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Forum: General Discussions 20 May 2004, 16:15
Replies: 27
Views: 3,049
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Nod needs things to do for the next month.

Like the bayeaux tapestry?
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2004, 15:51
Replies: 18
Views: 2,235
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Healthy eating...

Do you take Vitamin B supplements?
Forum: General Discussions 13 May 2004, 15:23
Replies: 18
Views: 2,235
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Healthy eating...

Oh those poor animals :'(
Forum: General Discussions 12 May 2004, 01:52
Replies: 45
Views: 3,553
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'm rip torn

You must have a seriously draining lifestyle if 25 grand for sticking things on envelopes just doesnt cut it any more.

<Dace> Hi, I'm a PO3 which is much more important and :cool: than those label...
Forum: General Discussions 10 May 2004, 01:54
Replies: 98
Views: 6,489
Posted By Deciduous
Re: How much are you worth?

Somewhere in the same region as Dante :(

Assets: £500 is probably being optimistic

Savings: £0.04 (I have a separate account for this mountain of cash)

Liabilities: ~ £22,500

Net Worth:...
Forum: General Discussions 6 May 2004, 02:50
Replies: 12
Views: 1,573
Posted By Deciduous
Re: ****ing jammy

there are easier ways to affix your wig you know.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 19:23
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

Mark you fking gypsy why can't you make your own bloody threads?
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 19:08
Replies: 22
Views: 1,696
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd quite like to watch "Brass Eye"

There's also Blue Jam along similar lines but a radio show.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 16:22
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

This National Insurance idea of Dace's is actually beginning to sound pretty good... do you reckon it will prevent illegal immigration and people working illegally then?
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 15:36
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

If they can't legally acquire a job then why should they have a job here at all?

( got to go out, back later :( )
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 15:22
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

Have you never seen a fake passport before?
Faking one or both of them with a name of your choice is easy.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 15:18
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

We're on about the black economy here, people who come from abroad and work for a pittance while increasing profits for anyone unscrupulous enough to employ these people. Also people who are claiming...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 15:11
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

The idea of wanting to stop people working here illegally isn't all that dumb.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 15:03
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

You'd be hard pushed to steal someone's face, eyes and hands and present them in such a way to fool the person asking for ID. Since all the biometric information is stored somewhere it wouldn't be a...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:59
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

How do you prove you're the owner of that National Insurance card or that it isn't a fake? I don't have a passport so I couldnt do that either.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:53
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

Elaborate, I'm not sure which bit you're referring to.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:52
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

Are we talking about in your country or our country? ;)

So if it's compulsory to carry your ID, but it's actually illegal to be asked for it, then what's the problem?
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:43
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

The people here who are against ID cards are mostly paranoid and doing the whole 'omg not more of my liberties' thing, the government know who you are.

While people might not actually like paying...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:30
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

I keep forgetting you're one of those green-wearing folk from across the sea.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:28
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

I dont see why. Being legally obliged to have an id card doesnt seem a massive step away from being obliged to pay tax, drive on the right side of the road, registering the birth of your child all of...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:19
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

These cards will probably make it harder for Jonny to avoid paying his train fares.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:16
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

You're forced to abide by the laws of your country every day. You are nowhere near free now.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:13
Replies: 71
Views: 4,403
Posted By Deciduous
Re: He started it

I see what you did there.. interracial breeding.. muddy the waters ;)

On topic slightly, as much as i dislike my brother, if I came across someone attacking him I'd probably leather the shit out...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 14:06
Replies: 71
Views: 4,403
Posted By Deciduous
Re: He started it

What's with the black and white theme T&F...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 13:25
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

That could well be Danta, Jonny, queball or MrL for all I know.
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 13:18
Replies: 105
Views: 4,952
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone signed up for one of those new passport things yet?

Tell me you honestly live in fear of the police coming for you every night. :rolleyes:

I'm not sure about the whole preventing people working illegally business, a lot of these people are here...
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 12:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,848
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Any UFC/Pride/MMA fans?

post me all your dvds plsthx :(
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 12:17
Replies: 30
Views: 1,917
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Getting fit

Doesn't that lower your metabolism so that when you start eating again you're more likely to put on weight?
Forum: General Discussions 5 May 2004, 01:22
Replies: 94
Views: 5,446
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Is GI Jane the poorest movie ever made?

That film is quality if just because it has Aragorn playing one of the Village People
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2004, 23:55
Replies: 18
Views: 1,440
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Computer Type Question(s)

Dude, if they find a copy of those on your hard disk you're screwed
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2004, 12:34
Replies: 27
Views: 2,817
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Broadband

Noone had any experience with Legend then? :/
I fancy getting off BT later this year, maybe demon is the way to go
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2004, 00:56
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

Go Newt.


Despite that you have yet to furnish this thread with even one example, despite your instance that you 'could list thousands'.
I could list thousands of successful people without...
Forum: General Discussions 4 May 2004, 00:39
Replies: 7
Views: 1,848
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Any UFC/Pride/MMA fans?

I've only seen highlights and such as I don't have cable or enough money for dvd's :/
I like Bob Sapp purely because he's one of the biggest men I've seen, watching him pin someone to the side of...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 21:43
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

Lies, damn lies and statistics :/
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 20:52
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

It's shocking how you manage to anger me every time you post :(

Even Einstein dropped out of school to work a menial job.

Next time you watch a film, pick up a magazine, flick on the tv, look...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 20:33
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

I was only going by the education section of statistics.gov.uk
Law appears to be top.
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 19:07
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

Doesn't that kind of break your whole argument?

And what sense does it make to say "In the 50s everyone was smart because only 5% of people went to university, but now only the 40% of people...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 16:41
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

That's assuming that all people who left school after compulsory education are braindead, and all those who go on to university are not, which clearly isn't the case.

Perhaps you would agree that...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 14:39
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

harsh, but funny nonetheless
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 14:01
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

Same as Dante, I wanted to do something I would enjoy. How I was meant to make that decision when all I'd ever done was go to school and take exams I don't know. End up at university, don't like what...
Forum: General Discussions 3 May 2004, 12:56
Replies: 191
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Views: 9,467
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Mm

Hey wait hang on a second.

Actually complete segregation from the south can't be a bad thing... I'm with you :up:
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 16:39
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

If we lived in a world where noone 'settled' for construction jobs you'd be short of places to live. A lot of jobs in the building industry are pretty skilled too. If what you say is true and that...
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 16:28
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

OK, so we've established going about your everyday activity is a means of escaping your everyday activity.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 16:25
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

Depends on the person. I've had 5 years of student loans and any other costs incurred, and I've discovered I don't really want a job in this field any more. Perhaps it will still help.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 16:16
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

FAO Deepthroat ;) I haven't seen any anti drug posts yet

[edit] i dont post fast enough, obviously
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:59
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

Nod did you just edit/delete a post or am I going mental?
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:52
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

Slightly different I think due to the nature of how you experience it. If I found out that I enjoy throwing myself down flights of stairs, you might not begrudge me the right to enjoy myself, but...
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:47
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

I'm not sure that makes sense. Of course everyone starts off in a state of not taking drugs, just as they start off not playing computer games or not being a goth or listening to hiphop.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:32
Replies: 43
Views: 2,007
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the pedantic fcuk thread

I was just curious because of the way you said "you cannot do this that or the other" as if human rights were some kind of universal constant. I get you now :)
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:11
Replies: 43
Views: 2,007
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the pedantic fcuk thread

That's what I'm getting at, why do/should human beings have those 'rights'.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 15:02
Replies: 43
Views: 2,007
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the pedantic fcuk thread

Why can't you sell people?
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 14:48
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

Your OCD is showing again ;P
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 14:47
Replies: 69
Views: 3,720
Posted By Deciduous
Re: gateway drugs!

So what was the original 'pull' to taking drugs for you all then. I ask because despite being surrounded by people who drink heavily, smoke cigs and weed, do pills and a few folk who are into heroin...
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 14:38
Replies: 43
Views: 2,007
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the pedantic fcuk thread

Just out of interest, why not?
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 14:06
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

I think he means we have a load of overpaid folk with a piece of paper on one side, and gangs of rag wearing shanty town inhabitants on the other. perhaps.
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 13:59
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

They probably have a higher tolerance to alcohol. I reckon graduates have less confidence as a lot of the time they're shielded from the 'real world', from what I've seen anyway. A lot of academics...
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 13:53
Replies: 61
Views: 3,221
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Statistics

If you didn't go to university in this day and age you might be dumb. You might already have a job lined up. You might want to work in an area that doesnt require a degree. You might not be able to...
Forum: General Discussions 2 May 2004, 12:18
Replies: 24
Views: 1,614
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Chemistry wiz needed

You could make a salt water solution and separate the chlorine out by electrolysis, no idea how you'd collect it though... might want to avoid breathing to deeply as well :/
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2004, 22:45
Replies: 24
Views: 1,614
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Chemistry wiz needed

I think you mean hydrogen hydroxide :rolleyes:
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2004, 13:05
Replies: 172
Views: 14,592
Posted By Deciduous
Re: What psychological oddities do you have?

mmm I was laid in bed last night when it just came to me that I'd spelt 'reined' wrong in my last post and I had the urge to get up and correct it. :/

[edit] My girlfriend hates the mouth noises...
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2004, 12:57
Replies: 137
Views: 7,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In this thread you discuss what you don't like about me

I'm pretty sure I should post in this thread.
Forum: General Discussions 1 May 2004, 00:30
Replies: 172
Views: 14,592
Posted By Deciduous
Re: What psychological oddities do you have?

Heh, this thread is ace.

I used to be a kleptomaniac, well I suppose I still am but I've reigned it in as I've matured and realised that it hurts other people and is likely to end me up in prison...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Apr 2004, 11:46
Replies: 54
Views: 5,840
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Am i a ned?

ph33r the logic of wearing black leather in the blazing sun :up:
Forum: General Discussions 22 Apr 2004, 18:56
Replies: 85
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Who the CAP fit

So why isn't Zimbabwe an economic world leader then.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Apr 2004, 14:22
Replies: 85
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Who the CAP fit

Zimbabwe must be some other kind of superior then with Mugabe in charge
Forum: General Discussions 22 Apr 2004, 03:03
Replies: 20
Views: 2,439
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I am excited

Shit, I love the Xenomorphs but I'm not convinced :/

In Aliens they fooled the detectors because they basically blended in with the surroundings and made no movement, but Predator has more...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Apr 2004, 14:01
Replies: 27
Views: 2,495
Posted By Deciduous
Re: What Can I Legally Do?

Also buses and coaches
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 16:59
Replies: 11
Views: 1,989
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Online Gaming Questionnaire - Your Input Needed!:)

If you post about Go one more time...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 16:15
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

Heh, forgive me if I don't join the queball "Hey you killed me, that's cool I'm insured!" school of thought.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 13:42
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

It seemed like you were saying "who cares if you're a victim, you're insured so it doesn't make a difference if your car is broken into" that's all. And you actually have to pay to make a claim under...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 12:39
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

If insurers can replace your time and cancel any appointments you had for you then that's :cool:


Whatever turns you on.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 12:03
Replies: 25
Views: 2,303
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Unlocking mobile phones

Like the software you buy >.<
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 11:41
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

No apparent loss, but she has to report it, find another mode of transport at her own expense and cancel any plans she had for driving until it's fixed.


So you only get these rights after...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Apr 2004, 00:24
Replies: 12
Views: 2,114
Posted By Deciduous
Re: strange thing to have in terms and conditions

Someone I know bought a motorbike and in the manual it states "Not made from edible parts"
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 23:45
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

Then you underestimate how far the average man is prepared to go.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 23:03
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

The robots will more than likely have lasers, yes.
Yes I'm aware that I'm a criminal.
And yes while it seems CCTV does little to prevent violent crime (although noone will ever know how much it...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 19:31
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

That sounds a little selfish when you consider the people who might get raped and killed at the expense of you having a joint in the park.
Yes it helps enforce those 'silly' little copyright and...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 16:50
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

This is only going to turn into an 'oh no drugs shouldnt be banned, blah blah' argument. That wasn't the point. Breaking the law is breaking the law and you'd have to expect that the law enforcement...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 15:38
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

Well if all they do is make you happy then maybe we should have a state law that you have to take them every day. Who doesn't want to be happy.

I don't see why you're fighting against extra police...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 14:17
Replies: 138
Views: 5,795
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why CCTV does work.

Erm, you're saying that cameras should only go up if we get guarantees that people breaking the law won't be arrested?
Like nod said, would it be different if it was a policeman stood there? You...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Apr 2004, 13:55
Replies: 43
Views: 4,982
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Oi! Jamblyjim! (and anyone else interested in desktop theming still...)

Shockingly good (http://ade.oc-tech.co.uk/desktop.png)
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 14:30
Replies: 54
Views: 6,038
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Event Horizon on BBC1

I'm pretty sure there would be some kind of health and safety regulations covering the generation of a real black hole for the purposes of filming
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 14:17
Replies: 59
Views: 10,705
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Whats on your clipboard?

http://www5.hattrick.org/Common/playerDetails.asp?playerID=29584515
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 13:55
Replies: 62
Views: 6,540
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Games Games Games!

What's criminal is that I actually bought speedball 2 for the pc not long ago since it was my favourite game on the master system. So I think we can put that in too.
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 01:45
Replies: 44
Views: 3,463
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Bestest Dictators in history.

What would Susannah and Trinny say eh
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 00:55
Replies: 44
Views: 3,463
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Bestest Dictators in history.

Castro :up:
Forum: General Discussions 16 Apr 2004, 00:08
Replies: 53
Views: 5,259
Posted By Deciduous
Re: What is altruism?

I would imagine it lies in the intent of the doer.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Apr 2004, 23:48
Replies: 62
Views: 6,540
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Games Games Games!

Chucky Egg 2, Treasure Island Dizzy and Atic Atac on the Spectrum, I don't recall exactly what I liked about them at the time but I wasted months on them.
New Zealand Story, Populous, Prince of...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Apr 2004, 14:36
Replies: 44
Views: 2,827
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Song(s) to describe yourself...?

Timmy Mallet - Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny, Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
Forum: General Discussions 3 Apr 2004, 17:24
Replies: 259
Views: 16,583
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The proposed law

As far as I know a public is only public in the sense that it is licensed to sell and allow consumptiom of alcohol by the public on the premises. They let pretty much anyone walk through the door...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Apr 2004, 15:09
Replies: 259
Views: 16,583
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The proposed law

I have, because the prices are different
Forum: General Discussions 3 Apr 2004, 14:53
Replies: 259
Views: 16,583
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The proposed law

So you're saying that the 3 bus companies that run along a particular route I use are not in competition?
Forum: General Discussions 3 Apr 2004, 13:59
Replies: 259
Views: 16,583
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The proposed law

There are 25 train operating services. Unless you're talking about the actual railway infrastructure itself. You'd still call it public transport though, same with buses even though I can choose to...
Forum: General Discussions 2 Apr 2004, 12:28
Replies: 13
Views: 2,138
Posted By Deciduous
Re: PDA & Toilet

http://www.ratemypoo.com
Forum: General Discussions 1 Apr 2004, 11:56
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

Isn't Xeno's Paradox basically a badly worded question that assumes that the sum of an infinite series is always infinite?
Yeah it's pretty pointless and not really worth the argument, there's no...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Apr 2004, 00:56
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

Arguing about things that don't exist and arguing about things which have no physical form are different.

Usually when someone makes a claim about something they have at least a reasonable...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 15:27
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

If you masturbate you're also on God's shit list
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 15:25
Replies: 55
Views: 25,337
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Worlds Dumbest Court Case

Well I dare say the slaves didnt see it as ok

What if in the future incarcerating criminals is seen as immoral, can we expect suits from anyone related to a criminal on their behalf? Or anything...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 15:20
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

It doesn't make much sense to discuss something that doesn't exist
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 15:06
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

So your faith is simply placed in Mohammed not telling porkies.

I'm sorry if my tiny mind cannot cope with 'intricate theological discussion', but if a man walked up to me in the street and said...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:55
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

I'm just saying, it's a bit like discussing why cats from space interfering with my breakfast cereal is evil.

And on the faith thing, if you totally believe that the Bible and Qur'an and such were...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:50
Replies: 3
Views: 1,400
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Quick MySQL Help

update user set colour = '';
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Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:46
Replies: 55
Views: 25,337
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Worlds Dumbest Court Case

It's not just a case of national law though is it?
Slavery was acceptable in a lot of countries at that time, and from what I've heard, the slaves were sold to them, rather than being dragged...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:27
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

Well it is basically an argument that boils down to
"Gods exists"
"How do you know?"
"I read it in a book written several hundred years ago by people who have never directly seen the effects of...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:13
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

How many of the people who wrote it actually spoke to god then
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 14:07
Replies: 55
Views: 25,337
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Worlds Dumbest Court Case

Surely it would be up to your father whether he wanted to press charges or not. Wasn't slavery legal at the time, and if so how can you sue someone for wrongdoing when technically the subject wasn't...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 13:33
Replies: 61
Views: 3,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its time for another theology debate based on something utterly unprovable.

You been chatting to god about his agenda lately?
Forum: General Discussions 31 Mar 2004, 13:14
Replies: 55
Views: 25,337
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Worlds Dumbest Court Case

We should all sue car insurance companies for supporting rapists and murderers perhaps.


1) I'm not sure I understand what heritage has got to do with anything.
2) I have no memory of my...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Mar 2004, 20:03
Replies: 10
Views: 1,283
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Windows File Explorer hotkey for moving up one folder

It is 'up', if you do Start->Run and enter something like "C:\Program Files\Some directory" and open an explorer window directly to a directory, you can use backspace to go up the directory tree from...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Mar 2004, 19:43
Replies: 259
Views: 16,583
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The proposed law

I thought your usual liberal line was something like "everyone should be allowed to do as they please so long as it doesn't interfere with anyone else". I'm not sure I get the vegetartian thing,...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Mar 2004, 15:16
Replies: 20
Views: 2,733
Posted By Deciduous
Re: does red bull go off

Marmite gets better with age.

Maybe.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Mar 2004, 15:25
Replies: 43
Tea
Views: 2,402
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tea

Yorkshire Tea :up:
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 14:38
Replies: 27
Views: 1,852
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Paging English Language Nerds

Don't stop me nooooooooooooooooooow, I'm having such a good time
I'm having a baaaall

We've been through the other available options, a little bit of variety can't hurt.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 14:28
Replies: 27
Views: 1,852
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Paging English Language Nerds

and "do you have separated automation processes" just for good measure
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 14:26
Replies: 9
Views: 1,454
Posted By Deciduous
Re: processors

Not all of us have our own banknote printing facilities
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 14:23
Replies: 28
Views: 2,398
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Let's laugh at the new shit

If I retract my comments can I have a stamp? :(
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 13:39
Replies: 22
Views: 1,685
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Twat !

Personally I ride on the pavement in busy traffic, because neither pedestrians nor motorists have any patience with cyclists, but I'd rather not go up against a ton of high speed metal.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 13:18
Replies: 28
Views: 2,398
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Let's laugh at the new shit

Why do you care how I spend my time and energy?



What, I need a genuine reason to take the piss now?
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 12:01
Replies: 30
Views: 2,180
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I have a project due in tomorrow and I'm starting it now

ditto
Forum: General Discussions 26 Mar 2004, 11:53
Replies: 28
Views: 2,398
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Let's laugh at the new shit

It is when they dress like the charity shop equivalent of Scrap Heap Challenge
Forum: General Discussions 17 Mar 2004, 16:21
Replies: 17
Views: 2,820
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I Got in My Little Hands BF:Vietnam

Well I thought I was happy playing Operation Flashpoint, but I just can't resist new ways to blow commies and gooks into a million pieces.
Sorry Dante
Forum: General Discussions 17 Mar 2004, 16:13
Replies: 17
Views: 2,820
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I Got in My Little Hands BF:Vietnam

I'll tell you what I think when it's finished downloading :/
Forum: General Discussions 16 Mar 2004, 20:18
Replies: 120
Views: 8,249
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Classic films

You say that like the two you quoted are the only available definitions.

A few films I reckon are decent would be:

Hackers
Kelly's Heroes
The Italian Job (the new one isnt too bad either)...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Mar 2004, 18:15
Replies: 32
Views: 3,065
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why phones with lots of space are bad

She also said you've got the smallest dick she's ever seen
Forum: General Discussions 16 Mar 2004, 18:13
Replies: 120
Views: 8,249
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Classic films

clas·sic ( P ) Pronunciation Key (klsk)
adj.

1.
a. Belonging to the highest rank or class.
b. Serving as the established model or standard: a classic example of...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Mar 2004, 17:43
Replies: 32
Views: 3,065
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why phones with lots of space are bad

Mine stores 4 and that seems to be plenty
Forum: General Discussions 15 Mar 2004, 02:38
Replies: 18
Views: 1,843
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The Singhsons

I'm not sure it counts as racist if you're mocking your own race
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 18:03
Replies: 55
Views: 3,693
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot

"Yeah so when can I expect my cooker to be delivered?"
"Erm, soonish"
"Soonish?"
"Yeah, somewhere in the future, soonish"
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 17:53
Replies: 57
Views: 2,774
Posted By Deciduous
Re: English language question

I don't think you're going to find anything, though I'm not an expert, the sentence lends itself more readily to being reversed. You're probably better off emailing someone who knows more about it...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 16:13
Replies: 57
Views: 2,774
Posted By Deciduous
Re: English language question

:o
MrL I'm shocked and appalled
Forum: General Discussions 13 Mar 2004, 03:31
Replies: 55
Views: 3,693
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot

I get your point, it's just that if I need to do something routinely I normally don't organise it round a number rather than a day of the week. I suppose that's just because of how it works now, but...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Mar 2004, 02:54
Replies: 55
Views: 3,693
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot

I constantly find myself thinking "Hey, I'll do X every 4 days" rather than "Every monday I'll do X"

On the other hand a 6 day week would be :cool: if we get to keep a 2 day weekend

[edit]...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 17:33
Replies: 78
Views: 6,658
Posted By Deciduous
Re: famous person fantasy

My girlfriend is sat here reading this with me.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 16:46
Replies: 58
Views: 4,867
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Having lies on your CV

Taking advantage of technology to gain facts and opinions we wouldn't otherwise get is being a loser?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 14:46
Replies: 29
Views: 2,377
Posted By Deciduous
Re: your oldest and your oldest mp3s

You dont have to make excuses for having had a different taste in music.

My oldest mp3 is a positively geriatric 15 years old, My Dahlia by Smashing Pumpkins circa 1989
The first one i...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 14:43
Replies: 63
Itt
Views: 5,132
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Itt

People who live in a hole in the ground with zero resources and no means to obtain them are screwed whatever happens.

Obviously it's a possibility (T&F, when did anyone mention anything about...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 13:43
Replies: 63
Itt
Views: 5,132
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Itt

When I was young I would just sit in my room and go through a library book on whatever subject I was required to learn. I went to a school full of 9 year old crackheads where the teachers are...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 13:10
Replies: 63
Itt
Views: 5,132
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Itt

I did.
My point is, the running analogy is bollocks. We are told the blacks in this case are more intelligent and more determined than the whites. If that's the case why do they finish behind in...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Mar 2004, 12:48
Replies: 63
Itt
Views: 5,132
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Itt

mmm, because if I was determined enough I could win the olympic 10,000 metres with no prior training yeah?
Forum: General Discussions 11 Mar 2004, 14:05
Replies: 78
Views: 6,658
Posted By Deciduous
Re: famous person fantasy

I know.
and isn't the other one Cif... fk knows what was wrong with Jif
Forum: General Discussions 11 Mar 2004, 12:38
Replies: 78
Views: 6,658
Posted By Deciduous
Re: famous person fantasy

I would have said she's more Halifax Town than Ajax
Forum: General Discussions 10 Mar 2004, 13:05
Replies: 20
Views: 2,278
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Another example of a Stupid American

I can't think of anything to say that would adequately describe what I'm thinking. :confused:
Forum: General Discussions 10 Mar 2004, 00:58
Replies: 33
Views: 2,857
Posted By Deciduous
Re: my housemate is a bastard

Doesn't seem to work for me in windows 2000, i just locked it manually though and spent 10 minutes trying to remember my password
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 20:10
Replies: 46
Views: 3,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: anyone doing IT at school?

As much as I want skiddy to be wrong, repeaters contain an amplifier. Noise isnt really an issue either on a digital network as the signal can be restored without a problem and retransmitted.

But...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 16:27
Replies: 59
Views: 4,920
Posted By Deciduous
Re: its official i am moving to Leeds :)

It's usually separated into North East, North West and Yorkshire & Humberside, although I've seen west yorkshire grouped with the north west
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 16:22
Replies: 46
Views: 3,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: anyone doing IT at school?

life, liberty, route of the loom
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 15:37
Replies: 46
Views: 3,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: anyone doing IT at school?

Hands up anyone who puts 'excellent communication skills' on their CV and is blatantly lying

\o
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 14:58
Replies: 59
Views: 4,920
Posted By Deciduous
Re: its official i am moving to Leeds :)

I kiiiiiiiilllll you
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 14:48
Replies: 17
Views: 2,016
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Anyone here shop online?

Yes but at some cost to customer service.
In the event that I receive faulty goods from ebuyer (at least 4 times this happened) I have to wait to be assigned a returns number, post it back, wait,...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 14:18
Replies: 59
Views: 4,920
Posted By Deciduous
Re: its official i am moving to Leeds :)

Lots of big black guys intent on relieving you of your hard earned dollar


I wasn't aware the NHS could organise anything on a national level :rolleyes:

Surely working for the health service...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 13:34
Replies: 59
Views: 4,920
Posted By Deciduous
Re: its official i am moving to Leeds :)

What company is it if you don't mind me asking?
Forum: General Discussions 9 Mar 2004, 01:11
Replies: 53
Views: 8,908
Posted By Deciduous
Re: How do you spend your money...

About 50% of my student loan goes on rent and bills.
I don't keep track of how much I spend on food so I don't really know.
I don't think I have any other expenses besides seeing the odd magazine...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Mar 2004, 23:32
Replies: 69
Views: 4,641
Posted By Deciduous
Re: UK's Sneakiest Speed Camera?

You started it when you said 'copyright theft' when you meant breach of copyright.
The copyright holder is a victim if the work is used in such a way as to devalue the original work.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Mar 2004, 15:19
Replies: 61
Views: 29,017
Posted By Deciduous
Re: McDonalds. Oh how i laugh.

I'm just going to assume that women taste things a bit differently.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Mar 2004, 13:59
Replies: 61
Views: 29,017
Posted By Deciduous
Re: McDonalds. Oh how i laugh.

Diet coke is one of the worst tasting soft drinks I've ever come across, but my girlfriend loves it for the reason mentioned above, Coke is too sweet. This doesn't actually address the fact that Diet...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Mar 2004, 01:04
Replies: 61
Views: 29,017
Posted By Deciduous
Re: McDonalds. Oh how i laugh.

I'll remember that one for next time I see the guy with

STAFFORDSHIRE
UNIVERSITY
KICKBOXING

on the back of his coat.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Mar 2004, 01:01
Replies: 5
Views: 1,341
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Most intellectual graffiti

In some road tunnel, someone put

MEAT IS MURDER

to which someone else replied

but veg is wank

not an intellectual graffito exactly, but it tickled me :rolleyes:
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 18:03
Replies: 49
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In a gender prejudice world what are transexuals allowed?

I can't say I agree with the unisex teams thing. In physical games, like rugby or football to an extent, women would be destined to play non-league probably forever, they just don't have the capacity...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 15:57
Replies: 49
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In a gender prejudice world what are transexuals allowed?

Clearly

As for the Transexual class thing, you'd need a separate class for male-to-female and female-to-male transexuals too given the previous arguments,.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 15:31
Replies: 49
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In a gender prejudice world what are transexuals allowed?

No, you decided he was wrong.
I agree with him, as did quite a few other people.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 12:45
Replies: 49
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In a gender prejudice world what are transexuals allowed?

Lack of testosterone doesn't make you 'weak'.
The less testosterone a man has, the quicker muscle mass will decline, but it's not exactly going to drop off at a ridiculous speed. A bit of strength...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 12:32
Replies: 71
Views: 3,761
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why do people like Fast Cars

Heh, right in what respect? That he knows his own opinion?



A ricer, by definition, is a car that isn't souped up, merely aesthetically modified to give the impression of a higher performance...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Mar 2004, 11:25
Replies: 49
Views: 4,159
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In a gender prejudice world what are transexuals allowed?

There is the case of 'fairness'. For example, if a male-to-female transexual were to sign up for womens rugby it could be considered unfair as they would have a definite physical advantage.

The...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2004, 16:43
Replies: 11
Views: 1,819
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Meat Kills

Have you perhaps overlooked the fact that while red meat is a danger to the person ingesting it, thrashing your Nova round at 110 mph is risking the lives of other people.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Mar 2004, 16:01
Replies: 71
Views: 3,761
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why do people like Fast Cars

Nod in talking out of bottom shocker.
People are allowed to have a hobby that doesn't involve a variety of Greek letters or philosophical whining on forums.
If you believe that the amount of money...
Forum: General Discussions 2 Mar 2004, 17:29
Replies: 79
Views: 4,903
Posted By Deciduous
Re: body disposal

Didnt someone find a baby in a small concrete block in their garage?
Forum: General Discussions 2 Mar 2004, 03:42
Replies: 12
Views: 1,903
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Thoze Crazzeee Ruskies!!!

Someone stealing Ukraine's first steam train and selling it for scrap is perverse.
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 23:43
Replies: 28
Views: 2,482
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Who's a vegetarian here?

I'd be more interested to know how that bit of foetus got there in the first place
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 18:51
Replies: 58
Views: 4,331
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Favourite Film Quote

Turkish: **** me, hold tight. What's that?
Tommy: It's me belt, Turkish.
Turkish: No, Tommy. There's a gun in your trousers. What's a gun doing in your trousers?
Tommy: It's for protection....
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 18:35
Replies: 79
Views: 4,903
Posted By Deciduous
Re: body disposal

Stealing some dead person's identity just after they died is just asking to get caught and imprisoned for something, even if you didnt kill the person in question. The first poster also said it...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 17:50
Replies: 15
Views: 2,290
Posted By Deciduous
Re: can you hot wire a pc???

the power button is just a simple switch that will connect/disconnect the wires, so pulling the wires out of the switch and connecting them manually seems like a waste of time
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 03:50
Replies: 60
Views: 3,763
Posted By Deciduous
Re: [UK] TV Licenses

I think there was one case of someone succesfully arguing this, a long time ago. From what I was told I gather the licensing rules were change immediately to stop it happening again.
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 03:11
Replies: 46
Views: 3,635
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Stupidity

"he killed the power to the entire flat" is a touch ambiguous. Given that this lad actively tried to dissuade them from checking the fuse box, I'm inclined to draw the conclusion that he did it on...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Mar 2004, 02:50
Replies: 38
Views: 2,231
Posted By Deciduous
Re: last night

This gay bloke is supposed to have kissed him.
If a straight bloke went up to a girl he'd never met and just kissed her, I expect he'd get a good slap or a swift kick in the nuts.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Feb 2004, 19:06
Replies: 77
Views: 3,493
Posted By Deciduous
Re: xBox or PS2

PS2 CPU is apparently a 128bit 300mhz jobby, doing a little over 6 gigaflops, whereas the 3.06 is around 12 gigaflops. But since you're talking budget PCs here it isn't all that far off. I have no...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Feb 2004, 17:16
Replies: 16
Views: 1,506
Posted By Deciduous
Re: An easy 'brainteaser' type thingy

Apparently this stems from there being no separate letter V in old english, and in situations where a single f was surrounded by vowels it would make a V sound. Over was originally spelt 'ofer' but...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Feb 2004, 17:00
Replies: 157
Views: 6,029
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Complexity

And next week on Complexity, crystal formation vs. a dog taking a shit

And yeah, maths could adequately describe the syntax of natural language but probably not the semantics.
Describing empathy...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Feb 2004, 16:17
Replies: 20
Views: 2,304
Posted By Deciduous
Re: What have I let myself in for?

I don't suppose you know if there's any hardcore Witchking vs. Gandalf action in the Return of the King EE?
Forum: General Discussions 25 Feb 2004, 20:17
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

No, a male is still a male, by sex. They exhibit female traits is all.


I wouldn't say that having a bit of a feminine look constituted "female physical features". As for having psychological...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Feb 2004, 19:33
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

That's my line Jakiri


Hang on a second. It's a women who unfortunately is a bit like a man? wtf? He's a man who unfortunately has the characteristics of a woman.


Without being pedantic, if...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Feb 2004, 01:29
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

What difference does this actually make?
Making a judgement of someone's sex based on voice/appearance/whatever doesn't make the slightest bit of difference to what sex they actually *are*
I've...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 19:51
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

So it only applies to people who looked kind of feminine to start with?

I wonder if I suddenly decided I was a 70 year old man stuck in a 20-odd year old body whether I could slap some make up on...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 16:22
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

I'm saying genetics is pretty much the only thing that does count. Humans are different from dogs because they are genetically different. Men are different from women because they are genetically...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:48
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

Dogs and humans are 75% genetically identical :up:

If I thought I was really a woman, but was far too ugly, does that mean I couldn't be one?
Are tomboys not real girls because they act like boys?
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:42
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

:up: Good for you Jonny

Toccata
I could have a thousand hairy skin grafts and shit in the park, but that wouldnt make me any more a dog.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:37
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

I was just making a 'applying feminine traits to a man' joke :|
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:33
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

no need to get all premenstrual
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:28
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

It says he's a man in the article
Forum: General Discussions 24 Feb 2004, 15:21
Replies: 127
Views: 7,191
Posted By Deciduous
Re: There's Something About Mirium

Because he's genetically a man
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 03:08
Replies: 52
Views: 3,669
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Kazza

aye, it was a purposeful misspelling, emphasis on the AR bit when you say it. Dunno why.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 02:51
Replies: 52
Views: 3,669
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Kazza

Bittorrent is top for films and games, DC++ (Direct Connect) fulfils all my music needs.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 02:44
Replies: 88
Views: 5,241
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Good ska songs (and by ska i mean SKA goddamnit not some whining emo faggots)

I got to bag it up
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 00:25
Replies: 52
Views: 3,669
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Kazza

The internet would be the tracks, the train would be the (eg) TCP frame, and the people would be the data.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 00:18
Replies: 52
Views: 3,669
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Kazza

3. An agency by which something is accomplished, conveyed, or transferred: The train was the usual medium of transportation in those days.

The information is transferred by the internet. In the...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Feb 2004, 00:02
Replies: 67
Views: 5,602
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The worst ****ing t-shirts in ****ing history

I have an all your base tshirt from a while back
and one with some binary shit on
it doesnt actually mean anything so it's not partiulcarly geeky
Forum: General Discussions 22 Feb 2004, 23:58
Replies: 52
Views: 3,669
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Kazza

There isn't a file sharing medium name Kazaa either :P
It's called tha Intarnet, kazaa is the file sharing program :/
Forum: General Discussions 22 Feb 2004, 23:55
Replies: 32
Views: 2,433
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Help me Masters of Words!

5. You can't pretend to be a 14 year old girl in person :up:
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 17:21
Replies: 49
Views: 2,736
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Legal-ish question about violence...

Forgive me if I'm feeling a little ignored (as usual :()
OK you kind of indirectly stabbed at my question via T&F's response. In my situation who is to be punished, the ones who carry out the...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 17:02
Replies: 49
Views: 2,736
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Legal-ish question about violence...

I'm not totally against this idea, I just reckon it needs a bit of tweaking
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 16:52
Replies: 49
Views: 2,736
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Legal-ish question about violence...

In a situation where (eg) someone's daughter spitefully claimed rape against an ex-boyfriend and persuades her father/brother/lover etc to go round and kill this bloke, who would get punished?...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 13:49
Replies: 49
Views: 2,736
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Legal-ish question about violence...

Anyone breaking into my house or car (not that I own either) could expect a good kicking just for a starter.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 13:47
Replies: 42
Views: 2,433
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Who here likes Blink182?

It doesn't, but the point was that that isn't it.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Feb 2004, 12:49
Replies: 42
Views: 2,433
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Who here likes Blink182?

I'll not have you slander the fair name of trance like this :|
Forum: General Discussions 19 Feb 2004, 17:51
Replies: 134
Views: 4,586
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Teaching Atheism in Schools

Depends how you were to define life as to how stupid people thought it was.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Feb 2004, 21:24
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

Don't you have to grow a beard in order to learn perl?
Forum: General Discussions 18 Feb 2004, 15:45
Replies: 73
Views: 4,152
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The UT2K4 Demo

I must have downloaded the wrong thing, I seem to be playing Halo :rolleyes:
Forum: General Discussions 18 Feb 2004, 01:07
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

As far as I'm aware UCAS is the path to university application, unless you contact the university directly.

Besides, you don't need a degree to do network support and such, you need skills. As I...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Feb 2004, 00:19
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

Did they come into the job straight from retail?
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 23:02
Replies: 134
Views: 4,586
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Teaching Atheism in Schools

So you're saying that society is going down the pan because of an upsurge in atheism, yet most atheists still hold the majority of Christian ethics and values?
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 21:27
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

I'm sensing a theme
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 19:14
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

IT is a very broad subject.
"I'm reasonably good with computers, I guess" is an odd way to decide you want to start a career in IT.
What do you like doing? What, specifically are you good at? Maybe...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 18:55
Replies: 42
Views: 4,351
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Breaking into IT.

I reckon people are a little bit harsh
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 18:29
Replies: 134
Views: 4,586
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Teaching Atheism in Schools

Applying a smackdown on people you didn't like with a charge of heresy probably worked wonders.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Feb 2004, 18:08
Replies: 134
Views: 4,586
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Teaching Atheism in Schools

Ghengis Khan killed about 30 million people in the 13th century didnt he?
That might be just short of Stalin, but when you consider the technology and that it was more than 10% of the world's...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2004, 21:40
Replies: 17
Views: 1,906
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Netsend pop ups

errr, yeah NT3.5 is still knocking about in some places i've seen
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2004, 16:36
Replies: 32
Views: 2,093
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Organ Doner!

Well it's not really a case of giving up in most instances is it, since they'll be dead.
What if you get stabbed or shot or whatever, does that count as genetic flaw or gross negligence?
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2004, 15:07
Replies: 165
Views: 8,474
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante

I like having someone to cover for me if my part goes down the pan. Assuming they aren't a bunch of ****wits like my last group, who decided they were going to have meetings without telling me and...
Forum: General Discussions 16 Feb 2004, 13:52
Replies: 165
Views: 8,474
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante

Good old Herbert eh :rolleyes:

Some computing modules here encourage you to work in small groups, presumably to get you used to the idea of discussing ideas and making decision with other people,...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2004, 20:56
Replies: 165
Views: 8,474
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante

Don't ask for much, do you?
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2004, 15:09
Replies: 44
Views: 2,306
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Valentine's Day

or schizophrenic
Forum: General Discussions 14 Feb 2004, 14:36
Replies: 35
Views: 2,735
Posted By Deciduous
Re: OH NO!! it's Friday the 13th

Well, the worst thing that happened was I lost a couple of times at command & conquer.
go superstition :up:
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 23:19
Replies: 165
Views: 8,474
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante

Well, the students, I dont know and dont care. Its up to them if they want to be interested or not but it seems a bit pointless to come to uni when you dont care about the subject, only the money....
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 22:27
Replies: 165
Views: 8,474
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante

Same here, noone at my uni seems to give a fk, and the lecturers don't seem much better.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 19:23
Replies: 13
Views: 1,622
Posted By Deciduous
Re: American Children Involved In Unintended Fat Joke

Full fat milk :up:
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 15:06
Replies: 31
Views: 2,892
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 source code leaked

Frivolous but carnivorous
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 14:57
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

I don't believe I'm still fking reading this
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 01:12
Replies: 9
Views: 1,680
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Passport details over the internet

I knew I should have had a haircut before that photograph
Forum: General Discussions 13 Feb 2004, 01:05
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Playing because you like playing is a sign of lack of self respect? It's a game that a lot of people happen to enjoy, these people started because they like football, it's not unreasonable to say...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 23:33
Replies: 7
Views: 1,856
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Microsofts Marketing Department

Quality


<div> is a generic block level element, a 'container', whereas <p> has a semantic purpose i.e. it defines a paragraph of text.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 23:29
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Is it just a desire to play against top quality opposition or is it about the money.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 20:48
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

:up:
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 20:44
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

heh it's ok I take your word for it, i was just bored so i though i'd post it
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 20:20
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

What should be in our hands to debate?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 20:16
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

I thought deerbarn was taking the piss when he posted 1000000 as top score.
I just managed it too :eek:
[edit]
woot (http://ade.oc-tech.co.uk/drift_score.jpg)
I bet I can add an extra 200k to that
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 20:07
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Most people are probably riled because when they were young their teacher/parents would most likely say "Study hard and get a good education, and you can look forward to a good job" and the kids who...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:42
Replies: 35
Views: 2,099
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Are all insults created equally

Justin Timberlake is black
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:37
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Jesus christ, I'm on about the current situation versus this capped wages situation.
I'm not saying 'Hey lets cap wages, keep the money and then it will be easier to get into debt'
gaylords
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:34
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Why would the director and chairman's salaries be capped?
besides, you cant just cap the wages for one job, that wouldnt be fair, would it?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:32
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

If you have to pay out x million pound a week and suddenly get into trouble it would be harder to find money to cover it than if it was x thousand?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:30
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Well, what with the players salary capped, along with the directors, the chairman and all the other staff, the only place it would go is into maintenance, the stadium or shareholders. Or they could...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 19:22
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

You seem to ignore the fact that if players were paid less, clubs wouldn't have to charge so much and as a result wouldn't have to have millions spare. Yes this seems pointless but It would be harder...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 18:24
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

People may well be pissed off, the Football Association was originally in support of a strong policy of amateurism.
There doesn't seem to be much point in me supporting my 'local' team, as the only...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 14:00
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

Post a pic man, I'm curious :(
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 13:56
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

Because lawyers and such can't stand to be earning less than quarter of a million a year?
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 13:10
Replies: 223
Views: 7,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: (UK) Government recommend wage cap for PL footballers

I won't be too bothered if they slap a (eg) 5,000 a week cap on my wages.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 12:57
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

I tuned it down a bit on purpose when I was experimenting to find a good drift car
Forum: General Discussions 12 Feb 2004, 00:00
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

Super Supra (http://ade.oc-tech.co.uk/toyotasupra.jpg)
Like you, my girlfriend hated it at first glance, but now it has a place in both our hearts.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 22:43
Replies: 37
Views: 2,331
Posted By Deciduous
Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to

My brother came straight out of school and started working for Barclays, they just had the applicants do an aptitude test. He's a complete fool and I don't know how he managed to beat other people to...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 22:26
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

I like the supra, but with about 2/3 of the performance mods on, otherwise it just spins all over the place.

Someone post a link to a pic of their car, you know you want to. I might do mine in a...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 18:51
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

People who make horizontal scrolling web pages are retarded.
[edit] It's a fair point though about the horizontal scrolling
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 18:40
Replies: 37
Views: 2,331
Posted By Deciduous
Re: hey so guys ive dropped college, after you all telling me not to

Just be prepared to work your way up from the bottom. I've come to realise getting my degree isn't everything, and for the line of work I want to do isn't really necessary anyway.
However, going...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 16:53
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

It wasn't a product of skill anyway :)
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 15:42
Replies: 30
Views: 2,544
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Need for speed underground

What's your top individual drift score?
1,000,000 is hard to beat :/
I got 126,000 on one lap but I'm not consistent enough to beat that score. Yet.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 13:52
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

It's hardly cause to gather 2 of every single species on a boat, and I doubt it would have lasted 40 days.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 13:49
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Heh, I also like a minimalist browsing experience (http://ade.oc-tech.co.uk/ie.png) ;)



It is a shame you can't change/add search boxes, but at least these come with the browser and you have...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Feb 2004, 13:38
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Heh, I'd bet both my kidneys that site is perfectly valid, Eric Meyer is possibly the world's foremost expert on CSS

You seem to think I am criticising IE directly for the way it renders pages,...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 23:57
Replies: 6
Views: 1,617
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Fun and free textbased online-rpg!

Note to Kujjer:
Could you tell the developer to change the "about" link to perhaps convey some information concerning what the game is "about"
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 22:05
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

If religion is updated to come in line with science, but (eg) 500 years behind, why doesn't the church just get everyone up to speed with current developments and have done with it.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 21:40
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

It's not really invalid code, it's just second guessing the doctype, the doctype definition points to a non-existent document because someone typo'd it.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 21:25
Replies: 53
Views: 5,255
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Geek test

I don't think there's much point arguing what is and isn't geekdom
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 21:23
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

Could you clarify your point for me Nod? I seem to have got lost.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 21:05
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

So why don't all Christians admit the big bang as a possibility?
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 20:54
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

You'd think the Egyptians would have recorded something like that
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 20:50
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

If they had $70,000,000 on pension day I'd be out there already
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 20:43
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

People partaking in corporate crimes surely know that their short term future is secure (they have jobs), and commiting crimes like mugging would be more likely to jeapordise that than help it. Just...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 20:28
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

You mean like Newtonian mechanics?

[edit] Stick, wrong end of
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 20:18
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

I used to commit a lot of semi-serious crime like arson, breaking and entering and such when I was younger. I had a good upbrining and a good education, since then I've gained a great deal of empathy...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 19:57
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

Books based on credible research rather than handed-down stories.
If you were a bible scholar you could probably interpret the material however you wanted. Dissecting the story in more detail is all...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 19:00
Replies: 101
Views: 6,150
Posted By Deciduous
Re: All christians please raise your hands...

Ok a couple of genuine questions.
How does the creation story account for population growth, given what we know about the very low rates of increase in population from historical records?

How...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 18:39
Replies: 53
Views: 5,255
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Geek test

Hellloooooo Page 2
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 18:19
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Admittedly I just picked up the first link that had ie and non compliance in the description :P

Some better ones are
Here (http://www.radgeek.com/about/web_standards_compliance.html)
This news...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 18:06
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Heh, someone missed xhtml1- out of the doctype :D

The DTD defines the structure of the document and its data and has nothing to do with layout or how CSS may be applied. Admittedly the browser...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 17:43
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

Are you trying to coax me into a 'crime is unnatural' statement or what? I'm quite frankly deeply offended that you made that biological comment, if it's intended the way I think it is.

Maybe we...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 17:37
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

My browser setup was the very definition of minimalism.


Aye, I don't use it any more and subsequently have not suffered these problems.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 17:21
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

I keep forgetting the whole PNG support thing.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 17:16
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Thanks, I really appreciate being called a liar.
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, IE6 with a few security patches. It does happen and fairly regularly, or it did before I stopped using it.


What...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 16:09
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Obviously not the first rule otherwise there wouldn't be so many people who got it.
If my browser comes across a web page with some dangerous ActiveX component scripting it should automatically run...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 15:47
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

When I'm using IE6 I'll be in win 2000 usually.


I wouldn't say clicking a link pasted into IRC with an image extension is stupid, it happens all the time. OK it might be stupid now, I got ****ed...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 15:37
Replies: 6
Views: 1,642
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Avril Lavigne

Yup I can see why you think she's sooooo fine (http://www.deansplanet.com/nomakeup_avril.html)

Avril in full "Sarah Connor after 12 rounds with Terminator" mode
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 15:30
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

If by solid and dependable you mean that when it crashes it takes everything with it and I have to manually restart Windows Explorer, then yeah. For people who aren't computer savvy that would...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 04:25
Replies: 53
Views: 5,255
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Geek test

This thread is just a cunning plan to find out who needs banishing to the RP forum :|
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 04:15
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

I take it you read the faq about it, it's fair enough if someone else already had the old name. At least it's better than EarthquakeBird. Just.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 01:48
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Firefox

Real life isn't cool enough.

I hope you have your security settings high enough to stop your browser automatically running rogue activex controls JetLinus ;)
Forum: General Discussions 10 Feb 2004, 01:29
Replies: 63
Views: 5,019
Posted By Deciduous
Firefox

OK every so often we get people shouting from the rooftops about how amazing Opera is and that you should go get it now

I thought it was only fair to do the same for Firefox...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 18:03
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

The question is only flawed if you start being a pedantic fker with it, rather than taking it as it was intended, that there are people who will commit crime simply because it's easier than working.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 17:54
Replies: 53
Views: 5,255
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Geek test

You people must play a lot of card games :|
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 17:14
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

What are you on about multitude of flaws.
I made my point on the last page, Dante replied. That was fine.
Then you go off and turn it into some argument about work ethics.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 17:08
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

This is a point that was never in question and is heading off topic. I merely meant people who go by the socially accepted route and get a job, rather than breaking the law and taking whatever they...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 16:30
Replies: 53
Views: 5,255
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Geek test

30.17751% :eek:

That's just fking sad
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 15:57
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

Toccata, when I posted 'break their back' I didn't literally mean hard manual labour. A lot of jobs are very taxing and will never involve anyone touching soil or stone.
If more people refused to...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 14:35
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

Dante's argument always seems to be 'legalise it and it wont be a problem any more'. Especially when it comes to drugs and firearms, like the root of all crime is the need to steal for your next fix....
Forum: General Discussions 9 Feb 2004, 14:20
Replies: 14
Views: 1,956
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Photoshoppery

I thought Google were trying to get googled and googling into the dictionary as terms for searching
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 14:40
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

Great. Have a :banana:
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 14:29
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

And grouping the items of question 34 because they are round is just as fking stupid
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 14:21
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

Now the question is "Does the person who set the test know about the existence of an evergreen oak?"


How would you gain this information from the question, and how much do you know about Gorilla...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 13:59
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

I suppose if they put Orangutan, Chimpanzee and Gorilla you'd put them separately AS THEY MIGHT BE ASKING YOU TO DECIDE BASED ON THEIR COLOUR
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 02:34
Replies: 35
Views: 3,059
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Red Bull Can Kill!!!

You would probably die from water intoxication or ruptured internals before the caffeine got you.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 02:29
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

Exactly, and you can argue for any of them
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 02:22
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

A Venn diagram would be like this (http://ade.oc-tech.co.uk/venn.png) ?
Where the circle represent properties of the objects, not the objects themselves.

Here we have 3 objects represented by...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Feb 2004, 00:46
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

This isn't a Venn Diagram, but you're treating it like one.
I was treating the overlap as symbolic of a shared property.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2004, 21:14
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

Obviously if you represent each individual object as a circle you are going to have difficulty making an exact representation especially where you have overlapping areas. I don't believe the...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2004, 20:31
Replies: 235
Views: 10,671
Posted By Deciduous
Re: IQ Test Question

It's clear that question 35 is getting at a subtype-supertype relationship shown by the concentric rings (b).

You could claim different answers for 34 based on what your assumption of their...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2004, 16:20
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

You don't start with 6 billion people. If I set up a camera outside my house I'm damn sure I won't catch any Inuits on it, and if I did he'd be much easier to catch than anyone else, since I don't...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2004, 15:53
Replies: 42
Views: 2,858
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Worst Forum on the Internet

I do like a classy girl
Forum: General Discussions 7 Feb 2004, 15:51
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

I read an article about some study done in France, where incidence of gang rape by groups of youths was very high and it was being attributed to the pornography they watched.
Before you start...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 16:58
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

Well isn't that the definition of degradation? She might have lost her pride, dignity and whatever else, but that doesn't mean everyone in pornography will do the same. It seems entirely subjective,...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 16:46
Replies: 136
Views: 5,548
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I'd Like Cameras Everywhere

Can't wait for Dante to see this
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 16:40
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

Surely it's a matter of opinion.
Take another example, cleaning toilets say. You might think that you're above that but someone else might just see it as good honest work.
Someone viewing the...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 15:39
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

I'm saying in pornography (y'know, the point of this thread) noone is forcing these women to do it.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 15:35
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

Why is it degrading? It isn't.
It's just a job. Noone breaks into the homes of these women and forces them to suck someone off for the camera. They could get up at any point and say 'fk it, I'm not...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 14:26
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

95% of the porn you look at has 4 year old boys in?
Forum: General Discussions 6 Feb 2004, 14:14
Replies: 110
Views: 9,367
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why is it degrading for women to make pr0n movies

I'm not sure I agree with this 'conscious effort' thing. An effort on the part of whom?



Modern pornography is aimed at single men who just want to get their jollies on a nighttime no?...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Feb 2004, 01:02
Replies: 101
Views: 7,926
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why does the government need to collect taxes?

We should probably be more worried about what useless schemes it gets spent on, or where it gets tied up in bureaucracy once it's been collected, rather than while it's being collected.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Feb 2004, 00:49
Replies: 101
Views: 7,926
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why does the government need to collect taxes?

You probably could, but I dare say it would be a massive inconvenience to a lot of people that wages/prices would go up (eg) 40% every year, confusing to keep track of...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Feb 2004, 00:42
Replies: 101
Views: 7,926
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Why does the government need to collect taxes?

Surely just printing off however much you needed whenever you want, in the billions of pounds would seriously devalue our currency.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Feb 2004, 00:24
Replies: 190
Views: 15,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Animal sex and gay sex are the same in sweeden?

Bonus points for misspelling 'intelligence' :up:


If dogs had really poor lifespans would that make them fair game for standing on, or if I didnt get on with dogs?
Forum: General Discussions 4 Feb 2004, 23:19
Replies: 190
Views: 15,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Animal sex and gay sex are the same in sweeden?

Fighting for your turf Dante? ;)
Forum: General Discussions 4 Feb 2004, 21:28
Replies: 190
Views: 15,019
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Animal sex and gay sex are the same in sweeden?

As much as I love butting into threads without reading any of it, I'll refrain.


Oh go on then.
I believe that somewhere out there, there is probably another sentient life form. The universe is...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Feb 2004, 13:24
Replies: 32
Views: 2,883
Posted By Deciduous
Re: upgrading ME to XP

1) Expense (assuming this is legit)
2) If it's not broken don't fix it
3) Compatibility issues
4) The level of control Microsoft has over what you can and can't do that's in all it's recent...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Feb 2004, 12:35
Replies: 116
Views: 4,818
Posted By Deciduous
Re: suicidal urges

Embroglio said that he would prefer not to die. Most people seem to be hung up on the bad points of commiting suicide, rather than why he thinks about killing himself when he really doesn't want to....
Forum: General Discussions 3 Feb 2004, 00:51
Replies: 14
Views: 1,914
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Me v2.0

What a fking idiot.
His friends aren't brave enough to tell him it's the most retarded thing anyone's ever done.

At least he wasn't a star wars fan or the kid could've ended up being called...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 23:39
Replies: 68
Views: 5,059
Posted By Deciduous
Re: teh new opera

Can you get the new one without mail and irc, like Firebird is to Mozilla?
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 23:18
Replies: 18
Views: 1,927
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the internet is broken

well since it generates traffic from anywhere in the world...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 23:03
Replies: 68
Views: 5,059
Posted By Deciduous
Re: teh new opera

Reasons it's better than IE

It lets you browse the internet (actually the world wide web, you can't browse and irc server with IE can you now)
Opera lets you look at the forums.... blah blah...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 22:18
Replies: 36
Views: 2,153
Posted By Deciduous
Re: For those who arent frozen inside

Why would anyone bother to fake someones death just to make a sad doggie
I could kick one and take a photo, requiring much less effort and more convincing results
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 21:52
Replies: 10
Views: 1,793
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Resident Legal Experts - Trading Standards

I remember from speaking to someone about the sale of goods in the UK that we have something similar to reasonable life expectancy.
I would agree that challenging the manufacturer with such a...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 21:25
Replies: 18
Views: 1,927
Posted By Deciduous
Re: the internet is broken

I've noticed the same, it's taken me half an hour to open a thread about how it takes half an hour to open a thread
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 14:31
Replies: 16
heh
Views: 2,108
Posted By Deciduous
Re: heh

heh
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 12:32
Replies: 29
Views: 2,210
Posted By Deciduous
Re: I Hate My Retarded Son

Oddly enough he's not retarded, and was confined to a wheelchair some time after leaving the care of his parents (after his Ph.D)
Forum: General Discussions 1 Feb 2004, 12:18
Replies: 21
Views: 2,317
Posted By Deciduous
Re: like channel 4

It's just like ordering any particular group of films
What's your favourite Bond film? Horror film? It's not unreasonable to say something like "That's the worst Kung Fu film I've ever seen"
Forum: General Discussions 31 Jan 2004, 12:29
Replies: 45
Views: 2,994
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Stop saying 'we' when discussing achievements by groups of people that didnt involve

I hate to disagree with the venerable Gordon of Ross, but...
How many football teams would win anything bar non-league games if they had no fans?
How many wars (in the modern world) would even be...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Jan 2004, 02:38
Replies: 26
Views: 2,921
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Drum & Bass

It's err, not moshing, I don't know the rules but you do end up looking like a tit

Christ, being involved in any kind of dancing gives you plenty of scope for looking like one.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Jan 2004, 02:36
Replies: 25
Views: 2,504
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Touching you, god you're touching me...

You're all lucky
I sat opposite someone for 5 months at work who knows them, this was just before they became well known.
"Oh, they're gonna be so big"
Yes that's all very well but listening to...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Jan 2004, 02:20
Replies: 14
Views: 2,066
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Cat5 Network cable

Dare I ask
Forum: General Discussions 31 Jan 2004, 02:12
Replies: 26
Views: 2,921
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Drum & Bass

Like skanking then, or whatever the **** it's called.
Or throwing your greasy hair about and spraying sweat at everyone.

[edit] Err back on topic, some DnB is ok, the dirtier the better....
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:50
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

Heh, it appears 2 people posted before my reply was submitted :/
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:41
Replies: 36
Views: 2,153
Posted By Deciduous
Re: For those who arent frozen inside

get on winamp.com, obviously there are other but there's a fair old selection on there

After last night you're supposed to stand by me.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:37
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

At no point was torture mentioned.. unless you mean mental trauma from knowing you're going to die.
The point was that under such stressful conditions you might not come to the rational conclusion...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:28
Replies: 36
Views: 2,153
Posted By Deciduous
Re: For those who arent frozen inside

It's an internet radio station you fking queer.
Stop posting shite in my direction before you know what you're on about.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:26
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

Just saying I don't want Harold fking Shipman as a witness
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:24
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

It was just a very broad discussion about if people could get away with faking someone's consent and never have it disproved as the other party is dead.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:23
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

Assuming the killer isn't in league with a local member of good standing within the community
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:21
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

If you read up a bit you'll notice we're talking about another, hypothetical situation where someone is held against their will and forced to make a video giving consent before they die. Unrelated to...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:20
Replies: 36
Views: 2,153
Posted By Deciduous
Re: For those who arent frozen inside

Digitally Imported is a :cool: radio station
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:19
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

Is that what I said?
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:13
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

You might want to buy some time in the hope you can escape.
I'm sure not everyone thinks entirely rationally when they're about to be butchered.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:12
Replies: 36
Views: 2,916
Posted By Deciduous
Re: how should I handle this?

It's not the opinion of the students you need to worry about, they don't have the ability to fire your teacher or remove your grades anyway :P
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 19:10
Replies: 40
Views: 2,616
Posted By Deciduous
Re: German justice system bites back at cannibal

You could be forced by your killer to allow a video taped statement to that effect.
Possibly.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 17:25
Replies: 60
Views: 3,764
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Cremated or Buried?

They might do, if only because there are no toilets nearby
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 11:42
Replies: 3
Views: 1,239
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Games give you DVT \o/

Did he not bother to get up to eat or piss? I can't do anything for 10 minutes without getting restless nevermind 10 hours.

I like the bit about Thailand banning online games at night, now that's...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 02:02
Replies: 60
Views: 3,764
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Cremated or Buried?

In a few thousand years there'd be nowhere for anyone to live.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Jan 2004, 01:50
Replies: 60
Views: 3,764
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Cremated or Buried?

Hopefully I'll be too dead to care either way.
Burial seems like an awful waste of space and money though.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2004, 20:54
Replies: 39
Views: 2,218
Posted By Deciduous
Re: [Physics] It's the end of the world as we know it.

I remember reading that the Earth's orbit would shift outwards (Sun's lower mass and all that jazz) and be outside the Sun's photosphere, so all that drag business doesn't seem appropriate.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2004, 03:16
Replies: 10
Views: 1,625
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Bridge builder is back!!!

I wouldn't have thought a game about building bridges would have spawned 3 sequels
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2004, 03:10
Replies: 15
Views: 1,822
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Milkdrop is the most beautiful thing ever; if you disagree, you're objectively wrong

I always preferred AcidSpunk to MilkDrop, but that was a couple of years ago, I don't know the current state of play.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 18:44
Replies: 7
Views: 1,725
Posted By Deciduous
Re: anyone read the independent?

If only they did some actual work rather than living off stolen car stereos they might count as proletariat
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 16:05
Replies: 76
Views: 3,172
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Terrorism in action

Society doesn't have to mean a whole nation, it's just a term used to distinguish one group of humans from another.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 15:54
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

Following your example of an accountant MrL, you only need 2 A-levels and 3 GCSEs to embark on an ACCA course to become a chartered accountant. If you hold any other degree (bar a certified...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 15:28
Replies: 5
Views: 1,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: So ive finished my exams

maybe it's clapping
"Well done university for furnishing me with such a high quality education"
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 15:19
Replies: 76
Views: 3,172
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Terrorism in action

Sorry to jump back a few posts, I've not been keeping up.


Isn't that exactly why there used to be laws against homosexual sodomy and why there still are in some countries. Doesn't make it right,...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 14:56
Replies: 20
Views: 2,484
Posted By Deciduous
Re: solaris

I've never been so bored in my life
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 14:50
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

It seems that there are many people who have degrees and are still useless (from looking at my peers and graduates I met in industry), which weakens the case for getting one in theory but in practice...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 04:33
Replies: 55
Views: 4,533
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Racism

Anyone who lived most of their life in the desert would be different to what we would call white. But as you say the degree of darkness would be judged relatively.
I found a passage earlier about...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 04:11
Replies: 55
Views: 4,533
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Racism

"The most famous hilye texts, of course, are those that characterize the Prophet Muhammad. In Turkish they are called Hilye-i Saadet (the Hilye of Felicity), Hilye-i Serif (the Noble Hilye), and...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 00:56
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

Well I'll be out of the system soon enough and I honestly do not give a toss how much I owe as long as I have enough to get by on.
It's a good job really since I owe a shitload.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 23:13
Replies: 72
Views: 4,769
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Snow Watch UK

Light snow in Stafford
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 23:09
Replies: 18
Views: 2,272
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its good to be IT

Seems odd that the best software is (in a lot of cases) free. Exclude games from this as I've yet to see a decent free game, unless you count full conversions or (relatively) simple web based affairs.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:56
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

As far as I was aware tuition fees (in England) are ~6000 per student per year, with ~1000 paid by the student/their LEA.

Paying an extra 2000 a year will hurt everyone except the unemployed and...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:50
Replies: 33
Views: 3,205
Posted By Deciduous
Re: what is Leeds like?

I live a whole 15 minutes from Leeds city centre :/
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:45
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

I think most people understand the concept of personal debt tbh
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:11
Replies: 18
Views: 2,272
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Its good to be IT

I downloaded OpenOffice for free, cos it's like... free
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:09
Replies: 66
Views: 3,985
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

How can everyone be so gay
gay
Tony is gay
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 21:07
Replies: 33
Views: 3,205
Posted By Deciduous
Re: what is Leeds like?

If by Leeds you mean Sheffield then yeah.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:54
Replies: 33
Views: 3,205
Posted By Deciduous
Re: what is Leeds like?

oi, yorkshire folk rock
it's very busy and good for shopping if you like that kind of thing
it's also a touch violent and has the highest burglary rate in the UK
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:52
Replies: 21
Views: 2,482
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Those really tiny dashes next to the topics...

unactivated, like deactivated, but err the same
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:48
Replies: 115
Views: 7,391
Posted By Deciduous
Re: most used lie in the world?

Have you switched service providers recently?
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:17
Replies: 264
Views: 13,627
Posted By Deciduous
Re: could the title music for Enterprise have gotten any worse ??

I haven't heard the new Enterprise music, but Star Wars is pretty good so it sounds like it must be better.

I did like the original Enterprise music though.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:12
Replies: 264
Views: 13,627
Posted By Deciduous
Re: could the title music for Enterprise have gotten any worse ??

so... isn't Star Wars great
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 13:06
Replies: 91
Views: 6,090
Posted By Deciduous
Re: The "Age Gap"

Is this purely about having sex with a younger partner?
If it is then surely it's not much of a problem having an age gap, besides the strange looks from people about the 'unnatural' (woah there it...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 12:10
Replies: 55
Views: 4,533
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Racism

It's odd that Nation of Islam shunned the names given to them by the whites who took blacks as slaves, and replaced them with arab names, conveniently ignoring the extra thousand years plus of black...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 11:00
Replies: 55
Views: 4,533
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Racism

Maybe you talk to different people, but I don't often hear much about it.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 09:52
Replies: 55
Views: 4,533
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Racism

I think it would be innaccurate and possibly a little dangerous to portray all racists as white, uneducated and unintelligent.
The Nation of Islam wants its own black-only state. White farmers in...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Jan 2004, 09:21
Replies: 15
Views: 2,265
Posted By Deciduous
Re: hmm...why would this be a secret?

Sandhurst?
Yes there are probably some people who aren't very bright, but a modern army doesn't just consist of a load of men with pointy sticks. You need plenty of skilled technical staff to make...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 23:04
Replies: 115
Views: 7,391
Posted By Deciduous
Re: most used lie in the world?

"Hey, that's my rice!"
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 22:59
Replies: 115
Views: 7,391
Posted By Deciduous
Re: most used lie in the world?

Apparently all the fossils we find which are older than 6000 years were planted there by God, as fossils.
This seems a little bit odd, on the one hand he wants everyone to believe in him by telling...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 22:40
Replies: 115
Views: 7,391
Posted By Deciduous
Re: most used lie in the world?

MrL don't be stupid, how could evolution be true when the earth was only created from the void about 6,000 years ago.

[edited] due to new information 2 posts down.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 15:23
Replies: 23
Views: 2,549
Posted By Deciduous
Re: In this thread Zar makes a post that isnt a shallow criticism of America or Israel

I like little boys, naturally.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 15:16
Replies: 80
Views: 5,478
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Religion

Arguing :up:
God :down:

The whole idea of a God that could help everyone out but chooses not to is anathema to me.
A common phrase I hear from Christians is 'God works in mysterious ways',...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 14:52
Replies: 67
Views: 3,980
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Dante Hicks is not my favourite person.

The alternatives to evolution seem to be strung together with even less plausible 'proof'
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:16
Replies: 80
Views: 5,478
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Religion

Giving a game a score of 94% makes no sense, and is at best a general idea of what only one person (unless someone contributed to the review) thinks about it. You're better off reading the review,...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:01
Replies: 80
Views: 5,478
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Religion

90 is an exact figure however much you want to argue about it, as he never said anything to the effect of 'around 90'.
Can you honestly distinguish between, say, 70% and 75% how much you believe in...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 22:53
Replies: 80
Views: 5,478
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Religion

Heh, I like how Nod puts an exact figure to his beliefs.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 20:48
Replies: 80
Views: 5,478
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Religion

1) Nope
2) Nope
3) Afterlife seems like an odd word since if it does exist it's just a continuation of life. It would be interesting to know why human consciousness is the way it is though. Anyway,...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2004, 15:04
Replies: 45
Views: 3,331
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Water found on Mars

Well they knew it had ice caps, but it could well have been another frozen chemical, like carbon dioxide maybe (dry ice)
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2004, 14:55
Replies: 45
Views: 3,331
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Water found on Mars

heh, distilling water on mars would probably be ridiculously easy, since it's ridiculously hot during the day and freezing at night
if you set up your kit for sundown, you could evaporate all your...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2004, 14:51
Replies: 102
Views: 7,349
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Total lack of feelings

I thought the point was that he's too busy.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2004, 14:48
Replies: 102
Views: 7,349
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Total lack of feelings

O_o
Forum: General Discussions 23 Jan 2004, 13:09
Replies: 102
Views: 7,349
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Total lack of feelings

Find something you're absolutely shite at, and get better
This is my excuse for playing Command & Conquer: Generals at least 5 hours a day
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jan 2004, 18:04
Replies: 251
Views: 11,124
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Drug Policy

In the absence of independent, unbiased research, working from practical experience is not unreasonable.
Though many of the sources differ a little as to statistics, the sentiment of most is the...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jan 2004, 15:32
Replies: 251
Views: 11,124
Posted By Deciduous
Re: Drug Policy

Yes, yes we have
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