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Mummy, what does Kernel Panic mean? - 31/01/2001 - 16:54 GMT - [Link]

Mummy, what does "kernel panic" mean?
Finally brought my new baby back into the shop to get that missing 64MB of RAM dealt with. Laptop was still in standby mode so I nearly had a heart-attack when this jolly fellow in a big red lab-coat flipped it upside-down and started screwing the access panel off. He ignored my plainitive squeaks of protest naturally and handed it back to me all of 30 seconds later. Probably could have done it myself; I felt like one of those people who bring their computer, monitor, mouse and printer all back to the shop because they got an error message saying the modem wasn't connected properly... Unfortunate upshot of this noticeable increase in speed (Windows reboots faster than ever before) is that Linux isn't so happy. Ah, sod it; I wanted Debian anyway :-)

Also got the most bog-standard bag possible for the princely sum of IRP 32. It carries the laptop, cordless mouse + receiver and power adaptor + cables...just; if I try cram a PC card in there it's gonna explode. Probably, like.

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Physics of pain - 31/01/2001 - 19:53 GMT - [Link]

Physics of pain
2 weeks from Friday and then total freedom for 2 months! Plans include a trip to the land of tulips and clogs, although not for a tulip/clog appreciation field study, let me tell you.

I might also find myself on an Alp somewhere, a plank of wood/composite anchored to my feet, speeding towards an impact with an immovable object (a ski-instructor called Jürgen, for example) at a force of µmg (sin A) Newtons, where µ is friction, or lack thereof; A is the angle of incline of said Alp, m = my mass (minus blood shed en route) and g = 9.81ms^-2.

Hey, Applied Maths might have been the "seventh subject" of my Leaving Cert, but I remembered some stuff, dammit!

Now, knowing the coefficient of restitution of my jawbone is required to calculate how far I will fly when Jürgen takes a swing at me because he was chatting up two blondes when yours truly ploughed into him. This in turn will give my take-off velocity u and angle B, which, in conjunction with A above, will allow us to work out exactly where I will land/where the rescue team can pick me up: - u (sin B) t - ½g (sin A) t², you know?

I need to go lie down now.

• Dave said:

  Shit, I used to be funny :)

  [2006-11-26 00:45:02 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Aidan Kehoe said:

  Funnier than Schpengle by a country mile, at least.

  [2006-11-27 14:11:34 GMT] [Reply to this comment]



• Dave said:

  Ooh. Controversial.

  [2006-11-27 14:23:27 GMT] [Reply to this comment]

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