LTG Episode 17: 17 too

A mild swear word in Swedish. The origin is debated, and is commonly used as "sjutton också!" ("seventeen, too!"). It can roughly be translated to "Darn!". It is of course also used for the number 17

LTG Episdode 17: 17 Too from Lets Talk Geek on Vimeo.

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Random

• Described at MIT as 'the least random number', according to hackers' lore. This is supposedly because in a study where respondents were asked to choose a random number from 1 to 20, 17 was the most common choice.

In this show

• Stewart Allen
• Tim Haak
• Barry Reid

Guest

• Johan Els
  • blog: http://blog.who-els.co.za/
  • twitter: @Johan_Els

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• 18 September 2010 http://www.sfd.org.za/Facebook Software freedom day
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Topics

• Date a pirate- "Find your first mate"
  • http://piratedate.com/zp/go.php?to=lobby
• IS Stupid shaping policy
• Google Multi account sign in
  • http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-multiple-sign-in-now-available.html
• The dark side of google earth
  • http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/03/1338228/Officials-Use-Google-Earth-To-Find-Unlicensed-Pools
• The Triceratops Never Existed, It Was Actually a Young Version Of Another Dinosaur
  • http://gizmodo.com/5601514/the-triceratops-never-existed-it-was-actually-a-young-version-of-another-dinosaur
• Mythbusters extended
  • http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/07/30/mythbusters-renew-contract-no-myth-safe-for-next-seven-years/
• Saudi Arabia to block blackberry
  • http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100803/wr_nm/us_blackberry
• If you don't want your car stolen make it pink
  • http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/07/28/1253236/If-You-Dont-Want-Your-Car-Stolen-Make-It-Pink

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Picks

Favourite book: technical, science fiction or other

• Tim
  • Freakanomics (Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner)
  • Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
  • The Deed of Paksenarrion (Elizabeth Moon)
  • Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
• Stew
  • The Eerie Silence (Paul Davies)
  • Failure Is Not an Option (Gene Kranz)
• Els
  • Eragon (Christopher Paolini)
  • Eldest (Christopher Paolini)
  • Bringsir (Christopher Paolini)
• Barry
  • O'Reilly - Head First C Sharp Nov 2007

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