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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
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Re: Olympics for London !
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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