% say they've taken work calls . . . 15% admit to reading emails while driving . . . and another 15% say they have done their makeup while behind the wheel.
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A new poll asked people about their ability to whistle, and 13% said they're an "above average" whistler. 40% of people said they're "average" at it . . . 26% said they're bad at it . . . and 18% said they can't whistle at all.
Men are much more likely to say they're excellent whistlers. 18% of men said they're above average, compared to just 9% of women. On the flipside, 11% of men admit they can't whistle, compared to 24% of women.
People were also asked about their abilities to WINK and SNAP THEIR FINGERS, and men were more likely than women to boast about their ability to do BOTH.
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A guy in Australia found a message in a bottle with ashes inside. The note said, "In this bottle is a small part of our parents. If you find [it] washed up somewhere, please feel free to set it off once again on its journey."
He tracked the family down and found out the bottle had only made it seven miles from where they tossed in the ocean. So he stepped up to give it a real chance . . . sailed it out to sea . . . and set it in a current to carry it out into the Pacific Ocean.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Johnny Carson liked being alone so much that his $81 million home in Malibu, California only had one bedroom. That meant he never had to host guests. Maybe some Spring remodeling is in order at your place.
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