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  1. Re:I estimate that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on How Well Do You Estimate?

    beter than miss universe when her skirt fell off of her on television when she had a wardrobe misestimation

  2. Re:From a Canberran .. by Currawong · · Score: 1 · on Bushfires Destroy Historic Mt. Stromlo Observatory
    I put up a map (albeit an old one, missing the new northern Gunghalin suburbs) to show some friends who don't live in Canberra what we were all talking about when we said this and that suburb were toasted. Basically, the fire was being blown in from the west, and a number of suburbs on that side of the town, also blowing ash over 100km (60+ miles) away. IIf the wind hadn't changed, it might have toasted half the city (there is a high density of trees all through).

    More significantly, the water processing and sewerage treatment plans were both knocked out, threatening to cause the flow of sewerage into water storage facilities. Imagine the capital of Australia with no fresh water or sewerage for a minute.

    Anyway, Mount Stromlo, which was destroyed, is visible on the map, and i've included a section of the Bush Fire Brigade Map which shows the region and the fires.

    Updates on the situation can be found here.

  3. Re:just A/UX, no big secret by Currawong · · Score: 1 · on Apple Unix Before Mac OS X

    ... yes, and it was a damn shame that it ran only on 68k macs. We managed to get a copy and ran it on an old Quadra - imagine a System 7 version of OS X and you get the rough idea. It's a pity they didn't port it to PPC. If someone pesters me enough, I might upload some pics, if what you saw at As The Apple Turns didn't satisfy your curiosity.