Friday 14th July, 2006 @ 7:46 pm
Using the Virgin.net website (although, to be fair, this seems to apply to Plusnet as well), I’ve disproved our current mathematical system!
Virgin.net Broadband Plan One
Important link
Up to 8 Mbps
No 12 month contract
Unlimited downloads
Sounds good, eh?
Well looking at the FAQ:
What are usage allowances?
With Virgin.net Broadband Plan Three, you can transfer up to 3 GB of data per month, Plan Two allows up to 6 GB of data to be transfered per month and Plan One, a massive 20 GB
Plan One = infinite download limit
Plan One = 20GB download limit
therefore:
infinite download limit = 20GB download limit
therefore:
infinity = 20
therefore:
infinity = 1
Take that, maths!
(Also, people who make the website for Virgin.net clearly aren’t told basic English skills such as “transfered” having two Rs [transferred], but that’s another rant…)
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Wednesday 5th July, 2006 @ 8:54 pm
I’ve created a new, groundbreaking scientific theory today.
Peedrenaline.
I’d imagine most people know about adrenaline. It’s the fight or flight reflex that makes your reactions quicken and you can feel stronger and more alert. Peedrenaline does the same thing, as I discovered on the way home today.
I decided it would be a good idea to drink about 4 pints of water at work today, and not pee, and just wait till I got home. Just after I got my bike unchained, the water suddenly kicked in, and I cycled the fastest I think I ever have, and my body didn’t hurt or burn (well, except for my bladder, which seemed to be saying in a Scottish accent “Cap’n, we can’t take much more of this!”).
So basically, if you need to exert yourself physically or mentally, drink loads of water and don’t go for a pee first. It’ll make you into some bizarro Superman whose kryptonite is releasing your bladder.
Now that I’ve pioneered this scientific discovery, I predict peedrenaline junkies, who will hold as much urine in as possible, just for the rush (hopefully mental rather than liquid), although, it seems, Neil Costley has been doing this for a fair while already.
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Wednesday 26th April, 2006 @ 1:38 am
Just watching 24, after a long and stressful day. Series 5 is a real lift over previous series, with Jack Bauer being his usual awesome self. Disappointingly though, this episode he is yet to say “We’re running out of time!”, “Tell me where the bomb/gas/gun/cake is!”, “We don’t have time for protocol”, “Dammit!” or attack another member of his staff.
Oh dear me.
“I can trace her physical location using the binary”. I can’t believe that was just said.
Members of Fox and the 24 production team, I am officially offering myself as a free consultant to 24, where you can run “computer talk” by me to ensure that it doesn’t make you sound as ill-informed as retarded as it does.
I mean, come on guys, you are just embarrassing yourselves! Kief deserves better.
In other, better news, my exams went OK, both were 2 question papers, and on both, I had an average question and a good question, so I’m unsure how I’ve done, but it shouldn’t be too bad.
Also, BMC, my progtastic fellow Kiefer Sutherland and Neal Morse lover, has got offered a 2:2 for entry to his masters next year, meaning it is almost 100% certain he will be living with me next year, which is good news for both of us.
Anyway, back to 24, and up earlyish for revision tomorrow.
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