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Archive for May, 2007

May 28th, 2007 by Lucas

Gliding Status Report

On Saturday: Due to my enthusiasm for a winch launch I only managed one flight – a hanger flight from runway 01 to runway 27 for a duration of 19 minutes. (The winch broke just before our launch .. dammit) On Sunday I had my first taste of wave lift. Unfortunately, it was only a [...]

May 19th, 2007 by Lucas

The new Australian Citizenship test

Pilfered from: Helen’s comment on Larvatus Prodeo Australian Government Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs Application for Grant of Australian Citizenship You must answer 75% (28 or more out of 37) of these questions correctly in order to qualify for Australian Citizenship 1. How many slabs can you fit in the back of [...]

May 15th, 2007 by Lucas

It’s not the economy, stoopid

Well, in today’s crikey, Charles Richardson opines that the masses have already chosen Kevin Rudd as the next prime minister in his article titled “Thanks for the Budget, but we’ve already made up our minds” He proposes that the lack of bounce in the opinion polls shows that the average voter, whilst applicative of the [...]

May 5th, 2007 by Lucas

Gliding Status Report

Today I managed three flights, 14, 8 and 14 minutes, all solo. As I have already completed my A certificate (16 years ago, mind you), I didn’t need the daily checks. (It helps that I have flown quite a few times with today’s duty instructor. I need to work on the landing finesse (getting the [...]

May 2nd, 2007 by Lucas

HD-DVD processing Key

As an act of preservation, and a stand against censorship i post the following number: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 It’s the processing key for most of the HD-DVDs that are out on the market at the moment. This should allow you to code [...]

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