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> Yes, Ukraine is a democracy, but also one that still contains some unsavory elements And you think getting rid of those 'unsavory elements', replacing them with an authoritarian, warmongering Putin led puppet…
Oh dear. It would be laughably easy for the Russian command to disprove (and thoroughly discredit) the Ukrainian reporting if these reports are false. But the Russians can't.
> The artist shall utilise the bank notes to visually reproduce a specific artwork More amusing if the artist burnt the money and used the ashes to create an artwork.…
> The "don't be easily annoyed" rule is increasingly needed. Interestingly.... I recall a post on here where a bloke got very indignant about the innocent use of the term 'Chinaman'; something this Englishman (sharing…
As long as we hold onto the USENET tradition, that all posts pointing out a spelling or grammatical error must themselves contain such an error. Including punctuation. :-)
> I live in the UK. It's bizarrely barely news. Seconded. I'm willing to bet only Private Eye readers (where to story broke and who continue to demand justice) are aware of this debacle and the shear scale of misery it…
> I suspect the modems will be around for a very long time. No they won't. 'Dial up' modems need a PSTN line to work. The roll out of full fibre networks means analogue PSTN is going the way of the dodo. You cannot get…
> spelled You have just outed yourself as American!
I'm surprised you think otherwise. "Ordinary" antennas are completely passive, just a bit of metal. It's the maths for data recovery and trilateration (not triangulation!) that is processor heavy.
Amusingly, Scottish Wildcats are rare, going extinct because they are interbreeding with feral domestic cats. Your very post (and Wikipedia link) undermines the argument you are tying to make.
Not really. We teach children how to cross the road and children don't generally take a dump in the neighbours flower beds.
> In the UK, the life expectancy is not that different, there are no large predators No, but there is traffic and plenty of people who take objection to cats fouling their gardens and will happily leave out a saucer of…
> For those that want to follow, what are good online shopping alternatives? In Blighty, Argos. No counterfeit stuff (which frankly, should be a given), same day delivery and a good network of bricks'n'mortar shops…
> In other words, calling a multi-million pound property a “cottage” would rankle an American ear To this British ear..... Plenty cottages sell for multi-millions (including many in my village, unfortunately). Please…
Along similar lines.... When presenting at a conference, our research group would always pick a word that everybody had to sneak into their talk, or else buy everyone a pint..... ....though, I was once at a conference…
> The RSPB themselves have said.....there’s no evidence this is affecting decline The RSPB know which side their bread is buttered. They are a charity who get their donations from "animal lovers", inducing cat 'owners'.…
> I have been ranting and raving that surveillance capitalism is the worst thing to happen in the modern world Seconded. Our defence is the GDPR. It makes gathering personal data a liability, not an asset. It's amusing…
No pleasures in life are worth exchanging for a few extra years in a nursing home in Clacton-On-Sea.
> FOURTH GRADE What age(s) is this? (We don't have 'grades' in Blighty)
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> Yes, Ukraine is a democracy, but also one that still contains some unsavory elements And you think getting rid of those 'unsavory elements', replacing them with an authoritarian, warmongering Putin led puppet…
Oh dear. It would be laughably easy for the Russian command to disprove (and thoroughly discredit) the Ukrainian reporting if these reports are false. But the Russians can't.
> The artist shall utilise the bank notes to visually reproduce a specific artwork More amusing if the artist burnt the money and used the ashes to create an artwork.…
> The "don't be easily annoyed" rule is increasingly needed. Interestingly.... I recall a post on here where a bloke got very indignant about the innocent use of the term 'Chinaman'; something this Englishman (sharing…
As long as we hold onto the USENET tradition, that all posts pointing out a spelling or grammatical error must themselves contain such an error. Including punctuation. :-)
> I live in the UK. It's bizarrely barely news. Seconded. I'm willing to bet only Private Eye readers (where to story broke and who continue to demand justice) are aware of this debacle and the shear scale of misery it…
> I suspect the modems will be around for a very long time. No they won't. 'Dial up' modems need a PSTN line to work. The roll out of full fibre networks means analogue PSTN is going the way of the dodo. You cannot get…
> spelled You have just outed yourself as American!
I'm surprised you think otherwise. "Ordinary" antennas are completely passive, just a bit of metal. It's the maths for data recovery and trilateration (not triangulation!) that is processor heavy.
Amusingly, Scottish Wildcats are rare, going extinct because they are interbreeding with feral domestic cats. Your very post (and Wikipedia link) undermines the argument you are tying to make.
Not really. We teach children how to cross the road and children don't generally take a dump in the neighbours flower beds.
> In the UK, the life expectancy is not that different, there are no large predators No, but there is traffic and plenty of people who take objection to cats fouling their gardens and will happily leave out a saucer of…
> For those that want to follow, what are good online shopping alternatives? In Blighty, Argos. No counterfeit stuff (which frankly, should be a given), same day delivery and a good network of bricks'n'mortar shops…
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> In other words, calling a multi-million pound property a “cottage” would rankle an American ear To this British ear..... Plenty cottages sell for multi-millions (including many in my village, unfortunately). Please…
Along similar lines.... When presenting at a conference, our research group would always pick a word that everybody had to sneak into their talk, or else buy everyone a pint..... ....though, I was once at a conference…
> The RSPB themselves have said.....there’s no evidence this is affecting decline The RSPB know which side their bread is buttered. They are a charity who get their donations from "animal lovers", inducing cat 'owners'.…
> I have been ranting and raving that surveillance capitalism is the worst thing to happen in the modern world Seconded. Our defence is the GDPR. It makes gathering personal data a liability, not an asset. It's amusing…
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No pleasures in life are worth exchanging for a few extra years in a nursing home in Clacton-On-Sea.
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> FOURTH GRADE What age(s) is this? (We don't have 'grades' in Blighty)
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