Posts by The BigYin

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Is there climate warming? Dunno.

Is the human impact greater than whatever nature (i.e. non-human) itself is up to? Dunno.

Is dumping raw sewerage into the sea, sending toxic waste to be recycled by children in Africa, dumping vast quantities of plastic into the sea, slash and burn on a grand scale, killing off numerous species or any number of others things we get up to in anyway logical or sustainable? Feck no. Something has gotta give and considering that despite all our prowess, we are still smaller than a planet, it's probably going to be us. You can't eat money, y'know. It's only worth the value we grant it and we grant it w-a-y too much value.

Make it simple

Show the "price on the plane" cost for a ticket which includes all surcharges, taxes etc. All the "extras" like insurance and what not, I can add on later if I feel like it.

By the time you've added on all the hidden-extras, the likes of EasyJet can be nearly as much as Lufthansa or someone; so I pay the bit more and get some decent customer service.

Argyle and Bute Statement

Read it here.

MisrepresentatioN/ How?

Kid gets meal.

Kid photos meal.

Kid (with some help) writes it up.

No where on the blog did I see "Dinner lady Ms Foobar is a big poop-head!" or anything like that and some of her meals (a minority) did not look too bad. The paled into insignificance compared to the European/Asian ones (the USA ones looked terrible).

if the council do not want their tender little employees to be "distressed" perhaps that had better stop getting them to server sub-standard nosh?

Wankers.

Pfft

Public participation in "democracy" is not permitted in the UK. Plus ca change!

So much for Cameron's "Big Society" because this is exactly the kind of thing the UK needs (Veg's blog, not the block or Cameron's empty pontifications). Still, having a 9 year-old showing you up as collection of money-pinching, selfish buggers has got to be a bit embarrassing.

A&B council is not unique - various councils up and down the UK do whatever they can to stifle any dissent or criticism.

Best place...

...for the war-mongering, religious nutbar.

Is there any room up there for T. Blair, A. Campbell and P. Mandelson heads too?

I know I am going to get downvoted for this

There are more men than women in IT. For whatever reason, that's what we currently have.

So TV shows are written than reflect that situation, simply because that's what exists in the real world (I rather doubt it is a misogynistic cabal plotting to keep women subjugated, us blokes are really not that organised).

I put it to you that is there were more women in a given industry than men, TV shows would be written and represent that imbalance. Would people still complain?

Do all TV shows/films have to represent some platonic ideal of society that we should aspire to? Or should they, by and large, represent what we have?

Obviously if a TV show shows (say) all women as hormonally imbalanced harpies who can't reverse park or change a fuse; then unequivocally that show is either sexist or so absurd and over the top that you are simply missing the joke (because I bet all the men are shown as knuckle dragging lager louts hell-bent on rutting and rugby!)

And one final question - why can't a woman have a man as a role-model (or vice versa)? Can role models only come from the same sex, race, culture, religion, skin-type....?

What's in a name?

"Redmond-backed ICT GCSE with-real-actual-programming"

So the school will be pressured into making the kids will learn Visual Basic, maybe C# and some ASP? Or will they be taught some actual real skills in a vendor neutral manner?

I am not sure how much the new GCSE is "Redmond-backed" and how much is just ElReg spin. But the taint of MS should be kept out of education wherever possible.

Shitty thing to have happen

No matter what you may think for RMS or his ethos, being robbed is not amusing and not something I would wish on anyone.

I hope he gets a replacement netbook (or other device) and I hope he does not suffer from losing his meds etc. Actually, I hope they find his property and the thief! Or the thief just turns everything back in.

But a salient lesson to one and all:

1) Backup, backup, backup!

2) Keep important documents in a secure place (e.g. hotel safe, concealed pocket, money wallet)

3) Secure bags where possible (e.g. lock and chain, Pacsafe, trusted person/location)

4) Backup!