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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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Regards
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] ieee org> 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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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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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Tomorrow's World classics go online.
Date: 14 Sep 2009 12:27:59
Message: <4aae6f0f@news.povray.org>
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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] ieee org>
> 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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