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VCF report and photosNot sure where to put this, exactly...but here it is, what went on at the Vintage Computing Festival at Bletchley Park last weekend. Finally I've fo…
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hundreds of Spectrum gamesHi Spectrum-fans, I got here a list of incoming games which are not listed in our shops yet. However, we can maybe save the work and sell them alrea…
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Carl Sagan singing science.I just came across this, and thought it too good not to share. Very cleverly done, love the way they made Carl Sagan sing. [youtube]zSgiXGELjbc&fea…
I just came across this, and thought it too good not to share. Very cleverly done, love the way they made Carl Sagan sing.
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PodcastsI'm on the lookout for some new podcasts to listen to on the way to work. Here are some of my current favourites: [list] [*][url="http://linuxoutlaws…
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RIP Benoit Mandelbrot[QUOTE]'Fractal' mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot dies aged 85 Mandelbrot had been highly critical of the world's banking system Benoit Mandelbrot, w…
I love this science stuff![url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qmbl7mpJQ&feature=player_embedded#[/url]! I find it hard to understand what will it mean to us when we find mu…
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39qmbl7mpJQ&feature=player_embedded#[/url]!
I find it hard to understand what will it mean to us when we find multi-verses but I think this stuff is facinating.
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...Oil StrikeBeing part of the Science Horizons Series by Macmillan Education, this should be filed as "Educational" instead of "Strategy: Management".
Being part of the Science Horizons Series by Macmillan Education, this should be filed as "Educational" instead of "Strategy: Management".Doctor Who Christmas Special (2010)Have I missed the traditional thread about Doctor Who, or was everyone too full of Chrimble brandy to start such a thread? Or maybe you were all so s…
... good indeed. Alright, so the "science" in it was nonsensical (like ... most TV science fiction), the ending was predictable ...What if the Government backed Sir CliveHere is a question I have always wondered about... What if the Government had backed Sir Clive back in the Eighties... That is, placed his computers …
... his products to supplement Computer Science classes, O/A Physics lessons ...Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …
... those of us who read science fiction. And I hate the ...Nappies for babiesOdd question here, but maybe one of the Dads can answer it. My mates wife is about to have a baby, so Mrs Spex and I thought we'd get them a load of…
... know its not an exact science, but roughly any idea anyone ...A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
... about "potential" new ideas, however science-ficitonal-ish, or downright barmy ...Did anyone forsee the internet?I was just wondering, given how much the internet has changed everyday life, did anyone actually forsee any of it in the pre-internet days? I mean, …
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I mean, in both science fiction and 'genuine' future predictions ... information network, does appear in science fiction by people like Arthur ... ever forseen, be it in science-fiction or 'real' predicitons by ...Rendering techniques in emulatorsI've been giving thought to the possibility of speeding up the rendering in Zero considering I've been putting it off long enough. My approach is c…
... having to resort to rocket science I would like to know ...Brief report about RetroEncounterAnother April... another retro event! (Firstly sorry for the quality of the photos, owing to not being able to find my camera battery before leaving …
... 2011, held in the computer science faculty of the University of ...Allen Telescope Array to be 'mothballed'It seems that the Allen Telescope Array is to be 'mothballed.' Bit of a shame really as these types of projects keep well educated and trained folk i…
... ://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13209131"]http://www.bbc ... .co.uk/news/science-environment-13209131[/URL]Something I once read, how an ancient voice recording was possibleSome years ago, I read somewhere (I think it was in a book of essays by Arthur C. Clarke, or Carl Sagan) that making a (admittedly bad and very primi…
... in a book on popular science, definitely not a book ... on science fiction) stressed that such ... again, it is NOT a science fiction story, or any ... was in a book of science essays, of which I' ... covered a different branch of science or mechanics, and what ...What happens when the oil runs out?I've just been talking to someone who says that when the world's oil runs out the human race will probably end, as nothing will work anymore and we'l…
... been told about (sounds like science fiction to me, the thought ... are occasionally found (especially as science develops and new methods of ...Ultra super amazing wonder plane crashesI would have thought that someone, probably Winston (our resident pilot) would have mentioned this, but according to Sky News ( [url]http://news.sky.…
... what I've read in science-fiction books mainly, so I ...Computer Science not being taught in UK schoolsI uploaded this to youtube from a broadcast last night on Newsnight. [youtube]MkSEUb2LWX0[/youtube] Its shocking that schoolchildren no longer lear…
I uploaded this to youtube from a broadcast last night on Newsnight.
[youtube]MkSEUb2LWX0[/youtube]
Its shocking that schoolchildren no longer learn how to be creative with computers any more and that computer lessons have become ...Would you be an organ donor?I don't know what prompted it, but at work I overheard a typist tell another that she'd never sign up to be an organ donor as if you were dying in ho…
... their corpse was used for science and medical training (not contemptible ...Teach Computer Science as well as ITC[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/media/images/56986000/jpg/_56986587_i_livingstone.jpg[/img] Ian Livingstone who co-wrote "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain"…
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Ian Livingstone who co-wrote "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain"
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Ian+Livingstone+%5b1% ...Earth twin foundWow, interesting. [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655[/url]
Wow, interesting.
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16040655[/url]Mk14 on EbayAnyone here bidding? [url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sinclair-Science-Cambridge-MK14-computer-pre-ZX80-Jupiter-Ace-era-/230725428053?pt=LH_Defa…
Anyone here bidding?
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Sinclair-Science-Cambridge-MK14-computer-pre-ZX80-Jupiter-Ace-era-/230725428053?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b84ea355[/url]Small ZX Collection For Sale - Games BundleI am selling my collection of ZX stuff: This thread is for the games bundle of 16K/48K Spectrum games consisting of:- [B]Single Cassette[/B] [list]…
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[*]Elite ...Computer Science finally being taught at schools[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16493929[/url] This was mentioned in a thread a few months back which I cannot find. It seems that someone…
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16493929[/url]
This was mentioned in a thread a few months back which I cannot find. It seems that someone in parliment was listening eh?What is the name of this game?An adventure game, split in 2 halves vertically. I can't remember the general gist of the game, but it seemed of a Science Fictional nature. Perhap…
... , but it seemed of a Science Fictional nature. Perhaps schizophrenic in ...Undergraduate 12 month placement at Bushy ParkThe National Physical laboratory has a nice placement for any undergraduate on a Computer Science degree. [url]http://www.npl.co.uk/careers/current…
... any undergraduate on a Computer Science degree.
[url]http ...Browsing HistorySomeone who works at Sherborne School where Alan Turing studied has just unearthed the list of books he borrowed from the library. [url]http://alexb…
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Heavy Science and Mathematics, including Einstein but ...Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
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I studied Computer Science at university, and we started ... the same classes in Computer Science, at Melbourne University. There were ...
