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Well, I'm not sure which of the two I disliked more. :P Heaney's poetry just seemed so insignificant and badly-written -- maybe this is because I was studying Donne for 2U at the time, and I liked that a lot better. TBP was a decent book in terms of plot and ideas. I liked many of the...

*bounces over* You mean there's someone *other* than me on these forums who plays chess? Where have you been hiding? :P Chess, scrabble, go, and a couple of others keep me interested...when I have people to play with...

Where do I start.... -- Yehudi Menuhin, for some of the most moving violin playing I've ever heard -- Nigel Kennedy, for some of the most virtuosic violin playing (Czardas!) of the 20th century -- Yo-Yo Ma, even though I don't play the cello; his rendition of Dvorak's Silent Woods is...

Added to my "to read" list :P I'll let you know when I find and read it.

I'll bring the salsa. :D

Playing devil's advocate here, even though I don't believe in God... Didn't God create us in the expectation that we would marvel at the glory of his work? Wouldn't this be equivalent to me creating a robot to pay homage to my (admittedly dodgy :)) short...

Well, to start with, they might actually get together a coherent economic plan...something more than "we'll give money to you and you and you and you", and preferably "this is where the money is coming from"... I'm sure someone will jump up and tell me that Labor policies were thoroughly...

As a scientist, I don't believe in "doubt free". Take the theory of general relativity. We accept it as correct, and it's been tested and found to predict results correctly many, many times over. Nevertheless, there is a possibility that we're all just barking up the wrong tree and the true...

"Democracy is the worst possible form of government, except for all the alternatives." -- Winston Churchill Enough said. =)

For ppl asking about the need for HD space...*points at the 2TB network he's currently staring at*. And not everybody's back at uni yet... =P Um, computer specs... Intel P4 3.0 GHz 1 GB RAM Radeon 9600 (256 MB) 15" LCD for space on desk =D CD, DVD, etc, etc, etc...all the peripherals...

I don't think there *was* one book, for me. I can probably point out various books and series in different genres which pointed me towards that genre, but I've always been a "big reader".

At http://timetable.anu.edu.au, go to "2005 Class Timetable", then "View previously reported clashes". Check to see if your courses have been reported as a clash. If it's been reported but no action has been taken (or an "Unlikely to change..." posted), email both lecturers. If you don't know...

Isn't that the point of terrorism though? From Princeton's WordNet (my emphasis): terrorism n : the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or...

Mm, it's been a while since I played with one... Back when I could still remember how to do it (a couple of years back), it took about 2 mins, max. Then I found a better, more efficient (and hence faster) way of doing it, and started memorising that one instead...ended up playing with other...

I have to say that I like most of the "classic" authors -- the Austens, the Brontes, the Shakespeares. For the author I like least, though, I'd have to pick Patrick White, the famous (or infamous) Australian author. I managed to get through one book for a high school assignment. I thought...

I think everything I've heard about the case has been filtered through multiple layers of bureaucracy and media. Therefore, I don't have enough information on which to base any kind of judgement. Maybe I'll try to get my hands on the court transcripts...

No, no, he's a lazy idiot who has a staff to hatch elaborate schemes to start WWIII. He just goes through them and picks the ones he likes. Rumour has it that he bases his decisions entirely on the "WWIII factor" listed at the top of each document, but there's a group of us who believe...

Well, all Fenner ppl should be happily "orientating" atm. I hope *some* of you have managed to figure out the process of getting onto the net (namely, pay for credit at front office, hook up computer, access net using strange and arcane program which monitors your quota), and are back on BoS...

I told you we should have had our army standing on the northern border rather than worrying about an invasion from Victoria... *huggles his fridge* A fridge is a very nifty thing to have in your room. Get one. Or resign yourself to having to wander outside your room every time you want a...

Nah, I'm not coming to Kioloa -- they're getting a couple of the other second- and third-years to go, I think. I'll be busy doing orchestra practice and calculating away for my particle physics project. :S