GraemeM
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Commented on Army Corps responsible for Katrina flood damage, judge rules
13, its called climate change. Never mind the cause. Here in Britain we are suffering yet more torrential rain in very short periods of time yet the monthly averages are down. Of course, the other answer is for the government...
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Commented on YouTube's new 3D showcase
I never found the old 3D by colour very effective but I have seen some recent movies with the polarised glasses and they were very effective. Has anybody tried nvidias 3d set up?...
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Commented on College students arrested for not tipping
Why does the number of people sitting together matter? The restaurant is licensed for a fixed number of guests. What difference does it make if 6 enter as a group or three pairs enter at the same time? If the...
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Commented on Oil running out faster than the International Energy Agency admits, says whistleblower
Just another thought, no tree huggers jumping up and down in glee? Maybe they have realised that 6 billion people and no oil means everybody will be cutting down the trees to burn to keep warm when it gets cold....
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Commented on Oil running out faster than the International Energy Agency admits, says whistleblower
"Running on oil", forget oil used as a fuel, think of oil and grease used as a lubricant. Water and wind may be used to generate the power, but the oil allows it to turn. There are dry bearings, but...
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Commented on Rogue helicopter pilots and "chameleon lemon-headed coward terrorist pussies."
How do we know he has a serious mental illness as there is no background information. Does he live at the end of a runway and is partially deaf? I understand that people going deaf can develop persecution complexes believing...
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Commented on UK Border Agency's pseudoscientific "race-detection" DNA/isotope tests has scientific experts "horrified"
I am surprised nobody has yet mentioned that the UK population is one of the most mixed in the world. A DNA profile of an "Englishman" will turn up most European traces so its ironic that if a test such...
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Commented on Story about Wal-Mart founder's treatment of his employees
11 Communism and Capitalism both fail for the same reason: Greed. With Communism its the government and with Capitalism its the Corporations. Its funny how total opposites are sometimes indistinguishable. 64 In Britain its health for ALL, not just for...
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Commented on UK's top snoop gets finked out by her neighbours
I have two mobile phones that I carry around all the time, a basic Nokia that is provided by work (reliable and easy to use) and my own (HTC Touch Diamond geeky and flash). I also hate politicians and speed...
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Commented on Entertainment industry made up $250 billion/750,000 jobs losses due to piracy
What makes me laugh about all of this is the assumption that if piracy is stopped today, everybody will immediately run out and start spending wads of cash on movies and music, not. I can get all the music and...
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Commented on UK to install clusters of cameras to catch speeders
Does anybody know the difference in fuel used if the 30mph limit is dropped to 20 globally? Also, the motorway speed limit has not changes for a very long time but the car technology has, I drive a 7 seater...
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Commented on Paper and pencil better for the brain than software?
Is this a fair test, one group relies on a computer and nothing else; it crashes, I understand the problem. The second group uses pen, paper and a computer, the computer crashes and they carry on? What is proved? keep...
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Commented on DoJ to Congress: We've got better things to do than act as pro-bono lawyers for Hollywood, scrap the IP Enforcement proposal
Big business wants all your money, anyway it can. Capitalism and communism will fail for the same reason, greed. There is no answer, only winners and losers....
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Commented on Boin Boin breast-enlarging tea
Does anybody do coffee for enlarging your.......
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Commented on Tonya Harding shot JFK?
#9, Red Dwarf, its been done and I believe you've seen it....
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Commented on Large Hadron Collider hasn't sucked us into a black hole (yet)
Why is this thread focusing on mini black holes, the CERN (European Agency for Nuclear Research) have more ways of destroying the universe! Have a look at Vacuum Bubbles and Strangelets! http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/LHC/Safety-en.html Evidently a Vacuum Bubble will expand at the...
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Commented on American wins back World Air Guitar Championship
I'm annoyed. I was going moan about the Yanks and there "World" sports, come guys, there more than one country!. But then I noticed Finland, have I missed something, is Finland now a state of the USA? Is the World...
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Commented on Lacy steampunk earth-moving machines
Is it rusty or just coloured red?...
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Commented on Kids can't "go out and play" anymore
This is about trust, we have none. I do not believe that gory/bloodthirsty films and TV programmes cause the psychopaths, there there already and it just gives than different ideas. However we are constantly inundated with these programmes, they are...
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Commented on Interactive map of "history's greatest journeys"
Where's Captain Jack Black, he always seems to end up bobbing around in a little boat on his own in the middle of the sea. Sorry, couldn't help myself, I'll just shuffle over to that corner and hang my head...
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Commented on UK gov't loses 4 million citizens' personal info
The data is not lost it is liberated! Data does not like to hide away it goes stale very fast, hence the credit offers to people moved on and children. No, nobody can liberate data like us Brits. My gripe...
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Commented on Data-centers built out of sealed shipping containers filled with servers
How much do they cost? Can they run FSX with all the sliders et to max? Or, Give it 10 years and the average mobile phone will have more processing power, where will it all end?...
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Commented on Man stole buses, drove them on routes, returned them at night
A question, He took the buses, fair enough. Ho took the fares, fare enough (no pun intended). He RETURNED all of them, this is not theft. Theft is to deprive ownership and he returned all the items, what has he...
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Commented on Photograph of jumping shark behind surfers
The shark only wanted to play, let him (her) have a ride. Or, Where's the Paparazzi when you want them. Or, Honey dinners arrived, has it been half an hour yet? (Groan)...
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Commented on Teen discovers bat hiding in her bra
I once had a fly crawl into my ear whilst riding a motorbike. I had the visor up, twas a warm day, and I actually caught a glimpse of 'it' passing my eyeball. I then felt a tickle just below...
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Commented on (Apocryphal?) anecdote about Fahrenheit 451
Hold on, 1965, £1 per book, 10,000 books, how much is that worth today? I hope she earned a decent commission as I think the store owner made are real killing that day....
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Commented on Pretend cops bully videographer, videographer wins
Whilst I am saddened by the current erosion of privacy in the name of saving us from terrorism, and the fact that most western governments are reaping rewards by criminalising anybody that has enough money to pay but not enough...
