Posts by Ian Dalziel
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I say, boy, play Misty for me...
Bomber Bradbury called you a middle class fog horn
i have a question. WTF does that even mean?a useful device to guide one through PC Soupers...
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Up Front: P.A. Story, in reply to Emma Hart,
Mains-dream media...
I’ve worked out which bit I’ll be using for the OGB...
Every time I see OGB I can only think of the OGB restaurant
now in limbo in the Old Government Building in the Square...
Where's Oor Wullie ...We’re at the witch’s place. Where is the Winkie of St Richie?
...in the Mall?
...recovered in the breakdown?St Richie is a 7*
which could be a Sven
(RWC rules - no Tooheys, Tui only)
which implies Scan-Dan-avian
ergo: get Carter the Fly Half
to kick the winkie into touch
touche!thank the Lawd it's not a Twinkie!
'cos that would be in the pantry*but if he was a 9
ya could have St Rych 9 the Alky Lord
(derived from that Shady Knight nux vomica )and in keeping with the Sirenian connection
St Richie's middle (earth?) name is Hugh - spooky!
NB: his nickname is Fluffy! -
Southerly: Things to be Grateful For: A…, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Chchch re-cindered...
Didn’t the ChCh City Council make those illegal under the clean air rules or somesuch?
I believe they kinda rescinded that for the duration, saying that people could use fireplaces and existing log burners with impunity to keep warm as needed, it seemed a bit of a hollow offering when there seem to be hardly any viable chimneys around, though I do smell coal being burnt out there... though they have said people creating excessive smoke would get warnings...
So the flue season is upon us... -
Junk male...
There is no reason to even remotely believe that
the “escape” of DNA could cause any harm...Just so long as that dangerous human DNA stays imprisoned
on the planet, but I fear it has galactic ambitions - perhaps it is
just returning home?The Roddenberry Gene has already paved the way...
;- )
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Nom de grrrrr...
I take on board the various reasons outlined above for using pseudonyms or just plain anonymity (or is that Anon-Walter-Mitty ) - but I do take particular issue with Mainstream Newspapers not allowing anonymous letters in their print editions, while creating often festering sinkholes of bile with their (allegedly moderated) web versions.
Are there not laws against using electronic media (phones, emails, etc), or even normal mail, to intimidate or threaten others?
So perhaps there should be a web ombudsman or investigation unit that has the right to obtain the registered email or IP addresses and other identifying information of anonymous commenters who repeatedly stoop to abuse or hate - as others have said freedom of speech is a right and privilege to be used responsibly and accountably, and people need to be mindful of the consequences of their, sometimes impulsive and other times wilful, actions -
Hard News: How much speech does it take?, in reply to BenWilson,
He then took my money and his and divided it in two.
Sounds a lot like the creation of the Euro...
with similar knock on effects. -
So translators of science need to be conversant with the scientific/Arabic realm and be able to parse this knowledge
into ‘easy speak’.oh, I know, al jabr / al gebra....
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Southerly: Things to be Grateful For: A…, in reply to Lucy Stewart,
'Tis pity she's a hoar...
Did this happen, or did I just get overly excited about a heavy frost?
Not sure, but seriously I think all the flakes fluttering
about Wellington are ACT MPs... -
This is interesting...
Power Ring found in the Milky Way...
(looks more like a Möbius strip than an infinity symbol, to me...)...and it ends with the understatement of the year
"There's still so much about our galaxy to discover," he said.
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That's magma, mate...
Re: the Australian miner and his volcanoes -
Humans produce ~130x more CO2 than volcanoesWouldn't that depend on how many volcanoes were going off?
That mining magnate may get a chance to quantify this, if these reports in The Australian and The Age are correct...
...and this is the kind of science that just makes me go - bugger!