GDallimore

About me edit

Physicist, patent attorney, swimming teacher, living in England, likes acting and composing.

This user thinks the existence of Ray Comfort disproves the theory that man has evolved from unintelligent apes

Wikipedia:Barnstars edit

		The Barnstar of Diligence
		I award you this barnstar for your incredible efforts to discover the truth behind Complexxon and User:S.Tychon. --PresN 19:37, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		I, Smee, hereby award The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar to GDallimore. You let me know you had fixed some infobox issues, a long while after I had forgotten about it, which was very kind and thoughtful of you. Thank you. Yours, Smee 18:10, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Thrud the Barbarian has been listed as a Language and literature good article under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do, and if it no longer meets these criteria, it can be delisted or reassessed.

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March 1, 2008}

Wikipedia:Did you know? edit

On 14 February 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that the House of Lords declined to hear an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application, concerning the patentability of computer programs in the United Kingdom?

On 24 March 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Progress Theatre, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that Kenneth Branagh had his earliest theatre appearances with Progress Theatre, including one minor role of "second policeman"?

On 6 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that Dr Brewer's A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar is a 19th century example of the persistence of the caloric theory of heat transfer?

On 18 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thrud the Barbarian, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that Thrud the Barbarian, a comic character parodying Arnold Schwarzenegger's depiction of Conan the Barbarian, has the intelligence of a garden snail?

On 26 May 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Four Nights in Knaresborough, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that the play Four Nights in Knaresborough, which tells the story of the aftermath of Thomas Becket's murder using modern language and idiom, is to be re-made as an action movie in the style of Young Guns?

On 9 June 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Kung Fu Jimmy Chow, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that Kung Fu Jimmy Chow is a cartoon parody that has the appearance of a dubbed Japanese anime?

On 24 May 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Uncommon Sense, which you created or substantially expanded.

... that "Uncommon Sense" by Hal Clement received a Hugo Award for Best Short Story 51 years after it was first published?

On 24 September 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Community design, which you created or substantially expanded.

...that, since 2002, the Community design has provided Europe-wide protection for designs more simply and cheaply than the previous country-by-country approach?

On 16 October 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World (short story), which you created or substantially expanded.

... that "The Beast that Shouted Love at the Heart of the World" won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1969?

On 24 October 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Let the Right One In (film), which you created or substantially expanded.

... that 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In was marked for an English language remake to be directed by Matt Reeves before it was even released in US cinemas?

On 15 May 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Intimate Exchanges, which you created or substantially expanded.

... that the 1982 play Intimate Exchanges by Alan Ayckbourn includes 31 scenes, 16 possible endings, 10 characters, and 8 major plot variations, all performed by only 2 actors?

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Personal Info

This user is a Cancerian.

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This user was born in the year of the Snake.

This user is male.

Interests and Hobbies

This user plays the piano.

This user is interested in drama and acting.

Qualifications

MPhys

This user has a Master of Physics degree.

This user studied at
University College, Oxford

My Contributions edit

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Milestones edit

Edit number	Date	Edit
1	2006-02-23	Proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions
500	2007-02-14	Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application
1000	2007-04-03	Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page
1500	2007-05-18	Black Snake Moan (film)
2000	2007-06-25	Warrior (Comics)
2500	2008-02-27	Carl Critchlow
3000	2008-03-31	Aerotel v Telco and Macrossan's Application
3500	2008-04-30	Flowers for Algernon
4000	2008-06-10	Flowers for Algernon
4500	2008-10-07	Microsoft v. MikeRoweSoft
5000	2008-11-12	Scams in intellectual property