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RANDOM QUESTIONS

I've put in all that one's I can remember at the moment, but I'm sure I've forgotten some.

Day One - "If you were the captain of a pirate ship what would it be called?"

The Slice of Life

The unknown

The Wily Widow

The Sleepy Dragon

The salty $#@^ (censored for the sake of wiki)

Day Two - "Which is better, Lightning or Toasters?"

Lightning 4 votes

Toaster 1 vote

Day Three - "If you had a single word tattooed to your forehead, what would it be, and which font would you use?

BAM

Horray

Forehead

Helvetica (in Ariel)

- Hi Alister, here is the paper I mentioned today.

http://www.gerad.ca/fichiers/cahiers/G-2013-02.pdf

It studies a dynamic game between a corrupt government and civil society. - Vishwa

Day four - which is the greater virtue- Courage or Wisdom

So far:

4 votes Courage

4 votes Wisdom

Day five- if you had to explain the summer school to a classroom of primary [elementary] school students, what would you say?

"It's like an art class that never ends"

"Nerd camp"

"Phase space camp"

Day six - If you found a bottle containing a self fulfilling prophecy, would you open it? (e.g. opening the bottle significantly increases the likelihood of the specified event occurring)