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[UPDATE] The path of least time July 26 2005
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chocshake
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 		[UPDATE] The path of least time July 26 2005
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Planes and dates
Tuesday, July 26 2005, 03:40 PM

I mentioned the other week that I was taking part in the Academy paper airplane competition. I'm disappointed to say that I didn't make in onto the top spot - instead I was second place. To be honest I was pretty lucky to get that far, since there were a number of new designs that looked suspiciously Earth-influenced, and the only reason my plane won out is that they made a last minute change of the paper stock that favoured my design.

As for the winner, well, it wasn't robot-folded but instead was made by Victor Neues in the Department of Arts. It was the strangest looking thing I'd seen - a mishmash of hard folds and flowing curves. If I didn't know any better, I'd say he used a computer to design it, but then again apparently Victor's been doing some research into airborne artwork.

Ankit asked me about the competition and said it seemed like a bit of a waste of time to build a robot just for folding airplanes. That'd definitely be true if that was all it did, but in the case that I mentioned, she just appropriated some of the standard manipulator bots that we have around for microengineering.

Ankit (I'm not sure whether that's a male or female name, sorry!) also asked about our seeming obsession and knowledge of Earth, as reflected in our media. I've taken a look at the external edition of the Sentinel that's being sent to you guys, and I'm not surprised that you think that. The stories that you see are only a small selection of the full news, which generally covers more Perplex City specific stuff, including business, sports and so on, that you probably wouldn't find interesting. Also, don't forget that we've been studying Earth for years, whereas you guys only heard about us recently.

Can't talk for long - I'm supposed to be meeting a girl from Crypto for lunch and I don't want to make a bad first impression by being late!


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Mosestrotsky
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 		Now who is his date with? Does Violet know? Wink

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cassandra
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 		Heh - you know, I emailed him about that. Probably just work-related, but we'll see if he replies Wink

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Mikeyj
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Mosestrotsky wrote:
Now who is his date with? Does Violet know? Wink


Whoever she is, she'll be second best, his unrequited love for Violet is obviously a bitter flame within his tortured heart. The irony is that she yearns for him too, but her poker-face can't allow her true feelings to show. They'll remain for series after torpid series just good friends.

/me slips into romantic drama induced vegetative state

PS Cassandra...that's an interesting (?) avatar!
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cassandra
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 		I'm in costume Smile

/OT

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GuyP
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 		But it's be nice if you could make it half the width...

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Only one image can be displayed at a time, its width can be no greater than 100 pixels, the height no greater than 100 pixels...


The question is, what side does one crop?

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Leeravitz
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 		Hah. Never fear. I intend on proposing to Violet in a secret e - mail, and conducting the first ever clandestine relationship between a real person and a virtual construct Smile

No seriously...who knows what the deal with her and Kurt is? All I can say for certain is that they would appear to have spent time crossing over rickety bridges together in what I must assume was some form of bonding exercise between her patriarchal father and his prospective son - in - law...unless that 'event' was merely a consensual hallucination...

I fear I'm getting off topic though...stil, nice to know that the Academy aren't letting their reputation for conducting meaningful scientific investigation to slip...

And, agreed Mikey - as to that avatar, Cass, what gives?
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cassandra
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 		argh. I'll take it down, I guess. My computer (and the unfiction profile page) tells me it is the correct size (99 x 99 pixels) but clearly it's not for everyone else. Sorry about that - back to our regularly scheduled program...

(EDIT: think I get it now, clicked on incorrect img name, heh - that was not my avatar Embarassed I'll try again...)

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 		Oh. I liked it, brought colour to the brown. It was fine in my browser (safari) maybe it was an IE problem? BRING BACK CASSANDRA'S PICTURE
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Leeravitz
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 		It wasn't so much I didn't like it, as I was...intrigued...by the choice of subject matter - although, frankly, if we're going to start asking everyone why they've chosen a given avatar, I figure we'll be needing a new thread...
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cassandra
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 		The avatar *should be* a small picture of my face wearing a rainbowy butterfly mask. If it's not, I shall go drown myself posthaste.

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 		What was the wrong avatar?

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 		Something amusingly S&M...I shall cherish the memory Very Happy
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Macavity
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Mikeyj wrote:
Something amusingly S&M...I shall cherish the memory Very Happy


And I missed it! *weep*
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Spankit
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 		If anyone cares, this is the e-mail I sent Kurt:
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Hey Kurt:
My name is Ankit. I noticed from your blog that you participated in a
paper airplane contest last week, and I was wondering how it went. Did
you finally make it to the top spot? I myself never could get the hang
of folding anything contest-worthy. Maybe I could use one of those
folding robots, although it seems like a bit of a waste of time to
build a robot just for folding airplanes!

While I'm on the topic of airplanes, I was also wondering why
commercial airflight is so peculiar to Perplexians such as yourself
(the topic came up in a radio interview with Michiko Clark a few weeks
ago). Do the people of your world not travel long distances? Is there
no reason to? Sometimes, it seems like the people of Perplex City are
more obsessed with and knowledgeable of Earth than they are of the
rest of their own world! But maybe that's just a result of the limited
information on Perplexian culture that Earth has access to. Anyways, I
hope I haven't asked you any questions you can't answer. Talk to you
later.

-Ankit


PS- This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated (stolen from Mitch Hedberg).

PPS- I'm a male.

PPPS- Now you should understand where my screen name comes from.
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