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Trying to get through Crime and Punishment has given me the best sleep I've gottn in weeks.


You're better than me! I've have a copy of War & Peace on my bedside table that's been staring at me for 7 months now...just looking at makes me sleepy!...
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Flatland--*vomit* Gah, deathly boring. Read this for Geometry. I barely survived.

You...wha...hurh...guh...

WHAT!?!?!?! BORING?!!! BORING?!?!?:shock:

I'm going to take it easy on you since you and my mother share the same first names.


Or do we?

Yes, boring. *snore* So envigorating, such a recent style, such a meaningful ending. </sarcasm>

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That would be more funny than it already is if I wasn't the deprived child who has no clue who Gary Coleman is.

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but it's gonna be the best right?


Why d'ya think it's called a leap year?

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but it's gonna be the best right?


Why d'ya think it's called a leap year?


I thought it was because I'm always being told to take a running jump... :roll:

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Just received the interactive cd-rom of "Last Chance To See" that I got on ebay and zowee, it even works Image


Mac version or PC? Or the bizarre German one?
Theyare becoming very hard to find now.
To think, I saw a guy selling remaindered stock at £4.99 about 5 years ago and didn't buy the lot.

Ho Hum...

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Just received the interactive cd-rom of "Last Chance To See" that I got on ebay and zowee, it even works Image


Mac version or PC? Or the bizarre German one?
Theyare becoming very hard to find now.
To think, I saw a guy selling remaindered stock at £4.99 about 5 years ago and didn't buy the lot.

Ho Hum...


It's the Windows PC version by The Voyager Company, New York. The eBay seller was a private person in the US, not a shop. I searched eBay for about a year and luckily secured the first auction I discovered for about 27 USD. Mac versions seemed to be more available, but last time I checked there was no auction running. But it's sure worth the effort 8)

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Dan Brown's first book... Digital Fortress


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The Dead Zone by Stephen King.
Fluke Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings by Christopher Moore.
The Tale of the Body Thief by Anne Rice.
Life, The Universe, and Everything by uhm.... oh.... what was his name again? Dan or Dave.... It began with a D, I know that.... Oh, yeah! Douglas Avery. No, wait... That's not right. Do any of you guys know?
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Fenchurch wrote:
Dan Brown's first book... Digital Fortress


Is it any good?


the first part is pretty blah, but considering it is the first book of Dan Brown, i think he was playing with it a little bit, the book is like the foundation, the base, working it's way up on the masterpiece we call "The Da Vinci Code"...

the last part is good though, thrillingly good, there's a mystery, and the answer is a number...

unfortunately, it's not 42... :roll:

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Hmmm, Fenimore sounds like a begging doesn't it ...

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Atlas Shrugged. What a book to pick for a book report. I don't know if I can finish this beast in 2 months.

And I do mean beast.


you should have done "Anthem" an incredibly short book also by Ayn Rand

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Atlas Shrugged. What a book to pick for a book report. I don't know if I can finish this beast in 2 months.

And I do mean beast.


you should have done "Anthem" an incredibly short book also by Ayn Rand

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Know your place in life is where you want to be,
Don't let them tell you that you owe it all to me.
Keep on looking forward; no use in looking 'round;
Hold your head above the ground and they won't bring you down.

Anthem of the heart and anthem of the mind
A funeral dirge for eyes gone blind
We marvel after those who sought
The wonders of the world, wonders of the world,
Wonders of the world they wrought.

Live for yourself -- there's no one else
More worth living for
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more

Well, I know they've always told you
Selfishness was wrong
Yet it was for me, not you, I came to write this song

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Dan Brown's first book... Digital Fortress


Is it any good?


the first part is pretty blah, but considering it is the first book of Dan Brown, i think he was playing with it a little bit, the book is like the foundation, the base, working it's way up on the masterpiece we call "The Da Vinci Code"...

the last part is good though, thrillingly good, there's a mystery, and the answer is a number...

unfortunately, it's not 42... :roll:


Thanks.

And how come the Illuminati's sacred number is 503? What kind of stupid number is that? 42, that's a great number...!


(I've already finished A&D, therefore I know why 503 is significant!)

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And how come the Illuminati's sacred number is 503?

It's not.

Everyone knows it's really 5.
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And how come the Illuminati's sacred number is 503? What kind of stupid number is that? 42, that's a great number...!


(I've already finished A&D, therefore I know why 503 is significant!)


503 is a wonderful number to fool around with!

1. you take 1 out 5 leaving you with a gorgeous 4 and the leftover 03

2. you take the poor 03 from above and cut all leading zeros (which is always a good thing in any kind of business), getting a useful 3 by this process

3. you take the lonely 1 from the first step (you know, the one that's still sad about departing the original 5) and subtract that from the handy 3 that you've managed to create in the second step, giving you a nice 2

4. with the previous ingenious mathematical beauties we were able to produce a gorgeous 4 and a nice 2, so now we ... oh come on :roll:

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No problem, stejacorca, according to my doctor, there is hope.

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No problem, stejacorca, according to my doctor, there is hope.


Hope? I'm scared ...

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And how come the Illuminati's sacred number is 503? What kind of stupid number is that? 42, that's a great number...!
(I've already finished A&D, therefore I know why 503 is significant!)



i still dont get it why 503 is the sacred number...

dang it! i forgot... (speed read, 1 day..:))

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