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  • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

    I like your taste. Eva Green :cool:

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    Vikram A Punathambekar
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    High Five! :-D

    Cheers, Vıkram.


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      High Five! :-D

      Cheers, Vıkram.


      I've never ever worked anywhere where there has not been someone who given the choice I would not work with again. It's a job, you do your work, put up with the people you don't like, accept there are probably people there that don't like you a lot, and look forward to the weekends.   - Josh Gray.

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      Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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      :cool: Now if you eat pepper as much as I do...

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      • G Gary Wheeler

        Eva La Rue

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        Henry Minute
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        Is that Danny La Rue's brother?

        Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"

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        • B Bassam Abdul Baki

          That's easy, it follows a normal distribution. Too small or too large has limited appeal. It has to be just right. However, taste and texture do come into play, and there are other correlating factors, such as symmetry and accessibility.


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          Surely it is correlated to hand size?

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"

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          • H Henry Minute

            Is that Danny La Rue's brother?

            Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"

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            Gary Wheeler
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            Not hardly![^]

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            • B Bassam Abdul Baki

              You need a muse, not an apprentice.


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              Oakman
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              Bassam Abdul-Baki wrote:

              You need a muse, not an apprentice.

              So you are saying that he must be amusing before he can be ababe-ing?

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              • H Henry Minute

                Is that Danny La Rue's brother?

                Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"

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                Henry Minute wrote:

                Is that Danny La Rue's brother?

                no, Lash's.

                Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                • J Joe Simes

                  Mark Wallace wrote:

                  beauty (ergo cuteness) is in the eye of the beholder.

                  Isn't that: Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder?

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                  Joe Simes wrote:

                  beauty (ergo cuteness) is in the eye of the beholder.Isn't that: Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder?

                  Only if you've got a glass eye.

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                  • M Member 96

                    No research is ever pointless as long as it's done by accepted scientific methods and published somewhere for everyone to benefit. There is a prevailing feeling out there these days that research has to be FOR some purpose or DO something but the great majority of the really beneficial things we take for granted didn't come from trying to make that thing, they came from pure research that led to discoveries that led to more that ultimately resulted in the thing we've come to know and enjoy and can't live without.


                    "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                    John C wrote:

                    the great majority of the really beneficial things we take for granted didn't come from trying to make that thing, they came from pure research that led to discoveries that led to more that ultimately resulted in the thing we've come to know and enjoy and can't live without.

                    Whoa, Mama! I'm all for blue-sky research, but this travesty is particularly pointless, because its measurements are based on what, exactly? "Cuteness" is a matter of opinion, and therefore cannot be quantified in any way that is useful empirically. All there is to learn from this "research" is that the "scientists" involved are idiots, because all they proved (if anything) is that some women agree with their idea of cuteness more than some men do. They're a stain on Scotland's proud scientific heritage.

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                    • M Mustafa Ismail Mustafa

                      :cool: Now if you eat pepper as much as I do...

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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      By pepper, do you mean black pepper/peppercorns[^]? Or Capsicums[^]? Or Chillies[^]? I can't eat enough of any of them [drool] I eat a lot of the first variety with Pongal for breakfast. The second is one of my favourite vegetables, although the capsicums we get in India are anything but hot. The last I use extensively in cooking and salads. I have a bottle of pickled green chillies in the fridge, and DAMMIT MUSTAFA, THANKS TO YOU I AM NOW TEMPTED TO RAID THE FRIDGE AT 12:15 AM! :-D And I have a memory leak waiting for me at work tomorrow :((

                      Cheers, Vıkram.


                      I've never ever worked anywhere where there has not been someone who given the choice I would not work with again. It's a job, you do your work, put up with the people you don't like, accept there are probably people there that don't like you a lot, and look forward to the weekends.   - Josh Gray.

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                      • M Mark_Wallace

                        Joe Simes wrote:

                        beauty (ergo cuteness) is in the eye of the beholder.Isn't that: Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder?

                        Only if you've got a glass eye.

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                        click[^]

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                        • H Henry Minute

                          Surely it is correlated to hand size?

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"

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                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                          It is another variable in a very complex equation. :)


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                            click[^]

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            :D I've always said that beer glasses should be rose coloured.

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                            • V Vikram A Punathambekar

                              By pepper, do you mean black pepper/peppercorns[^]? Or Capsicums[^]? Or Chillies[^]? I can't eat enough of any of them [drool] I eat a lot of the first variety with Pongal for breakfast. The second is one of my favourite vegetables, although the capsicums we get in India are anything but hot. The last I use extensively in cooking and salads. I have a bottle of pickled green chillies in the fridge, and DAMMIT MUSTAFA, THANKS TO YOU I AM NOW TEMPTED TO RAID THE FRIDGE AT 12:15 AM! :-D And I have a memory leak waiting for me at work tomorrow :((

                              Cheers, Vıkram.


                              I've never ever worked anywhere where there has not been someone who given the choice I would not work with again. It's a job, you do your work, put up with the people you don't like, accept there are probably people there that don't like you a lot, and look forward to the weekends.   - Josh Gray.

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                              Mustafa Ismail Mustafa
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                              All of them :drool: I eat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_yoghurt[^] mixed with the hottest peppers (Chillies) I can find Of course, I get branded insane, but it tastes incredible with a glass of orange juice as well...

                              Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:

                              DAMMIT MUSTAFA, THANKS TO YOU I AM NOW TEMPTED TO RAID THE FRIDGE AT 12:15 AM!

                              Mission accomplished :laugh:

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                              • M Mark_Wallace

                                John C wrote:

                                the great majority of the really beneficial things we take for granted didn't come from trying to make that thing, they came from pure research that led to discoveries that led to more that ultimately resulted in the thing we've come to know and enjoy and can't live without.

                                Whoa, Mama! I'm all for blue-sky research, but this travesty is particularly pointless, because its measurements are based on what, exactly? "Cuteness" is a matter of opinion, and therefore cannot be quantified in any way that is useful empirically. All there is to learn from this "research" is that the "scientists" involved are idiots, because all they proved (if anything) is that some women agree with their idea of cuteness more than some men do. They're a stain on Scotland's proud scientific heritage.

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                                Sure on the face of it, it's completely ridiculous, but who knows, some day someone might be doing a paper on proper scientific technique and cite it as an example of something bad or someone might be doing research on dolphins or something and it might give them some ideas. You just never know and I bet it was really cheap to do this study anyway.


                                "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                                  Sure on the face of it, it's completely ridiculous, but who knows, some day someone might be doing a paper on proper scientific technique and cite it as an example of something bad or someone might be doing research on dolphins or something and it might give them some ideas. You just never know and I bet it was really cheap to do this study anyway.


                                  "It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don't say it." -Sam Levenson

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                                  Mark_Wallace
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                                  To whom do I apply for a grant to do research into the colour of dog droppings?

                                  I wanna be a eunochs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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