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Gekko71

Teaching can be a great career at high school and at primary school level (both my parents were teachers and taught at both levels). Nursing can also be a rewarding career. One thing I will say about both these careers though is they both possess a high possibility (and high incidence) of burnout. I...

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Ferno wrote:http://research.microsoft.com/~mbj/Smil ... hread.html

I often wonderd where it came from

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BUBBALOU wrote:free = Blender

http://www.free3dtutorials.com

Great - thanks Bubba!

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Is it just me, or does this particular development have the potential to shake up more than just the internet?

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=594743

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Quick query for those in the know - my eldest son is interested in 3d animation / CGI / game animation for a future career. This is a little bit outsdie my field (advertising / marketing / graphic design is more my thing) & I'm unsure where to send him. Can anyone refer me to some good web sites...

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Haven't played in about 6 months. I still love the game and still take it out for a burl occasionally but I too am sick of the same levels. Ususally I play D3 and I was partway through D1 but my comupter crashed last week and I needed to reinstall the Op system on my computer - lost all my saved gam...

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...faux security measures like disabling image extraction or disabling printing are opt-in. The only pdf viewer I have seen enforce them is the Adobe reader. Good point Jeff - there are many non-Adobe PDF readers that don't recognise diabled printing / image extraction, so one should be careful wit...

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You could disable the mouse entirely...I'd still be able to make a copy of it easily. Here is how: while the browser window is on the screen and the picture is showing, press the printscreen key followed by the windows key + r, type "mspaint" then press enter, hit control + v for paste, h...

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Andy wrote: Australian accent imitator

...whatever pops your cork ...just PLEASE do it justice!

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I'm an: Australian Eurasian (Burgher) Writer Graphic Designer Creative Director Marketer Small Business Owner classical guitarist Parent x 2 Son Passinate cook Descenter Gamer Philosopher Lover Optimist Therapist Masseuse Creative Explorer Student Debater Lecturer / Public Speaker Dreamer Bushwalker...

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Can we please get back to the topic at hand folks - (ie: Hyrogen powered cars) - thank you. IIRC, it's possible to generate Hydrogen from sea water reasonably easliy in the presence of specific Aluminium alloys (there was even a post on the subject on this very BB unless I'm mistaken). My chemistry'...

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Duper wrote:...Apparently, they've gotten moneys from some where as they reopened the gametap stuff...

Plus Earthworm Jim and Earthworm Jim 2 will be re-released on the Wii sometime later this year.. ...they should get some revenue out of that.

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First we had a bloke wearing a mini helicopter on his head - now we have someone wearing a carbon fibre jet-propelled airplane wing on his back! Check out the footage!

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=563257

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Thanks all. Got something called Foxit. I didn't mean to imply edit as in rework the drawings, rather annotate and add info. Then Adobe Acrobat is what you need. I second that. Adobe Acrobat is a brilliant program and a central part of my computing toolbox (I can export Offset-print ready artwork i...

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As if China is going to stop their plans to rule the world don't be an idiot, China is trying to rule the world? Qualify your statement. They call their country Zhongguo which is middle kingdom or center of the universe ...their dynasties rose and fell under the Mandate of Heaven which meant whoeve...

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Had to share this one with you guys. A drunken yobbo was full as a boot and feeling suicidal so he climbed onto a bridge with the aim of jumping. The police manage to talk him into coming down, but he slips and falls in the process. As luck would have it, the ladder-wielding firetruck that was drivi...

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Apart from D3, I'm playing Metroid Prime 3 on Wii

Also playing at building a new business - just as exhausting as Baby 2.0 (BTW - many congrats Foil), but with fewer hugs and nappy changes.

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I'm seriously considering buying Interplay shares but frankly I'm not convinced that Interplay can produce another Descent, on the basis of IP ownership. Seriously - who DOES own the respective rights to Descent? Interplay gave up the videogame and movie trademarks, but trademarks and copyright are ...

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I gotta dust off the joystick and hit the servers - 'cause HERE COMES THE FRESH MEAT! Yay!

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On the other hand, sci-fi robots regularly have problems with things like stairs . . . Umm... ...what 'sci-fi' movies were you watching? anything with a Darlek in it :lol: :lol: EDIT: For those who dont know, this is a Darlek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIEWreyM7c :lol: :lol: :lol: ...god I mi...

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Gekko, please do some research. Your claim about incentive is a myth that has already been debunked by the GNU manifesto over 20 years ago . Licenses that prohibit commercial (re)distribution do not qualify as free software or even open source licenses. Take a look at some commercial GNU/Linux vend...

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The only issue would be the Descent trademark, which is why the game isn't going to be called OpenDescent. So... there are several projects now which intend to develop a new 6DoF from scratch: GeoCore, currently being kept alive by psion; OpenDescent, progressing very slowly through its design phas...

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I just remembered - have any of you good people every heard a truly delightful audio treatise entitled \"The Critics\" by Peter Cook And Dudley Moore? Personally, I think their arguments on the unnecessary use of gratuitous launguage by intellegent people is one of the most profound view p...

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I'm not going to get my hopes up either ...but they are featuring the games they stated earlier they were interested in reviving.

(I got the Earthworm Jim, D4 and MDK references, but what were the other two out of curiosity?)

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Personally, I can find myself using the F word profusely (in private or with friends) on occasion and don't think much of it. To me, one's eloquence, education or social standing has very little to do with it (one man's opinion mind you :lol: ) When I do use it, typically its because of it's powerfu...

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BUBBALOU wrote:My thoughts EXACTLY! 2 years of 3 screenshots is something no one will get excited over

...it's not two years Bubba, it's six. IIRC, CD/Geocore has been in development since 2002.

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Play Station has been around for twenty years!!

WTF??

...Where did the time go??

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/pl ... ars-249792

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Wouldn't it be more straight forward to repair the pancreas - or to block the particular genes that cause it to malfunction? Seems better to me to treat the cause of the disease instead of the symptoms.

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Nanotechnology gets me excited in the directions of cancer cures. I'm young and healthy, and I'm sure that by the time I might have to worry about that, problems will be solved. Along with nanothecnology, I find "Genome techonolgy" Fascinating. Dr. Craig Venter, has mapped his entire geno...

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All good stuff - thank you people. :) I agree with the nano-tech suggestion and the prospect of interstellar travel being worthy of excitement. I've had a bit more time to ponder the question myself - and I realise that where once I was excited about the advances in technology, now I'm more interest...

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...what new, upcoming technology gets you most excited about the future? Here's why I ask: The first computers I ever used in high school were Trash 80s, Vic 20s, Commodore 64s and a couple of Apple IIs (the old-timers here will already have guessed my age :lol: ). I thought these were the coolest t...

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Apparently George Lucas is one of the producers ...not necessarily a good sign.

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A few years ago I did some work for a large chemical international - they were promoting a chemical process they had developed that increased yield from aluminium smelters by about 5 to 8 percent on average (iirc) - which drastically increased the amount of aluminium produced for the amount of energ...

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True enough - but I still wouldn't ride in it!

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I wonder if the guy flying that thing has ever heard the term 'rotor bounce?' :o The way he walks up to and away from that rig - I can only assume he hasn't... (for those who have never ridden in a chopper - rotor bounce is when the tip of the rotor hits a pocket of denser / thinner air - it can cau...

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While I can't locate the relevant study - a dose of protien can help boost concentration for short periods (this one works very well for me - I have a sausage, a few slices of ham or some low-fat salami about ten minutes before important meetings. It REALLY helps the clarity and speed of my thought...

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It's possible to get some of the improved mental functioning caffene instills through other means. While I can't locate the relevant study - a dose of protien can help boost concentration for short periods (this one works very well for me - I have a sausage, a few slices of ham or some low-fat salam...

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This is a thorny one, as there are conflicting viewpoints on all fronts. Some further reading for the truly curious: http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=344443 http://recipefinder.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=371660 Another link to the 'rats' study: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.a...

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I dont know what to change in my diet, I dont drink, I dont have much caffeine if at all, I dont consume many sweets and when I do its just dessert at 7 PM. I always try to have a bit of tomatoes with my sandwiches every day and I take vitamins like magnesium and vitamin C every day. And yet I stil...

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Thx Hattrick - Thx Red ...I was starting to worry there (I never got the temporary close email).

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...now I DO feel old!

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I'm showing my age here - but I was wondering...

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