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	<title>rathervague random writings &#187; General</title>
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	<description>random writings by Derek Sozou</description>
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		<title>Cars eat air</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2010/07/25/cars-eat-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without air combustion engines do not work. wikipedia references Atmosphere of Earth 78% Nitrogen 20.95% oxygen 0.93% argon 0.039% carbon dioxide Burnt fuel. What space does it fill?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Without air combustion engines do not work.</p>
<p>wikipedia references</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_of_Earth">Atmosphere of Earth</a></p>
<p>78% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen">Nitrogen</a><br />
20.95% <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen">oxygen</a><br />
0.93% argon<br />
0.039% carbon dioxide</p>
<p>Burnt fuel. What space does it fill?</p>
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		<title>links for 2010-07-07</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2010/07/07/links-for-2010-07-07/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rathervague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ThinkGeek :: Mini iPhone Microphone (tags: microphone htc desire)]]></description>
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<div class="delicious-link"><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/cee3?cpg=cj">ThinkGeek :: Mini iPhone Microphone</a></div>
<div class="delicious-tags">(tags: <a href="http://delicious.com/rathervague/microphone">microphone</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/rathervague/htc">htc</a> <a href="http://delicious.com/rathervague/desire">desire</a>)</div>
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		<title>Out of time?</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2009/09/01/out-of-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rathervague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time is actually speeding up (or collapsing). For thousands of years the Schumann Resonance or pulse (heartbeat) of Earth has been 7.83 cycles per second, The military have used this as a very reliable reference. However, since 1980 this resonance has been slowly rising. It is now over 12 cycles per second! This mean there [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Time is actually speeding up (or collapsing). For thousands of years the Schumann Resonance or pulse (heartbeat) of Earth has been 7.83 cycles per second, The military have used this as a very reliable reference. </p>
<p>However, since 1980 this resonance has been slowly rising. It is now over 12 cycles per second! This mean there is the equalivant of less than 16 hours per day instead of the old 24 hours. Another intrepetation is &#8211; we, or rather Consciousness have been down this same road seven times before over the last 16 billion years. </p>
<p>Each of these cycles of Creation runs 20 times faster than the last one. The same amount of Creation is paced 20 times tighter. This is why time seems to be going so fast. It is not &#8220;time&#8221; but Creation itself that is accelerating. (see Mayan Calendar Central)</p>
<blockquote><p>Where this comes from i don&#8217;t know, I have little time to think about it!</p></blockquote>
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		<title>New Bike &#8211; Specialized Allez 16 2010 Road Bike</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2009/08/27/new-bike-specialized-allez-16-2010-road-bike/</link>
		<comments>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2009/08/27/new-bike-specialized-allez-16-2010-road-bike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 22:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rathervague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Frame: Specialized Allez A1 Premium aluminium, fully manipulated tubing, smooth weld compact race design, integrated headset Fork: Allez carbon, carbon fibre legs, aluminium crown and steerer Front Derailleur: Shimano 2300 Rear Derailleur: Shimano 2300 Shifters: Shimano 2300 STI, flight deck compatible Chainset: Shimano 2300 Chainrings: 52 x 39T Bottom Bracket: Cr-Mo axle, 68mm x 113mm [...]]]></description>
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<dd class="feature_189319">Specialized Allez A1 Premium aluminium, fully manipulated tubing, smooth weld compact race design, integrated headset</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189320">Allez carbon, carbon fibre legs, aluminium crown and steerer</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189321">Shimano 2300</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189322">Shimano 2300</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189323">Shimano 2300 STI, flight deck compatible</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189325">52 x 39T</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189326">Cr-Mo axle, 68mm x 113mm</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189327">Shimano HG-50, 8-speed, 12-25t</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189328">KMC Z-51</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189330">Light dual pivot brake, Teflon pivots, forged alloy, w/ standard pads</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189333">Specialized Elite, 6061 aluminium, short drop, 31.8mm</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189335">Cage bearings integrated w/ headset, 20mm of spacers w/ top cap</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189337">Alex S500, aluminium, sleeve joint, CNC machined sidewalls</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189338">Forged aluminium, sealed, QR, 32h</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189341">Specialized Mondo Sport, 700x23c, wire bead, 60TPI, w/ Flak Jacket protection</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189342">Specialized Mondo Sport, 700x23c, wire bead, 60TPI, w/ Flak Jacket protection</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189343">Standard presta valve</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189344">Body Geometry Rival road, w/ steel rails</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189345">Alloy, two-bolt clamp, 27.2mm</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189346">Alloy, 31.8mm</dd>
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<dd class="feature_189347">Chain stay protector, chain catcher, derailleur hanger, clear coat, owners manual</dd>
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		<title>Linksheep</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2009/04/03/linksheep/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally a homepage that is useful.. a handy set of growing links.. http://www.linksheep.com]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally a homepage that is useful.. a handy set of growing links..<br />
<a href="http://www.linksheep.com">http://www.linksheep.com</a></p>
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		<title>Experimentalist</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2008/12/17/experimentalist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rathervague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Experimentalist&#8221; is a blanket term for all sorts of scientists engaged more in experimental activity than in the theoretical side of their sciences. The word is essentially equivalent to &#8220;experimenter.&#8221; The latter word, however, emphasizes what the person is actually doing; &#8220;experimentalist,&#8221; by contrast, highlights what the person likes to do or finds important. &#8220;Experimentalist&#8221; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Experimentalist&#8221; is a blanket term for all sorts of scientists engaged more in experimental activity than in the theoretical side of their sciences.</p>
<p>The word is essentially equivalent to &#8220;experimenter.&#8221; The latter word, however, emphasizes what the person is actually doing; &#8220;experimentalist,&#8221; by contrast, highlights what the person likes to do or finds important.</p>
<p>&#8220;Experimentalist&#8221; is also used in reference to a personality type that builds up gradually to a work. Here the term is not limited to science, but is frequently used in relation to artists. Famous &#8220;experimentalists&#8221; could include Cézanne, Mark Twain or Robert Frost. The opposite of being an Experimentalist is to be a Conceptualist.</p>
<p>Colloquially, an Experimentalist has been defined as &#8220;one who prefers to ascertain by finding out.&#8221;</p>
<p>source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimentalist">wikipedia</a></p>
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		<title>The game that never took place</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2008/05/23/the-game-that-never-took-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 23:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rathervague</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrived it may sound, but watching the game &#8216;live&#8217; was evidence for all to see. Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21 May 2008 Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (Manchester United WIN 6-5 ON PENALTIES A Murdock/Sky spectacular event, and hes no &#8216;crazy fool&#8217;. The maintainer of SkyBet and live in-game betting, were strangely the majority of bets offered, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Contrived it may sound, but watching the game &#8216;live&#8217; was evidence for all to see.</p>
<p>Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, 21 May 2008<br />
Manchester United 1-1 Chelsea (Manchester United WIN 6-5 ON PENALTIES</p>
<p>A Murdock/Sky spectacular event, and hes no &#8216;crazy fool&#8217;.<br />
The maintainer of SkyBet and live in-game betting, were strangely the majority of bets offered, being of a fixed outcome to the limit of full-time (in this case 90mins).</p>
<p>When the game went into half-time at Manchester United &#038; Chelsea on one a piece, we started to realise something was up. A fair game you might say, though the informed would see the use of magnetic goal posts, and a metallic inner ball, some fear the use of helium gas injection.</p>
<p>The obvious playground antics in the second half, cued nicely to be mapped &#038; graphed into &#8216;FIFA 2009&#8242; console game. Play acted until both teams fully exhausted the full 90 minutes.</p>
<p>No great surprise there&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Proxy Sync for Time Cache</title>
		<link>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2008/04/29/proxy-sync-for-time-cache/</link>
		<comments>http://rathervague.co.uk/writings/2008/04/29/proxy-sync-for-time-cache/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes made all over the world don&#8217;t happen in a split second so we at 2bit technologies have developed time cache. Further reading will be available in the near future.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Changes made all over the world don&#8217;t happen in a split second so we at 2bit technologies have developed time cache.</p>
<p>Further reading will be available in the near future.</p>
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