Forum: Lounge
2016-05-08, 09:47
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Replies: 133
Views: 11,011
Thanks guys
Mine arrived yesterday. Thanks Luigi and thanks again Mike.
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Forum: Lounge
2016-02-14, 23:59
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Replies: 133
Views: 11,011
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Forum: Soap Box
2014-12-17, 23:41
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,238
Go before it get Starbucked
I went in 2008 - a year after Fidel stepped aside, just as it was getting popular with tourists from the UK. Great architecture, great music and dance (ok that last one sort of went over my head)....
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Forum: Information & Answers
2014-03-27, 23:31
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,588
I'm sure you're right: The brass thruppence was...
I'm sure you're right: The brass thruppence was minted in such large numbers that it would have to be uncirculated to interest collectors. But the silver thruppenny bit, which was legal tender up to...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2013-11-17, 09:29
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Replies: 3
Views: 729
Thanks
Thanks
I've found everything and restarted.
Panic over.
Richard
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Forum: Information & Answers
2013-11-17, 08:31
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Replies: 3
Views: 729
whoops!
OK newbie question:
I wanted to stop and restart prime95.
I thoughtlessly hit exit instead of stop.
What have I lost? "Everything" appears to be the answer: I would consult the help file but...
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Forum: Lounge
2013-04-27, 10:41
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Replies: 69
Views: 5,875
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Forum: Lounge
2013-03-23, 11:59
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Replies: 66
Views: 8,017
annual update
I was going to post at xmas when i was pretty certain M756839 was less than three years away.
However recent progress has been very slow and presently my spreasheet suggests 2 years 350 days from...
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Forum: News
2013-02-08, 18:25
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Replies: 571
Views: 102,420
BBC coverage in the UK
I can't see that anyone has mentioned this, but perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong places. Anyway I thought it worthy of mention that the beeb interviewed Curtis Cooper not once but twice: first...
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Forum: Lounge
2012-08-29, 10:55
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Replies: 6
Views: 537
thanks
So the casual viewer will get to see some stuff, but not wall-to-wall like the Olympics. That sounds reasonable.
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Forum: Lounge
2012-08-27, 20:29
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Replies: 6
Views: 537
Paralympics?
With a couple of days to go to the opening ceremony, the paralympics is not surprisingly getting alot of coverage already in the UK, and it will get louder. (the BBC didn't get the television...
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Forum: Lounge
2012-08-07, 09:44
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Replies: 134
Views: 9,321
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Forum: Lounge
2012-08-03, 20:34
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Replies: 134
Views: 9,321
hair splitting records
Even that is not neccesarily true, depending on how you define "Olympic Games".
Athens has held Olympic Games in 1896, 1906 and 2004. (wow three centuries!). The 1906 games weren't numbered and...
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Forum: Lounge
2012-07-27, 08:31
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Replies: 123
Views: 44,880
thanks!
I received my badge yesterday (it must have changed from a button during transit). Awesome.
Richard
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Forum: Lounge
2012-07-25, 17:40
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Replies: 134
Views: 9,321
I'll be there! Woo-hoo!
I have tickets for two and a half days, at a cost of £845. Other athletics competitions I have been to cost half as much (or less) for the whole six or seven days.
I live at the western end of the...
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Forum: Lounge
2012-07-19, 21:28
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Replies: 123
Views: 44,880
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Forum: Lounge
2012-03-17, 11:46
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Replies: 66
Views: 8,017
update
saw the activity on this thread and thought it was time for an update:
M756839 is still three years away!
At current rate, clearing slightly under 14 candidates a day we can expect him to get to...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2011-09-30, 20:17
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Replies: 4
Views: 699
its there if you want it.
the exponent is 32145943. I've unreserved it.
Primenet seems to think that my old machine could get through it in three weeks. I don't think a Celeron400 could do that running 247, though mine...
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Forum: Information & Answers
2011-09-30, 10:52
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Replies: 4
Views: 699
ok to let it expire?
I've just plugged in an old machine for the first time in six years or so and it got assigned a double check (actually it seems primenet v4 thinks its a first time assignment but v5 shows it as a...
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Forum: Lounge
2011-06-23, 20:54
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,576
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Forum: Lounge
2011-06-22, 20:59
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,576
Highest I've been by Continent
Africa: Gilman's Point, Kilimanjaro 5680m
Asia: Thorung La, Annapurna Massif 5416m
S America: Dead Woman's Pass, Inca Trail 4250m
Europe: Musala, Bulgaria ...
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Forum: Puzzles
2011-04-09, 22:54
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,139
Thanks for this. I resisted looking at the...
Thanks for this. I resisted looking at the website for a couple of days but I'm pleased I weakened, because the site states that optimal solutions are only proven up to 20 discs. This isn't high...
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Forum: Puzzles
2011-04-05, 13:22
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Replies: 26
Views: 3,139
milk bottles
It suggests something close to a puzzle I've been thinking about for some time*
Its a variant of the milkcrate problem: what is the smallest square crate into which bottles can be packed more...
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Forum: Soap Box
2011-04-03, 22:48
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Replies: 54
Views: 4,940
continuing off-topic
I'm curious: what country are you referring to, and does anyone actually go to prison for non-participation? (here in England the maximum penalty is a £1000 fine (OK you COULD go to prison for...
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Forum: Puzzles
2011-02-20, 14:41
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Replies: 30
Views: 4,556
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