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leakingpen
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Joined: 27 Jan 2005 Posts: 187
the device is called a sextant. a quadrant is formed by slicing an area into four pieces. each peice is a quadrant. its similar to saying the french quarter, the downtown quarter, the business quarter, ect.
noise cancellation could be as simple as raising some walls, coating the stadium walls with rubber or other acoustic materials, or an reversed sound emmitter.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:21 pm
Sep7imus
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cassandra wrote:
Unfortunately I can't stop reading it as a sentence whose first letters spell 'gonad'...
Nomads and daemons...referring to computing terms? near-anagrams?
"Gonad" ... let's hope that's not leading anywhere.
Not just near anagrams, a near palindrome.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:43 pm
Violet
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Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Posts: 217
I just can't get around the fact that they have a Commissioner Gordon - maybe they have a Batman too! And a shiny red phone! yay!
But seriously folks, now we know they have the same months as us, it's just the way they count their years that's different.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:52 pm
Atrophied
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Mikeyj wrote:
("Get the crystal, get the crystal...automatic lockin I'm afraid...hello mumsy!")
lovin' the crystal maze reference
It was a mentally challenging game as well though, lots of the games were more of a puzzle than a physical thing.
Mumsy was always fun to watch
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:05 pm
cassandra
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leakingpen wrote:
the device is called a sextant. a quadrant is formed by slicing an area into four pieces. each peice is a quadrant. its similar to saying the french quarter, the downtown quarter, the business quarter, ect.
No, the quadrant was the precursor to the sextant. It used a scale of 90 degrees (quarter of circle) to measure celestial altitude as opposed to the later sextant's (and then octant) 60 degrees. The sextant was invented a few years earlier than our supposed discovery-of-the-Cube time.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:21 pm
BrianEnigma
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Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 1199 Location: Pacific Northwest
brat-sampson wrote:
I want some video footage of a Wheel match. I'm just having trouble imagining what it could be like.
It will probably end up being something less glamorous than what we all have in our heads right now--like maybe a monster truck rally.
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:35 pm
StukovFortyTwo
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Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 12 Location: Bellingham, Washington
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A long line of enthusiasts waited out the chilly, drizzling April day...
Last time I checked April ment spring for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Possible hint at the location of the city on whatever planet they happen to be on.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:03 pm
geofortean
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StukovFortyTwo wrote:
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A long line of enthusiasts waited out the chilly, drizzling April day...
Last time I checked April ment spring for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Possible hint at the location of the city on whatever planet they happen to be on.
Just because it's spring doesn't mean it's not fricking freezing (Mr Bigglesworth) or piddling down with rain. Going off that Perplex City could be anywhere in the UK! lol
After all...
"If you're an alien, how comes it sounds like you're from the North?"
"So?!? Lots of planets have a North!"
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:11 pm
[PCGF]dbarnett
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StukovFortyTwo wrote:
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A long line of enthusiasts waited out the chilly, drizzling April day...
Last time I checked April ment spring for those of us in the northern hemisphere. Possible hint at the location of the city on whatever planet they happen to be on.
Not really, as the fact that April is our spring is due to the tilt of the Earth's axis and its orbit pattern around the sun, which I'm pretty sure is unique.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:56 pm
Rob_Riv
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Joined: 17 Feb 2005 Posts: 350
tanner wrote:
hmmm
triple-wheel ----- 3 wheels ------ stadium
------------------- 3 balls --------- star sign
------------------- 3 cups --------- bar name
what does it all mean ????
edit -- please disregard my foolishness -- its 5 cups
Well like there are no houses with the number '13' in France.. maybe it's the opposite.. everything good comes in threes!..loll
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:45 pm
geofortean
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Rob_Riv wrote:
...maybe it's the opposite.. everything good comes in threes!..loll
Yeah but they class it as an extra and usually charge more...
Damn, shoulda kept that quiet.
*siddles off, whistling an innocent tune*
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:57 pm
u05mpb
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There is a motorcycle club called 'The Nomads', and Nomad is also the name of a make of dosset box
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:49 pm
am520dj
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Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 135 Location: United States
it has to be a team mental competition. reasons: their culture sure is full of it, if it requires thinking- it wouldnt be good to have people making a whole bunch of noise in the stands (get sound cancelling devicies).
and of course, wouldnt it be fun to make fun of a friends favorite team because of their lack of intelligence
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:06 pm
Kleitophon
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 9
The noise cancellation was for the surrounding neighborhood, rather than for the competitors. . . as I understood the article.
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:21 am
number9dream
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Joined: 22 Apr 2005 Posts: 222 Location: Newcastle, UK
Re: [UPDATE] New Sentinel Article (4/27/05)
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the much-combatted Triple Wheel Stadium
Sounds like something a bit more like 'rollerball' than 'family fortunes' to me
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