Episode #399
News Items
Who's That Noisy
- Answer to last week: STS 1 A man from Ukraine had three sons. The first son was named Rab, and he became a lawyer. The second son was named Ymra, and he became a soldier. The 3rd son became a sailor, so what was his name?
Science or Fiction
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Item #1
Science
Greater than 60% of upstream traffic is comprised of torrent files, while Netflix by itself represents 1/3 of peak download traffic. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-02/osoa-idh022613.php
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Item #2
Science
Amazon.com benefitted from the popularity of the Yahoo search engine, which listed search results alphabetically. http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/photos/how-25-tech-companies-got-their-names-slideshow/amazon-holds-news-conference-photo–982673090.html
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Item #3
Science
North America has the highest internet penetration at 78.6%, while Africa has the lowest at 15.6%. http://royal.pingdom.com/2013/01/16/internet-2012-in-numbers/
Skeptical Quote of the Week.
‘Neither evolution nor creation qualifies as a scientific theory.’ - Duane Gish