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ABOUT THIS RESEARCHER

Created: 3rd September 2003 
Welcome to the Cave of an Ancient

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Hello Unknown Visitor. Sorry for the inconvenience of cave painting.

I'm aged and hirsute, and so known as Old Hairy.

Formerly an electronics engineer and computer programmer, here I am as a researcher who enjoys puzzles, cryptic crosswords and anagrams, and especially enjoys mathematics. Do not conclude that I am a geek, as other hobbies include beer brewing (I enjoy the tasting phase above all), and am rather partial to stout.space stout space (That is a very bold exclamation mark.)

Here most of the time, but not necessarily paying attention, especially on Mondays, 9:30am till 4:00pm (UK time), due to real life commitments. On Tuesday evenings, from 7:00pm till 11:30pm roughly, I enjoy a game of cribbage. Last year (2003), I was the singles and doubles champion of Gloucester, and my team were runners-up in the league. This year, we are 5 points clear at the top of the table, and the personal cup competition has yet to begin.

Temporarily unable to make sensible contributions. Normal service will be resumed mid-July, 2004. Please persevere with me till then.

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Ask the h2g2 Community (A148907)
Challenge h2g2 (A1293365)
The h2g2 Team (A132986)
The GuideML Clinic (A187229)
Peer Review (PeerReview)
Update Forum (UpdateForum)
h2g2 Feedback (A5734)
- Editorial Feedback (A388334)
- Community Soapbox (A452125)
- Design Feedback (A388343)
- Project Feedback (A459506)
- Technical Feedback (A388325)
- Feature Suggestions (A388352)
- Bug Reports (A388361)
Subs Home Page (A395697)
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In Collaborative Writing Workshop
Mathematical Glossary    Read Comment Edit
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In Writing Workshop
Mathematical Glossary    Read Comment Edit (in CWW)
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In Peer Review
de Morgan's Laws    Read Comment Edit(pulled)
Time and Date    Read Comment Edit(picked)
Boolean Expressions from Truth Tables    Read Comment Edit
Universal Functions of Boolean Algebra Read Comment Edit(picked)
The Difference of Two Squares Formula Read Comment Edit(pulled)
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Edited Entries
Time and Date Original Edited accepted
Universal Functions of Boolean Algebra Original  Editedrecommended
Boolean Function Reduction Original Edited accepted
Boolean Functions Classified Original Edited accepted
Interpolation by Intuition Original Edited accepted
Complementary Arithmetic Original Edited accepted
Boolean Truth Tables Original Edited accepted
Electronic Logic Conventions Original Edited accepted


Subbing Work
Columbo - The Television Detective Read Dialogue Edit PR thread
'The Vicar of Dibley' - The TV Show Read Dialogue Edit PR thread
Blogs & blog entries Read Dialogue Edit PR thread
Main events in Finland's history Read Dialogue Edit PR thread


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Boolean Function Reduction
Universal Functions of Boolean Algebra
Electronic Logic Conventions
Challenge h2g2
Boolean Truth Tables
Interpolation by Intuition
Complementary Arithmetic
Electronic Logic Conventions
Boolean Truth Tables
Boolean Functions Classified
Complementary Arithmetic
Boolean Expressions from Truth Tables
My 42s, by U241325
Time and Date
The Difference of Two Squares Formula
Interpolation by Intuition
Boolean Functions Classified
Main events in Finland's history
Blogs and Blog Entries
Mathematical Glossary
de Morgan's Laws
Boolean Function Reduction
Time and Date
'The Vicar of Dibley' - The TV Show
'Columbo' - The Television Detective
Universal Functions of Boolean Algebra

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MESSAGES
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Sad newsDec 8, 2004
Universal Functions of Boolean AlgebraAug 8, 2004
Hello Old HairyAug 4, 2004
CollaboratorMay 15, 2004
Gloucester heyApr 19, 2004
Message from GnomonApr 19, 2004
HelloApr 15, 2004
Question on Date and TimeApr 15, 2004
Congratulations and problem with Complementary ArithmeticFeb 27, 2004
Questions on subbing A2198603Feb 22, 2004

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JOURNAL
My illness
Jun 26, 2004

Sorry to everyone with whom I was engaged in dialogues, but I have had to endure another course of radiotherapy recently, and am presently in a too sedated state to be saying anything sensible. In plain speak, morphine does your head in.

On a more positive note, I am confident that I will be well again some time real soon. I shall take a convalescence/holiday in the first week of July, and hope to be back to normal thereafter.

Discuss this entry - 4 replies - Latest reply: Sep 20, 2004

Still here but not posting
May 6, 2004

I am going to devote some time to something new (h2g2 related), which MIGHT mean that I do not post much for a while. My subbing work will continue, so please do not even think I have gone away.

Discuss this entry (No replies)

What a Chore
Feb 12, 2004

I had a snag a couple of weeks ago, with a drive C full message. The temporary fix was to relocate the temporary files to drive D, and cut the size of the recycle bin. The proper solution was to reload Windows etc onto drive D, which is twice the size of C.

Just about finished that, but what a chore. More than a dozen laps of downloading Windows updates, then the Office updates, then Adobe, Quick Time, ...

All the little things I forgot showed up - I didn't save the cookies, so had to rediscover many old passwords. And it was a long time ago that I had to set up Internet Explorer.

I did place all of 'My Documents', all my Internet 'Favourites' and all the stuff from Microsoft Outlook on a CD. All I need now is a good way to get the stuff in that .pst file into my new version of Outlook. I hope someone can make a helpful suggestion about this.

Discuss this entry - 1 reply - Latest reply: Feb 12, 2004

Site War
Feb 10, 2004

The problem of a single, multiple identity user, which I tried my best to help cure, has now all the signs of becoming all out war between certain established users.

It may be that the system was not set up to deal with the original situation in a timely fashion, but now that has, somewhat indirectly, resulted in a large number of innocent people losing their access to the site.

All of this looks very unfriendly indeed. It is not difficult for me to construct my own case of a them and us attitude prevailing on h2g2, but there would be little point. Rather than add fuel to the roaring fire, it seems better that I curtail my involvement with h2g2 until sanity again prevails.

THE PRESENT HOSTILITIES ARE ABHORRENT TO ME.

Discuss this entry - 6 replies - Latest reply: Feb 10, 2004

Curing a Problem
Jan 31, 2004

h2g2 has been suffering from a nuisance of late. This journal entry has been created to help solve the problem. The intention is to deflect the current conversations on this issue away from Ask h2g2. This has the added advantage it can be deleted from my PS at some later date.

Discuss this entry - 337 replies - Latest reply: Feb 7, 2004

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SUBSCRIBED ARTICLES
GUIDE ENTRIES
IDTITLECOMMUNITY STATUSCREATED
A3868671Boolean Expressions from Truth Tablesh2g2 EditedJun 1, 2005
A2465499Universal Functions of Boolean Algebrah2g2 EditedSep 20, 2004
A2458244'Columbo' - The Television Detectiveh2g2 EditedJun 28, 2004
A2452015'The Vicar of Dibley' - The TV Showh2g2 EditedJun 24, 2004
A2451511Time and Dateh2g2 EditedJun 2, 2004
A2594991Mathematical Glossary (Work in Progress)h2g2 -May 3, 2004
A2266760Boolean Function Reductionh2g2 EditedApr 26, 2004
A2198603Blogs and Blog Entriesh2g2 EditedApr 15, 2004
A2521559Thermionic Devicesh2g2 -Apr 15, 2004
A2198577Main events in Finland's historyh2g2 EditedApr 13, 2004
A2496062Reliable Table Captionsh2g2 -Apr 6, 2004
A2163151Interpolation by Intuitionh2g2 EditedApr 5, 2004
A2198531Boolean Functions Classifiedh2g2 EditedMar 15, 2004
A2396199Captions in Tablesh2g2 -Mar 7, 2004
A2309573Blank Glossaryh2g2 -Feb 18, 2004
A2261189My Links about Laimh2g2 -Feb 3, 2004
A2253953Yikes e-mailh2g2 -Feb 2, 2004
A2241181de Morgan's Lawsh2g2 -Jan 28, 2004
A2237005Junkiesh2g2 -Jan 27, 2004
A2236989Temporary Onlyh2g2 -Jan 27, 2004
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