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unusual facts about St.GIGA


Yuko Anai

Between August 1995 and March 1996, Yuko was hired by St.GIGA to host the SoundLink Magazine, "King of After School" (放課後の王様, Houkago no Ousama?), for the Nintendo Satellaview once a week.


1140s in art

1140: Toba SōjōJapanese astronomer and artist-monk, said to be the artist of the famous picture scroll Chōjū-giga (born 1053)

Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga

Some think that Toba Sōjō created the scrolls; however, it is hard to verify this.

Giga-

The DeLorean time machine in the 1985 American science fiction film Back to the Future requires 1.21 gigawatts (pronounced "one point twenty-one gigawatts") of electrical power to travel through time, according to its inventor, Doc Brown.

Measuring network throughput

In this application, kilo, mega and giga are the standard S.I. prefixes indicating multiplication by 1,000 (kilo), 1,000,000 (mega), and 1,000,000,000 (giga).

New York Angels

Among the 75 Accredited Investor members of the invitation-only group are Gideon Gartner (Gartner Group and GIGA), Esther Dyson (Release 1.0 and PC Forum), Alan Patricof (Apax Ventures and Greycroft Partners), Scott Kurnit (About.com), Roger Ehrenberg (IA Capital), Jeff Stewart (Mimeo.com), Jon Whelan (AfterNIC.com), Linda Holliday (Digitas Health) and other technology entrepreneurs.

Poggio Sannita

In 1269, in the age of Anjou, Paolo de Giga, soldier, was made Baron of Caccavone by direct investment by Charles I of Anjou.


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