I recall something that I believe I heard Carl Sagan say either in an episode of Cosmos or in one of his earlier books, that one could store enough information to hold an entire encyclopedia by putting a notch in a stick, if only one could measure where the notch lies to some absurd astronomically precise figure. Am I imagining this? [more inside]
posted on Dec 6, 2007 - 14 answers

How can I identify a landlord or property owner if I only know the street address? [more inside]
posted on Sep 2, 2006 - 4 answers