In 1965 the BBC launched a technology programme called Tomorrow's World. The BBC
has just released archive footage.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8253236.stm

And the archive.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8001.shtml?all=2&id=8001

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     Stephen

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On 09/14/09 00:57, Stephen wrote:
> In 1965 the BBC launched a technology programme called Tomorrow's World. The BBC
> has just released archive footage.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8253236.stm
>
> And the archive.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8001.shtml?all=2&id=8001


	"Not available in your area"

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In an Astronomy class (toward an Astronomy major, not that gen-ed crap) 
the professor did not tell us we would have to remember constants, and 
he asked them as questions. They were short questions, and weren't worth 
a lot.

One of them was: What is the orbital period of Saturn? (2 pts/100)

I started thinking about Bode's law and the posibility I could calculate 
it from an approximate radius I would get from that law... if I could 
remember it. But when you expect a 72% to be an A on a test, you have 
bigger fish to fry.

Then I got it. It was right, it should work, and no one would have to be 
nailed to anything.

I wrote: One Saturn-Year

I didn't get credit for it. A couple years later a sophomore was telling 
me about this funny question he had in the same class. He showed it to 
me. It read:

What is the orbital period of Saturn? (Do not put one Saturn-Year)

I was so right that it had to be guarded against. Yet those were 2 
points I would never have.

(as told by SetupWeasel on Slashdot)

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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:38:29 -0500, Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:

>On 09/14/09 00:57, Stephen wrote:
>> In 1965 the BBC launched a technology programme called Tomorrow's World. The BBC
>> has just released archive footage.
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8253236.stm
>>
>> And the archive.
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8001.shtml?all=2&id=8001
>
>
>	"Not available in your area"

That's a shame but it is really only British TV history.
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Regards
     Stephen

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Neeum Zawan schrieb:
 > What is the orbital period of Saturn? (Do not put one Saturn-Year)

ROFLMAO!!

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Stephen escreveu:
> In 1965 the BBC launched a technology programme called Tomorrow's World. The BBC
> has just released archive footage.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8253236.stm
> 
> And the archive.
> 
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8001.shtml?all=2&id=8001

any mention to Colossus-powered dumb terminals? ;)

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On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:53:52 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:38:29 -0500, Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg>
> wrote:
> 
>>On 09/14/09 00:57, Stephen wrote:
>>> In 1965 the BBC launched a technology programme called Tomorrow's
>>> World. The BBC has just released archive footage.
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8253236.stm
>>>
>>> And the archive.
>>>
>>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/tomorrowsworld/8001.shtml?all=2&id=8001
>>
>>
>>	"Not available in your area"
> 
> That's a shame but it is really only British TV history.

Still, something we might have to look at here.  :-)

Jim

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>> "Not available in your area"

Me too :-(

> That's a shame but it is really only British TV history.

I'm British and it was one of my favourite shows when I was growing up. 
Shame I can't see it.  The BBC probably sold the non-British rights to 
someone else...

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On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:17:43 +0200, scott wrote:

>>> "Not available in your area"
> 
> Me too :-(
> 
>> That's a shame but it is really only British TV history.
> 
> I'm British and it was one of my favourite shows when I was growing up.
> Shame I can't see it.  The BBC probably sold the non-British rights to
> someone else...

TOR is your friend. ;-)

Jim

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