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  1. Dumsum

    Happy 60th Birthday UNSW!

    ITT: Favourite memories of this institution. Mine would be getting smashed with a few mates at a club bar gig only to have one of them have a grand old chunder in the gardens next to the roundhouse, then getting told off by the bouncer for being such terrible friends :o
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    Question about peoples' inability to negotiate a footpath without getting in front of

    FUCKING EVERYONE ELSE THERE seriously. The main walkway is at least 4 metres wide. How is it that a group of three asians can take up the entire walkway? Plz explain.
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    "Bachelor of Science (Advanced Science) with major in blah" -- this could be reality

    Latest ASSSoc newsletter mentions the following: The fact that this is even being discussed is a monumental development in improving the status of Advanced Science at UNSW, which is at present a complete farce. Sure, the word "Advanced" on your testamur doesn't really mean anything, but as...
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    Nine Inch Nails, Jane's Addiction, Street Sweeper: free muzaks

    NIN|JA 2009 go
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    New Nine Inch Nails album - The Slip

    Available for free download from http://theslip.nin.com. Downloading the FLAC version now.
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    Invisibility Cloak

    http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23453957-2,00.html UNSW should invest in some for the Applied Science building.
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    Daylight Savings did NOT end today

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/back-to-the-future-with-miniy2k/2008/03/30/1206850692513.html In summary: chaos today as many computer/phone/etc systems automatically moved clocks back an hour, causing people to be late. DST is actually finishing next week, a week later than normal, and...
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    Selling Hair

    Wasn't sure where to put this. Anyway, today I took the plunge and cut off pretty much all my hair, most of which was done in one cut so there is a massive bundle. In the past people have mentioned to me that it's possible to sell hair to places that make wigs and do hair extensions etc, I...
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    Underbelly banned in Victoria

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/murder-trial-judge-bans-underworld-show/2008/02/12/1202760256423.html My question is what's to stop people (including the jury) downloading it with bit torrent etc? I think it's a bit of overkill. Most people would recognise it as a TV show based on true...
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    Happy Hour

    I was just looking through the Arc membership benefits and noticed this: Does this mean we have to be an Arc member this year to get happy hour prices? Coz if so... I disapprove. :ninja:
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    Burst Capillary?

    Hey, this morning I awoke and my left eye felt kind of sore. I didn't think much of it. Anyway a bit later I noticed a bit of redness when looking in the mirror. Looking to the right revealed this: Is it just a burst capillary or something worse? Will it get better by itself or do I need...
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    Spanning large PDF across multiple pages

    OK so I have a PDF poster that I wish to print. It's A1 in size. Unfortunately I only have access to an A4 printer, so I wish to span the PDF across 8 sheets of A4. I've googled to no avail... can anyone help me out?
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    Probability Paradox

    An interesting problem highlighting our inherent lack of intuition for randomness and probability (and the concept of infinity). Let x be a randomly chosen element in R. i) what is the probability that x is rational? ii) what is the probability that it is irrational?
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    Vodka saves lives

    http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/vodka-drip-saves-poisoned-tourist/2007/10/10/1191695979288.html "Australian doctors have used an intravenous feed of vodka to keep a poisoned Italian alive. " we all knew it
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    Scalping concert tickets: ethical or not?

    Generally, I disapprove of scalping, especially when I've missed out on tickets and the only way to get them are on ebay for inflated prices. However, the recent media chaos surrounding the Rage Against the Machine scalpers, and after today no doubt the BDO scalpers*, has set me thinking. Is it...
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    The official "I got Rage Against the Machine tickets!!!" thread

    Fuckyea. Looks like they sold out in under 5 minutes but I was there doing the F5 tango from several minutes beforehand, and managed to get through! :D
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    Microsoft Surface

    Haven't seen any discussion on this yet. What are your thoughts? Personally, I can't quite see a use for it in households yet but I can definitely see the potential in the retail sector. Website: http://www.microsoft.com/surface Demo video...
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    Nine Inch Nails postpones Sydney shows

    http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=NINEINCH07&searchId=b603ac3f-55bd-4d92-9715-61fbe513fd3c Anyone know what the go is here? I went to Wednesday night's show and so am not affected but I'm still interested in finding out what happened. There did seem to be a few technical...
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    Diploma in Innovation Management: worth it?

    So I got those emails informing me of this program which runs concurrently with a Science degree, and the more I think about it, the more appealing it seems to be... though I'm not sure how much relevence it has to a MATH major. Website...
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    What am I doing wrong?

    Last night, I had my motherboard decide to send itself to the grave. Nothing too bad about that, right? Well, this is at least the third time this has occured. Always the motherboard, nothing else. I have CPUs, graphics cards, etc that are > 10 years old and still function, but always, my...
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