How Stuff Works

Jan 16, 2002 -- It was supposed to be a birthday gift for my son, but now that I've received the "How Stuff Works" CD and book, I'm not so sure he'll receive it.

Chapter Six, Unweaving the Web: what a chapter. If you want to know more about how Web pages, e-commerce, e-mail, cookies, search engines or cable modems work, it's all here in plain English with easy-to-understand illustrations.

Push in the CD and "enjoy the most popular source of information on the Web without being connected to the Web."

Some interesting facts.

* The Internet is comprised of more than four billion Web pages as of 2001.

* More than seven million Web pages are added to the Internet every day.

And non-Web stuff -- these are direct quotes:

* Software downloaded from a DVD can contain more information than software loaded from a CD-ROM. For example, an entire encyclopedia that can fit onto one DVD would require multiple CD-ROMs.

* Superheating can occur when you heat water in a microwave oven, especially in smooth glass containers. The temperature of the water rises well above the boiling point, but the water does not boil because the water heats uniformly and there are not imperfections in the galss to start the process...When you take the water out, it can boil explosively when you add something like coffee or sugar to it.

* Chocolate syrup, not blood, covered Janet Leigh in the famous "Psycho" shower scene.

* Cows can sleep standing up but can only dream when lying down.

Oh, there's so much more. And all for $39.95.

How Stuff Works

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