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  1. Re:Who named them buckyballs on It Came From Beyond ... In Buckyballs! · · Score: 1

    There is the another molecule but with remarkable properties - it seems to absorb energy which completely disappears - defying the law of conservation of mass/energy. So as you pump more and more energy into it you have less and less to show. It also seems to repel other molecules called 'customerines'. Some bizarre porperties. Oh, the name of the molecule? MillieniumDomeazine.

    (for all u merkins out there - forget it) *grin*

    Liam
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  2. Re:Two issues on A Free, High Quality On-Line University? · · Score: 1

    ok - bloody bad form following up ur own post, but I have another point to add - this times it's a plus for an online uni.

    I could be an idea for post-grads that want to do something that is not available at the uni that they are at - and they're not _really_ prepared to travel to another uni after settling in the town that they currently reside


    Captain SpankMunki
  3. Two issues on A Free, High Quality On-Line University? · · Score: 1

    1) Credibility. If I were an employer, I wouldn't trust an online Uni as far as I could throw them. Excuse me for not sounding like I 'move with the times' or any of that crap. But as a credible source - My trust would be better placed in a distance learning institute for a valid degree more than some online affair.

    2) The whole uni issue is not just a 'Clock up 320 points and gain a degree thing' for 99% of us it's 3 years of socialising/learning/getting drunk, so where an online school may give the technical skills (unlikely) your social skills will resemble those of a hermit - with a skin colour to match.

    Ok,ok - I'm not saying that an online distance learner will spend all their time inside - but the social skills will remain/become absolute pants.

    Lots of employers are looking for those that not only have the technical ability, but can also talk/interact as a member of a team. Fair dos - many engineers have slipped through the net and sit in a corner by themselves and consider themselves a guru in some field, but we're looking at the bigger picture here.


    Captain SpankMunki
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  4. Familiar Surroundings on Release of Interbase Beta For Linux · · Score: 1

    As someone who is just switching from Windooze to a far superiour product *Crowd goes wild at the meer suggestion of Linux* it's good to have some familiar stuff around to buffer my transition.

    I shall be looking back in here to check the reviews and comments.

    Will InterBase get shipped with the Linux versions of Borland DEs?

    Cheers,
    Captain SpankMunki
  5. [OT]Big posts (Was:Re:The Internet and Democracy) on Keep It Legal To Embarrass Big Companies · · Score: 1

    As informative as it was, a synopsis and a link to the rest of the article may have been a better idea.

    Interesting stuff tho :)

    Captain SpankMunki
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    If in trouble, or in doubt,
    Run in circles, scream and shout.
  6. Maybe not! (Was:Alas.....) on 3D LCD's for Sale · · Score: 1
    Copied from BBC's Tommorow's World

    Unlike traditional three dimensional (3D) television, which uses two cameras simultaneously to give a sense of perspective, this new system uses just one camera, but with a special lens, made up from 2500 tiny micro-lenses. These micro-lenses split the picture into thousands of tiny images, each with a slightly different view of the object. This means the camera is filming from hundreds and hundreds of different angles, all at the same time.


    I have a dominant eye, so I don't use stereoscopic vision. But I saw this on the program and the picture on the 3D TV showed a few geometric shapes at different depths. They moved the camera dolly sideways and it looked like it was completely 3D.


    Another interesting link is: NHK Research labs

    Captain SpankMunki
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    When in danger, or in doubt,
    Run in circles, scream and shout

  7. Guy with the watersports fetish (WAS:-Re:REMINDER) on Linux-based Internet Radio Appliance · · Score: 1

    I think such information is best posted in your usual haunt... alt.sex.stories.watersports.cock-jockies.
    ;)

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    If I had one euro for every witty sig that I wrote, I would have enough for a small bottle of French beer

  8. Another to add on The Nine Continents of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Teen-Net... all the lame AOLers that hang about in chatrooms trying their first taste of cyber.... :) -- Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage.

  9. Re:the oracle scene is my favorite on The Matrix Movie Now in a College Course · · Score: 1

    Or maybe Sol's bid was higher than Budweiser ;)

  10. Re:Slightly OT: Best first Discworld book on Pratchett's 'Good Omens' On The Big Screen · · Score: 1

    The first of the series is The Colour of Magic, starring Rincewind, Twoflower et al. It really is worth a read and a good place to start your collection, which I am sure you will after you read it :)