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World Record Texting

World Record Texting 05/06/2004 12:55 PM
It's amazing the sort of stuff they keep track of for world records these days. However, for the "thumb generation" there's a new standard to aspire to. Already considered the world's fastest text message writer, James Trusler, has set a new world record for speed texting on his mobile phone by tapping out "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human." in 67 seconds. The article doesn't get into the (oh so important) details like what type of phone he used and whether it had helpful software like T9 to make texting faster. Of course, how do you judge such records when the technology is always changing? Is it fair to compare someone texting on a regular keypad against someone using a full Treo keyboard? What about the new DigitWireless phones with letter keys spaced between the number keys? There are going to be a lot of sub-categories for this record set.

World texting record

World texting record 06/29/2004 05:48 AM
A Singaporean woman has set a world record for mobile-phone texting, keying in the benchmark phrase (below) in 43.24 seconds, without the benefit of any predictive text utilities.

The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.

Link (via Waxy)

New Year's texting breaks record

New Year's texting breaks record 01/05/2005 11:52 AM
A record 133m text message were set on New Year's Eve, bringing the total for 2004 to over 25bn.

Mac users passion sets them apart

Mac users passion sets them apart 10/29/2003 02:21 AM
"People have PCs that do everything they want them to do, but they just don’t love them. But we (Mac users) are passionate" Steve Wozniak said last night at a Mac user group gathering. According to the Rochester Democrat and Chroncle, Wozniak discussed the relative scarcity of viruses and security concerns for the Mac platform, and the loyalty of Macintosh users, which he compared to the fierce loyalty shown by Harley-Davidson riders.

SPAM Sets New Record

SPAM Sets New Record 09/20/2004 02:48 AM
Anti-spam solution provider OnlyMyEmail.com reports another all-time high in spam emails sent to their clients. [PRWEB Sep 20, 2004]

HP sets revenue record in Q2

HP sets revenue record in Q2 05/18/2004 07:22 PM
More than just a printing face

Internet2 sets new speed record

Internet2 sets new speed record 04/21/2004 04:56 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 21 2004 9:43AM GMT

Ind. Man Sets Continuous Bowling Record
(AP)

Ind. Man Sets Continuous Bowling Record
(AP) 12/31/2003 06:15 AM
AP - Gene Wethington's quest to bowl for the longest continuous stretch on record left his fingers swollen as he borrowed lighter balls and larger holes were drilled for him.

Electron microscope sets record

Electron microscope sets record 09/21/2004 10:32 AM
globetechnology.com Sep 21 2004 1:55PM GMT

Online shopping sets record

Online shopping sets record 12/30/2003 06:14 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 30 2003 5:08AM ET

'Fockers' Sets Christmas Day Record (AP)

'Fockers' Sets Christmas Day Record (AP) 12/26/2004 08:15 PM
AP - Millions of Americans went shopping for comedy this weekend, giving the star-studded "Meet the Fockers" the record for the best single Christmas Day box office take. The sequel, reuniting Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro and adding Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand as Stiller's parents, earned $44.7 million over the holiday weekend according to studio estimates.

Internet Advertising Sets New Record

Internet Advertising Sets New Record 05/24/2004 09:51 PM
Search Engine Lowdown May 25 2004 1:55AM GMT

Man Sets Record With 157 Squibs on Body
(AP)

Man Sets Record With 157 Squibs on Body
(AP) 04/18/2005 06:26 PM
AP - A man has set a Guinness world record for the most squibs to be set off on a human body. On April 11, his 35th birthday, Mike Daugherty donned a wet suit with 160 squibs riveted to it. Squibs are similar to blasting caps and are used to simulate gunshots in movies.

kobayashi sets a world record

kobayashi sets a world record 07/04/2004 08:07 PM
the world has never seen a greater eater

Lara sets Test record

Lara sets Test record 04/12/2004 11:18 AM
Brian Lara hits the highest score in Test history as the West Indies set a huge total against England in Antigua.

Amazon sets one-day sales record

Amazon sets one-day sales record 12/27/2004 05:31 PM
The Seattle retailer said it logged orders of 2.8 million units on its busiest day, or about 32 items per second worldwide, boosted by shoppers flocking to the site to snap up iPods and books.

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Sets Documentary
Record (AP)

'Fahrenheit 9/11' Sets Documentary
Record (AP) 06/27/2004 02:48 PM
AP - Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" took in a whopping $21.8 million in its first three days, becoming the first documentary ever to debut as Hollywood's top weekend film.

Electronic Tax Filing Sets Record

Electronic Tax Filing Sets Record 04/12/2004 04:56 AM
Tax collectors are seeing a spike in electronically filed tax returns. Most are from home computers and many are using the free IRS software, indicating growing trust in IRS online security.

Tway Sets Record by Making 12 on Par-3
(AP)

Tway Sets Record by Making 12 on Par-3
(AP) 03/28/2005 01:40 PM
AP - Former PGA champion Bob Tway set a dubious record Monday by hitting four balls into the water and making a 12 on the par-3 17th island green at The Players Championship.

Kobayashi Sets Record for Hot Dog Eating
(AP)

Kobayashi Sets Record for Hot Dog Eating
(AP) 07/04/2004 05:23 PM
AP - For the fourth straight year, rail-thin Takeru "The Tsunami" Kobayashi chewed up the competition at the Nathan's Famous hot dog eating contest Sunday, breaking his own previous world record.

The Times sets its WMD record straight

The Times sets its WMD record straight 05/26/2004 02:59 AM
Stay up late on the West Coast and you get tomorrow's New York Times today. Tonight brings a long "From the Editors" note that reconsiders the WMD hysteria that marked some of its prewar coverage and marred its reputation:

"It is still possible that chemical or biological weapons will be unearthed in Iraq, but in this case it looks as if we, along with the administration, were taken in. And until now we have not reported that to our readers."

"We consider the story of Iraq's weapons, and of the pattern of misinformation, to be unfinished business. And we fully intend to continue aggressive reporting aimed at setting the record straight."

For the Times, this transparency thing is still very new. And admitting that major stories that helped launch an ill-conceived war were at best careless and at worst fraudulent is a painful thing for any journalistic enterprise. But admitting mistakes is the first step toward preventing their recurrence.

Now if we can only get our president to understand that principle. Instead, here he is solemnly announcing, in his speech last night, that "Iraq is now the central front in the war on terror." Sure it is. How did it get that way? It wasn't such a front before we invaded. Our mistakes -- Bush's mistakes -- opened another front for bin Ladenism to exploit.

Will Saletan in Slate has a smart deconstruction of the strange rhetoric in Bush's speech that omits any acknowledgment of missteps and all reference to his own agency in the unfolding Iraq disaster. Bush hasn't done anything; instead, "history is moving." It would be funny if there weren't so many lives already lost, and more on the line.

Holiday e-shopping sets record

Holiday e-shopping sets record 12/29/2003 06:48 PM
Online spending, excluding travel, reached a record $15.8 billion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 19, according to the most recent "eSpending" survey by Goldman Sachs, Harris Interactive and Nielsen/NetRatings.

Colts Win As Manning Sets TD Pass Record
(AP)

Colts Win As Manning Sets TD Pass Record
(AP) 12/26/2004 06:42 PM
AP - Peyton Manning wanted the win more than the record. He got both. Manning rallied his Indianapolis Colts from a 15-point deficit in the final quarter, throwing his record-breaking 49th touchdown of the season to help tie the game in the last minute of regulation, and then led the winning drive in overtime as the Colts defeated San Diego 34-31 Sunday.

Construction spending sets record in
April

Construction spending sets record in
April 06/02/2004 12:44 AM
Seattletimes.nwsource.com - Tue Jun 1, 06:21 pm GMT

Electronic Filing of Taxes Sets Record
(AP)

Electronic Filing of Taxes Sets Record
(AP) 04/09/2004 03:57 PM
AP - Taxpayers have been filing electronic tax returns in record numbers, the Internal Revenue Service reported one week before the April 15 filing deadline.

Internet2 experiment sets speed record

Internet2 experiment sets speed record 09/05/2004 11:28 AM

A group of scientests working on Internet2 set a record for fast data transmission between the California Institute of Technology and CERN .

The team, which included folks from AMD, Cisco, Microsoft Research, Newisys, and S2io, transferred 859 gigabytes of data in less than 17 minutes. It did so at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second (define) between the CERN facility in Geneva, Switzerland, and Caltech in Pasadena, Calif., a distance of more than 15,766 kilometers, or approximately 9,800 miles.

(thanks to Suzanne Bonefas )

Singaporean sets SMS world speed record

Singaporean sets SMS world speed record 06/28/2004 06:33 AM
The Register Jun 28 2004 10:57AM GMT

Gasoline Pump Price Sets Record

Gasoline Pump Price Sets Record 04/17/2004 09:50 PM
Reuters via Wired News Apr 18 2004 1:35AM GMT

Japanese Train Sets A Speed Record Of
581 kph

Japanese Train Sets A Speed Record Of
581 kph 12/03/2003 07:32 AM
Azuma writes "Last night, on December 2, a high-speed Japanese train set a new record of 581 kph, breaking its own previous record. The new Maglev high speed ...

Cisco sets world record with new router

Cisco sets world record with new router 07/05/2004 06:19 AM
CommsTrade Jul 5 2004 10:02AM GMT

A $104.1 Million Picasso Sets a Record
at Auction

A $104.1 Million Picasso Sets a Record
at Auction 05/06/2004 10:09 AM
A rare Rose Period Picasso, "Boy With a Pipe (The Young Apprentice)," sold for $104.1 million on Wednesday, eclipsing the world record set in 1990.

Golf: Singh sets earnings record

Golf: Singh sets earnings record 09/27/2004 01:18 AM
Vijay Singh leads from start to finish to win the 84 Lumber Classic and eclipse Tiger Woods' season earnings record.

Hitachi headstand sets new HD density
record

Hitachi headstand sets new HD density
record 04/05/2005 03:50 AM
Magnetic recording is good for another decade

GOP sets fund-raising record at event

GOP sets fund-raising record at event 05/05/2004 05:06 PM

Electronic Filing of Taxes Sets Record

Electronic Filing of Taxes Sets Record 04/09/2004 05:20 PM
AP via Daily Press Apr 9 2004 9:40PM GMT

Nets Coach Sets Record for Best Start
(AP)

Nets Coach Sets Record for Best Start
(AP) 02/18/2004 10:51 PM
AP - The NBA record for the best start to a coaching career now belongs to a 33-year-old who was not good enough to play for his high school team.

IBM's Blue Gene Sets New Record

IBM's Blue Gene Sets New Record 03/24/2005 08:10 PM

That's a lotta flippin' flops:

The teraflops are popping as IBM's Blue Gene performs 135.3 trillion floating point operations per second running benchmark software.

An IBM supercomputer clocked as the world's fastest has surpassed its own speed record, the Energy Department reported Thursday.

Via InformationWeek.

Tennessee's Summitt Sets NCAA Win Record
(AP)

Tennessee's Summitt Sets NCAA Win Record
(AP) 03/23/2005 12:08 AM
AP - Pat Summitt stands alone at the top of NCAA basketball. The Tennessee coach broke Dean Smith's career victory record Tuesday night, getting No. 880 in the Lady Vols' 75-54 win over Purdue in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Private spaceship sets altitude record

Private spaceship sets altitude record 05/17/2004 09:01 AM

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