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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on September 02, 2005, 12:49:28 am
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http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1513938.html
The teenage inventor was given a C for his project and has been awarded a D overall for the course.
That has got to suck though.
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Brilliant :lol:
The only thing I find a little amiss is that he only got a C for doing that.
Creativity should be rewarded more.
But then again, there are probably other factors that came into the calculation when determining his grade, so what do I know.. :p
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2 minutes->30 minutes talk time?
That's pretty damn good. I wonder how much power a people-sized wheel could generate.
Finally, an easily-obtainable, renewable energy source! :D :p
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Originally posted by Zuljin
there are probably other factors that came into the calculation when determining his grade, so what do I know.. :p
Like the report.
As I know from two years of Uni, whether or not the project works/is original/is actually a good idea is totally irrelevant.
You only get marked on how well you can bull**** to the suits. Explains quite a lot about the world, really.
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
2 minutes->30 minutes talk time?
That's pretty damn good. I wonder how much power a people-sized wheel could generate.
Finally, an easily-obtainable, renewable energy source! :D :p
Heck, I know I'd use something like that. :nervous:
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i wonder how many hampsters it would take to power an electric car, only problem is that it would only run when all the hampsters run at the same time.perhaps having a feed system that only releases a pellet of food after the hampster has done a certain amount of running. yep hampsters may be the soultion to the world's energy problems.
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What didn't I think of that? I used to have a dozen hasmters. They would help save some money :D
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I wonder about the mark. A C. :wtf: I agree that it should be higher, but hey, the concept was really simple...using motion to power something; it's pretty much the same as using a windmill or watermill, but this time we've got a hamster doing all the work.
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
2 minutes->30 minutes talk time?
That's pretty damn good. I wonder how much power a people-sized wheel could generate.
Finally, an easily-obtainable, renewable energy source! :D :p
It's the ultimate answer to unemployment. :p
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You know, it really depends on how elaborately he designed the generator to account for the non-standard frequency and power levels. I cheap old Nokia wouldn't be THAT damaged by charging it on inappropriate power, but still. If he actually had it regulated, then he deserved much more than a C.
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[color=66ff00]Thus far two out of three posts where the word hamster is used it's been spelled incorrectly. :)
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Methinks it's time for another turrent smiley, no? ;)
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Nah, turrent is so... unique. A mark of the community if you will. It'd lose its effectiveness if done for every common spelling mistake :)
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The lab report and paper that goes with a project is usually worth LOADS more than the actual project itself. I'm sure he just didn't do the paper very well (I've been there...).