Tidbits Grand Forks - February 11, 2016

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MUSICAL THREES (continued):

• Some of the most recognizable music in history was sung by the Brothers Gibb, or the BeeGee’s, as they called themselves. Their Answer: Dell. tight harmonies, vibrato, and falsetto sounds A VERY LARGE NUMBER were their signature during the disco era. Old•erEdward mathematician. 1938 brotherKasner Barry was andatwins Robin andInMauhe was asked to come up with a name for a rice began their career in 1958, signing their very large number: the numeral one, followed first contract had by arecord hundred zeros.inHe1963. askedThe his family two young moved from their native to Australia, nephews what name theyEngland would suggest. where the brothers were voted the Best Group • Nine-year-old Milton suggested a name ofout1966, with Barry Awinning Beat Songof the funnies. cartoon as strip character writer at just 17 years of age. Their 1977 Satnamed Barney was very popular. Milton chose urday Night sold 15 million Barney’s lastFever namesoundtrack for the number. copies and won Album of the Year,forwith • Kasner announced the new name the the big five of the songs making it to #1 on the charts. number in his next book, altering the spelling. The Gibbs composed half of 1978’s biggest • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin songs. Barrya new and internet Robin once wrote three #1 developed search engine. Other singles in one afternoon. Among the best-sellsearch engines searched each webpage and ing artiststhem of allaccording times, thetoBeeGee’s have hada ranked how many times sales of more 220 million records. Of and the specific term than appeared on them, but Page Brin designed their search engine to search for three, only Barry survives, Maurice having the specific term andproblems then findinout2003 howatmany died from intestinal 53, links there were that led back to that page, and his twin Robin succumbing to cancer in which resulted in a better search engine. 2012. • They decided they needed a name that • The Supremes in 1959 the reflected how started many out websites the as search Primettes in Detroit, Michigan. First foundengine was searching. They took the name edof as a quartet, the group consisted of high Edward Kasner’s very large number, only school friends from a housing project, Diana they misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being spelled exactly theand same the cartoon Ross, Mary Wilson, Bettyway McGlown, The character Barney his lasttalent name.contest What’s 15-year-olds won spelled a prestigious it called? at bottom of page)Records. and landed(Answer an audition with Motown COMPUTER In 1962, McGlown left theFACTS group, and they rea new Supremes. •mained In 1981a trio Billwith Gates said,name, “640The kb of memory By 1965, were stars. It ought to bethey enough for international anybody.” until they wereperformance known as •wasn’t Moore’s Law1967 statesthat that computer Diana Ross and The Supremes. The group is doubles every 18 to 24 months, and ever since on record 1971, this as hasAmerica’s been true. most successful vocal group, with 12 #1 singles the Billboard • HP, Google, Microsoft, andon Apple were all charts. final performance as the original startedTheir in garages. trio was Google, in 1970 from at Las Vegas’ Frontier Hotel. Answer: googol.

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