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Roy Orbison in Clingfilm
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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This is an old site, but delightful nonetheless. . .written with a curiously charming german accent our hero Ulli (and his tortoise Jetta) must be everyones favorite pervert. NOTE: This site deals with, um, adult themes in a tasteful and humorous manner (meaning that action is implied, not stated). Probably very suitable for someone your working with. Definitely not suitable for children. http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/karl.htm
Update: Old Link dead, new link here: http://michaelkelly.artofeurope.com/karl.htm
SpaceCollective
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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If, like me, you work on the computer you sometimes think that you have seen it all. . .by which, there is nothing on the net that is interesting that you haven't yet discovered. This is probably not true, given that you would probably need a lifetime to view all the content that's being added to the web in just a day. Here's a link that I find rather inspiring, if only for the gallery - not just a link, but a road that opens into a whole new virtual city of wonder. . .http://spacecollective.org/
Prime Numbers
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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Prime numbers are numbers that are divisible by themselves only and one.
The series begins 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37 and continues (possibly) into infinity.
They can only be checked in reverse - meaning, there is no formula that will create a prime number, only formulas that factor and check if a number is prime. Is it possible to create a formula that will predict all prime numbers?
And when we have that solved, what is the formula that will create or predict all Mersennes Primes?
Email me the answer, but be sure to take credit for it first.
Curious? Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Numbers, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_prime, http://primes.utm.edu/mersenne/index.html
Idaho
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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In the distance there are the extinct cones of Volcanoes. We've watched the movies in the interpretive center, they could go off again at any time. It's 8:00 AM in South Central Idaho, July 22, 2008. We're outside of Craters of the Moon National Monument, trying to hitch a ride to Arco, and already the day is getting hot. Cars are few and far between, and we must present an odd sight by the side of the road, a motley crew with a heap of camping gear and luggage. Every few minutes a car comes by, some look, others look and look away, trying not to catch our eyes. The girl, 7 years old, is comfortable on a heap of bags, her pink souvenir hat with the Junior Range Badge she got yesterday, playing her Gameboy, the boy, 11, is eager to stick his thumb out at every passing car, I have to screen them, tell him when enough is enough, it's an adventure. But none are stopping. Through the sage brush and across a short stretch of lava there's the tourist information and warden station, we're getting thirsty, but dare not send anyone for a drink, from experience the moment one goes to get a drink someone will stop, someone in a rush, and we're only 20 miles from Arco and we don't want that someone to get impatient and leave us, we must be here, all of us, together, when they stop.
The heat is shimmering on the road.
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