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  • The book is set on an alien world that has been settled by a whole bunch of different alien races, and apparently it has all been done on the shonk, in general.

    Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Brightness Reef - David Brin Blue Tyson 2007

  • : What other Android handsets can we expect to see with the updat ... seems that all IT projects implemented at all levels of govmnt are in trouble. seems like a new shonk industry is born, or another insulati ...

    ZDNet Australia 2010

  • "This fellow is an absolute shonk, he would make excuses like his mother had died for not returning my phone calls," said Ms Pham, who lives in Sydney.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • It was "human nature" a shonk might skim a little from such a "big, huge" job-creation program.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Thats why serious people who want credible sources refer to the IPCC and not some shonk on WUWT.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010

  • : What other Android handsets can we expect to see with the updat ... seems that all IT projects implemented at all levels of govmnt are in trouble. seems like a new shonk industry is born, or another insulati ...

    ZDNet Australia 2010

  • That's what undermined the home-insulation program and made the ETS a hollow shonk.

    The Age News Headlines 2010

  • : What other Android handsets can we expect to see with the updat ... seems that all IT projects implemented at all levels of govmnt are in trouble. seems like a new shonk industry is born, or another insulati ...

    ZDNet Australia 2010

  • : What other Android handsets can we expect to see with the updat ... seems that all IT projects implemented at all levels of govmnt are in trouble. seems like a new shonk industry is born, or another insulati ...

    ZDNet Australia 2010

  • : What other Android handsets can we expect to see with the updat ... seems that all IT projects implemented at all levels of govmnt are in trouble. seems like a new shonk industry is born, or another insulati ...

    ZDNet Australia edit@zdnet.com.au (Renai LeMay 2010

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  • "The next step for the two scientists is to publish their findings before handing it over to a laboratory to try and mimic the process of photosynthesis, something they believe will be a reality within five years.

    But Professor Pace is quick to ease thoughts the future will involve leaving a car in the sun and fuelling it up with a garden hose.

    'If I was a shonk I'd tell you yes,' he said."

    - Ewan Gilbert, Scientists unlock nature's hydrogen secrets, abc.net.au, 10 Nov 2012.

    November 9, 2012

  • I'm tickled that bilby lives a day ahead of me. 11/9/12 = 11/10/12. Time zone maths.

    November 9, 2012

  • Cold fusion is getting hot again - reaching the light of day i dare say - I too am glad that bilby presorts out this confusion before we have to deal with it!?

    November 10, 2012

  • Gah, time warp!

    November 10, 2012