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Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - Sally's Journal
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Chancellor of the University of Cambridge - Sallys Journal. October 2nd, 2011. Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. Who should I vote for? There are four candidates:. I am mostly ignoring Abdul Arain. Because while I fully respect his right as a small business man to protest about big businessmen, I'm not sure 'supermarket chains are evil' is the key priority I wish the chancellor of the university to be focussing on. I am quite divided on Michael Mansfield. He keeps a blog. For universities at the...
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Poll #1827891… - Sally's Journal
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Poll #1827891 - Sallys Journal. March 21st, 2012. Detailed results viewable to: All. Number of times you have been to the top of Snowdon. 11 (Comment to say how many! March 21st, 2012 03:55 pm (UTC). I walked up it with CUSAGC in the snow one winter, but I can no longer remember which path we used. March 21st, 2012 03:56 pm (UTC). I think 7 years ago you told me it was up the Pig and down the Miners, BICBW. March 21st, 2012 04:15 pm (UTC). March 21st, 2012 07:27 pm (UTC). Riding pigs up Snowdon. Technica...
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Engineers, safety, why we're different and why it's complicated - spacefem's livejournal
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Engineer, pilot, feminist, mother, etc. Engineers, safety, why we're different and why it's complicated. Jul 29th, 2015 at 1:06 PM. Whenever there's a high profile product safety case in the news, someone asks engineers this question:. Didn't you want to make your product as SAFE AS POSSIBLE? And here's how we respond:. I just read a wonderful article in The New Yorker about automotive safety ( The Engineer’s Lament: Two ways of thinking about automotive safety. By Malcolm Gladwell. Which, as the article...
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People don't know their classics - Simon Tatham
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People don't know their classics - Simon Tatham. People don't know their classics. At work the other day a fellow developer and I were discussing incomplete array types in C, and at one point in the conversation he referred to them using a phrase which gave me a perfect opportunity to reply ‘Arrays of Unspecified Size? I don't think they exist.’ Sadly, I got a blank look. Have any other reply than ‘Bunnies, bunnies, it must be bunnies’ –. Bah People don't know their classics! Comments Leave a comment.
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Magic and language in fantasy fiction - Simon Tatham
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Magic and language in fantasy fiction - Simon Tatham. Magic and language in fantasy fiction. Since I've been musing about fiction recently, here's another thought that crossed my mind. Fantasy fiction often has a magic system involving spells cast in spoken language. But. Why does that language work and not another? Would it depend on the spell? A special Language Of Magic embedded in the universe. In this model, there is some particular language (or language-. Ish thing –. In this model, the real means ...
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Spartan Race! You'll know at the finish line... - Sally's Journal
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You'll know at the finish line. - Sallys Journal. September 2nd, 2013. You'll know at the finish line. So, what do we know at the finish line? I enjoy these sort of things. It was a hugely fun day. My good luck with the weather this summer continues to hold. It was a pretty much perfect day for it - sunny, bright blue skies, if anything a tiny bit too hot, but that was much better than the alternative, and made the 'run into this giant pile of icy mud' bits seem very appealing. Some obstacles are genuine...
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Fighting Words - I am innocence destructing
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Fighting Words - I am innocence destructing. If at first you dont succeed, use cheat codes. 03:06 am May 10th, 2008. This rant has been building for a long time. Months, if not years. It may offend people. It may upset people. And I'd say I'm sorry about that but I'm not - people need to be offended and upset about this. They need to realize exactly how disturbing and creepy it is. People, and fandom in particular, really, really need to stop using the word "pimp.". Are you using a word with that connota...
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MINE - Random Wibblings
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MINE - Random Wibblings. July 3rd, 2009. Comments: say something yourself. 2009-07-03 09:16 pm (UTC). Oh very nice, yes. Union flag roof and all :). 2009-07-03 10:13 pm (UTC). Hand painted, sadly. It'll probably go, there's some rust needs attention. 2009-07-03 09:32 pm (UTC). 2009-07-03 10:13 pm (UTC). 2009-07-03 10:06 pm (UTC). Ooooh, very shiny. 2009-07-03 10:14 pm (UTC). The shiniest shiny I have ever shined. 2009-07-03 10:31 pm (UTC). Highly huggable and oh so shiny. 2009-07-03 10:34 pm (UTC). Drive...
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