So some of the SciBlings have been playing with one of the newer "rate-your-impact" websites called QDos. (The Internet is such a narcissistic place.) Basically, through an algorithm I don't entirely understand, it calculates the impact factor of your name. You can then compare it to other names. Here is what happens when I compared it to religious leaders:
Sweet. I should totally start a religion or jihad or something.
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don't get ahead of yourself.
i'm willing to put money on the fact that more people are named jake young than osama bin laden.
happenstance? or britney spears?