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  1. scuba05

    You laugh you lose

    Lost. Big time
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    Little Things You Hate

    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...
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    Whistler 2014!!

    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...
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    Sold

    These still available?
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    The stupid questions thread.

    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.
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    Whistler 2014!!

    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...
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    Whistler 2014!!

    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...
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    The stupid questions thread.

    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
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    A science nerd thread.

    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...
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    The stupid questions thread.

    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.
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    Little Things You Love

    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...
  12. scuba05

    Guilty Attractions

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

    10 char
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    Little Things You Hate

    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...
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    You laugh you lose

    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...
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    Little Things You Hate

    Nothing works straight away. Ever. If it does, it just means the things that are wrong are minor.... Cheap ebay MCU? Geez, i wouldnt ever buy components off there. Shit, I wont even buy from Jaycar. I've spent about $2000 on components, and $800 on boards for this project. Thankfully work...
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    Little Things You Hate

    I hated learning C, which turned me right off digital electronics. Come to designing a board using digital chips, I actually started to enjoy it. Now my capstone uses a big 64pin micro to control a heap of other stuff, and I dont hate coding anymore. What I do hate is spending 4hrs trying...
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    The election thread - Two middle-late aged white men trying to be blokey and convincing..., same old shit, FFS.

    pharmaboy, I suggest you read about the potential benefits and case-studies about cities across the globe which have installed FTTP, and the HUGE economic benefits that it has provided. Don't just think the internet is for downloading porn. This is what Abbott and Turnbull think it is for...
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    You laugh you lose

    Neither did I... Probably been posted before, but oh well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIesCd4I4hU
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    The election thread - Two middle-late aged white men trying to be blokey and convincing..., same old shit, FFS.

    When I go into the the voting booth next Saturday, and draw a giant dick-and-balls on the page. Does anyone get the $2.54 or however much it is that the parties get for each vote? Or do they all get screwed, and I have saved the government $2.54? Whilst I genuinely care about what happens in...
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