Curious?
Why so many down votes near the top?
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>> I think a significant proportion of those people would be in the bit of the Venn diagram that covers >>"christian" AND "has a sense of humour".
Not a born again or evangelical then.
But most likely a CofE, probably clergy.
If I had to get stuck with any of that group, I'd prefer the clergy, come across the others too many times.
Would you believe that some people think the Old Testament is accurate and not a bunch of myths?
>>Whoooooosh
Don't think so. Everyone knows what a Hooker is. Some people remember Stanley of course, but most people seem to think of the sweaty Rugby player.
But then there was the wierdness of a boy at school who liked football, many thought it strange.
I was useless as too shortsighted.
Decent candidates
I saw a list and thought that the red team had some pretty shit ones.
A creationist, so they let the mentally impaired stand for president as well as sexual assulters.
I was surprised the Bush was not chosen.
Blue team, I can only remember the very old chap (Bernie Sanders) and Hillary Clinton.
Was a worse selection than we had early this year with May Corbyn and the other chap.
Google Chrome is popular because users are pushed into it by every time they visit a Google site.
Also because a lot of users have been conditioned to use search rather than the address.
Sorry but this irks me, you KNOW you are going to site X, type in the address rather than search for it.
Gong www.bbc.co.uk is quicker than searching for it and clicking to it.
Personally I just go Bookmarks and there it is right at the top. So much easier.
But then I do know someone who uses a sat nav every trip, including work to home (1/4 mile)
Cars
Well my oldest ever and my newest ever are both compatible with roads.
My oldest would have got hardened valve seats if it was not so difficult to get spares so was off the road a little too much (dead manufacturer - Rootes) and I could not afford 2 cars.
But they all had similar user interfaces.
Wheel in front, indicator & lights on left stalk, wipers on right stalk. right pedal go, left if there clutch, middle or left if two brake. Gear levers in middle, near hand brake.
Yet under all this all were different, one chassis, rest monocoque, all gearbox behind engine, all to back, one to front. 2 live axle rear, 1 live axle front, rest all independent. 1 tractor juice, rest petrol, 1 turboed, 2 hot cammed, rest as is. One carbed, one unit injectored, rest MPFI. 4, 5 and 6 cylinders. Inline and Vee.
Point is all are different, (apart from the similar to each other GM V cars), but are similar to drive with similar controls.
We used to have this with computers, with the WIMP environments, you could go between completely different OSes and not be surprised. But now MS wants cars to have foot operated steering and nose operated brakes. The "equivalent to" icon is the equivalnent of hiding the steering wheel in the glove box and having to fit it every corner, for the car to then automatically put it away again.
1) Must have File Edit menu with bookmarks and history.
I curently click on bookmarks then delect the site I want eg BBC new, Google Groups, The Register. I have no idea what a lot of the little icons mean, but I do have O level Engish so can read.
The monkey face for Grease Monkey is obvious, but what is the equivalent to sysmbol there for?
2) Square tabs.
Neat and tidy, do not waste space, looks sensible, there is a reason been in WIMP since for ever, they work.
3) Adblocking
Absolutely essential these days is some form along with.
4) Script control
Some web sites can kill the core, this stops it handling, I use NoScript
5) User scripts
I use Greasemonkey to remove googleconsent shite from blocking my screen as the domain lives in hosts, not I am NOT giving them consent, also kills off adblock warnings when configured.
To avoid problems.
I used to suffer with chilblains on my feet when young.
Found a cure in the drinks cabinet.
Yes been having small amounts of alcohol for years and never get them now.
Yes had Whisky, Vodka and Lager when young, not done me any harm.
And I am able to have a small drink and stop.
I am still suspectable as I almost got some recently after 3 days no alcohol.
But not really great for games, same as the old Eyetoy, good to trial then useless.
Biggest game issue was lack of buttons.
Nintendo had it right with their motion controller being standard controller.
Sony messed up with not enough game support.
Want to play a shooter game with motion controls?
Wii had Goldeneye and CoD and many others
PS3 had Killzone 3 and Resistance 3 (and Portal 2 and a few others)
360 Blackwater
Yes big difference in quality there!
The technology had its place, but for gaming, not yet.
Can be more dangerous than drunk driving, but no one seems to care.
You can drive along however you like, just do not exceed the "number on a stick" or the cameras will get you.
Thing is tiredness does catch up, you think you are fine, then you start to nod off. Very dangerous.
Nearly happened to me 36 years ago, nearly fell off my bike.