Monthly Archives: June 2006

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“The cup that giveth taketh away” And as Australia entered the World Cup thanks to a Penalty, they leave it as such. However, that’s the extent of Ranting you’ll get from me. So, hopefully, we can ignore the Soccer for … Continue reading

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Using the internet

I’ve been looking for a quote to demonstrate my opinion of most people using MSN/AIM. ESR has it: Being a native English-speaker does not guarantee that you have language skills good enough to function as a hacker. If your writing … Continue reading

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Bon Fire

Hello, all! For those of you went to the Justs’ excellent bonfire last night, you’d probably be interested in getting the photos from it. You can now do so, by going here

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Go Socceroos

It is my duty to beat Hannah to this post. The Socceroos drew, and hence, won the right to progress through to the Round of 16 in the World Cup. woohoo! I was at school, to watch it on the … Continue reading

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ProgComp ’06

From: Geoff Whale @ CSE, UNSW: Soon, Chris. We’re just deciding how many finals places we can afford to offer. Your team came in third, which is a confirmed finals place. How could we deny anyone with the excellent judgement … Continue reading

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To state the obvious…

Well… It can’t go without saying that today is the last day of the school holdays… Oh well… It shall be good to catch up with friends, etc…

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ProgComp 2006

UNSW ProgComp was today (it was also in the middle of our School Holidays, but that’s a different story.) The competition, on the whole, was generally easy – but the real difficulty lay in the interpretation of the problem. After … Continue reading

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All truth comes in short verse

So the real wisdom comes on T-Shirts… I’ll have to get one printed. COBOL was designed so that managers could read code. BASIC was designed for people who are not programmers. FORTRAN is for scientists. ADA comes from a committee … Continue reading

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Today’s Ramblings

Today was the fruition of one of Dad’s blank promises – he has outwardly broadcast his wanting to go to the Strathgordon/Lake Pedder area since I was 3-ish. Well… today we actually went. Weather was lovely around here, and as … Continue reading

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“Waitress of the Year” Award

I hereby give my nomination for Waitress of the Year. I was at Marti Zucco’s in North Hobart today, and was asked what drink I wanted. Being the sane person that I am, I ordered Coca-Cola (specifically). As a Coke-enjoying … Continue reading

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