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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Started conversation Jan 21, 2010
By sheer providence today I was at a series of public lectures in science in Sheffield.
After buzzing about The BBC's "The Secret Life of Chaos" all last week. 
(see F19585?thread=3875581&skip=1298&show=1 )
One of the speakers was the man who appeared in it -Dr Andrea Sella - and he performed the Berlusov experiment live on stage! Absolutely mad day. 
Completly undersold by the college. 
If I'd known this was coming I'd not have shut up about it!! No matter.
Other speakers includes Prof Steve Jones (Geneticist 
) and Prof Robert Winston (Fertility
) - who took his Q&As by leaping off the stage and running around the auditorium 
); a lecture on progress towards nuclear fusion (proof of principle next year (!!) and a new reactor by 2025, apparently... 
) and the next telescope to replace The Hubble! 
.
Overheard one dissaffected teenager describe it as "boring"
I don't think they'd recognise Interesting if it walked up and assaulted them with a wet haddock. 
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 21, 2010
yeh! but can they make a good pot of tea, I doubt it 
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Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. Posted Jan 21, 2010
I think it as being used to power the Infinite Improbability Engine that was opening the rift between dimensions that was making these legends of science appear on stage at roughly 45 minutes intervals.
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TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office Posted Jan 21, 2010
That sounds pretty durned good!
TRiG.
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Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! Posted Jan 21, 2010
at last someone.................................... 
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gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA Posted Jan 22, 2010
Yikes Clive!!!
Sounds as though you had a smashing time there!!!!
GT
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- 1: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 21, 2010)
- 2: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 21, 2010)
- 3: Clive the flying ostrich: Amateur Polymath | Chief Heretic. (Jan 21, 2010)
- 4: TRiG (Ireland) A dog, so bade in office (Jan 21, 2010)
- 5: Jackruss a Grand Master of Tea and Toast, Keeper of the comfy chair, who is spending a year dead for tax reasons! DNA! (Jan 21, 2010)
- 6: gandalfstwin OGGMSTKMBGSUIKWIATA (Jan 22, 2010)
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