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#1 2005-07-06 00:25:41

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Olympics for London !

The Olympics is in London in 2012. Just announced.

Congrats London and the UK!

(Sorry Paris)


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#2 2005-07-06 04:36:19

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Re: Olympics for London !

Wheeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeee go UK!


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#3 2005-07-06 09:42:07

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Re: Olympics for London !

Ha! Paris drag.


Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

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#4 2005-07-06 09:44:35

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Re: Olympics for London !

Woo! We get to spend £2 billion pounds in hosting it! Lucky us!
Also, Zach is right.


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#5 2005-07-06 10:03:28

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Re: Olympics for London !

Of course I'm right.


Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.

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#6 2005-07-06 17:25:54

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Olympics for London !

That's great news for London and the UK.


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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#7 2005-07-06 22:37:28

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Re: Olympics for London !

... followed directly by terrorism attacks. How horrible.


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#8 2005-07-07 03:16:56

mathsyperson
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Re: Olympics for London !

Zach wrote:

Of course I'm right.

Well, it's technically an opinion, meaning that it's not right or wrong.
I probably should have said that I agreed with you.

Commiserations to anyone affected by the bombings...


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#9 2005-07-09 08:44:51

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Re: Olympics for London !

Yes, my deepest sympathy expressed also.


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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