does it mention the recent discovery of how they may have moved the blocks?

in one of the tombs they found these strange half circle wooden blocks.

they found you could strap them to a stone block...making it into a cylinder. forget dragging it.. roll it...

wish I could find a link about it..

ah from Wiki

"Dr R H G Parry[3] has suggested a method for rolling the stones, using a cradle-like machine that had been excavated in various new kingdom temples. Four of those objects could be fitted around a block so it could be rolled easily. Experiments done by the Obayashi Corporation, with concrete blocks 0.8 m square by 1.6 m long and weighing 2.5 tons, showed how 18 men could drag the block over a 1-in-4 incline ramp, at a rate of 18 meters per minute. Vitruvius in De architectura[4] described a similar method for moving irregular weights. It is still not known whether the Egyptians used this method but the experiments indicate it could have worked using stones of this size. Egyptologists generally accept this for the 2.5 ton blocks mostly used but do not agree over the methods used for the 15+ ton and several 70-ton blocks."

Phantastico!

I will show to my 9 year old son, Phineas, who shares a similar vision.

CoolPreviews has also been rewritten so now it no longer 'clashes' with Google's stuff - phew! Silence at last... 😄

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More here on the bridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity_Bridge

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Bob

Thank you. That was it.

Wow, the gauge cluster is a very efficient design. For some reason it seems quite unique that the speedometer is on the right.

Goldenfrog

Thanks Mike.

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@olishea said:

... and i said you have to be kinky to vote labour, not an idiot!

You're beginning to sound like an American Republican Spokesperson now. Your original statement is on the same page.

(I have freinds who call themselves Republicans, so I have to make a careful distinction between those who hope the party can return to what it once was and those who are trying to lead it off the deep end.)

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@robmoors said:

Okay once you know what it's called it's easy to fix.

Hi Rob,

Glad you found your answer. When I started reading the thread I was thinking "He needs to know that it's called a 'ligature'" and fortunately I kept reading and found out that you had found out.

The reason it's in one font and not another is up to the font designers. If a designer takes the time and trouble to design a ligature, it will be there in the font, and if not, not. There are also fonts that have "swash" capitals in addition to normal capitals.

The most commonly used ligatures are f-i, f-f, and f-f-i in Times and Times-like fonts. In the f-i and f-f ligature, the "ball" at the top of the 'f' merges with the dot on the 'i' and in the f-f forms the crossbars on the 'f's merge, so the f-f-i has two things going on.

That Calibri c-k ligature is unusual and is more "swash" than most ligatures which are about readabily and compactness. In this case, the c-k does not improve readability nor does it take up less space, but it would go well with "swash" capitals. It certainly should not be there automatically in body type. Swash can be pretentious, but there are times when that is what you want.

I hope this helps,
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@chris fullmer said:

Why not just tell them to come use the forum for questions. Is there really a need to differentiate them from any other beginner who comes and visits?

Hi chris, dylan the only thing I am trying to achieve is to keep track of my students, I agree that differentation is not necessary or desirable. And i certainly want them to have the advantage of all the members knowledge here.
Csaba has set up a ug for me, I'll see how that goes. I'm still thinking that just starting a thread might be the simplist solution.
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That's kind of old actually.

I remember however when I was almost busted at the Three Sisters Islands when I walked into the river and the cops thought I was going to jump off the Falls.
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(Who would1ve done such a stupid thing? It was freezing cold and snow and ice everywhere!)

I have never completed any projects. I simply "abandon" them as "good enough" for the deadline (and the client).
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Could have been something out of control of SCF. You never know when dealing with network issues.