No, your attempt at humour failed miserably, it's a lot easier to recognise a joke when it's actually funny, otherwise it just looks like trolling. I get the tea drinking bit, but you lost me on the frock wearing.
The Judge decides, and normally the loser pays the bulk of the winners costs, the man winning and being awarded 2p rings a bell, some Judges here don't like frivolous actions.
We tend to ignore the Welsh, all that close harmony singing really gets on your tits after a while. As a native German speaker and a native English speaker won't understand a word each other's saying I think calling English a form of German is pushing it, obviously the Saxons made contributions to the language, as did the Romans, the Normans and the Vikings. We then went on to steal words (along with anything else that took our fancy) from all over the world during the Empire. A mongrel language for a mongrel nation, quite apt really.
Agreed, however a Brit, such as myself, might use the phrase the Queens English (spoken with capitalisation, obviously), to indicate native use of the language of Shakespeare.
My sister and brother in law don't own a TV, so all their DVD's are played via a computer in the living room through a nice big wall mounted plasma screen and a 5:1 sound system with the subwoofer mounted in the sofa. It's been known to spill drinks on a number of occasions.
Again, what does Guatanomo Bay have to do with values? We don't like people that were caught aiding terrorists?
You were doing a reasonable job of slapping down an idiot (non christian, non catholic!?) until the above line. If the inhabitants of Guantanamo Bay were 'caught' aiding terrorists why haven't they been put on trial? Could it be anything to do with the lack of any real evidence against some of them? Why is the US government ignoring its obligations under the Geneva Conventions? For your information they require anyone whose status under them is unclear to be treated as a prisoner of war until that status has been clarified. Your government has failed on both counts, they are not being treated as POWs and their status has not been clarified.
Note, inventing a brand new category of 'enemy combatant' to suit your own desires does not count as clarification.
So you have a faulty system, billions spent on developing it, careers, maybe political reputations on the line etc and you really think safety is the only deciding issue? A little naive I think.
That's the point, it's a unique id, once they become common place everyone will scan it. It then becomes much easier to link information from disparate databases, at best its a marketing dream, at worst it's the foundation of a police state. As to your last sentence that's the whole point, short of amateur surgery you can't lose it, furthermore you won't even know if someones reading it.
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Yeah but after a few hours when it's dried out cat shit is pretty inoffensive.
No, your attempt at humour failed miserably, it's a lot easier to recognise a joke when it's actually funny, otherwise it just looks like trolling. I get the tea drinking bit, but you lost me on the frock wearing.
The Judge decides, and normally the loser pays the bulk of the winners costs, the man winning and being awarded 2p rings a bell, some Judges here don't like frivolous actions.
Mary or Margaret would have been a better choice of name, I've never met a Martha over here.
We tend to ignore the Welsh, all that close harmony singing really gets on your tits after a while. As a native German speaker and a native English speaker won't understand a word each other's saying I think calling English a form of German is pushing it, obviously the Saxons made contributions to the language, as did the Romans, the Normans and the Vikings. We then went on to steal words (along with anything else that took our fancy) from all over the world during the Empire. A mongrel language for a mongrel nation, quite apt really.
Agreed, however a Brit, such as myself, might use the phrase the Queens English (spoken with capitalisation, obviously), to indicate native use of the language of Shakespeare.
I'm unemployed, you insensitive clod.
My sister and brother in law don't own a TV, so all their DVD's are played via a computer in the living room through a nice big wall mounted plasma screen and a 5:1 sound system with the subwoofer mounted in the sofa. It's been known to spill drinks on a number of occasions.
African or European?
Fnur fnur.
Sorry.
Actually I'm all for Americans missing the subtlety of our quaint sense of humour, it allows us to take the piss without you realising :)
You bastard, I've just gone blind.
Don't worry about the Powerpoint presentations, from personal experience literacy is not a requirement.
Ah, writing to a familiar audience, yes?
No, it isn't a British spelling. However as we use metre and centre I can see where the confusion could arise.
You were doing a reasonable job of slapping down an idiot (non christian, non catholic!?) until the above line. If the inhabitants of Guantanamo Bay were 'caught' aiding terrorists why haven't they been put on trial? Could it be anything to do with the lack of any real evidence against some of them? Why is the US government ignoring its obligations under the Geneva Conventions? For your information they require anyone whose status under them is unclear to be treated as a prisoner of war until that status has been clarified. Your government has failed on both counts, they are not being treated as POWs and their status has not been clarified.
Note, inventing a brand new category of 'enemy combatant' to suit your own desires does not count as clarification.
It's 'Dalek' and it's 'you will be exterminated!!'
So you have a faulty system, billions spent on developing it, careers, maybe political reputations on the line etc and you really think safety is the only deciding issue? A little naive I think.
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Or how about the patriot missile battery that mistook an RAF Tornado for an enemy missile during the Gulf War last year?
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I think your confidence in putting artificial intelligence in killing machines is a little misplaced.
Iraqis are Persians, not Arabs.
Oh, no argument there, on a conventional battlefield it all went the coalitions way. Pity it's not a conventional battlefield anymore.
Well done Microsoft. pity it took until 2004 for you to work out this was a good idea.
That's the point, it's a unique id, once they become common place everyone will scan it. It then becomes much easier to link information from disparate databases, at best its a marketing dream, at worst it's the foundation of a police state. As to your last sentence that's the whole point, short of amateur surgery you can't lose it, furthermore you won't even know if someones reading it.
Correct, however, as both you and the grandparent said, the scanners DO need power.
Holds hands up, goes looking for a refresher on IP addresses.