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Smoking Olympics Apparently seven out of ten athletes at the recent Peking olympic Games enjoyed a ciggie they seem to have set a few records tho ! Another smoking myth dispelled ! Reading I haven't blogged for a while as I've been catching up on my reading Here follows a list of books that i've read over the past month or so, yes i am a bit of an insomniac Thomas,the other gospel..............N.Perrin A review of present thomas scholarship. a stimulating read 9/10 Hiawatha.............LONGFELLOW epic poetry by a master craftsman 10/10 Cider with Rosie..............laurie lee a truly wonderful story of a childhood, perfectly realised in beautiful prose 10/10 Evening in the Palace of Reason....james Gaines this book is shite 0/10 surfeit of lampreys.........Ngaio Marsh surprisingly good whodunnit 7/10 39 steps......John Buchan cracking yarn 7/10 Tropic of Ruislip......Leslie Thomas well crafted nonsense 6/10 The adventures of Goodnight and loving......Leslie Thomas superior

The golden ratio, represented by the Greek letter, φ (phi), is equal to (sqrt(5)+1)/2. This number makes a very interesting base because of this special property: φ2 = φ + 1, which means 100φ = 011φ and 0200φ = 1001φ. These two rules can be applied in either direction against any sequence of consecutive digits in a base-φ number to put it in "standard form", which means no digits other than 0 or 1, and no two 1's in a row. In addition, the repeating decimal 0.101010... is equal to 1. 100φ = 011φ This relation can be applied anywhere in a base-φ number to handle most "carries" when adding. So, for example, 111.111 +111.111 -------- 222.222 is the result after doing the addition, but the "2" digits in the result aren't considered "normal form", so they must be reorganized into zeros and ones by "carrying" the digits to the left. Unlike integer base arithmetic, in which digits need to be carried only

Blog for 8th September 2008 Television The television licence costs just under £12 per month and give us the benefit of BBC televison programmes sans advertisements. ITV has advertising revenue and is therefore free-to-air Why then, do Sky and Virgin expect us to pay a monthly fee for 2nd rate repeats with advertising? Are they nuts? Why do the "5" channels not allow the aspect ratio to be adjusted on their broadcasts? FAMILY GUY: What is it about this programme? I've seen most of the episodes, and even with the ones that I haven't seen, it feels like I've seen them before THE RICHES Perhaps Minnie Driver should take up comedy, as she is being acted off the screen by Edie Izzard There is a new series on the BBC; It is called GLADIATRESS I expect better from the BBC It should of course be GLADIATRIX FREE INTERNET I have joined various internet survey sites, the revenue from which, exactly pays my monthly internet bill Karma the last week I earned £1 of Argos vo

Blog for 7th September 2008 Shopping Delights Somerfield, as always , never fails to offer tremendous savings this week's amazing offer ..Kebabs two for £1 or £3:50 each....Uh????? Sport As I write this Andrew Murray is two sets up against Nadal Altrincham 0-0 Salisbury AFC Advertisements and the "Stupid advert of the Year" award goes to ..Scotland..., THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON.... Don't people go to Scotland to get away from all that crap? Tesco.com........................Is there anything more annoying on our screens at the moment? The nearest Tesco to me is at least one hour's drive and is the size of a small corner shop State of the nation last year 100 britons a day migrated to Australia; since immigrants have to be under 45 with a trade... .this says something very profound about the state of Britain Alma Mater to my great surprise my old school finished 3rd in the co-ed section of the Times Public School league tables The rainy season has begun Se

MORNING PAPERS the sky was a deep indigo as i walked to the paper-shop (at 6 am !); I was convinced that today was Saturday, which is why I was buying the paper {free TV guide, magazine etc.} in the first place. The Good News my paper cost only 70p rather than £1:40, so I appear to have saved 70p; the bad news is that in reality I spent 70p that I should not normally have done. I could have saved 50p by walking up to campus, but a). the union shop isn't open that early [ change of tense ?] and b). it is deeply uncool to be seen on campus out of term time, people will assume that I actually work ! c) I don't normally buy Newspapers Tues-Friday All this means that I am probably, on a subconcious basis, eagerly expecting/ anticipating ( you decide )the new term. I'm not; I don't have any lectures, because a) I haven't been offered the work b) I am not taking any courses c) I am still officially on the sick

gilliam.meghan: qlxmp? john holmes: fuck off! gilliam.meghan: ò›×¥«whats up,æÌíùýaberjedÆäËÏâ john holmes: fuck off spammer gilliam.meghan: ñ¯ãéI'm Erika ã»ç•Ô john holmes: who the fuck is erika? gilliam.meghan: Ashlee Óý£¥ògave me ur info hope that was ok”åÁ¡Û john holmes: no i dont know any ashee...which part of fuck & off do you not understand ? Why i shall not mourn the demise of y360 i now blog on Ning & Blogge

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Sunday Bloggy Sunday Digital media So yesterday, I decided to spin a cd that I had bought about 3 or 4 years ago, 5 at the outside, and had played a mere handul of times. . ..it is so knacked as to be unplayable;and yet I bought it to ease wear & tear on my 45 year old vinyl recording.. . .so CD is less durable, It's digital, which is a less than perfect representation of the analogue ( even infinite word length & infinite oversampling only gets you back to the analogue)BRING BACK VINYL... .ahh but there is a snag isn't there CD was supposed to be cheap and nasty as people couldn't afford decent record players [then or now ].. . .OK so it seems that cheap and nasty digital media have their place.... ...BUT WHY OH WHY SWITCH OFF FM RADIO ???   FUCKING IIDJITS ! Olympian Coverage Is it me or have the recent games been and gone without anybody noticing ? There seems to have been little or no coverage......perhaps it is only my perception, as at the last game

Mega-Blog Sunday 17 August this blog entry might be somewhat dis-jointed , and make little sense. I am very good at verbal ranting, sermonizing etc., but when it comes to putting pen to paper I am lacking, which since I am in the middle of writing two books is a bit of a problem! When JFK said NO to Russian missiles in Cuba, the World gave a sharp intake of breath. Kennedy was right, and Kruchyev wrong. Now, the situation is reversed, and America wants to erect a "defensive" shield in Poland. This is the biggest dumbfuck of an idea that I have ever heard; there are pieces of dead wood that have more awareness than Bush. He makes Hitler seem like a reasonable guy who was just a little bit confused over the Jewish issue.The sooner somebody assassinates this guy, the safer will be this planet! Now the snivelling shits want to take over Afghanistan...as NATO isn't kicking enough butts...well now George old bean, let me tell you this; even Alexander the great got his ass kicke

Tuesday Night Tuesday is my "Telly night"....I'm not really a telly person , especially in Prom season, BUT once a week i like to vegetate in front of the idiot box 6pm .....Home improvement 7pm......BBC World News 7.30pm ..Batman 8pm.......STNG 9pm......Doc Martin 10pm....Smallville 11pm....Family Guy & so to bed with the intellect completely untaxed Post to: Blogger Not360Net tagged flickr yahoo360

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Your result for The LONG Scientific Personality Test... ENTP - The Inventor You scored 82% I to E, 16% N to S, 67% F to T, and 58% J to P! The single word that describes your type is "inventor", and you belong to the larger group called rationals. You love to tinker with things and come up with new ideas. You are outgoing and curious with an insatiable appetite for knowledge. You have no real desire to lead, only doing so if there is no other way. 2% of the population share your personality type. You are a flirtateous and energetic romantic partner, fun and engaging, always looking for something unusual to try. In your enthusiam, you may make promises you can't keep. Your competitive nature and need to be perceived as an expert can be daunting to a romantic partner at times. You so enjoy the tug of a good debate that sometimes you act as if you don't take anything seriously. You are usually very supportive and helpful to your mate,

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Walking through town today , I have been accosted by several of OXFAM's offensive young CHUGGERS OXFAM: A society formed by left-wing middle-class twats to assuage their feelings of guilt as they swig their Mouton-Cadet

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when Alan Hanson...when advertising for "Morrissons" can't actually say "Morrissons" but says " Moor Suns".. I ask you, can anyone understand a word ? People say Kilometres thus KEEL-OH-MEETERS rather than KILL- OM -ITERS...I should prefers it if they said MILES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. --Thomas Jefferson

Sir, Since your newspaper made the reckless decision to become a tabloid, I have noticed with horror the very poor standard of grammar by your columnists. There seems to be littl or no editorial supervision. Opinion:July 18 The headline reads " Is the greatest Russian Stalin or Nicholas ?" It should, of course, read " Is the greater Russian, Stalin or [ is it]Nicholas?" I should have thought that the average nine-year old would know better! This just one example of many. On a daily basis , I notice on average 100 "Illiteracies" in your newspaper. The Times used to be a flagship, particularly noted for both good usage and style. I now use your newspaper in key skills & basic skills classes to point out the infelicities of poor and often confusing grammar; whereas a few years ago I used it to illustrate good usage. I remain, John Holmes

Blog for 4th July Where has the year gone? trouble in the colonies?..Damned Yankies! more to the point; where is summer? I finally topped-up my internet account yesterday, after being locked out owing to password problems......now that I have data/ air-time , the network is down... DOH! EDIT......The Network IS NOT DOWN..THE STUPID CUNTS HAVE GIVEN ME MOBILE PHONE MINUTES.....PLUS THEY WON@T COVERT THEM>>>STUPID CUNTS WANT ME TO PAY TWICE>>I SHALL TAKE THE BASTARDS TO COURT AND BAD MOUTH THEM OVER THE NET>>>>>THEIR MARKETING NOUS SEEMS TO BE NON_EXISTANT...I've written to the MD suggesting they dont site their call-centre in the sub-continent...and give them authority to rfund....HOW DO THESE STUPID BASTARDS STAY IN FUCKING BUSINESS? am i a real-life Arthur Dent_________pay your bill and get cut off!!!!! Science faction (sic) It is 4:45 a.m. , I shall go for a walk assuming that most of the drunks are either in bed or in the gutter why does the netw

SATURDAY IN ABERYSTWYTH You can tell it's a summer saturday in Aber by the throb of motor-cycles arriving from all directions; A lot of them are high-powered modern machines, but by far the majority are Classics from the 60's. Their deep-throated roar takes me back to the days when I was an under-graduate in Hull, where Roger , a guy on my landing, had two beautiful Velocettes, which had the incredible ability to take corners at near horizontal Quite why these motor-cyclists choose to come to Aberystwyth is beyond me; It's a dump!The beer is both dear and queer; It's full of bloody Brummies, and there is nothing to do unless you enjoy second-rate boozers.It must be the ride here that has its appeal. Tele-visual/ Radio-phonic Blues I am very annoyed by commentators on both the telly and the wireles continually using metric measures such as kilo-metres and metres. WE LIVE IN BRITAIN NOT EUROPE it is YARDS &amp MILES POLICE CONDONE ILLEGAL PARKING IN ABERYSTWYTH eac

tough on crime the government's continued response to crime is to legislate, legislate and legislate when will they get it through their thick heads...the perpetrators of crime are criminals; criminals have no regard for the law; ergo it is pointless to legislate against them.....laws are for people who have no need of them Thursday June 26, 2008 - 04:09pm (BST) Edit | Delete | Permanent Link | 0 Comments Government gets tough on Mugabe That'll shew that Mgabe rotter who's boss.....we won't let the swine play in our game of cricket next summer..........NA NA NE NA NA Tags: | Edit Tags Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 02:56pm (BST) Edit | Delete | Permanent Link | 0 Comments Government gets tough on Mugabe or PLEASE CAN I HAVE MY BALL BACK ? That 'll shew that evil despot Mgabe what's what !..........We won't let the rotter play cricket with us...na na ne na na Tags: | Edit Tags Wednesday June 25, 2008 - 02:53pm (BST) Edit

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