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1st July 2004, 11:04 AM #691
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True. It was Paul Dengate, a lecturer in an Audio Engineering course I did.
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1st July 2004, 11:08 AM #692
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No way could I have found that on Google
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1st July 2004, 11:20 AM #693
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Yeah, wasn't really fair was it. Just reminded me of it when you said "why is it so?"
Whose turn was it?"I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."
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1st July 2004, 11:35 AM #694
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Here's a computer geek question.
What significant anniversary in the history of computing occurred last week?
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1st July 2004, 04:21 PM #695
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No takers eh?
Go here for the answer:
http://www.computerworld.com.au/inde...26646&eid=-116
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1st July 2004, 04:29 PM #696
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Sorry Craig, been doing my best for the last 10 years to forget all about IBM mainframes
BTW how did you find a browser to run on a 3270 terminal
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1st July 2004, 04:53 PM #697
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It's all text
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1st July 2004, 04:56 PM #698
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Another question then. An easy one this time.
We use it all the time but what actually is a Google ?
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1st July 2004, 05:09 PM #699
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It's actually a googol, and it's ten to the power of one hundred - named by the 9-year-old (I think) daughter of a mathematician, and meaning "bigger than anything I can imagine." A googolplex is 10 to the power of googol.
Cogito cogito, cogito ergo sum
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1st July 2004, 05:15 PM #700
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What did the two missiles turn into when the infinite improbability drive was activated?
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1st July 2004, 05:36 PM #701
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As I recall it was a bowl of petunias and a sperm whale, but they didn't last long.....
but that was a few pangalacticgargleblasters ago...
Trillion.
So how did Arthur's girlfriend Fenchurch get her name?
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1st July 2004, 06:01 PM #702
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You wouldn't believe how bored you can get in the ticket queue at Fenchurch St Station...
What is the current speed record for a train, and which train was it?Cogito cogito, cogito ergo sum
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1st July 2004, 06:48 PM #703
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My guess would be that it was one of those maglev jobbies
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7th July 2004, 08:29 PM #704
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The one that does over 400 clicks? Don't know if I'd care to be in a train in China travelling at that speed.
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8th July 2004, 09:36 AM #705
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So has the popularity of the Quiz Time thread dropped off?
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