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  • S SimonS

    Isn't there a name for this theory where you can't actually measure anything without taking away from it's value? I'm sure I remember hearing about it at varsity, but can't remember. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

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    You mean "The Uncertainty Principle" of Heisenberg? -- karl

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      SimonS wrote: Soapbox!!!!! Ooohh k, when I said Prep hamster I was thinking more like "Attach helmet, give last rights, last celery, smooth fur" etc. What on Earth were you thinking? :rolleyes:

      Paul Watson
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      Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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      Paul Watson wrote: What on Earth were you thinking? Err....nothing. :~ When you said "prep" I thought you meant badwordwouldgohere;-p. I love SPAN. SPAN, SPAN, SPAN and beans. Still think they should drop either SPAN or DIV in XHTML. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

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        You mean "The Uncertainty Principle" of Heisenberg? -- karl

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        Seems pretty close. Thanks. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

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          Paul Watson wrote: What on Earth were you thinking? Err....nothing. :~ When you said "prep" I thought you meant badwordwouldgohere;-p. I love SPAN. SPAN, SPAN, SPAN and beans. Still think they should drop either SPAN or DIV in XHTML. Cheers, Simon "I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers. animation mechanics in SVG       (latest pic 1) (latest pic 2)

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          SimonS wrote: Still think they should drop either SPAN or DIV in XHTML Nooo. SPAN and DIV are used for different things. SPAN is an inline-text element while DIV is a block element. If you are using SPAN as block elements then you should be using DIVs rather. I agree they can seem to overlap but they should not be confused or used for the same thing. SimonS wrote: When you said "prep" I thought you meant badwordwouldgohere;-p Wow, I am stumped. I can't think of a single bad word that starts with prep. Prepare. Preposition. etc. but nothing wrong, evil or bestialic.

          Paul Watson
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          Cape Town, South Africa

          Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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            Colin Davies wrote: What is the best way of measuring a true vacuum ? Take one beloved pet hamster*. Create a one-way portal into the vacuum space. Get a potato gun with a diameter equal to the one-way portal. Prep hamster. Spray aerosol into base of potato gun. Place hamster in the opening of potato gun. Ram hamster down to base of potato gun. Place potato gun at opening to portal. Light blue touch paper and retire. * Gerbils are not effective. Must be a hamster.

            Paul Watson
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            Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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            I know a guy that did something similar to this. He caught a mouse in a trap and tried to shoot it through a paintball gun. Apparently the mouse didn't want to go into the firing chamber so the loading mechanism cut the mouse in half leaving half of the mouse in the ammo dispenser, half of the mouse flying, and blood and guts everywhere. Kindof cruel, but I thought it was funny when I heard about it. Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

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            • B Brad Jennings

              I know a guy that did something similar to this. He caught a mouse in a trap and tried to shoot it through a paintball gun. Apparently the mouse didn't want to go into the firing chamber so the loading mechanism cut the mouse in half leaving half of the mouse in the ammo dispenser, half of the mouse flying, and blood and guts everywhere. Kindof cruel, but I thought it was funny when I heard about it. Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

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              Brad Jennings wrote: so the loading mechanism cut the mouse in half leaving half of the mouse in the ammo dispenser, half of the mouse flying, and blood and guts everywhere. Kindof cruel, but I thought it was funny when I heard about it. X| Ok my hamster joke was very much a joke and I would never do it in real life. But like you I have had friends who would not hesitate to try a hamster in a potato gun or a mouse in a paintball gun. Not my thing really, stick to fiction I shall. Actually one friend shot a pigeon in the head with his .22 once. I got so pissed off I shot him in the thigh. Pellet went in a few centimetres, nothing serious but he made sure never to shoot anything defenseless around me again.

              Paul Watson
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              Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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              • D David Stone

                Nishant S wrote: It';s like cyanide. no one knows what it tastes like. all the ones who tasted it are dead :omg: I never thought about that before!


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                David Stone wrote: never thought about that before! thats because hes wrong Bryce

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                  What is the best way of measuring a true vacuum ? Regardz Colin J Davies

                  Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                  I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

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                  I think you should first worry about finding true vacuum. :) -- Uh huh. Yeah.

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                    Colin Davies wrote: What is the best way of measuring a true vacuum ? Take one beloved pet hamster*. Create a one-way portal into the vacuum space. Get a potato gun with a diameter equal to the one-way portal. Prep hamster. Spray aerosol into base of potato gun. Place hamster in the opening of potato gun. Ram hamster down to base of potato gun. Place potato gun at opening to portal. Light blue touch paper and retire. * Gerbils are not effective. Must be a hamster.

                    Paul Watson
                    Bluegrass
                    Cape Town, South Africa

                    Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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                    Paul Watson wrote: Take one beloved pet hamster*. paul, i'm not sure i want to know what u japies get up to with your hampsters! bryce btw do u know matthew Duploy from Capetown? or the family who runs a small housestay/vineyard outide of capetown?

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                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                      I think you should first worry about finding true vacuum. :) -- Uh huh. Yeah.

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                      Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I think you should first worry about finding true vacuum. true, if you see one let me know. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

                      Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                      I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

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                        Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I think you should first worry about finding true vacuum. true, if you see one let me know. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies

                        Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                        I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

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                        Every monday morning at 8 am there's this vacuum in my head. Maybe it's true vacuum. :) -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see my cry, I wanna die

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                        • N Nish Nishant

                          The moment you measure it it ceases to be a vacuum, so what;s the point. It';s like cyanide. no one knows what it tastes like. all the ones who tasted it are dead Nish


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                          I know what cyanide tastes like. It.... tas...te.s.. li..ke...... -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see me cry, I wanna die

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                          • C Chris Losinger

                            actually, it tastes like bitter almonds. http://www.chem.yale.edu/~chem125/125/history99/4RadicalsTypes/radicals1832-40/benzoyltaste.html


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                            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                            Do you know why it's so lethal? What is its primary effect on the body? I'm curious... :) -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see me cry, I wanna die

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                              SimonS wrote: Soapbox!!!!! Ooohh k, when I said Prep hamster I was thinking more like "Attach helmet, give last rights, last celery, smooth fur" etc. What on Earth were you thinking? :rolleyes:

                              Paul Watson
                              Bluegrass
                              Cape Town, South Africa

                              Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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                              Why aren't such question in the soapbox? I feel frustated! :rolleyes:


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                                Do you know why it's so lethal? What is its primary effect on the body? I'm curious... :) -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see me cry, I wanna die

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                                Got me curious too: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts8.html[^] Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
                                Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
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                                Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"

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                                  I know what cyanide tastes like. It.... tas...te.s.. li..ke...... -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see me cry, I wanna die

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                                  Thud ! The tigress is here :-D

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                                    What is the best way of measuring a true vacuum ? Regardz Colin J Davies

                                    Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin

                                    I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

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                                    Weigh it ? :-D The tigress is here :-D

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                                      SimonS wrote: Still think they should drop either SPAN or DIV in XHTML Nooo. SPAN and DIV are used for different things. SPAN is an inline-text element while DIV is a block element. If you are using SPAN as block elements then you should be using DIVs rather. I agree they can seem to overlap but they should not be confused or used for the same thing. SimonS wrote: When you said "prep" I thought you meant badwordwouldgohere;-p Wow, I am stumped. I can't think of a single bad word that starts with prep. Prepare. Preposition. etc. but nothing wrong, evil or bestialic.

                                      Paul Watson
                                      Bluegrass
                                      Cape Town, South Africa

                                      Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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                                      Paul Watson wrote: SPAN is an inline-text element while DIV is a block element. Until you do <span style="display:block;">... or <div style="display:inline;">... ;P Paul Watson wrote: I can't think of a single bad word that starts with prep. Even Roger[^] is stumped! [Possible not work safe if your boss is a prude!] Edit: Anyone who doesn't set a default page for a directory on a website should be shot!


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                                      "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined" - Homer

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                                        Paul Watson wrote: SPAN is an inline-text element while DIV is a block element. Until you do <span style="display:block;">... or <div style="display:inline;">... ;P Paul Watson wrote: I can't think of a single bad word that starts with prep. Even Roger[^] is stumped! [Possible not work safe if your boss is a prude!] Edit: Anyone who doesn't set a default page for a directory on a website should be shot!


                                        "These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer

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                                        Richard Deeming wrote: Until you do ... or

                                        ... Ok but then that is using things for the wrong thing. SPAN comes by default with display:inline and DIV by default display:block exactly so that you don't have to set one generic element to your needs. I regularly go Nazi on co-workers who do what you just suggested :) Richard Deeming wrote: Even Roger[^] is stumped! LOL I tried that as well. Amazing.

                                        Paul Watson
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                                        Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Want a job?

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                                          Got me curious too: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts8.html[^] Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
                                          Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
                                          Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka
                                          Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"

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                                          How might I be exposed to cyanide? Smoking cigarettes and breathing smoke-filled air during fires are major sources of cyanide exposure. Great! Whenever I'm out at the pub, they're trying to execute me! :suss: -- It's not unusual to be picked up by a klingon woman It's not unusual to have fun with a klingon When I see you kicking me around It's not unusual to see me cry, I wanna die

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