This would be slightly less scary if governments were made up of people & didn't make such a pigs ear of repression ("Hey lets arrest the wrong people and make the six o'clock news").
How about: What if they're not your military? I have no particular problem with the British Army blocking the galileo system - but I'm not overly keen on the US Army doing it for us - we're not the 51st State *yet*.
Or how about a different positive example: The US fires a gps guided missile towards (insert city here). The French Army disables it. Perhaps not something you feel quite so happy about?
The point of galileo is give an independent system to Europe. Now I for one am happy for our governments to give your military the same rights over galileo as you give us over gps. I'm not sure what rights they are at the moment but I'm sure they must be extensive. Fair trade?
There's a report on chimeras (people with genetically distinct cells) in last week's New Scientist. It mentions one little boy who is a chimera genetically both male and female. Apparently boy & girl twins merged during the early stages of pregnancy, leaving him with one functional testicle and one funtioning ovary. Externally male (hence me calling him "him") - internally he's both.
Remember the first two books were novelisations of the radio series even though they were different in many places. For example the first book ends at the point that Douglas Adams had got to when the courier arrived for the manuscript.
one...your kids almost certainly know what you want but have no intention of doing it. Back to yelling
two...what if they get to implant the same device in you. Imagine never being able to ignore them, never to say "Sorry love I didn't catch that", never to say "If you keep quiet about bloody McDonalds for five minutes you can have one".
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a five year old whinging for an ice cream...for ever!
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Ten pin bowling evolved from skittles when the great & the good of the American colonies banned it. Think of bowling with a smaller ball & 9 pins in a square and you've more or less got the idea.
There used to be skittle alleys in pubs, but slowly they've been taken out. About 15-20 years back, one of the bars in the Student Union at Cardiff University used to have one. (What? Not allowed to drink untill you're 21? You poor sods!)
As to the origin of the phrase I don't know but I've heard it a few times.
There are a lot of people asking about the numbers.
Well, I get the print edition of IT Week and the numbers are there on page 19, in the form of a lovely little graph. The (print) article says they used a HP ProLiant BL10 eCLass Server (900MHz PIII, 40Gb ATA, 512Mb Ram) and goes in to a little detail about the benchmarking software used.
I couldn't see a copy of the article on their website but you can download an electronic copy, in some god-forsaken windows only ebook format, from www.itweek.co.uk/ebook.
errrmmm...it's slightly worse than that. You have Avagadro's number more or less right (we were taught 6.022*10^23). But that number of protons weighs 1g not 1kg. So you're a 1000 times out in your calculations. But still bang on with your argument.
Black pudding -yes Steak & kidney pie- yes beef & onion (?) pie - yes
Vinegar as a condiment -yes
But you've missed my favourite...pie & mash (please brace yourself)
a minced beef pie served with mashed potato covered in liquor (a white sauce made with parsely and eels {yes the fish}) - add the usual condiments - black pepper and vinegar, preferably chilli vinegar.
Definition: Summer Time A tremendous wheeze where everyone pretends to themselves their NOT getting up an hour earlier every morning in summer by pretending its an hour ealier than it really is.
Definition: Central European Summer TIme (CEST) Central European Version of same. aka GMT +2
Only the minions of Satan work on Sunday ...and parents......mutter...bloody unpaid taxi service...mutter...build your own bloody trampoline...mutter DIY - why don't you do it yourself?...mutter...(sub-vocal rant continues for several hours)
Many years ago there was a holiday programme on BBC One which visited Southern America (Carolina I think). The bit where little old ladies taught the grinning presenter to "shag" was one of the most surreal I've ever seen.
I'm probably alone here in being both British and a (former) legal gun owner. I used to (legally) shoot target rifle & pistol and before that clay pigeon.
The situation used to be that Firearms legally held needed to be secure. This involved putting them in double locked safes bolted the the wall and having burglar alarms. It meant that having a row with the wife didn't end in murder, and some 'orrible little kid didn't nick daddy's gun and kill his schoolmates. Sorry to break it to you but having a pistol by the bed makes a death in the house more likely not less.
The firearms ban (which effects everything except shotguns, muzzle loaders and single-shot/bolt/lever action rifles) didn't increase the rate of gun crime because to all intents and purposes the number of legally held firearms didn't make a difference anyway. The vast majority of illegal weapons were smuggled into the country rather than stolen. Apart from the inevitable suicides legally held weapons were (since 1968) used in two incidents both murder/suicide.
A much more likely reason for the increase in gun crime is the collapse of the eastern block coupled with the reduction in customs checks - supplying a source and making smuggling easier.
In my far opinion a simple licensing scheme to ensure felons can't buy firearms over the counter and a requirement to keep guns secure (just lock 'em away) would be the best start the US could make. If nothing else reducing the number of husbands/wives shot would have a significant impact.
However I think a large cultural shift would be needed to reduce the numbers significantly. It has always struck me that in American folk heros tended to be gunslingers (to be fair on both sides of the law) while Canadian folk heros were policeman, who were famed for *always* catching the criminal.
English has never had an Academy telling us how to speak. Our base grammer and core vocablary is a simplified combination of Old English and Norse, and half of our words are loan words - mostly French or Latin - that we picked up on the way.
American English started as a deliberate attempt to simplify English.
Yes it's equally logical to refer to a corporate body as singular or plural. In law it is singular but English predates that legal fiction.
I use the English version (cause I am) which reflects the particular dialect I speak, but in the end does it really matter?
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This would be slightly less scary if governments were made up of people & didn't make such a pigs ear of repression ("Hey lets arrest the wrong people and make the six o'clock news").
Unfortunately they do and it is bloody scary.
How about: What if they're not your military? I have no particular problem with the British Army blocking the galileo system - but I'm not overly keen on the US Army doing it for us - we're not the 51st State *yet*.
Or how about a different positive example: The US fires a gps guided missile towards (insert city here). The French Army disables it. Perhaps not something you feel quite so happy about?
The point of galileo is give an independent system to Europe. Now I for one am happy for our governments to give your military the same rights over galileo as you give us over gps. I'm not sure what rights they are at the moment but I'm sure they must be extensive. Fair trade?
Rather scarily not always.
There's a report on chimeras (people with genetically distinct cells) in last week's New Scientist. It mentions one little boy who is a chimera genetically both male and female. Apparently boy & girl twins merged during the early stages of pregnancy, leaving him with one functional testicle and one funtioning ovary. Externally male (hence me calling him "him") - internally he's both.
Poor little sod.
No - but I had the badge about 15-20 years ago and I'm in grumpy Dad mode this morning.
The question has already been done. It is "What do you get if you multiply 6 by 9".
Smartarse comments about base 13 will earn you a clip round the ear.
Remember the first two books were novelisations of the radio series even though they were different in many places. For example the first book ends at the point that Douglas Adams had got to when the courier arrived for the manuscript.
tut tut
Not even a proper university..
(Ok I declare an interest - BSc Chemistry University College Cardiff 1988)
Two small problems...
one...your kids almost certainly know what you want but have no intention of doing it. Back to yelling
two...what if they get to implant the same device in you. Imagine never being able to ignore them, never to say "Sorry love I didn't catch that", never to say "If you keep quiet about bloody McDonalds for five minutes you can have one".
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a five year old whinging for an ice cream...for ever!
Ten pin bowling evolved from skittles when the great & the good of the American colonies banned it. Think of bowling with a smaller ball & 9 pins in a square and you've more or less got the idea.
There used to be skittle alleys in pubs, but slowly they've been taken out. About 15-20 years back, one of the bars in the Student Union at Cardiff University used to have one. (What? Not allowed to drink untill you're 21? You poor sods!)
As to the origin of the phrase I don't know but I've heard it a few times.
There are a lot of people asking about the numbers.
Well, I get the print edition of IT Week and the numbers are there on page 19, in the form of a lovely little graph. The (print) article says they used a HP ProLiant BL10 eCLass Server (900MHz PIII, 40Gb ATA, 512Mb Ram) and goes in to a little detail about the benchmarking software used.
I couldn't see a copy of the article on their website but you can download an electronic copy, in some god-forsaken windows only ebook format, from www.itweek.co.uk/ebook.
I think not...
You don't say French champagne, or Italian mozzarella.
They do you know...
Bloody colonials!
Indeed
errrmmm...it's slightly worse than that. You have Avagadro's number more or less right (we were taught 6.022*10^23). But that number of protons weighs 1g not 1kg. So you're a 1000 times out in your calculations. But still bang on with your argument.
..surely it's a matter of taste
Black pudding -yes
Steak & kidney pie- yes
beef & onion (?) pie - yes
Vinegar as a condiment -yes
But you've missed my favourite...pie & mash
(please brace yourself)
a minced beef pie served with mashed potato covered in liquor (a white sauce made with parsely and eels {yes the fish}) - add the usual condiments - black pepper and vinegar, preferably chilli vinegar.
Stunningly popular delicacy on the manor...
Definition: Summer Time
A tremendous wheeze where everyone pretends to themselves their NOT getting up an hour earlier every morning in summer by pretending its an hour ealier than it really is.
Definition: Central European Summer TIme (CEST)
Central European Version of same. aka GMT +2
I'm not a morning person
Only the minions of Satan work on Sunday ...and parents... ...mutter...bloody unpaid taxi service...mutter...build your own bloody trampoline...mutter DIY - why don't you do it yourself?...mutter...(sub-vocal rant continues for several hours)
So who's got ideas for the potential use/market for these devices?
Anyone with kidnap insurance perhaps? If nothing else it should lower their premiums.
Many years ago there was a holiday programme on BBC One which visited Southern America (Carolina I think). The bit where little old ladies taught the grinning presenter to "shag" was one of the most surreal I've ever seen.
Many years ago there was a summarise the LOTR in 25 words or less...I think the winner went something like:
Shortarse kills dark lord by chucking ring down volcano. Local vagrant elected king.
I'm probably alone here in being both British and a (former) legal gun owner. I used to (legally) shoot target rifle & pistol and before that clay pigeon.
The situation used to be that Firearms legally held needed to be secure. This involved putting them in double locked safes bolted the the wall and having burglar alarms. It meant that having a row with the wife didn't end in murder, and some 'orrible little kid didn't nick daddy's gun and kill his schoolmates. Sorry to break it to you but having a pistol by the bed makes a death in the house more likely not less.
The firearms ban (which effects everything except shotguns, muzzle loaders and single-shot/bolt/lever action rifles) didn't increase the rate of gun crime because to all intents and purposes the number of legally held firearms didn't make a difference anyway. The vast majority of illegal weapons were smuggled into the country rather than stolen. Apart from the inevitable suicides legally held weapons were (since 1968) used in two incidents both murder/suicide.
A much more likely reason for the increase in gun crime is the collapse of the eastern block coupled with the reduction in customs checks - supplying a source and making smuggling easier.
In my far opinion a simple licensing scheme to ensure felons can't buy firearms over the counter and a requirement to keep guns secure (just lock 'em away) would be the best start the US could make. If nothing else reducing the number of husbands/wives shot would have a significant impact.
However I think a large cultural shift would be needed to reduce the numbers significantly. It has always struck me that in American folk heros tended to be gunslingers (to be fair on both sides of the law) while Canadian folk heros were policeman, who were famed for *always* catching the criminal.
Since ping is the sound sonar makes to establish if there's anything there I've always felt that the name was probably invented after the acronym.
Just a thought.
English has never had an Academy telling us how to speak. Our base grammer and core vocablary is a simplified combination of Old English and Norse, and half of our words are loan words - mostly French or Latin - that we picked up on the way.
American English started as a deliberate attempt to simplify English.
Yes it's equally logical to refer to a corporate body as singular or plural. In law it is singular but English predates that legal fiction.
I use the English version (cause I am) which reflects the particular dialect I speak, but in the end does it really matter?
I sometimes wonder how news travels nowadays... a slashdot article quotes a BBC article quoting a newscientist article...
So what is left if that perishes?
er..food, drink, sex, books, newspapers, television, & radio spring to mind.