Tidbits Grand Forks - April 7, 2016

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• He was animated by the same studio that had created the Pink Panther. Charlie’s goal was to be chosen Answer: Dell. by Starkist. He believed himself to be so cultured he had “good taste,” and A VERYthat LARGE NUMBER was the perfect catch for Starkist. Through• Edward Kasner was a mathematician. In 1938 out Charlie wasforal-a he his was85-commercial asked to comecareer, up with a name ways rejected with a note on a fish hook that very large number: the numeral one, followed said, point theyoung mesby a “Sorry, hundredCharlie.” zeros. HeThe asked hisoftwo sage was that StarKist wasn’t looking for nephews what name they would suggest. tuna good taste, but rathersuggested for tuna that • with Nine-year-old Milton a tasted name good. out of the funnies. A cartoon strip character named Barney was very Milton • The voice of Charlie the popular. Tuna was actor chose HerBarney’s last name for the number. schel Bernardi, known for his roles in the tele• vision Kasnerseries announced newand name for the He big “Peter the Gunn” “Arnie.” number nextof book, altering the spelling. was also in thehis voice the Jolly Green Giant. • Sixty years later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin • Charlie himself never said the popular catchdeveloped a new internet search engine. Other phrase Charlie,” buteach at thewebpage end of most search“Sorry engines searched and ofranked the ads, he said, “Tell ‘em Charlie ya.”a them according to how manysent times Both of these phrases are considered among specific term appeared on them, but Page and the recognized advertising in Brinmost designed their search engine toslogans search for the specific term and then find out how many history. links there were that led back to that page, • In 1963, StarKist was purchased by the H. which resulted in a better search engine. J. Heinz Company, although a Bogdanovich • descendant They decided they asneeded a name that remained company president. reflected how many websites the search During these years, a new manufacturing faengine was searching. They took the name cility was established in American Samoa. of Edward Kasner’s very large number, only StarKist was acquired by Del Monte in 2002, they misspelled it slightly, so it ended up being who soldexactly it againthejustsame four way yearsthe later to a spelled cartoon South Korean concern, Industries. character Barney spelledDongwon his last name. What’s it called? (Answer at bottom of page) • In the late 1980s, the Charlie ad campaign was COMPUTER retired. He enjoyed a briefFACTS comeback in 1999, • when In 1981 Bill Gates said, “640 memory StarKist brought him backkbtoofintroduce ought to be enough for anybody.” their new line of healthier tuna products. • Moore’s Law states that computer performance THANKS FOR READING doubles every 18 to 24 months,TIDBITS! and ever since 1971, this has been true. Nothing makes a man or • HP, Google, Microsoft, and body of menApple so madwere as theall truth. If there is no started in garages. truth in it they laugh Answer: Google, from googol. it off. - Will Rogers

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