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Forum: General Discussions 19 Oct 2004, 02:12
Replies: 16
Views: 2,321
Posted By G_frog
Re: Query Into The Philosophy Of Modern Governance

There's a lot of talk about consensus, but there's a lot of talk about divides. Those are basically the only thing political commentators can talk about (unless, god forbid, they should have to...
Forum: General Discussions 27 May 2004, 23:10
Replies: 39
Views: 3,297
Posted By G_frog
Re: Title of popular culture phenomena

Post expressing astonishment that people are still here and doing their thing, however abstractly.
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2004, 03:36
Replies: 25
Views: 2,112
Posted By G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!

Bloody hell, I had no idea you could buy R9800pros for about £150. And when did nForce2's get that cheap? Right you are, sir.
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2004, 02:52
Replies: 25
Views: 2,112
Posted By G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!

He very likely has a 300/350W PSU, which will handle that lot just fine.

On a budget a KT600 board is better bang/buck than an nForce2.

There's no point buying a Radeon 9600 of any flavour when...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2004, 01:59
Replies: 25
Views: 2,112
Posted By G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!

My brother just replaced his mobo/processor with something like what I outlined, from a higher starting spec than DM (but similar graphics card). The frame rates have risen enormously. But in order...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Mar 2004, 01:46
Replies: 25
Views: 2,112
Posted By G_frog
Re: Upgrade DM's PC and win prizes !!

An MSI or Gigabyte motherboard featuring the Via KT600 chipset. Which depends on whether you like red or green better.
An Athlon 2500+ Barton, and a big fan. Overclock the Barton to 3200+ levels....
Forum: General Discussions 15 Mar 2004, 13:23
Replies: 25
Views: 2,461
Posted By G_frog
Re: i just nearly landed myself right in it at work

From this we learn that succesful pranks should kill all witnesses.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Mar 2004, 13:21
Replies: 18
Views: 1,828
Posted By G_frog
Re: The Singhsons

Either it is a joke about the funny names that foreigners have, or it is having a go at the ludicrous stereotyping in which the Simpsons indulges. I suspect the former, but it was pretty crap either...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 17:20
Replies: 55
Views: 3,655
Posted By G_frog
Re: Whoever decided it would be a good idea to to put 7 days in a week is an idiot

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. My infernal university thinks weeks begin on tuesdays.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 17:14
Replies: 16
Views: 2,306
Posted By G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express

pop.mail.yahoo.co.uk
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 00:19
Replies: 33
Views: 2,673
Posted By G_frog
Re: I hate it when stupid people flock together

Do you know what's equally annoying (though less frequent)? Being backed up in an argument by people who aren't arguing properly, or sometimes at all. Then you can't get through to educate the moron...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Mar 2004, 00:11
Replies: 16
Views: 2,306
Posted By G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express

I only have a free yahoo account. It turns out I can, and do, check it and other accounts every day with Thunderbird. Flavius, I don't know what you mean about it being slow, it loads and connects as...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Mar 2004, 17:07
Replies: 56
Views: 3,224
Posted By G_frog
Re: Thunderbirds the Movie

The runway is for the private jet that character no. 2* uses to get around and manage his business empire. Which must have a fairly suspicious hole in its accounts.

T-Bird 1 obviously moves from...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Mar 2004, 16:53
Replies: 16
Views: 2,306
Posted By G_frog
Re: Alternative to Outlook Express

http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/

Sufficiently similar that you won't miss anything from Outlook, and it's easy to get used to; sufficiently different not to be a security risk; and an...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Mar 2004, 16:45
Replies: 69
Views: 5,108
Posted By G_frog
Re: please check out my CD!

I'd like to point out that Losing My Religion is on Out of Time, which was released in 1989. Although so is Country Feedback, which is a better song. In fact, just use that album for the 80s.
...
Forum: General Discussions 2 Mar 2004, 23:17
Replies: 392
Views: 13,413
Posted By G_frog
Re: World's Smallest Political Quiz

The UL is pretty prominent from my window. If I had a rocket launcher, i could blow the top off it right now.

I shall not hesitate to do so if Oxford occupy it.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Jan 2004, 10:37
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

I'm not arguing in favour of a more careful approach because it is easier - (if anything what I would like to see would be more difficult). I'm arguing that if the case for invasion to remove Hussein...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 15:01
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

The US is setting the course as things stand, even if it is taking into account international views and arguments (which is happening more, but not to a satisfactory extent imo). I believe the...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 03:04
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

that's slightly unfair, he's correct to say that the removal of hussein per se was a good thing. Can't back anything else about this sorry business, though.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 03:03
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

You will stay the course, but you will set that course. hence the sudden bringing forward of (hardly democratic) elections in Iraq. Hence the reduction of forces at a time when the civil situation is...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 03:00
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

We all happen to be online at the same time. we know each other. I assure you we all independently came to the conclusion you are very badly wrong in fact or interpretation in every matter.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:58
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

I referenced china in my post, look at them. in the long run education (in some areas at least) will increase the despot's power by strengthening their nation. prestige is an issue. A strong...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:50
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

$1.5bn if memory serves (you'll note those funding links I gave said 'excluding arrears') but i couldn't source that properly so I don't try to assert it. Only believe me if you think my memory is...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:44
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

That's not true, Iraq was becoming quite prosperous under Hussein. He just happened to be an utter bastard who should never have been allowed anywhere near political power.

I think B and D...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:37
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

This isn't a discussion. It'll be a discussion when you stop shifting the subject when your preceding point is dealt with.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:34
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

No, it's better to conduct foreign policy in a long-term manner that makes things better, not worse. Virtues such as patience, diplomacy, planning, respect for law and life, and honesty were sorely...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:31
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

Umm it wasn't the tyrants who were responsible for putting more tyrants in power you know, it was a democracy with which you may be familiar.

god damn it you're dragging me down to your level, i...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:29
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

I don't think saddam hussein could have been said to be building up his capacity to strike at us.

the middle east isn't messed up because of a few dictators lording it over everybody, that's a...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:21
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3407853.stm
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 02:19
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

He stipulated latin/classics. Do you know what 'classics' means? You've also rather undermined your own claim to authority. And for the record, yes MrL took classics.

I hate to break it to you,...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 01:58
Replies: 244
Views: 12,062
Posted By G_frog
Re: ATTN: JonnyBGood

I think he means there's a UN building on american soil. I'm not exactly sure what that has to do with anything.

@QDeathstar:

Just because your civil rights have not been violated does not mean...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 01:29
Replies: 33
Views: 3,157
Posted By G_frog
Re: what is Leeds like?

When the martians unleash their horrifying bioweapons against us, and keep the survivors as human guinea pigs in their grotesque, unimaginably painful experiments, that'll be better than...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 01:19
Replies: 76
Views: 3,133
Posted By G_frog
Re: Terrorism in action

At least maybe now I won't get those morons leafleting me in the market square every time i try to go into town.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Jan 2004, 01:13
Replies: 66
Views: 3,941
Posted By G_frog
Re: Tuition fees: Government wins

This measure may help solve the funding crisis on the horizon, but the sources of problems with the UK system are structural and social at the moment, not financial, and this bill doesn't correct...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 22:00
Replies: 115
Views: 7,308
Posted By G_frog
Re: most used lie in the world?

Just one single fact would do it.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 20:50
Replies: 115
Views: 7,308
Posted By G_frog
Re: most used lie in the world?

Maybe I'm cynical, but I was going to go with the opposite ('I do know') or some permutation of it.

i suppose 'i don't know' could be the least used truth.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Jan 2004, 00:09
Replies: 67
Views: 3,932
Posted By G_frog
Re: Dante Hicks is such a faggot

You'd better damn well have some facts in mind. (i'm assuming you mean modern extensions and modifications of Darwin's theory, not the original - if not, what are you talking about?).
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 02:29
Replies: 77
Views: 4,995
Posted By G_frog
Re: So Yahoo is right wing

A command economy in europe around the middle of the 20th century might not be incontrovertible evidence of left-wing economic ideas. there may be another explanation.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 02:10
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

1-X, that's not what you said, but i'll withdraw my comments on the grounds it was what you intended.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 01:47
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

I don't see how you can go from the response 'no, no, no, atheist' to 'dismissive'. anyone who answered with 'atheist' (or answered at all) clearly hasn't dismissed the question. further, the only...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jan 2004, 00:02
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

I'm not sure that anyone has established that probabilities in quantum theory are purely epistemological rather than metaphysical.

but ignoring that, epistemological probabilities make perfect...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:31
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

For that to be the case you would have to show (or believe) that (1) entails (2) - a creator deity always intervenes in human life to some extent - or that both have a probability of 0.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:26
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

I was interested in why the numbers were so high, not why they were there. (in any case, obviously (1) is more likely than (2), since (2) entails (1), but beyond that I would say they were all...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:23
Replies: 62
Views: 6,180
Posted By G_frog
Re: worst drink (booze) you've had?

I had some bloody awful south african red the other day, it's a tossup between that and accidently drinking the dregs of a bottle of cheap tawny port.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:20
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

I'm not sure the proposition "there exists an entity X" is one for which there can be evidence against.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jan 2004, 23:17
Replies: 80
Views: 5,405
Posted By G_frog
Re: Religion

no/no/no/atheist

I adopt this position for reasons of lack of positive evidence in favour of the propositions given. I am not aware of either evidence or a priori arguments of value against some...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2004, 01:17
Replies: 122
Views: 4,929
Posted By G_frog
Re: Kilroy

'Arabs' may contribute nothing major, but I really can't see that Killroy-Silk's motives for mentioning that can have been other than either xenophobic or racist. Considering their internal troubles...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jan 2004, 00:40
Replies: 81
Views: 4,610
Posted By G_frog
Re: Who here takes (or has taken) anti-depressants

being depressed (in the sense of low/unhappy) is only one symptom of depression. In my case, it's a relatively infrequent one. I do suffer quite badly from anxiety though. Depression also frequently...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jan 2004, 18:40
Replies: 35
Views: 2,387
Posted By G_frog
Re: sleep or neverwinter nights?

I haven't played NWN multiplayer, so i guess that could rock, but the single player doesn't come close to BG2 or Torment (or KoTOR). I got bored and didn't finish the story, so maybe that improves....
Forum: General Discussions 19 Dec 2003, 18:45
Replies: 43
Views: 4,292
Posted By G_frog
Re: If you bought an iPod...

Having actually handled one i'd be inclined to agree.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Dec 2003, 18:35
Replies: 43
Views: 4,292
Posted By G_frog
Re: If you bought an iPod...

you should source your quote so it's in context.

iPods have removable-HDD type functionality; as apple don't employ a propriety file system the only way you are "locked into" iTunes is if you want...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Dec 2003, 01:31
Replies: 47
Views: 2,511
Posted By G_frog
Re: Odds are in my favour now...

I suppose I'll just have to hire three goons then.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Nov 2003, 23:15
Replies: 17
Views: 2,636
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 22 Nov 2003, 23:10
Replies: 17
Views: 2,636
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 22 Nov 2003, 23:09
Replies: 19
Views: 2,624
Posted By G_frog
Re: Recommend a song

Both Leonard Cohen versions of hallelujah, and the Jeff Buckley version from Grace. some people like the john cale version, so get that too.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Nov 2003, 23:06
Replies: 22
Views: 3,148
Posted By G_frog
Re: I am kickarse

good for you

Now you're even better than Robert Oppenheimer*

*yes i know it's not original to him


there is no decent place to stand in a massacre
but if a woman take your hand then go and...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Nov 2003, 19:23
Replies: 19
Views: 4,000
Posted By G_frog
Re: So I just finished playing the Deus Ex 2 demo

oh crap.

....

Oh my god JC! A bomb!
Forum: General Discussions 20 Nov 2003, 21:33
Replies: 210
Views: 16,019
Posted By G_frog
Re: Fox Hunting is gay

wu_trax, that's not for sport.

and this is the biggest political non-issue of our times.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Nov 2003, 20:56
Replies: 40
Views: 5,209
Posted By G_frog
Re: Social Darwinism

That you've avoided some of the more common misconceptions, but you should read some more about evolutionary biology (only, for the love of god, not Dawkins).


Darwin's laws are applicable...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2003, 10:43
Replies: 73
Views: 13,116
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2003, 01:14
Replies: 21
Views: 3,549
Posted By G_frog
Re: MSN Messenger

paranoid.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2003, 00:41
Replies: 44
Views: 3,597
Posted By G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...

come back when you've had your 700th :P
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2003, 00:23
Replies: 44
Views: 3,597
Posted By G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...

No decent chap takes advantage of freshers except sexually. honestly. no sense of propriety. it's excusable though, you're at one of those young colleges.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Nov 2003, 00:03
Replies: 44
Views: 3,597
Posted By G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...

It's alright.

it also leafletted freshers without bothering to distinguish itself from the student union, collected their money, and tried to keep it. (this story is true, despite appearing in...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Nov 2003, 23:51
Replies: 44
Views: 3,597
Posted By G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...

yes, but they are terrible at it, and they never ever achieve anything at the meetings.

the college JCRs do the actual work of a union. since everyone deals directly with their colleges and...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Nov 2003, 23:31
Replies: 90
Views: 7,773
Posted By G_frog
Re: Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper

can't you get one of your marxist professors to give you a copy or something?
Forum: General Discussions 18 Nov 2003, 23:30
Replies: 44
Views: 3,597
Posted By G_frog
Re: Was given a leaflet from a protester today...

god the leafletting is getting annoying down in studentland. coming to the UK is about the only ome among bush's actions that i don't mind. The student union is having an emergency meeting about it....
Forum: General Discussions 18 Nov 2003, 23:23
Replies: 90
Views: 7,773
Posted By G_frog
Re: Favorite UK Broadsheet newspaper

Guardian for preference - i used to like the independent but it has gone downhill. i'm happy reading any broadsheet so long as i have access to some other source with a different bias (i know of none...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Nov 2003, 23:26
Replies: 37
Views: 3,908
Posted By G_frog
Re: now THATS entertainment

well i say good luck, ignore these misanthropes
Forum: General Discussions 14 Nov 2003, 20:38
Replies: 58
Views: 5,899
Posted By G_frog
Re: Are Muslims Xenophobic and Racistic?

do you mean Muslim as in religion or Muslim as in relationship catastrophe?
Forum: General Discussions 14 Nov 2003, 20:35
Replies: 15
Views: 3,026
Posted By G_frog
Re: Funny joke [geeky]

I know who one of them is

it's not like this is the only version of that joke.

it merits 1 1/2 lols

loll
Forum: General Discussions 14 Nov 2003, 20:33
Replies: 27
Views: 2,748
Posted By G_frog
Re: Place your bet's now please...

Witchcraft! (http://www.machall.com/index.php?strip_id=213)
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 21:26
Replies: 44
Views: 4,274
Posted By G_frog
Re: I am a moron

http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?&product_uid=43005

gone up to £40 now

removable backplate, front USB+audio, silver with a side window (but only a 350W PSU if you've somehow...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 21:17
Replies: 69
Views: 6,286
Posted By G_frog
Re: The games you play at the moment

BW is a poor add-on because it consists mostly of counters, which in some cases are over the top. This means it reduces rather than expands the range of strategies available. Victory fleets may need...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 20:24
Replies: 69
Views: 6,286
Posted By G_frog
Re: The games you play at the moment

been playing Warcraft 3 (with addon) and galactic civilizations (a bit).

I uninstalled my civ games on the grounds that I need to actually do my degree this year.

My preferred version of AC is...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 20:17
Replies: 33
Views: 3,256
Posted By G_frog
Re: dancing dead bart simpson avator

You forgot about Walk of Doooooom, Bad Rubber Piggy, and Backseat Drivers from Beyond The Stars
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 15:25
Replies: 78
Views: 7,938
Posted By G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?

heh :)
beware the pedantry!
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 15:20
Replies: 78
Views: 7,938
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 02:16
Replies: 56
Views: 6,202
Posted By G_frog
Re: C0cktails

pint of guinness + 2 shots of rum = 'special' guiness
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 02:08
Replies: 56
Views: 6,202
Posted By G_frog
Re: C0cktails

aryn, did i ever mention you rock?

(NB drunk)
Forum: General Discussions 13 Nov 2003, 00:13
Replies: 56
Views: 6,202
Posted By G_frog
Re: C0cktails

www.barbug.com

oh and thread hijacking close thread ban users
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 19:25
Replies: 36
Views: 3,713
Posted By G_frog
Re: Conclusive proof that Europeans are stupid

this is why i demand a [football] tag

that and Mark
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 19:21
Replies: 164
Views: 13,307
Posted By G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?

I would make the distinction between something they don't believe in and something they know to be false or flawed.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 01:08
Replies: 55
Views: 5,564
Posted By G_frog
Re: I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed

usually snuggled up close. when its a bed in student accomodation there isn't a lot of choice anyway.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 01:03
Replies: 55
Views: 5,564
Posted By G_frog
Re: I can't get to sleep when my girlfriend is cuddling up to me in bed

I used to have this problem, doesn't bother me any more. you'll get used to it i guess.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 01:01
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

For it to be shown that a theory is incapable of accurately describing the phenomena it deals with, with the highest level of precision the theory entails.

So, Newton vs. Einstein next up right?...
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 00:56
Replies: 17
Views: 2,631
Posted By G_frog
Re: Well Done Cyrax

Gir, unleash the monkey!
Forum: General Discussions 12 Nov 2003, 00:52
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

I've read Popper, i've had reasonable exposure to science being done and the philosophical responses to his work - and philosophy of knowledge in general; as long as you bear in mind that it's...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 23:00
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

So? that doesn't mean it can't be a science (though it probably isn't).
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 22:59
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

What are you talking about? we all know english is a mish mash, and if i realised the netherlands were a major colonial power it seems scarcely credible that others would actively deny it.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 22:55
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

Yes, i know.


a lack of control does not prevent an experiment falsifying a statement about the outcome of the experiment, it just makes it hard to determine which factors affect the outcome.
...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 22:43
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

You don't have to have theory->experiment->new theory on some models of science; you just need statements which can be falsified. falisification by logic or existing evidence will do. it's just hard...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 22:34
Replies: 36
Views: 2,960
Posted By G_frog
Re: Steel Tariffs

This isn't inevitable; if it were, the Airbus consortium would never have bothered to become competitiive with american aerospace, for example. why should it? I'm willing to bet you are right about...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 22:19
Replies: 90
Views: 8,336
Posted By G_frog
Re: English is a complete pile of utter bollocks.

Strongly agree, i've been saying it for years. all the academic rigour of fraggle rock*, dressed up in phrasing which deliberately avoids clarity.


*i was going to say sesame street, before I...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 17:49
Replies: 104
Views: 8,752
Posted By G_frog
Re: crazy people

most people can spot the dubious nature of "gluons are hypothetical, so it must be jesus".
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 14:11
Replies: 45
Views: 5,456
Posted By G_frog
Re: I'm an uncle!!!! \o/

Congratulations
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 14:01
Replies: 104
Views: 8,752
Posted By G_frog
Re: crazy people

I think you can reasonably be a (sceptical) atheist. God has no more support than many other things which we would happily claim we know do not exist.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 13:58
Replies: 36
Views: 2,960
Posted By G_frog
Re: Steel Tariffs

since when were you such an ardent free-marketeer?

I'm not convinced you can overhaul a large and creaking industry overnight.

Don't misunderstand me, I am not claiming that protectionism is...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 13:31
Replies: 164
Views: 13,307
Posted By G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?

Actually it's not that simple, "addiction" can be classified in terms of defined biochemical pathways. Hence the recent controversy over whether fast foods were producing this effect (currently it...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 13:25
Replies: 36
Views: 2,960
Posted By G_frog
Re: Steel Tariffs

Everyone agrees that the US steel industry is and was outdated and hence uncompetitive. Assuming that the tariffs were to come off after the allotted span of three years, during which the industry...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 10:05
Replies: 164
Views: 13,307
Posted By G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?

Should drug addiction not be considered a special case?
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 09:57
Replies: 164
Views: 13,307
Posted By G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?

What if the individual has been shown to be incapable of making their own rational decisions? (we already assume this to be the case for minors)
Forum: General Discussions 11 Nov 2003, 09:56
Replies: 36
Views: 2,960
Posted By G_frog
Steel Tariffs

http://www.iht.com/articles/117178.html for those who don't know.

This is now shaping up to be a good old fashioned trade war, with the additional device of the EU deliberately targetting...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Nov 2003, 23:22
Replies: 10
Views: 3,399
Posted By G_frog
Re: Absolute Power

... isn't a contradiction in terms, and if i have to have to keep correcting both sides in theological arguments i'm going to go nuts.
Forum: General Discussions 10 Nov 2003, 22:47
Replies: 10
Views: 2,936
Posted By G_frog
Re: Chemistry Q

Pu-238 decays to U-234 doesn't it?

Pu-239 is produced from uranium in nuclear reactors, not as a normal decay product.

it's Pu-239 that is used in nuclear bombs.

etc.

can't you just...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Nov 2003, 22:29
Replies: 14
Views: 2,973
Posted By G_frog
Re: Am I

why do so many of those people have heads with proportions outside the human norm?
Forum: General Discussions 10 Nov 2003, 16:55
Replies: 73
Views: 6,029
Posted By G_frog
Re: GD, Volunteers needed!

wouldn't it be quicker to form some kind of naked collective somewhere in scotland?


i think i've just scarred my brain
Forum: General Discussions 9 Nov 2003, 20:20
Replies: 49
Views: 4,371
Posted By G_frog
Re: Oi Teenagers !

gah, i think you're mixing hoodies and skaters with goths.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Nov 2003, 11:37
Replies: 9
Views: 2,702
Posted By G_frog
Re: I dont do comics anymore .....

i still say we need a compulsory [football] tag

but i did smile
Forum: General Discussions 9 Nov 2003, 11:33
Replies: 164
Views: 13,307
Posted By G_frog
Re: hard drugs on NHS?

The trouble with this policy is the "omg they're spending my taxes giving druggies heroin" reaction which would follow as night does day. this would scare off any mainstream party.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Nov 2003, 01:30
Replies: 7
Views: 2,329
Posted By G_frog
Re: Help me make a choice!

our cousins across the pond call this a "no-brainer"

watch pirates

buy the comic of LXG (or loeg as the comic has it)
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 16:03
Replies: 107
Views: 9,775
Posted By G_frog
Re: Well, I did it...

A proper troll needs to put less effort into replying the thread than he gets out of others, rather than more.

if true, this goes beyond muslim, its more like "the Guidance of relationships".
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 15:26
Replies: 21
Views: 3,177
Posted By G_frog
Re: Join Me or Die

I'm really not confident of that

your sig is from dilbert isn't it?
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 15:12
Replies: 21
Views: 3,177
Posted By G_frog
Re: Join Me or Die

I have no choice, a neurotic mathematician is forcing me to go and see it with him tonight.

the hour of my doom draws nigh

"i may be some time"
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 12:48
Replies: 9
Views: 2,446
Posted By G_frog
Re: if you dont know which hip hop LP to buy next..

plug plug plug (http://www.ishiphop.com/)
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 12:47
Replies: 42
Views: 4,027
Posted By G_frog
Re: My first time :/

I would imagine that you are bound by a license agreement which forbids giving anyone else account access, ever.

however it clearly is absurd that you were banned.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 12:36
Replies: 107
Views: 9,775
Posted By G_frog
Re: Well, I did it...

It might be more reasonable to say that you selectively took our advice in order to prove a point. It might be said this is 'cutting off your nose to spite your face'. It might be said this is merely...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 01:25
Replies: 54
Views: 6,054
Posted By G_frog
Re: What has Chuckles been up to?

i think the important point is that anything that embarasses prince charles, and more importantly distracts him from blathering, is a good thing.

also, this is funny.

who cares if its true?
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 01:23
Replies: 59
Views: 6,207
Posted By G_frog
Re: Computer games. I need help.

pffft lies and slander

(you're getting confused between the succubus and the half-demon thief who keeps coming on to you. )
Forum: General Discussions 7 Nov 2003, 00:59
Replies: 54
Views: 6,054
Posted By G_frog
Re: What has Chuckles been up to?

Methinks he doth protest to much. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3249031.stm)
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 23:15
Replies: 17
Views: 3,001
Posted By G_frog
Re: RealOne player - heap of shit

i think Ultraplayer might be able to play Real stuff. there is also a codec out there somewhere, try google.

if you must use RealOne there is an option buried somewhere to turn the damn things...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 22:56
Replies: 35
Views: 3,752
Posted By G_frog
Re: hey she took one for the team

It's not famed for being coherent though
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 22:44
Replies: 59
Views: 6,207
Posted By G_frog
Re: Computer games. I need help.

Planescape: Torment has a lot of sex in it. it also happens to be great, and as an added bonus its about repentance and changing.
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 22:40
Replies: 35
Views: 3,752
Posted By G_frog
Re: hey she took one for the team

in next week's news, jessica lynch was nailed to a cross for our sins.


It's called propaganda
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 21:00
Replies: 9
Views: 2,242
Posted By G_frog
Re: Proof Rednecks are from Europe

you don't see the connection between rednecks, gross stupidity, and leaving loaded shotguns around?
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 13:25
Replies: 108
Views: 7,824
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 13:22
Replies: 108
Views: 7,824
Posted By G_frog
Re: Why do people care about special effects in films so much

WC3 does innovate
- RPG elements
- the upkeep component of the economic structure
- shops/merc camps etc
- very creative unit design. properly differentiated races are unusual to start with, but...
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 00:30
Replies: 20
Views: 3,270
Posted By G_frog
Re: I just read about something terrible that happened.

it's not the good life, it's a good life

one might almost say a 'lifestyle choice'
Forum: General Discussions 6 Nov 2003, 00:13
Replies: 126
Views: 9,064
Posted By G_frog
Re: MrL_JaKiri and stuff

He's just Mark, no one has a better explanation.

but i get why he's been closing stuff etc.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 23:08
Replies: 35
Views: 4,278
Posted By G_frog
Re: What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi

it is obvious when a thread is being ressurected to add a legitimate novel point when the opportunity to do that has been missing becuase the poster hasn't been online, and ressurecting a thread...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 23:02
Replies: 20
Views: 2,926
Posted By G_frog
Re: please suggest me some songs to :chill: out to

spiritualized - cop shoot cop

(or basically anything from "ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space")

edit: and Leonard Cohen - Waiting for a miracle

Flaming Lips - Sleeping on the Roof
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 22:59
Replies: 35
Views: 4,278
Posted By G_frog
Re: What do we do when "similar threads" shows an interesting thread that we have somethi

for posting a link to a backdoor hacking program i suspect.
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 19:12
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

Life is unfair/
Kill yourself or get over it

http://www.yimpan.com/Songsite/Lyric/index.asp?sid=4102
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 19:03
Replies: 151
Views: 11,513
Posted By G_frog
Re: Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*

The specified moment was one of suspense, which is why i mentioned hitch****. it's not like hitch****'s movies were exclusively about suspense.

a recent sci fi thriller that was well directed?...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 18:00
Replies: 39
Views: 5,182
Posted By G_frog
Re: ITT we post the latest piece of music we're <3ing

Nick Cave - Henry's Dream (not his best album, but it has Papa won't Leave You Henry and Loom of the Land)

Bob Dylan - Love and Theft (Bowie describes Dylan's voice as "like sand and glue", which...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 17:55
Replies: 151
Views: 11,513
Posted By G_frog
Re: Matrix: Revolutions *spoilers*

but it is fair to say you don't get anything else out of it by watching it a second time?

in fact it gets worse, because once you stop going "wow look at that effect/stunt" you begin to notice...
Forum: General Discussions 5 Nov 2003, 00:53
Replies: 7
Views: 2,539
Posted By G_frog
Re: Oh this is cool

i think we all realised it was a fake you know.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 20:13
Replies: 10
Views: 3,098
Posted By G_frog
Re: So I have 24s03e01

Don't watch it. "why not?" i hear you cry

because, like the preceding 48 episodes, it'll be dreadful. download* Six Feet Under instead.

*if you want to go to jail, obviously, i would never...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 19:06
Replies: 23
Views: 2,973
Posted By G_frog
Re: Illness + Shivering

The shivering will generate heat, increasing body temperature above the optimum for the pathogens' metabolism (probably). you can demonstrate this principle by plunging into the sun, which will kill...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 19:03
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

i was half expecting a link to CapMag defending just such a freedom.
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 18:52
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

I really think you need to step back a bit, if you believe dealing with arguments so facile, repetitive, and puerile could in any way be considered 'tough' .


I've never before met anyone who...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 01:00
Replies: 34
Views: 3,100
Posted By G_frog
Re: Carry On Up The Coalfields

Mostly we're just grateful when he isn't around punning, and skinning live ferrets. best not to question providence.

roger says "bless you".
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 00:53
Replies: 68
Views: 7,153
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 00:49
Replies: 68
Views: 7,153
Posted By G_frog
Re: ~Tenuous Links To Fame~

My uncle's shoes are in Chariots of Fire
Forum: General Discussions 4 Nov 2003, 00:47
Replies: 32
Views: 3,104
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2003, 22:06
Replies: 9
Views: 4,095
Posted By G_frog
Re: [Oldie but Goodie] What is the Internet?

it happens to the best of us
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2003, 21:55
Replies: 17
Views: 3,344
Posted By G_frog
Re: Freelancer

what mark said - although there are quite a few mods out there (try lancersreactor) which can add to replay value.

if the goons at digital anvil had spent that ludicrous development time and...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2003, 12:39
Replies: 22
Views: 2,638
Posted By G_frog
Re: Which decade ...

The 1970s had a pack of directing (coppola, scorcese, spielberg, altman...) and acting (the 'method men') talents appear and make films which pretty much set the benchmark in every area for...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2003, 12:24
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

When I posted i thought everyone would ignore me as usual. Now I'm frightened.
Forum: General Discussions 3 Nov 2003, 09:40
Replies: 32
Views: 3,006
Posted By G_frog
Re: Music recommendations

Bob Dylan - Highway 61 revisted + Blood on the tracks
Leonard Cohen - Field Commander Cohen (Tour of 1979)

Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 1
Forum: General Discussions 2 Nov 2003, 14:26
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

All that argument establishes is that morality is implied - or guaranteed - by us having this conversation (after the fashion of the anthropic principle telling us why we live on a habitable planet)....
Forum: General Discussions 1 Nov 2003, 11:58
Replies: 24
Views: 4,741
Posted By G_frog
Re: Iraq, and the people of Iraq, are today better off than they were in the past

Good news, questioning the polls' formulation seems churlish at this point.

i do hope you're not trying to make a crude ends/means argument with that post though.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 17:49
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

I would like to say that it is you that keeps introducing the idea of guarantee, i have spoken of correlation alone.

i've never reliably got any kind of work done in my life, yet here I am. If you...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 17:38
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

I really don't think native intelligence is an insignificant bias in getting into top universities (at least in the UK). nor are parental genetics - and possibly stimulation at a young age -...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 17:23
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

stop nibbling round the edges! we're going round in circles.

the first two - perhaps three, depending on what sort of company you prefer - of the 'other factors' you list are quite likely to be...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 17:20
Replies: 1
Views: 2,437
Posted By G_frog
Re: *roar*

http://underpower.non-essential.com/index.php?comic=20010810
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 17:17
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

you're right, if i took out the "noticeably" it would work, but thats just logic chopping. This is why I said in my first post on the subject that it is hard to imagine a society where intellect is...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 16:47
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

Well, its a truism given that our society/environment meets certain criteria. If, for example, people always tended only to employ only those noticeably less intelligent than they were, for reasons...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 16:27
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

Counter-examples, hypothetical or otherwise, do not affect my point because I am not proposing a single general law governing all success and happiness in terms of intelligence alone. I am saying why...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 16:19
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

That's not my point at all - he DID have social support comparable to his contemporaries, they were looking for the same thing, but he got to it and they did not. Ergo, it cannot be a general law...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 16:16
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

I would ascribe intelligence to the machinery of the brain even I did think it was a single real entity, which I don't. IQ specifically is a weighted average of a selection of semi-arbitrary...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 16:02
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

Those skills which make someone a good engineer are, by and large, traditionally recognised as components of - or indicative of - high intelligence. Problem solving, spatial and mathematical skills,...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 15:38
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

no no no no i think you've misunderstood me.

the science history point was in relation to your claims about the relationship of genius to the progress of scientific knowledge, which is not as...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 15:17
Replies: 19
Views: 5,414
Posted By G_frog
Re: Corruption Everywhere (on my HDD)

not with windows defragmenter, but its not very good anyway. i think O&O defrag lets you do such things. probably other disc tools will too. obviously i don't condone pirating such software at all.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 15:13
Replies: 11
Views: 3,021
Posted By G_frog
Re: so so so

ofc you want mIRC, what were you doing with all that spare time before?
I don't think you can have MSN messenger installed without windows messenger, but who would want to talk to you?
only if...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 14:52
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

If you want to lecture me in history of science i suggest you contact these people (http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/) and see if they can fit you in. If you want to actually respond to my post you might...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 13:26
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

I don't think it is a matter of trivial importance - if we accept the idea of genius, it seems to follow that the progress of the sciences at least would probably be slowed substantially by a...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 11:59
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

I don't agree that the discussion is invalid. Arguing that the difference between a genius and a moron is fairly low implies some kind of absolute scale which goes beyond the normal scale of human...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 11:02
Replies: 12
Views: 3,252
Posted By G_frog
Re: Fox are silly

heh heh heh... cancer jokes (www.theonion.com).
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 10:58
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

Don't think that's it, slightly more than half of my fellow biology students - and slightly less than half of the physics students - are female. This applies both in my traditionally male-dominated...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 10:45
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

Traditionally it has been education dependent components of IQ tests that have come in for the strongest critisism (eg vocabulary tests), whereas areas like spatial reasoning should be fairly...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 10:30
Replies: 50
Views: 8,287
Posted By G_frog
Re: The Gay O Meter

After pasting a few essays in, i find it depends on the subject matter - biology tends to come across as male, philosophy as female (because of all the 'if's), as you might expect from...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 01:03
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

But you're honest about it, so thats alright.
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 01:00
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

That is a sentiment whose only precedent is the God of the Old Testament, and i thought it sounded like the words of an arrogant bastard even coming from a supposed creator deity. It is also...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 00:52
Replies: 11
Views: 2,523
Posted By G_frog
Re: Job application letter.

i have this advice for your 'mate' *cough cough*

I think the tone could do with slightly more formality, so, for example, change "thanks very much" to "thank you very much".

changing "i am...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 00:32
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

No, you're quite wrong, I'm 18 months or so into a relationship that (within my ability to ascertain, but I have no doubts) is honest. I suspect verm is further along than that. I know MrL's...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Oct 2003, 00:21
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

Someone thinks you were 'right' verm...

mook, n

colloq. and derogatory (U.S. and Caribbean).

Forms: mook, mouk.

[Origin uncertain; perh. < MOKE n.2]
Forum: General Discussions 30 Oct 2003, 19:53
Replies: 129
Views: 12,421
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who think Einsteins wife is responsible for his work

there was a letter on newscientist.com the other day (and possibly also in the print edition) which pointed out that women have the same mean IQ* as men, but a slightly lower variance. Therefore, at...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Oct 2003, 19:42
Replies: 15
Views: 3,351
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 30 Oct 2003, 15:09
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

She appears to think there is some small chance you won't act like a jerk, if thats what you mean.

...

If your arguments on any subject in this thread get more confused or convoluted you'll end...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Oct 2003, 01:38
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

The funny thing about Bowling for Columbine is, although individual sections are misleading, i don't think the overall impression Moore gives could be considered misleading, based on independent...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Oct 2003, 13:28
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

If you're seriously claiming that you've never found yourself to be more emotionally affected by something than you thought you would be, you're not human, and if you expect that of your girlfriend -...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Oct 2003, 11:48
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

Is that a troll or a strawman?
Forum: General Discussions 29 Oct 2003, 11:31
Replies: 338
Views: 21,404
Posted By G_frog
Re: Nutty bint

Its obvious from this thread you have no respect for her. If you don't see that as a problem on your side rather than hers you deserve everything you get.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Oct 2003, 22:14
Replies: 52
Views: 8,265
Posted By G_frog
Re: Communism and Socialism dont work :(

Only having one eye is good enough for you?

yes, i know what he got in exchange. you know what i mean.
Forum: General Discussions 28 Oct 2003, 17:49
Replies: 69
Views: 6,868
Posted By G_frog
Re: IDS faces confidence vote

"Ultra pro-business" is not how the CBI et al see this administration. The infamous NI increase could hardly be seen as such.

the hawkish tendencies of our prime minister on foreign policy are...
Forum: General Discussions 28 Oct 2003, 01:57
Replies: 82
Views: 7,637
Posted By G_frog
Re: 100 Scariest Moments

The Child Catcher is terrifying. not just "Terror of the Autons" terrifying either, but full on "eric cartman hiding in a body" terrifying.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 21:02
Replies: 46
Views: 3,660
Posted By G_frog
Re: Baby alert!!!!!

I assume infanticide is out?

In which case you would, of course, make this sacrifice for your girlfriend.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 20:15
Replies: 78
Views: 7,938
Posted By G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?

This situation is the result of lots of western nations (yeah, broad brush) conducting foreign policy on the basis of local and/or international political expediency for decades (or centuries if you...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 19:50
Replies: 32
Views: 3,455
Posted By G_frog
Re: ITT I thank all the people of london

thats right, but if you want to show off K'ung-Fu-Tze is preferrable
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 19:42
Replies: 8
Rnb
Views: 2,794
Posted By G_frog
Re: Rnb

Because The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is an extremely good record.

other than that, because people are idiots (news.bbc.co.uk).
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 19:39
Replies: 8
Views: 2,902
Posted By G_frog
Re: R.e.m.

Am I alone in finding it really strange that REM are one of the world's biggest bands, but have no (or almost no) soundalikes?

the only thing i can think of offhand is that aimee mann sounds a bit...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 19:36
Replies: 78
Views: 7,938
Posted By G_frog
Re: so where is the stability in iraq?

western nations in "terrible foreign policy" shocker.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 19:32
Replies: 82
Views: 7,637
Posted By G_frog
Re: 100 Scariest Moments

Well, it's interpreting 'scary' a bit broadly, and some of the moments are wrong even if the source is right, but it could be worse.

Imo the scene from LotR where bilbo turns monstrous for a...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 12:32
Replies: 25
yo
Views: 3,002
Posted By G_frog
Re: yo

lo nod

'borrow' one of mark's pcs, he won't notice.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Oct 2003, 12:20
Replies: 10
Views: 3,070
Posted By G_frog
Re: autoimmune diseases

Ouch, sorry to hear it. sadly I can't help any more than the next guy.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Oct 2003, 23:15
Replies: 3
Views: 2,326
Posted By G_frog
Re: Check ma badself, ow!

I'd previously thought that sounded like a bad thing, but since you're amazingly hoopy i suppose i must have been wrong.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Oct 2003, 23:14
Replies: 2
Views: 2,253
Posted By G_frog
Re: So today I was a relationship counsellor AGAIN...

I've had this a few times. It gets easier when you realise it doesn't actually matter what you say (if anything), so long as your 'patient' thinks you are listening.

but yes, it is really annoying.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Oct 2003, 11:35
Replies: 9
Views: 2,479
Posted By G_frog
Re: never talk to muffin trees

From the OED online:



Must have gone out of fashion since it was in Time and New Scientist.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Oct 2003, 21:17
Replies: 93
Views: 8,645
Posted By G_frog
Re: Worst EVER sexual experience!

In both its nature and the cicumstances of its practice, female circumcision differs wildly from its namesake.

would it have hurt so much to put "female circumcision" into google?
...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Oct 2003, 09:45
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

The trouble with that is that, in all known cases bar one, organisms are adapted for their own survival and reproduction (or perhaps that of their genes), not that of the species.

EDIT: I don't...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Oct 2003, 09:40
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

If abortion had been legal for as long as it has been possible, there would have been a lot fewer women dead through childbirth and botched illegal surgery.

To say that preventing the possibility...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Oct 2003, 09:35
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

The definition given there is in terms of survival; it would be more sensible, and from a biological point of view more common, to define parasites in terms of damage to fitness (basically,...
Forum: General Discussions 24 Oct 2003, 19:09
Replies: 23
Views: 2,649
Posted By G_frog
Re: New doctor who?

Doctor Who is gay lolz.

(seriously, the series has a large gay following, no, i don't know why.)
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 22:54
Replies: 8
Views: 3,297
Posted By G_frog
Re: Risk

google mission risk

to get the good AI will require you to register/crack it though
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 22:54
Replies: 72
Views: 6,000
Posted By G_frog
Re: Announcement

since this thread isn't about much, i feel the need to point out that the link in mister manson's sig expresses a preference for the vodka martini, thus losing all credibility and gaining the...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 22:08
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

I think it's pretty clear he isn't, since he is not mad, mad, mad.

Phang, you're too kind. thanks :)
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 20:42
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

Let's do a thought experiment.

What if i get a fully concious human brain hooked up to a completely artifical support system, with inputs and outputs provided via electronic means. Is it morally...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 20:22
Replies: 29
Views: 3,039
Posted By G_frog
Re: Superhero's and radioactivity

Cancer is caused by a mutation, and not all (or even many) mutations are crossovers. Nor do crossovers neccesarily (or even often) cause damage.

A cell is not going to become a virus and...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 17:40
Replies: 123
Views: 10,129
Posted By G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane

That's what they are for you tiny fool.

(gratuitous 'new sig' post.)
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 17:10
Replies: 123
Views: 10,129
Posted By G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane

Madness! you're obviously not a 'proper' northener.

also, there's a perfectly good museum almost literally outside my door, many of the departments have museums attached, we have loads of theatre...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 17:04
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

My point was that it is in conciousness that most non-religious people would place the moral worth of human beings. This is relevant in light of that fact that the 'potential' to become a human being...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 16:46
Replies: 6
Views: 2,672
Posted By G_frog
Re: we won something \o/

Yes, more public attention is sure to be a good thing.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 09:49
Replies: 72
Views: 6,000
Posted By G_frog
Re: Announcement

Let's do the timewarp again.
Forum: General Discussions 23 Oct 2003, 09:37
Replies: 224
Views: 18,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Abortions illegal in the USA?

First up, early foetuses do not possess the characteristics that form the material basis of being a human being. If you believe in a soul that is independent of the body, then (apart from the fact...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Oct 2003, 18:29
Replies: 29
Views: 3,773
Posted By G_frog
Re: Batman and Robin in quest for Justice.

You would have thought people would have learned a lesson from David "lookatmelookatme" Blaine.

I'm not sure whether this stunt was too stupid, or not stupid enough, but either way it will achieve...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Oct 2003, 09:30
Replies: 23
Views: 2,673
Posted By G_frog
Re: Turbo Capitalist sell-out for the forums

If they are advertising private health insurance here, capitalism must be about to implode under the weight of its own stupidity. Once the revolution is over, we can all post about how capitalists...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Oct 2003, 11:13
Replies: 123
Views: 10,129
Posted By G_frog
Re: Things that drive you batshit insane

- The entire contents of a lecture hall taking advantage of me holding a door open for one person.

- People clicking their fingers at me (you know who you are).

- Stupidity, obviously.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Oct 2003, 19:35
Replies: 6
Views: 3,762
Posted By G_frog
Re: bloody amazon

What do we learn from this kiddies?

anything on amazon that isn't in stock when you order it never will be.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Oct 2003, 11:49
Replies: 7
Views: 2,654
Posted By G_frog
Re: Medal of Honor - BreakThrough

The original had a lot of level design issues, if those haven't been fixed i'm not touching the damn thing.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Oct 2003, 09:50
Replies: 156
Views: 14,362
Posted By G_frog
Re: New GD Moderators Wanted

oh god said to karmulian "drive away everyone"
karm said "man you must be putting me on"
god say "no"
karm say "what?"
god say "you can do what you want karm but -
next time you see me log on...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Oct 2003, 09:45
Replies: 34
Views: 4,790
Posted By G_frog
Re: The Matrix Revolutions Pledge

Thx, In my opnion the Matrix is sub par movie and I really couldn't give a **** if the ending ruined.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Oct 2003, 09:41
Replies: 47
Views: 4,567
Posted By G_frog
Re: Your Funeral Arrangements

Spike Milligan stipulated he be buried inside a washing machine, to confuse archaeologists. or so I am told. This seems wise, but I don't plan on dying anyway.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Oct 2003, 09:36
Replies: 25
Views: 3,689
Posted By G_frog
Re: What will the Browns call their new baby?

Prudence?

as in "I'm Prudence"?
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 16:40
Replies: 177
Views: 11,483
Posted By G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!

What charge? You have already claimed they didn't tell him what he was supposed to have done wrong.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 15:48
Replies: 33
Views: 4,579
Posted By G_frog
Re: Chemistry question

I think it's fair to say you will need to know how much energy is tied up in the chemical bonds (i.e. how much you get by burning it), not the amount in the mass.

So yes, you'll need the enthalpy...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 15:23
Replies: 20
Views: 2,987
Posted By G_frog
Re: Im looking for a song (unspecific details inside,)

Give me a few minutes Deffeh, I'll see if I can work it out through the miracle of Kazaa

EDIT: Looks like it's the "green onions" one - there are a couple of other versions too. PM me with an...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 13:02
Replies: 34
Views: 3,234
Posted By G_frog
Re: Accepted Persecution

It's really not you know. It may qualify as a mental disorder, but evil is based on a choice. Unless you're claiming that paedophiles are attracted to children entirely of their own volition.
...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 12:49
Replies: 80
Views: 9,268
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who pirate copyrighted material

I was aiming to pre-empt any attempt to claim that music can't be made on/for the proceeds of performance alone.

admittedly mozart benefitted from the patronage of a royal court, so I should have...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Oct 2003, 10:35
Replies: 80
Views: 9,268
Posted By G_frog
Re: People who pirate copyrighted material

To the best of my knowledge, Mozart didn't sell many CDs during his lifetime.

On a side note, if copyright went the way of the dodo right now - and this miraculously did stop all creative activity...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Oct 2003, 13:37
Replies: 177
Views: 11,483
Posted By G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!

jesus christ TDO.

you're still being allowed to post aren't you? I can only imagine that you're after an apology, which I doubt you'll get because (i) you can't prove anyone did anything wrong,...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2003, 12:16
Replies: 177
Views: 11,483
Posted By G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!

umm, first "a private medium" is hardly limited to PMs

second, whut? you can post but not PM?

and i'd take Vaio's advice this time.
Forum: General Discussions 13 Oct 2003, 11:39
Replies: 177
Views: 11,483
Posted By G_frog
Re: Hear me out again!

oh do be quiet TDO, take your drivel to a private medium (eg PM) or stop telling people to "get out of the thread".
Forum: General Discussions 12 Oct 2003, 22:25
Replies: 39
Views: 5,210
Posted By G_frog
Re: I just dont know what to do with my haircut

I never received abuse for my long hair, you people need to keep better company.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Oct 2003, 22:23
Replies: 15
Views: 3,507
Posted By G_frog
Re: recommend a song :up:

Bob Dylan - Ballad of a Thin Man
Forum: General Discussions 10 Oct 2003, 14:07
Replies: 27
Views: 3,124
Posted By G_frog
Re: Time Commanders

RoN tactics depend a great deal on map + race I find. For example, on a less open map (such as himalayas) ground-based armour assaults tend to get bogged down, you'll only get away with it using...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Oct 2003, 13:55
Replies: 63
Views: 5,677
Posted By G_frog
Re: Ignorance

To be fair, it would probably be possible to have a good working knowledge of economics while avoiding actually knowing the names of economists, but you would probably have to go out of your way to...
Forum: General Discussions 10 Oct 2003, 12:56
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
Re: Things that you have never done.

I've never given a fresher a screaming orgasm.

(except on wednesday.)
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 23:47
Replies: 41
Views: 5,517
Posted By G_frog
Re: what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?

Letting Israel do it probably creates more dirty work in the long term.

But since that appears to have be the objective of the US et al.'s middle east policy for the second half of last century,...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 23:43
Replies: 16
Views: 2,848
Posted By G_frog
Exclamation Re: So my access is gone

Marylin Manson for Mod!

hmm
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 23:42
Replies: 64
Views: 11,582
Posted By G_frog
Re: Bad Words

if censoring was about content rather than convention then piss-guzzling badger-buggering pidgeon-tossing man-jam-addicted son-of-your-mother's-brother would be on the censor.

...

i said the...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 23:36
Replies: 12
Views: 3,139
Posted By G_frog
Re: Movies based on books, life, comics and other stuff

I am hoping that Terry Gilliam gets to make Watchmen (he has been linked with it).

Why no one is filming V for Vendetta when you could basically lift it striaght off the page i don't know. It...
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 23:24
Replies: 44
Views: 4,325
Posted By G_frog
Re: To all the admins out there

my floppy drive doesn't work!

OH YES!
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 19:57
Replies: 16
Views: 3,486
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 19:33
Replies: 41
Views: 5,517
Posted By G_frog
Re: what the hell is wrong with that bush-guy?

I'd be surprised if they/we can invade syria successfully before the next election. however, if the war is its early stages at that point it might send his approval rating soaring.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 18:48
Replies: 71
Views: 5,251
Posted By G_frog
Re: The most stupid thing possible

Every sperm is sacred.
Forum: General Discussions 9 Oct 2003, 01:00
Replies: 50
Views: 6,232
Posted By G_frog
Re: Hello GD

Ahoy Taratang, welcome back

i'm glad we have another of my kind here.

Is the TATA-box conserved in the archaea?

(apologies for typos, 8 pints o' guiness + a few units of misc. will do that...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 17:07
Replies: 6
Views: 3,140
Posted By G_frog
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 16:54
Replies: 13
Views: 3,070
Posted By G_frog
Re: The official :( thread.

:tragedy:

i stand by my comments. turn them off!
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 13:05
Replies: 20
Views: 3,004
Posted By G_frog
Re: Best bible?

Not about the bible specifically, but www.landoverbaptist.org and www.bettybowers.com may amuse.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 13:02
Replies: 125
Views: 10,422
Posted By G_frog
Re: Arnold wins

If you tax the top income bracket too heavily they will all leave. That's the problem.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 11:48
Replies: 125
Views: 10,422
Posted By G_frog
Re: Arnold wins

because you missed out the "/"
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 11:42
Replies: 125
Views: 10,422
Posted By G_frog
Re: Arnold wins

We're sliding towards "Tony! Tony! Tony! Out! Out! Out!" atm, which presumably means Brown is the next PM unless the Tories have been hiding another half-dozen Oliver Letwins away.

(I just scared...
Forum: General Discussions 8 Oct 2003, 11:35
Replies: 47
Views: 5,411
Posted By G_frog
Re: simpsons vs futurama vs family guy vs south park

I'd put the Simpsons top. It's the rarest beast among satires - motivated by sympathy for its targets, its observations on human nature cut deeper than any other show (not just the four listed here)....
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 23:44
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
Re: star trek series?

And they were rebelling peacefully against The Man.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 23:43
Replies: 21
Views: 3,381
Posted By G_frog
Re: help! i need your wittiness

"thanks for the mammaries" on the udder is far and away the worst - and thus, the best - pun i can think of off the top of my head.
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 22:36
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
Re: star trek series?

The sequence with the reception for emperor turhan, done entirely without dialogue, is up there with Bartlett yelling at god in The West Wing imo.

It's the second time you watch B5 through that...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 22:26
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
Re: star trek series?

pish tosh

all the main designs were apt. leaving aside the first ones, the centauri had floating baroque palaces, the narn ships were ugly and functional, the minbari ships implied limited organic...
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 00:15
Replies: 49
Views: 4,939
Posted By G_frog
Re: Best film lines ever

i know we've already had the film several times, but...

"Yeah well, that's just like, your opinion, man."

not much on the page perhaps
Forum: General Discussions 7 Oct 2003, 00:11
Replies: 131
Views: 9,999
Posted By G_frog
Re: Petition to remove the new smilies.

I'm pretty sure the forums didn't look this awful a week ago, what's gone wrong?

glancing down the smilies, seemingly it would be a lot quicker to list the ones actually worth keeping.

any...
Forum: General Discussions 1 Oct 2003, 20:08
Replies: 24
Views: 3,927
Posted By G_frog
ask her out?

ask her out?
Forum: General Discussions 1 Oct 2003, 19:47
Replies: 23
Views: 3,133
Posted By G_frog


Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 21:43
Replies: 38
Views: 3,675
Posted By G_frog
You mean, because he's not an atheist?

You mean, because he's not an atheist?
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 21:07
Replies: 10
Views: 3,016
Posted By G_frog
do a search for all the tiny jpegs in the windows...

do a search for all the tiny jpegs in the windows dir.

then pay a small child to look through the many gazillions of results.

or BRING BACK SLAVERY
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 21:05
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
yeah, well, there's a reason for that.

yeah, well, there's a reason for that.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 20:56
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
George Bernard Shaw: I hate the poor, and...

George Bernard Shaw:

I hate the poor, and look forward eagerly to their extermination.


The purpose of all my posts is to tacitly imply that everyone is stupid, so they were on topic.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 20:16
Replies: 40
Views: 3,880
Posted By G_frog
There's not enough in article to know that the...

There's not enough in article to know that the methodology is determinism-based (and a number of recent meta-studies have avoided it), and the report itself doesn't include it.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 20:07
Replies: 41
Views: 5,162
Posted By G_frog
Re: Post your amazon wish list >>>

Neil Gaiman! hurray.

have you read Sandman and/or the Death mini-series?

first "gay-man" joke wins* a prize.

*doesn't win
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 19:09
Replies: 29
Views: 3,899
Posted By G_frog
If that's how this thread is going, here's my...

If that's how this thread is going, here's my "Old Thin Jew" playlist:

1. Leonard Cohen - Memories (4:39)
2. Leonard Cohen - The Captain (4:10)
3. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up in Blue (5:42)
4....
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 19:02
Replies: 19
Views: 4,716
Posted By G_frog
er, which command and conquer game? only...

er, which command and conquer game?

only important difference here between PCs and laptops is that laptops tend to have poorer graphics than an otherwise comparable PC, and cost a lot more.

a...
Forum: General Discussions 30 Sep 2003, 18:58
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
yes, this is true. but if you think about it, so...

yes, this is true. but if you think about it, so are the other groups, including the "big minorities" hispanics and blacks. this doesn't tell us the actual situation in any given locality though. in...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:59
Replies: 6
Views: 2,739
Posted By G_frog
you're averaging less than one post/thread ...

you're averaging less than one post/thread

must try harder!
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:56
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
The problem is that symmetric application of a...

The problem is that symmetric application of a symmetric principle to an asymmetric situations won't produce symmetric outcomes, to abstract it too much.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:41
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
i don't hear much about comtemporary...

i don't hear much about comtemporary responsibilty for slavery generally, this seems to be one of those funny things foreigners do.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:22
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
because anyone who pretends that race relations...

because anyone who pretends that race relations in america (or here, in fact) are perfect is doing just that, pretending, and because it ain't easy being victimised. being part of a group helps.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:19
Replies: 5
Views: 2,910
Posted By G_frog
nope, sorry, i've only seen data in terms of a...

nope, sorry, i've only seen data in terms of a country's imports and exports. not in terms of trade between nations.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 22:16
Replies: 30
Views: 3,908
Posted By G_frog
what you said makes perfect sense in english....

what you said makes perfect sense in english. however, it would probably be put differently by a native speaker of english.

1. people usually say "I flew off my bike", though "from" is also...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 21:52
Replies: 24
Views: 3,324
Posted By G_frog
Many a relationship has been built on coffee. and...

Many a relationship has been built on coffee. and i'm Giles, so I should know.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 21:47
Replies: 30
Views: 3,908
Posted By G_frog
i was thrown off my bike, [and] high into the...

i was thrown off my bike, [and] high into the air.

your own phrasing would be acceptable, if uncommon.

(technically this is an idiomatic issue, not a rhetorical one.)
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 21:44
Replies: 21
Views: 4,485
Posted By G_frog
appeasement in "****-up" shocker!

appeasement in "****-up" shocker!
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 21:42
Replies: 78
Views: 7,572
Posted By G_frog
there's no purely theoretical problem ...

there's no purely theoretical problem

however

it's bleedin' obvious why minority associations need to exist, it's not at all clear why this causcasian club needs to exist.

i disagree with...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 21:35
Replies: 13
Views: 3,354
Posted By G_frog
try www.blackwells.co.uk

try www.blackwells.co.uk
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 19:10
Replies: 23
Views: 3,151
Posted By G_frog
fixed

fixed
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 18:09
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
Abso-fraggin'-lutely dammit!

Abso-fraggin'-lutely dammit!
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 18:08
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
great. except that the "shields" in b5 are...

great.

except that the "shields" in b5 are based on diffrative properties of the hull materials, and their ability to absorb and dissipate (not neccesarily in the same form) massive amounts of...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 17:59
Replies: 29
Views: 3,936
Posted By G_frog
blast, there goes my vast repertoire of fat...

blast, there goes my vast repertoire of fat controller jokes
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 17:54
Replies: 51
Views: 6,586
Posted By G_frog
That's not even a slightly accurate...

That's not even a slightly accurate characterisation of the point being made when someone points out that, for example, rummy personally negotiated bioweaponry-related trade deals with hussein.
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 17:17
Replies: 94
Views: 7,285
Posted By G_frog
It's blindingly obvious that B5 was more...

It's blindingly obvious that B5 was more coherent, ambitious, thematically complex and intelligent than any of star trek, even if lots of the dialogue is awful (although it turns out that JMS...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 14:41
Replies: 26
Views: 3,278
Posted By G_frog
doesn't take much doing :) those "dogs"...

doesn't take much doing :)

those "dogs" could have been werewolves - lycanthropes in newcastle are usually sufficiently hairy, and close to walking on all fours, to change regardless of the state...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 14:37
Replies: 26
Views: 3,278
Posted By G_frog
it seems plausible that, if you reach a certain...

it seems plausible that, if you reach a certain stage of your sleep cycle, you will tend to continue to sleep, but if you are woken up fully then your body goes onto the "wakeful" part of the cycle...
Forum: General Discussions 29 Sep 2003, 14:27
Replies: 19
Views: 3,975
Posted By G_frog
opinionated idiots of all colours annoy me, it...

opinionated idiots of all colours annoy me, it just happens i'm a biologist. although i do argue with creationists in the genuine hope of changing some one's mind, or at least making them more...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 23:14
Replies: 46
Views: 3,402
Posted By G_frog
I beg to differ, my brother owns the klingon...

I beg to differ, my brother owns the klingon dictionary and he hates star trek.


not even if i know what your rank means? I also own all the Foundation novels, even the terrible ones, some in...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 22:08
Replies: 12
Views: 3,434
Posted By G_frog
*kicks self*

*kicks self*
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 22:05
Replies: 12
Views: 3,434
Posted By G_frog
unless that's pavil's way of telling me to make...

unless that's pavil's way of telling me to make sense, i'm completely lost. anyone care to enlighten me?
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 21:59
Replies: 12
Views: 3,434
Posted By G_frog
welcome to general discussions, love.

welcome to general discussions, love.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 21:56
Replies: 7
Views: 3,239
Posted By G_frog
Re: Classical Music > *

Fun as the last night is, I f*cking hate f*cking Elgar.

However, the two Proms i was at were enjoyable, especially the Prokofiev (piano concerto 1 and some songs from "The Stone Flower", different...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 21:35
Replies: 51
Views: 6,586
Posted By G_frog
there's a phrase for this sort of thing, perhaps...

there's a phrase for this sort of thing, perhaps you're familiar with it.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Sep 2003, 00:44
Replies: 42
Views: 4,028
Posted By G_frog
If i'm talking (a frequent state of affairs) i...

If i'm talking (a frequent state of affairs) i tend to be gesturing wildly. otherwise, pockets - or brushing my damn hair out of my eyes.
Forum: General Discussions 26 Sep 2003, 22:30
Replies: 53
Views: 5,720
Posted By G_frog
lo nod a friend of mine who's saying with me...

lo nod

a friend of mine who's saying with me finished work yesterday too - he captains the college chess team, coincidence! - , so we went to the pub and he made me play pool.

chess on jippii...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Sep 2003, 22:19
Replies: 32
Views: 3,514
Posted By G_frog
As was pointed out when OoS was released, Showbiz...

As was pointed out when OoS was released, Showbiz was quite radiohead-like (and their chord sequences are still reminiscent, if deployed differently) , but now the only decent point of reference...
Forum: General Discussions 26 Sep 2003, 00:18
Replies: 49
Views: 4,520
Posted By G_frog


Forum: General Discussions 26 Sep 2003, 00:01
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
Testing, testing... has Giles failed in his...

Testing, testing... has Giles failed in his nefarious scheme to silence his terrible past and the source of mysterious lightbulb-shaped burns?
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:54
Replies: 28
Views: 3,174
Posted By G_frog


Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:53
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
Then I think you're a lazy bastard who wants...

Then I think you're a lazy bastard who wants somebody to wheel him around Darlington when you get too drunk to stand.

And so long as that person is not me, I have no objections.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:49
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
G_frog has gone too far! I should not be allowed...

G_frog has gone too far! I should not be allowed on the internet! Who does that guy think I am?
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:47
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
Depends, can you attack a cripple and steal his...

Depends, can you attack a cripple and steal his wheelchair?
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:43
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
I, Giles, (in no way someone who is not Giles)...

I, Giles, (in no way someone who is not Giles) would now like to tell the world about my passionate, and yet tragically and unpredicatably doomed relationship with a small art deco table lamp.

And...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:17
Replies: 41
Views: 3,941
Posted By G_frog
The monster everyone vs. Guidance creationism...

The monster everyone vs. Guidance creationism thread.

well, it got my postcount up when i was a newbie, anyway.

EDIT: did i say monster? I meant, of course, MONSTRO!
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 23:01
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
Don't leave yourself logged into my computers,...

Don't leave yourself logged into my computers, honey.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 22:55
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
It's hester, blinding herself with the flash....

It's hester, blinding herself with the flash. She's the Father Dougal of bristol.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 22:48
Replies: 74
Views: 6,452
Posted By G_frog
normally this is a drinking game.

normally this is a drinking game.
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 21:46
Replies: 84
Views: 8,079
Posted By G_frog
posting because i'm lazy, i'll edit in comment on...

posting because i'm lazy, i'll edit in comment on the postcount momentarily...

hmm 400+, i can't believe i've ever had 400 worthwhile things to say, and i can't believe anyone here has listened to...
Forum: General Discussions 25 Sep 2003, 00:39
Replies: 59
Views: 7,455
Posted By G_frog
Is this goodbye, au revoir or just "I quit"? ...

Is this goodbye, au revoir or just "I quit"?

In any case, that's a shame. From the tone, i guess it's "goodbye, and good fortune."
Forum: General Discussions 24 Sep 2003, 23:16
Replies: 26
Views: 3,136
Posted By G_frog
I diagnose a case of overthinking. Nurse! ...

I diagnose a case of overthinking.

Nurse!

My debraining knife, please!
Forum: General Discussions 24 Sep 2003, 20:22
Replies: 12
Views: 3,095
Posted By G_frog
tell me about it (see, edited) if i'd...

tell me about it (see, edited)

if i'd actually read this thread earlier this would make some sense.

I blame nod
Forum: General Discussions 24 Sep 2003, 19:58
Replies: 12
Views: 3,095
Posted By G_frog
EDIT: how the hell did this post end up in this...

EDIT: how the hell did this post end up in this thread?
Forum: General Discussions 24 Sep 2003, 19:12
Replies: 4
Views: 2,542
Posted By G_frog
it won't be testing the same things as the...

it won't be testing the same things as the a-levels, and in any case those sample questions are of approximately the calibre of those i took to get into my secondary school at the age of nine. and...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Sep 2003, 23:56
Replies: 7
Views: 3,324
Posted By G_frog
you can't actually tell much from the film,...

you can't actually tell much from the film, because all the flashbacks could be false. about the only things we know are that "kobayashi" works for "verbal", that "verbal" isn't who he claims to be,...
Forum: General Discussions 23 Sep 2003, 23:50
Replies: 177
Views: 19,913
Posted By G_frog
as usual mark, you're managing to do nothing -...

as usual mark, you're managing to do nothing - but with panache. well done an' all that.

giles
Forum: General Discussions 23 Sep 2003, 00:21
Replies: 22
Views: 4,276
Posted By G_frog
Marlon Brando is completely bonkers, so that's a...

Marlon Brando is completely bonkers, so that's a good source of anecdotes. The Island of Dr. Moreau is just about true to life.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Sep 2003, 23:34
Replies: 21
Views: 3,753
Posted By G_frog
Exercising every day will help you lose weight by...

Exercising every day will help you lose weight by burning calories, but in terms of improving muscle/fitness you should probably exercise every other day instead. The increase in muscle mass should...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Sep 2003, 19:39
Replies: 16
Views: 3,636
Posted By G_frog
will someone make a sticky explaining that you...

will someone make a sticky explaining that you can get a passport for free via "signup" on the portal, WITHOUT having a game account?

jonny, make yourself useful
Forum: General Discussions 22 Sep 2003, 18:55
Replies: 36
Views: 4,316
Posted By G_frog
Happy birthday belgy

Happy birthday belgy
Forum: General Discussions 21 Sep 2003, 23:47
Replies: 12
Views: 3,938
Posted By G_frog
That's ironic since Family Guy has been cancelled.

That's ironic since Family Guy has been cancelled.
Forum: General Discussions 21 Sep 2003, 23:42
Replies: 13
Views: 3,639
Posted By G_frog
<insert simpson's quote here>

<insert simpson's quote here>
Forum: General Discussions 21 Sep 2003, 23:24
Replies: 7
Views: 3,838
Posted By G_frog
It's true: (i) Self-organizing bimembranes...

It's true:
(i) Self-organizing bimembranes aren't new, lipid bilayers do it anyway.
(ii) One thing affecting another without some means of including information isn't communication.
(iii) Where's...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Sep 2003, 23:16
Replies: 30
Views: 4,515
Posted By G_frog
Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind Leonard Cohen - So Long,...

Bob Dylan - Idiot Wind
Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne (even though my sig is from Lover Lover Lover)
Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No.1
Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop
Forum: General Discussions 19 Sep 2003, 00:15
Replies: 53
Views: 6,608
Posted By G_frog
depression almost always leads to altered sleep...

depression almost always leads to altered sleep patterns, usually disrupted sleep but sometimes excessive sleepiness.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Sep 2003, 00:02
Replies: 53
Views: 6,608
Posted By G_frog
In my case the main effect of antidepressents has...

In my case the main effect of antidepressents has been that they have have improved my concentration and memory, and restored my sleep to something like human norms (i.e. <10hrs/night rather than...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Sep 2003, 22:35
Replies: 30
Views: 4,596
Posted By G_frog
Make sure you get and watch series 1-3 of...

Make sure you get and watch series 1-3 of kenshin, and in order.

Since no-one has mentioned it yet, Furi Kuri (aka Foolly Coolly, aka FLCL) seems intriguing (haven't watched it all yet).
...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Sep 2003, 14:07
Replies: 23
Views: 4,354
Posted By G_frog
Am I the only one who gets most of his shared...

Am I the only one who gets most of his shared music by actual physical exchange of CDs/HDD etc?
Forum: General Discussions 3 Sep 2003, 20:38
Replies: 19
Views: 3,731
Posted By G_frog
This is the kind of tosh that caused that freedom...

This is the kind of tosh that caused that freedom fried debacle in the first place.
Forum: General Discussions 1 Sep 2003, 00:34
Replies: 51
Views: 6,562
Posted By G_frog
In moral terms there is not reason to pay higher...

In moral terms there is not reason to pay higher petrol prices per se, but there are good moral reasons not to nick it from the weak (eg, it is a violation of those principles required to live...
Forum: General Discussions 31 Aug 2003, 16:49
Replies: 27
Views: 3,468
Posted By G_frog
no yes no although sometimes i will only...

no yes no

although sometimes i will only come round after an argument (and not just on this board), then forget/not bother/not have the opportunity to say i was wrong.
Forum: General Discussions 30 Aug 2003, 23:04
Replies: 10
Views: 3,321
Posted By G_frog
I don't care if you're the real davinbrahm or...

I don't care if you're the real davinbrahm or (and since you can punctuate, this seems likely) a gimmick, just go away please.
Forum: General Discussions 27 Aug 2003, 15:59
Replies: 92
Views: 6,579
Posted By G_frog
Have i not understood, or does this just come...

Have i not understood, or does this just come down to that you can't make money by just shuffling money around, and nothing that you make is worth* anything if no-one will buy it?

*I assume where...
Forum: General Discussions 27 Aug 2003, 14:46
Replies: 23
Views: 4,792
Posted By G_frog
why is your personal stuff in either latin or...

why is your personal stuff in either latin or mock-latin?
Forum: General Discussions 27 Aug 2003, 00:31
Replies: 14
Views: 3,936
Posted By G_frog
i've been double-crossed now for the very last...

i've been double-crossed now for the very last time/
and now i'm finally free
Forum: General Discussions 26 Aug 2003, 21:36
Replies: 46
Views: 3,960
Posted By G_frog
Probably the bbc should hold the copyright, but...

Probably the bbc should hold the copyright, but in trust as it were, with some kind of license automatically extended to british citizens.

getting rid of it entirely would be problematic.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Aug 2003, 01:07
Replies: 26
Views: 3,841
Posted By G_frog


Forum: General Discussions 18 Aug 2003, 23:16
Replies: 16
Views: 3,286
Posted By G_frog
It was in the notoriously bad later editions of...

It was in the notoriously bad later editions of The Origin.
Forum: General Discussions 18 Aug 2003, 00:13
Replies: 81
Views: 7,784
Posted By G_frog
Once again, my self-restraint in dreadful punning...

Once again, my self-restraint in dreadful punning goes to waste :/
Forum: General Discussions 17 Aug 2003, 23:49
Replies: 81
Views: 7,784
Posted By G_frog
I think he meant that he had a higher fitness (or...

I think he meant that he had a higher fitness (or expected fitness) than gayle, which would be true. (gayle's fitness is probably zero, unless she gets very drunk or something).

Whereas I guess...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Aug 2003, 23:38
Replies: 81
Views: 7,784
Posted By G_frog
That doesn't follow :/

That doesn't follow :/
Forum: General Discussions 17 Aug 2003, 19:45
Replies: 50
Views: 6,383
Posted By G_frog
That was by way of irony, but - oh no, too many...

That was by way of irony, but - oh no, too many stereotypes.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Aug 2003, 18:09
Replies: 50
Views: 6,383
Posted By G_frog
that all americans are trigger-happy?

that all americans are trigger-happy?
Forum: General Discussions 16 Aug 2003, 22:32
Replies: 25
Views: 3,599
Posted By G_frog
bush may be the morally misguided puppet of scary...

bush may be the morally misguided puppet of scary vested interests but he's hardly comparable with Idi Amin.
Forum: General Discussions 2 Aug 2003, 00:10
Replies: 33
Views: 3,227
Posted By G_frog
:( that's terrible. i hope you're all doing ok

:( that's terrible. i hope you're all doing ok
Forum: General Discussions 25 Jul 2003, 00:21
Replies: 34
Views: 3,238
Posted By G_frog
I'll match your stake and raise you a leonard...

I'll match your stake and raise you a leonard cohen.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jul 2003, 21:58
Replies: 11
Views: 2,962
Posted By G_frog
If I were a scientist, i'd brush my teeth.

If I were a scientist, i'd brush my teeth.
Forum: General Discussions 24 Jul 2003, 21:52
Replies: 41
Views: 3,705
Posted By G_frog
First, do not feed the troll. Second, I've...

First, do not feed the troll.

Second, I've met plenty of people at cam who could be said to be stupid in at least one sense. This seems to me better than average at least, since most people appear...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jul 2003, 23:43
Replies: 19
Views: 4,292
Posted By G_frog
It's very good, but it sometimes grates and can...

It's very good, but it sometimes grates and can become repetitious.
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jul 2003, 20:48
Replies: 52
Views: 6,635
Posted By G_frog
guardian for preference, but frequently the...

guardian for preference, but frequently the telegraph and/or FT if my dad is buying.

On sundays the IoS and the Sunday Times.

ELeeming, for many people it's not the Tories per se, it's just the...
Forum: General Discussions 22 Jul 2003, 20:40
Replies: 29
Views: 4,558
Posted By G_frog
I'm sure reliable information will be forthcoming...

I'm sure reliable information will be forthcoming in one of the military-vetted reports from journalists embedded in units selected by the military.

yes-sirree!

P.S. Did you hear that the...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Jul 2003, 22:42
Replies: 102
Views: 10,276
Posted By G_frog
The mission of the Washington State Potato...

The mission of the Washington State Potato Commission is to serve the potato growers of Washington State. The main function of the Washington State Potato Commission is to work toward the enhancement...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Jul 2003, 21:13
Replies: 102
Views: 10,276
Posted By G_frog
Re: Troll of the week: Complaint

I don't think it's having a minority opinion that did it. Look at Dante Hicks, he doesn't have any trouble and nobody agrees with him, anywhere on the planet, ever.

No, i think its the abuse, the...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Jul 2003, 20:32
Replies: 83
Views: 7,512
Posted By G_frog
That was my point. Lewontin is out on one...

That was my point.

Lewontin is out on one reasonable extreme, dawkins is at the reasonable extreme of the other end of the spectrum, and dennett is a fool.

and yes, matt "chaos theory gets me...
Forum: General Discussions 21 Jul 2003, 00:53
Replies: 83
Views: 7,512
Posted By G_frog
Try Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/) for...

Try Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/) for ebooks of raw philosophical texts.

Russell's History of Western Philosophy is probably a very good starting point.

P.S. I feel honour-bound to...
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jul 2003, 21:40
Replies: 15
Views: 2,738
Posted By G_frog
Are you disputing a causal connection, or just...

Are you disputing a causal connection, or just claiming that you believe in free will?
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jul 2003, 19:17
Replies: 17
Views: 3,944
Posted By G_frog
Re: Re: Re: ..

Except that, with the collusion of certain papers, they'll try to blame the beeb, in the largest display of humbug since - well, now that I think about it, since the last time we invaded someone.
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jul 2003, 00:32
Replies: 13
Views: 3,628
Posted By G_frog
We just have Private Eye :/

We just have Private Eye :/
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jul 2003, 00:21
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
Tactitus, you're right on that and i should...

Tactitus, you're right on that and i should follow the news more carefully. Just to be clear though, I wasn't suggesting that Taliban loyalists (or any other POWs) be released into their custody....
Forum: General Discussions 20 Jul 2003, 00:13
Replies: 16
Views: 2,923
Posted By G_frog
The film "hackers", which appeared to feature...

The film "hackers", which appeared to feature costume and makeup by David Bowie.
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2003, 12:08
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
Formal surrenders, like formal declarations of...

Formal surrenders, like formal declarations of war, are basically a thing of the past. The fact that an international interim authority with legal jurisdiction has replaced the government of the...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2003, 11:57
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
You're at cambridge aren't you? That's usually...

You're at cambridge aren't you? That's usually good 'job experience' for treason.



i'm fairly sure they would have to have tried to kill the Queen for that.

I've no idea why it would be...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2003, 00:53
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
The 'war' an al qaeda is not a war in the sense...

The 'war' an al qaeda is not a war in the sense of international law, and more than the 'war on drugs' is. However, the Geneva Convention would consider combatants in the afghanistan war to deserve...
Forum: General Discussions 19 Jul 2003, 00:48
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
okay, that would take a while to wade through,...

okay, that would take a while to wade through, but from first glance there are a few points i don't understand.

- How the laws of the US can take precedence over the geneva convention (which...
Forum: General Discussions 18 Jul 2003, 23:33
Replies: 95
Views: 8,352
Posted By G_frog
Being an enemy combatant isn't enough itself -...

Being an enemy combatant isn't enough itself - that would make them an ordinary POW, who have to be repatriated at the 'cessasation of hostilities'. what exactly are they supposed to have done?
Forum: General Discussions 18 Jul 2003, 22:15
Replies: 24
Views: 3,551
Posted By G_frog
ha ha ha.

ha ha ha.
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jul 2003, 01:05
Replies: 17
Views: 3,439
Posted By G_frog
At least it wasn't a theology thread.

At least it wasn't a theology thread.
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jul 2003, 01:09
Replies: 51
Views: 3,973
Posted By G_frog
Wild stab in the dark. The guy had something...

Wild stab in the dark.

The guy had something (hiccups) he needed the water to cure (i don't know how you use water to cure hiccups, but i bet there is a way), but the shotgun-in-the-face gave him...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jul 2003, 00:54
Replies: 52
Views: 7,124
Posted By G_frog
From my limited experience, Torment just edges...

From my limited experience, Torment just edges out BG2 (partly because Throne of Bhaal was so poor).

2 cents there.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jul 2003, 22:59
Replies: 21
Views: 3,228
Posted By G_frog
The muddled middle ground is where the practical...

The muddled middle ground is where the practical gains will always lie in a political system like ours.

Moore isn't that bad. his style in stupid white men overwhelms even the chunk of his...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jul 2003, 22:52
Replies: 25
Views: 4,038
Posted By G_frog
Re: hmm

First game i bought iirc. Bloody fantastic, although it is upstaged a bit by MOO2 and Civ2. Still, there's nothing quite like it that i've seen.

Do you find the mouse slows down to unusability...
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jul 2003, 22:45
Replies: 34
Views: 3,188
Posted By G_frog
Stop it at once, or he'll develop a Kwisatz...

Stop it at once, or he'll develop a Kwisatz Haderach* complex at the least.



*yes yes, god-emperor/mentat bashar etc. are possible too
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jul 2003, 22:39
Replies: 32
Views: 4,317
Posted By G_frog
Obvious choice: Flaming Lips - Do you realise? ...

Obvious choice: Flaming Lips - Do you realise?

maybe Spiritualized - 'cool waves' or 'all of my thoughts'

I'm trying to avoid the more downbeat end of my collection here.
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jul 2003, 22:12
Replies: 31
Views: 3,953
Posted By G_frog
You say that, but i hear portable telegraph...

You say that, but i hear portable telegraph machines spook the horses on these 'aerial carriages' something awful. Carrier pigeons are the way forward.
Forum: General Discussions 12 Jul 2003, 21:31
Replies: 31
Views: 3,953
Posted By G_frog
Surely it would be quicker to make a list of...

Surely it would be quicker to make a list of threads in which he stays on topic.

I remember he stayed on topic once, back in the summer of 1999. he wore an onion on his belt, as was the fashion at...
Forum: General Discussions 4 Jul 2003, 00:29
Replies: 99
Views: 7,197
Posted By G_frog
Very few british institutions work as well on...

Very few british institutions work as well on paper as in practice. I don't pretend to know why this is. Seperation of powers? what seperation of powers?
Forum: General Discussions 3 Jul 2003, 23:03
Replies: 40
Views: 7,076
Posted By G_frog
yes, i was hoping no one would notice that :/...

yes, i was hoping no one would notice that :/ with the status quo as it is tho, both eugenics and incest are quite seperate taboos so i don't think breaking one would break the other.

(since such...
Forum: General Discussions 3 Jul 2003, 22:50
Replies: 40
Views: 7,076
Posted By G_frog
I'd be worried about letting eugenics in by the...

I'd be worried about letting eugenics in by the back door.

There's no reason it would happen, but my faith in civilization is at a fairly low ebb.
Forum: General Discussions 3 Jul 2003, 22:43
Replies: 13
Views: 2,722
Posted By G_frog
Three reasons to go on a moral crusade against...

Three reasons to go on a moral crusade against GM:

1) It turns you into an archimboldo picture. This is 'rollocks'.

2) It gets out into the enviroment and creates "superweeds." This is kinda...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 16:07
Replies: 186
Views: 17,525
Posted By G_frog
Proteus, you probably haven't been here long...

Proteus, you probably haven't been here long enough to realise it's not worth arguing with encyclopedia-head.

Exams go well?
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 13:01
Replies: 215
Views: 18,355
Posted By G_frog
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: More lies about Iraq

In something like this you can't tell what's propaganda and what isn't (if you ever really can). Of course John Doe should disregard propaganda if it appears to be such. However, just because he...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 12:54
Replies: 48
Views: 5,360
Posted By G_frog
Welcome back mister manson, you are a ray of...

Welcome back mister manson, you are a ray of light in a dark room filled with people bumping into each other or running at the walls.

I would say the boards have remained about the same since you...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 12:42
Replies: 186
Views: 17,525
Posted By G_frog
You've gotten confused because socialism has two...

You've gotten confused because socialism has two meanings. One is what Dante (bless his little heart) has been rabbiting on about.

The other is where the state carries out a social program on the...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 01:48
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Posted By G_frog
I'm all in favour of a large* (if not neccesarily...

I'm all in favour of a large* (if not neccesarily centralised) representative democratic government, on the understanding that certain long term, large scale or universally required projects or...
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 01:34
Replies: 215
Views: 18,355
Posted By G_frog
you mean it's fine now?

you mean it's fine now?
Forum: General Discussions 17 Jun 2003, 01:20
Replies: 68
Views: 6,530
Posted By G_frog
I have to admit Kura's jokes are better than his...

I have to admit Kura's jokes are better than his attempts to be serious.
Forum: General Discussions 16 Jun 2003, 23:28
Replies: 13
Views: 3,264
Posted By G_frog
Get Yoko Kanno's soundtrack(s) to Vision of...

Get Yoko Kanno's soundtrack(s) to Vision of Escaflowne. You can get quite a bit on filesharing networks, although obviously this is highly immoral when you could pay £50 to import it.

In fact, get...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2003, 21:40
Replies: 12
Views: 3,543
Posted By G_frog
what the hell is it about jonny?

what the hell is it about jonny?
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2003, 21:39
Replies: 16
Views: 3,195
Posted By G_frog
http://www.paternityangel.com/Articles_zone/Blood/...

http://www.paternityangel.com/Articles_zone/Blood/BloodType3.htm

rhesus type is (or approximates to being) controlled by a single locus with two possible alleles, + and -. + is dominant to -, so a...
Forum: General Discussions 15 Jun 2003, 13:42
Replies: 31
Views: 3,545
Posted By G_frog
Because i've only just read up on franklin :/ ...

Because i've only just read up on franklin :/

I'm not wholly convinced of franklin's greatness as a scientist yet though, since his experiments seem directionless and his theories ad hoc....
Forum: General Discussions 14 Jun 2003, 15:06
Replies: 15
Views: 2,946
Posted By G_frog
Even single celled organisms can have 'sex' or...

Even single celled organisms can have 'sex' or something like it.

There are lots of organisms of all levels of complexity that are parthenogenic, hermaphroditic, or able to change sex.

There...
Forum: General Discussions 13 Jun 2003, 13:49
Replies: 31
Views: 3,545
Posted By G_frog
Maybe* Matt Groening should run for president. ...

Maybe* Matt Groening should run for president.

(Seriously? Richard Feynman should probably win the poll. or one of their better political leaders or possibly john rawls.)

*definitely.
Forum: General Discussions 11 Jun 2003, 20:00
Replies: 16
Views: 3,721
Posted By G_frog
First, no it isn't, time is an objective feature...

First, no it isn't, time is an objective feature of the universe - even if its measurement is subjective. (unless you're going to claim the universe is just something in your head).

Second, logic...
Forum: General Discussions 11 Jun 2003, 11:10
Replies: 37
Views: 3,367
Posted By G_frog
Is there a god of hijacking?

Is there a god of hijacking?
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jun 2003, 21:58
Replies: 74
Views: 6,382
Posted By G_frog
NOBODY POSTS AFTER JONNY

NOBODY POSTS AFTER JONNY
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jun 2003, 21:55
Replies: 20
Views: 2,758
Posted By G_frog
I think you'll find germany is running a trade...

I think you'll find germany is running a trade surplus because they're more productive than everybody else and have low demand at home.
Forum: General Discussions 8 Jun 2003, 21:31
Replies: 74
Views: 6,382
Posted By G_frog
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Maths++

Drilling through so that the HOLE is 6" long when you're done always removes a segment at the top and bottom.

I don't think the spheres are to scale.
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