If I remember correctly, the UKIP got about twice as many votes as the SNP and the BNP got about the same number of votes as the SNP, yet the SNP got six seats and the UKIP and BNP didn't get any
Actually the most painful comparison is between the DUP which got 150,000 votes and 8 seats, and UKIP which got 900,000 votes and 0 seats. Whatsmore UKIP were nowhere near getting a seat; they could probably have gotten 2 million votes and 0 seats.
For comparison, protests against the Iraq war that the Labour party you love (as it pays you never-ending benefits for sitting on your arse [ass]) achieved numbers exceeding 1,500,000 - which of course were ignored.
What better evidence do you need that we desperately need to fix the electoral system?
what coalitions actually mean is that the lunatic fringe (yes including the one trick pony pirate party who has nothing meaningful to say on things like EU tax rates, monetary policy, Ukraine or georgia membership in NATO/EU, muslim immigration to europe etc)
As opposed to independents, who have nothing meaningful to say on anything other then 'cleaning up sleaze in politics' or 'save $MYHOMETOWN hospital', independents who are so trumpeted as a good thing in our current system?
They could have a workable majority by throwing in the SDLP, Alliance, and Green parties, all of which are very likely to be OK with jumping into the alliance. That way it would take the Conservatives, DUP, *and* the SNP to vote them down; and if the SNP do that, they would be exposed for the opportunistic bastards they are. I doubt they'd dare, it's worth a try.
But MS made it downright *IMPOSSIBLE* to reply selectively to quoted parts of an e-mail. I think it used to work in 2003, but in Outlook 2007 you can no longer do it. You MUST put 100% of your reply at the top, no matter how much you want to reply to a quote of the original (well you can copy/paste and reply to your own "pasted quote" but it is retarded).
Something I've been wondering for a while: How is any energy source 'renewable'? Why do we use the term? Can't we come up with another one? Wind takes energy from the environment and converts it; no renewal. Solar take energy from the sun and converts it; no renewal. It seems like a term that was dreamed up by environmentalists before they realized what these energy sources were really doing.
The final nail in the coffin is that the strongest voices against immigration in the UK today tend to come from the far right, but the political parties with those views tend to be full of dubious characters you wouldn't necessarily want to support in general even if you agreed with their stance on immigration
Nothing wrong with UKIP in general (although I think their idea that we need to double the prison population is retarded)... the whole *reason* these guys get called 'far right' is because they dare to oppose open-door immigration. That's been the political reality caused by the 'mainstream' parties in the UK.
Not really. -ee does indeed come from the French -é, but the standard way that English has translated this is simply by ending with a double e. This is a standard pattern (eg. from the dictionary: addressee; employee; grantee), so it seems by far the more 'correct' way to do it.
If you're going to use an obscure acronym, you should give its meaning at the same time.
IATSE is the 'International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes' (apparently also an advocacy group for abuse of the English language, having dropped one of the 'e's in 'employee'). Valid US spelling? Pah. Fuck that.
I pointed out that it took the same amount of energy for them to display either mode.
Actually I'm not sure that's true. The 3D projection method used for Avatar, RealD, uses 2 synchronized cameras projecting beams at a specially coated display surface, so that they come at you at different angles and can be filtered by the glasses. That's more complex than a regular 2D projection.
Child pornography (that is, pictures of actual children engaging in sexual acts) is illegal not because the content is objectionable, but rather because its very existence requires a crime to be committed.
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If I remember correctly, the UKIP got about twice as many votes as the SNP and the BNP got about the same number of votes as the SNP, yet the SNP got six seats and the UKIP and BNP didn't get any
Actually the most painful comparison is between the DUP which got 150,000 votes and 8 seats, and UKIP which got 900,000 votes and 0 seats. Whatsmore UKIP were nowhere near getting a seat; they could probably have gotten 2 million votes and 0 seats.
For comparison, protests against the Iraq war that the Labour party you love (as it pays you never-ending benefits for sitting on your arse [ass]) achieved numbers exceeding 1,500,000 - which of course were ignored.
What better evidence do you need that we desperately need to fix the electoral system?
Which is a lot better than one party being able to pass any laws they like. (Note: I'm not joking)
what coalitions actually mean is that the lunatic fringe (yes including the one trick pony pirate party who has nothing meaningful to say on things like EU tax rates, monetary policy, Ukraine or georgia membership in NATO/EU, muslim immigration to europe etc)
As opposed to independents, who have nothing meaningful to say on anything other then 'cleaning up sleaze in politics' or 'save $MYHOMETOWN hospital', independents who are so trumpeted as a good thing in our current system?
They could have a workable majority by throwing in the SDLP, Alliance, and Green parties, all of which are very likely to be OK with jumping into the alliance. That way it would take the Conservatives, DUP, *and* the SNP to vote them down; and if the SNP do that, they would be exposed for the opportunistic bastards they are. I doubt they'd dare, it's worth a try.
Look, this method looks absolutely terrible. Here's a comparison, here's what you used to be able to do in 2003 to reply to quoted stuff inline:
http://www.game-point.net/misc/outlook2003-smudged.png
http://www.game-point.net/misc/outlook2007-smudged.png
Tell me which one you're able to follow more easily.
Please explain how you can stream live video (no, not a Youtube-style download, LIVE video, not prerecorded) without Flash.
But MS made it downright *IMPOSSIBLE* to reply selectively to quoted parts of an e-mail. I think it used to work in 2003, but in Outlook 2007 you can no longer do it. You MUST put 100% of your reply at the top, no matter how much you want to reply to a quote of the original (well you can copy/paste and reply to your own "pasted quote" but it is retarded).
Indeed. Steve Jobs has shown time and time again that he is patently different from the rest.
Something I've been wondering for a while: How is any energy source 'renewable'? Why do we use the term? Can't we come up with another one? Wind takes energy from the environment and converts it; no renewal. Solar take energy from the sun and converts it; no renewal. It seems like a term that was dreamed up by environmentalists before they realized what these energy sources were really doing.
Pre-alpha is where they release it before they have even started writing it.
Hey, Tom Cruise knows psychology! You don't.
The final nail in the coffin is that the strongest voices against immigration in the UK today tend to come from the far right, but the political parties with those views tend to be full of dubious characters you wouldn't necessarily want to support in general even if you agreed with their stance on immigration
Nothing wrong with UKIP in general (although I think their idea that we need to double the prison population is retarded)... the whole *reason* these guys get called 'far right' is because they dare to oppose open-door immigration. That's been the political reality caused by the 'mainstream' parties in the UK.
Apparently all of those videos on that page have been pulled. Including the pure white noise one. I wonder how they justify that one.
Germany considers it too racist. There should have been a representative mix of white and black noise.
A male breast is just a very underdeveloped female breast (the extent of underdevelopment will vary...)
Not really. -ee does indeed come from the French -é, but the standard way that English has translated this is simply by ending with a double e. This is a standard pattern (eg. from the dictionary: addressee; employee; grantee), so it seems by far the more 'correct' way to do it.
If you're going to use an obscure acronym, you should give its meaning at the same time.
IATSE is the 'International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes' (apparently also an advocacy group for abuse of the English language, having dropped one of the 'e's in 'employee'). Valid US spelling? Pah. Fuck that.
Yep, and in solidarity with this criticism of the Irish government, I'd just like to say: FUCK YOU Deputy Stagg!
I'd say the best way to make it all better (if not safer) is to replace the whole thing with a nice roundabout. But then, I am a Brit. ;-)
Heck I haggle on small ticket items. When I buy wine, if I find a good one I'll ask for a discount if I buy 3 or more bottles.
I bet the restaurants just loooove you.
I pointed out that it took the same amount of energy for them to display either mode.
Actually I'm not sure that's true. The 3D projection method used for Avatar, RealD, uses 2 synchronized cameras projecting beams at a specially coated display surface, so that they come at you at different angles and can be filtered by the glasses. That's more complex than a regular 2D projection.
I suggest that federal law enforcement should find much more pressing cases to deal with
Like arresting people for smoking pot. ;-)
Child pornography (that is, pictures of actual children engaging in sexual acts) is illegal not because the content is objectionable, but rather because its very existence requires a crime to be committed.
A child porn cartoon does not.
When you enter Flash you left the web. When I can't arbitrarily highlight text that is text and not an image, I have left the web
So, no images count as part of the web then. After all, you can render text in an image that you can't arbitrarily highlight.
I think it's a combination of Flash! and Java but other things seem to take it out too.
Did Yahoo! buy out Flash while I wasn't looking?