Posts by John 110

Re: Natzionalism At It's Worst!

Ah, you're the one that falls for knee-jerk "SNP-bad" press propaganda!

(What sort of a word is Natzionalism anyway, you should be ashamed of yourself)

Re: All they have to do...

That's all very well, but scumbags don't think that they're the scumbags, they think everybody else is.

These videos reinforce and validate the poster's actions in the eyes of those they see as peers.

Where once they would boast and threaten in front of their mates and 10 people would agree and egg them on, now they can post Youtube videos that are viewed 300,000 times. That's a hell of an egg on and can only serve to amplify a problem that we should be trying to scale down.

Re: I'm sorry I read this now...

Yeah, but I'm not living in a different country (with different costs-of-living etc) from overpaid football players.

...I want proper monster munch...

and Wagon Wheels the size of your head

Re: Overstated importance of fans

Oi!! You kids get off my lawn!!!

Re: 2 Wrongs make a right here I think

"Its offensive to me that I must treat people who claim to believe in a sky fairy with respect and not ridicule."

I think you'll find that you're the one that mentioned "sky fairy".

Unless believers are either helping or harming you, you're under no obligation to either respect or ridicule them.

Respect is a basic human right, and should only be withheld for good reason.

That you feel you are allowed to ridicule folk who don't subscribe to your worldview is probably reason enough to allow me to withhold my respect.

But I wouldn't dream of ridiculing you (without checking out all your posts first)

/rant

Re: and yet...

Thanks for the lucid explanations of how business works, guys.

(did I forget the :joke alert: icon...)

Re: most perfect

Maybe a mixture with some mixtures having more perfect cubes than others?

Demand stops...

"Some stops require you to signal the driver if you want the bus to stop. That involves spotting the particular service bus that you want in time to stick your arm out."

Not useful if you're checking your phone for the bustimes...

(Yes I was...)

Re: Interesting Science

(The traditional method is to have an attractive assistant hold a grey card in the appropriate spot.)

or spots if you're really lucky...

Re: Reasonable compromise

"the transport network needed to accommodate visitors and suppliers"

Pfft! Have you been there? Network.. (giggles to self)

Re: Pipe Dream

I'm not sure why somebody downvoted you for this comment. I don't always see eye to eye with you on other things, but this time you're spot on.

Have an upvote.

Re: It's all true...

"You mean you didn't take revenge by checking every reference and hyperlink and complaining about the errors - one complaint per week."

I considered it, but settled for dropping hints to a nit-picky colleague as to where the errors were. That way I wasn't the petty one...

Re: You don't go to McDonalds for salad

You've obviously not met my neighbours...

Re: Using Windows?

"Aw, come on! The NHS is a large enough customer that if they wanted it on a Linux or BSD system the supplier would do the port."

The NHS is, but bits of the NHS aren't, software running microtitre plate readers for Lab tests is quite specialized and there just aren't that many labs in the NHS in the UK. It took us forever to get a version that would run under Windows 7.

I think you'll find that replicated across many machines and services.

Re: Frog

That'll be part of the ritual sacrifice that got the network working. (A rejected part, the gods of the Ether are picky about what they'll accept....)

Re: Attempting to pigeonhole people has a major issue.

@Long John Brass

"You MONSTER!!!

Plastic is NOT biodegradable"

Future generations, combing refuse heaps for resources, will be glad of a bit of plastic (especially a tupperware* box filled with organic goodness...)

*Other kind of boxes could prove useful - really useful