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infinite sonnets

Does anyone know anything about the French (I think they were French) Mathematicians who constructed a way to make an infinite arrangement of sonnets from a limited text?
12:17 Fri 06th Jan 20061 answer, last by GruntFuttock 13:16 Fri 06th Jan 2006
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Heroin addict

Bit of a long shot this one. Does anyone remember a documentary advertised on C4 about a black American journalist who was investigating the lives of heroin addicts? He decided to try the drug himself...
11:10 Mon 19th Dec 20052 answers, last by myron21 13:59 Mon 19th Dec 2005
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the 100 dollar laptop

Just seen images of MITs new laptop for the poor costing a mere 100 usd. I must say it looks very good, does anybody know will they be available in western countries, I dont see any mention anywhere...
16:35 Thu 17th Nov 20053 answers, last by kaktus 16:58 Fri 18th Nov 2005
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Photons

I read an article about Cern in Switzerland, where scientists fired a photon at two slits to see which one it would go through, it went through both at the same time, apparently jumping a dimension in...
14:08 Wed 16th Nov 20054 answers, last by Trillipse 13:14 Wed 23rd Nov 2005
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Digital Sender

If I get a large document sent to me via a digital sender (its kind of a high speed scanner) is it easy to change the format, save it to floppy, hard disk etc. Many thanks in advance.
11:31 Wed 16th Nov 2005
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The deer hunter

Watched the deer hunter last night. Is there any sort of factual basis for all that russian roulette nonsense or is it just pure fantasy, personally I found the film to be a self aggrandising...
10:13 Tue 15th Nov 20058 answers, last by OBonio 14:39 Tue 15th Nov 2005
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Microsoft outlook

I was just wondering what is the capacity of microsoft outlook. I have a large enough hard disk with about 10 gigs of free space. could outlook hold say 100 thousand emails of average size?
12:20 Tue 08th Nov 20052 answers, last by Buenchico 15:00 Tue 08th Nov 2005
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How many megatons

After watching a documentary on Hiroshima, I was just wondering what are the destructive capabilities of the largest Nuclear weapons in the world today, i.e whats is the largest area that could be...
17:41 Tue 09th Aug 20055 answers, last by chris-n-vick 14:50 Fri 12th Aug 2005
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Trachtenberg method for basic maths

Does anyine have any experience  of it?  Is it worth learning, is it a good idea to teach it to kids, or is the whole thing just a bit of a novelty, thats best left alone?
17:16 Wed 03rd Aug 20053 answers, last by Peter Pedant 22:55 Wed 03rd Aug 2005
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Secrets of the sexes

Secrets of the sexes was on BBC1 last night.  I missed the start of the program.  There was a young couple on it who were experiencing marital problems, on of them had had an affair, I was...
12:16 Mon 01st Aug 20052 answers, last by Gevs1966 17:57 Mon 01st Aug 2005
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Women drivers top gear

I will never say anything about women drivers again.  Anyone see Sabin driving the Transit on Top Gear last night?  She was absolutely amazing, I am delighted she is going to feature in the...
14:57 Mon 11th Jul 20055 answers, last by Zen 16:24 Tue 12th Jul 2005
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Had it. Lost it

I have a friend and she says she has noticed how attitudes towards her have changed as she has got older and put on weight i.e.  strangers are not half as nice and eager to please as they...
12:32 Sun 10th Jul 200510 answers, last by angel1978 14:49 Mon 11th Jul 2005
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Popular Science books

Is there anyone out there like me, who likes popular science books?  And if so what are your favourites?  I have read books by Paul Davies, Marcus Chown, Karl Sagan, John Allen Paulos...
18:03 Wed 22nd Jun 20055 answers, last by WaldoMcFroog 10:59 Fri 24th Jun 2005
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Hyena's and Pit Bulls

This is a little bit off the wall, but did anyone see a documentary (shown recently on BBC2) where they showed a clip of an African town and a lot of the guys had Hyena' s with heavy duty chains...
20:21 Thu 16th Jun 20057 answers, last by rinkytink 15:02 Fri 24th Jun 2005
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play title

I remember watching a play on bbc2 years ago about three people who were in hell, one was a coward, one a lesbian and the other was a woman who had killed her child, they were trapped in a what...
20:19 Wed 08th Jun 20053 answers, last by myron21 19:57 Thu 09th Jun 2005
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the league of gentlemen

Has anybody seen the new league of gentlemen film?  God what a dissapointment.  I cant understand how they created such a brilliant tv show, and the film just fell apart, I didnt laugh once,...
20:38 Tue 07th Jun 20056 answers, last by acw 11:23 Wed 08th Jun 2005
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White horses

My friend sent me a picture of an album cover.  It depicts several white horses (big budweiser style clydesdales), running through what appears to be some sort of meadow.  Any idea who the...
17:48 Thu 02nd Jun 20052 answers, last by myron21 20:38 Thu 02nd Jun 2005
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Thoroughly modern

Does anybody know the name of the pianist who sings 1920s style songs e.g. 'puttin on the Ritz' etc.  He's really good and evokes a feeling of the period.  He is relatively well known. ...
18:33 Tue 31st May 20055 answers, last by myron21 20:34 Tue 31st May 2005
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vc

Has anybody who won a Victoria Cross ever been dishonourably discharged from the Army/Navy etc.
20:43 Wed 25th May 20055 answers, last by Peter Pedant 00:33 Mon 30th May 2005

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