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• A third poet, Henry Carey, ridiculed Philips’ poetic style by writing a silly parody of his children’s Answer: Dell. poetry. The title of this parody was a rhyming nonsensical play on Ambrose A VERY LARGE NUMBER Philips’ first name. Pope seized upon this nick•name Edward mathematician. 1938 andKasner used itwas in aabook he wrote inInwhich he was asked to come up with a name for a he hurled invectives at Philips. very large number: the numeral one, followed • Because Pope zeros. was soHewidely theyoung nickby a hundred asked read, his two name entered everyday language meaning nephews what name they would suggest. weak, ineffective writing. From there came • Nine-year-old Milton suggested a it name tooutdescribe weak, ineffective Today of the funnies. A cartoon people. strip character the rhyming nameMilton “Ambrose” named Barneyplay was on verythe popular. chose Barney’s last name for the number. denotes anything that is insipid, spineless, or phrase? •overly Kasnersentimental. announced What’s the newthe name for the big number in his next book, altering the spelling. Answer: Namby-Pamby • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin AaYIDDISH FOOL developed new internet search engine. Other • Adelbert von Chamisso short storyand to search engines searchedwrote eacha webpage ranked them according to howfriends manyintimes entertain the children of some 1814.a term appeared onPeter them,sells but his Pageshadand Inspecific the tale, a man named Brin designed their search engine to search for ow to a magician in exchange for a bottomthe wallet. specificPeter term thinks and then out best how of many less he find got the the links there were that led back to that page, bargain but soon finds that a man without a which resulted in a better search engine. shadow is rejected by society. • They decided they needed a name that • Although has unlimited wealth, the he has givreflected he how many websites search en up thewas possibility of They ever living a normal engine searching. took the name of Edward Kasner’s veryWhen large number, only life or finding true love. the magician they misspelled it slightly, so it being offers him his shadow back inended returnupfor his spelled exactly the same way the cartoon soul, Peter declines. He spends his life trying hisfor lasthis name. What’s tocharacter do goodBarney in orderspelled to atone foolish deit called? (Answer at bottom of page) cision. COMPUTER FACTS • The story became popular because it offered •aIncomic 1981yet Billtragic Gateslook said, kb meaning of memory at “640 the true of ought to be enough for anybody.” happiness. In the story, Peter’s last name is a •Yiddish Moore’sword Law states that computer that means, “God’sperformance fool.” Now doubles every 18 to 24 months, and ever since that common Yiddish word has come to mean 1971, this has been true. a bungler, dolt, or a hopelessly incompetent •person. HP, Google, Microsoft, and Apple were all Name it. started in garages. Answer: Schlemiel. Answer: Google, from googol.
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