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How do find the point furthest from a group of points.

StephenF — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:50:43 -0800

How to find the point furthest from a bunch of other points, as done with this this McDonald's map? Stephen Von Worley got the location of all the McDonald's in the US from AggData and then was able to find the place in the US furthest from any of those points.

What technique would he have used to find this spot? In the blog post, Van Worley credits 'software engineering gymnastics', and I don't know what to search for to find out more.

Thanks!

Lean and Mean

freddymetz — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:26:20 -0800

Help a skinny guy shape up! more after the jump! some facts:

i do some sports, used to jog almost every day (although in the past few weeks ive slacked off)

I eat a lot, but i dont eat healthily (i.e. no fruit and veg)
A typical week would see me eating meat pretty much every day with pasta or potatoes. Fast food (mcdonalds/burger king) is also consumed at least once a week . I drink a lot of unhealthy sugary drinks and fruit juices. Greasy meatloaf or full english for breakfast (ocasionally) .

I need a goal and results. Im pretty lazy, and slack off if i dont see results, but can get very motivated if it's a foolproof plan and i see results after a while.

Right now i want to put on some weight, yes also fat, because i look pretty skinny. I dont know if that's advisable, or if i should just look at starting with a tabula rasa and gaining muscle mass (which would probably be more difficult).

I have mild scoliosis, which affects my posture a bit and makes me slouch. I try to work actively against slouching by pushing my upper chest forward and my stomach in. is that the correct thing to do? I think gaining weight, especially muscle, would help my posture too, right?

I have a fast metabolism, i think, so what should i do guys?

It doesn't actually taste like shamrocks. . .

dinty_moore — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:41:12 -0800

How would you describe the taste of a shamrock shake? I don't need to know what's in it, just a better way to describe it than 'minty, but not your normal mint flavor'. Any ideas? Am I just imagining things because it's green, and it's just a plain vanilla flavor?

McDonald's Filter: Do any of you recall happy meal packaging from the mid-80s that looked like a boat?

xotis — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:48:57 -0800

McDonald's Filter: Do any of you recall Happy Meal packaging from the mid-80s that looked like a boat, and was made of flimsy plastic? A co-worker today was talking about how they recalled McDonalds Happy Meals from the mid 80s where the package was a large boat split into two pieces, a top and bottom half. When you took the top half off, the meal was inside. When you took your meal out of the boat, you could re-assemble the two halves and it would float in water.

Other co-workers were scoffing at this memory of my other co-worker, but I could recall these Happy Meals (vaguely). Can any of you shed more light on this memory? Such as the year, details, etc? Or am I just having a false memory conjured up by the story of my co-worker?

Bonus points for a photo of any kind. My google fu was not powerful enough to yield any results.

To clarify, this is not a question regarding a Happy Meal toy, but the actual packaging that the food came in.

Thanks!

More price info!

juva — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:49:19 -0800

[Big Mac meal price filter] I need to how much a regular Big Mac meal costs in different cities around the world. Long list of cities inside! I need to how much a normal (not super-sized) Big Mac meal costs in the cities listed below; preferably in local currency. I’ve been to the local McDonald’s websites. Thanks!

Ankara
Bratislava
Budapest
Chisinau
Istanbul
Ljubljana
Riga
Skopje
Sofia
Tallinn
Varna
Vilnius
Almaty
Baku
Kiev
Minsk
Moscow
St Petersburg
Volgograd

Which capitals should I steer clear of?

greytape — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:47:14 -0800

Which Capitals Cities don't have McDonalds? So last year I was in Ulan Batur, the capital of Mongolia, and I was shocked to find there was no McDonalds. (I know, I mean, what was I supposed to eat?)

Anyway I was wondering how rare this phenomena of a capital city without a McDonalds was. I thought perhaps it might be extremely rare (just the capitals of Chad and Nepal perhaps), but this year I was in Yerevan in Armenia, and no golden arches there either. So perhaps it is less extraordinary than I thought.

Anyone?

I don't want any trouble, just some money please!

tdreyer1 — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:59:59 -0800

All we need now to win 5 million dollars is Short Line Railroad. Ok. I need a little informal legal help. Here's the deal: My brother has 3 of 4 railroads in the McDonalds monopoly game. All he needs now is the short line railrod peice. I was thinking of putting flyers up at my university offering 1/4 million (his price, not mine) for that piece. Is this legal? What kind of trouble would I be getting myself into? What are the chances of me getting sued by McDonalds? Or monopoly for that matter?

Grimace

josher71 — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:58:53 -0800

Totallyridicfilter: You know Grimace, the purple something in the McDonald's pantheon? What is he called in other languages and are any of them the translation of the word "grimace"?

Help me identify this monster.

ThePants — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:55:27 -0800

Help me identify this monster. This fellow has been hanging around the office for a while.

His foot reads:
(c) 2005 Viacom
MFG for McD CORP

So we can guess that he's a character from some movie or tv show and that he came from McDonalds, but nobody seems to know who he is.

McMefi Recycling

bkdelong — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:37:56 -0800

McMefi - What packaging from McDonalds can I recycle? I've been involved in a fundraiser catered by, sigh, McDonalds and we have bags of straws, straw packaging, cardboard packaging, paper burger wrappers, plastic cups, plastic cup covers, napkins, bags, fry packages, and paper hash brown wrappers. I can't seem to find any place that tells me which I can recycle. Is all of it recyclable? How much of it is made from recycled products? Searches resulted in a lot of lawsuit responses and vague FAQ information. Help!

good question for the great taste of soda.

sammich — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:52:37 -0800

why does coca-cola at mcdonalds always taste better than coca-cola at other fast food places? do all mcdonalds have some kind of soda fountain with a special proprietary mix they must adhere to?

there's something about the coke from a mcdonalds soda fountain that has that perfect balance of syrupy sweetness and carbonation. and it's pretty much any mcdonalds all across the country. i never notice this in burger king or jack in the box or in-n-out.

has anyone else noticed this? or is it just some kind of subconcious childhood happiness manifesting out whenever i see ronald mcdonald?

Big Mac jingle, when did it stop airing?

jammer — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:17:43 -0800

I've searched and searched, and can't find an answer to this simple question: What was the last year in which McDonalds used the "two all beef patties special sauce lettuce cheese pickles onions on a sesame seed bun" jingle in a commercial?

Seeded Buns

zeoslap — Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:30:53 -0800

How come McDonalds cheesburgers don't have sesame seeds on them? I think the Fish thing is the only other one that doesn't have them. So why not the lowly cheeseburger?

Chicken Nuggets

grateful — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:03:21 -0800

What’s in McDonald’s Chicken Nuggets? The McDonald’s nutrition information site has the following information on 4-piece Chicken McNuggets:

Serving size: 64 grams

Total fat: 10 grams
Carbohydrates: 10 grams
Protein: 10 grams
Other listed components: 0.5 grams

This only accounts for 30.5 grams out of 64. What makes up the other 33.5 grams?