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Near miss? It's either a miss or a hit in my book.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23361/1176/
CSIRO develops printable flexible solar cell technology. Hopefully will be cheaper than inkjet printer ink
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I'm miffed. Took the weekend off so I could go down south with my fiance. We got half way up Roelands hill and the clutch cooked off in the "new" 2nd hand car. Now I'm stuck back home for a long weekend and I've got a clutch to replace. :cry:
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anyone else notice there seemed to be alot of peak hour accidents today?
i noticed 3 myself within 20 minutes
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Smithy wrote:anyone else notice there seemed to be alot of peak hour accidents today?
i noticed 3 myself within 20 minutes
Friday afternoon?
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friday 13th :P
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Smithy wrote:friday 13th :P
haha

Whooooaaah, and the smoke out of the substation fire down here was black. Does anyone know if Geelong are playing tonight? :lol:
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geelong are playing. losing by a point
no wait now they will get a goal. just bout 1/4 time
nope he missed all tied up
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Happy World Pi Day :smt102
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spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day :smt102
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
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Youtube of the new clock at Corpus Christi College Cambridge, for the chronophiles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqGtvTA36k
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robbage wrote:
spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day :smt102
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
So can we assume that March 14th 2015 will be Pi to 5 significant figures day?

And what about the 22nd July? Can that be a rough approximation of Pi day?

Like the US President, I like Pi, and Pie. :)

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FYI, pi is about 3.1415926535,
apparently, it's on the 3/14 (American dates) at 1.59
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dlcat1 wrote:
robbage wrote:
spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day :smt102
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
So can we assume that March 14th 2015 will be Pi to 5 significant figures day?

And what about the 22nd July? Can that be a rough approximation of Pi day?

Like the US President, I like Pi, and Pie. :)

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22nd July would be the exact value of Pi day, where 14/3 is the approximation.
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this site

http://www.angio.net/pi/piquery

has pi to 4.2 billion places, it's also go a searcher, so try a string of numbers and see where they pop up. (Birthday? Lotto Numbers kindly picked by Tyranus etc. etc.)
utterly useless but somebody may just want to...
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