Recent content by scuba05

Lost. Big time

LTYL: Riding whistler again today. so awesome. LTYH: Havin a decent off on a step-up, jumping the bars and hitting the ground like a sack of s***. LTYL: Well at least you got it on camera right? Yeah it was turned on. LTYH: Get back to the room, realised i had it set to take photos...

I'm going over to Whistler for 9 days on the mountain, followed by some time in Vancouver and then Contiki in SW USA (LA, Vegas etc.). I am going to be flying my bike down to LA, then storing it with these guys. USD12 a day, which could add up depending on how long you are going elsewhere for. I...

These still available?

You can just about scratch the mines off the list. Getting quite hard to get a job in the industry for unskilled work due to oversupply & 'cost-cutting' decisions being made. Not saying it's impossible, just difficult.

I just booked Camp of Champions yesterday night, and have been looking into the byo/hire bike situation. I am going to byo for a few reasons: 1) I know my bike pretty well, and will have it dialled in for my riding style before i get there. No rude surprises! 2) Hiring looks to be quite...

I'm going over to do Camp of Champions Camp C, July 13 - July 20 this year. I'll be going Air Canada direct Sydney-Vancouver, followed by transfer (inc in the camp). One-way is AUD1420. Carrying the bike will cost me CAD50+CAD20 for the extra bag (so 1 checked bag + 1 bike box will cost me...

That and they change the rounds they use. Instead of using supersonic munitions, they use subsonic (ie less grains of gunpowder). The silencer helps, but it is the ammo making the primary difference. I think mythbusters did something on it? Or was FPS Russia... Can't remember

Had a discussion at work the other day with my fellow Engineers, the question being: "Was mathematics invented or discovered". Seems simple enough right? My boss said mathematics has always been there, and is the only possible method to express the theories, thus it was discovered. I...

Sounds like your going to need VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) to do that job. I don't believe there is a function to check for any changes.

LTYL: Finishing a 1st draft of my engineering undergrad capstone report. A short 54000 words, 243 pages. LTYH: Having to edit 54000 words. I really feel sorry for the poor bastards I find to proof-read this report, and then the poor bastard who has to mark the whole thing. BTYL: That in...

Carol Vorderman. Watching 8 out of 10 cats on YouTube, and can't stop looking at her norks.

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Alfred Nobel invented Dynamite, and created the Nobel prize originally for peace because he realized what his invention was being used for (ie killing people). So yes, you are correct in saying that he created it out of guilt. That being said, the Physics prize went to Peter Higgs et al for...

I had more than a chuckle at some of the Ig Noble Prizes that have been awarded from the last 20 years. Full list of the winners is here. Couple of my favourites: 2012 Literature: The US Government General Accountability Office, for issuing a report about reports about reports that...