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nicko

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    Comment #1666148

    No probs, I just updated my profile with my email.

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    Comment #1665823

    I worked in the Pilbara for one of the big miners in an 'automated' laboratory for a couple of years after graduating. AMA. Couple of quick points for anyone tempted to make the mo…

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    Comment #1308746

    I'll second the need to rank Universities based upon a course. As a non UK resident I have only heard of a handful of the universities. I'm sure there are some lesser known Univers…

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    Comment #1278712

    http://pindancing.blogspot.com/2009/09/sudoku-in-coders-at-w... http://norvig.com/sudoku.html

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    Comment #1124287

    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1121269

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    Comment #356361

    Have you tried orienteering? You get the running around in the woods like an 8 year old plus the mental challenge of navigating and route selection. The community is also generally…

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    Comment #354348

    I’m currently reading ‘The 4 hour work week’ and I just purchased ‘God created the integers’. I tend to read most of my non-fiction in bits and pieces when i have spare chunks of t…

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    Comment #354201

    > I tend to look down upon people who look down upon people. nice quip, until followed to its logical conclusion ;-)

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    Comment #340915

    No, not me I'm afraid, but a good question that I couldn't get google to answer (in 30 seconds). I did however find this one credited to Mark Twain - 'Never argue with a fool, onlo…

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    Comment #339996

    Never argue with an idiot. They will only drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.