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30-12-2006
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For the last 20 years or so I've been watching these lectures on TV, firstly on the BBC, then Channel 4, and now it's shifted to Channel 5. I don't know about you but I found this year's lectures totally boring. Apart looking the double of Johnny Rotten, the professor was tedious beyond belief. I started out anxious to know there is to know about numbers, but instead we were served some trash about ants and curves being infinite. Sh*t!
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31-12-2006
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31-12-2006
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01-01-2007
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05-01-2007
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07-01-2007
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