Fracking protestors...continued.
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The sleepy little hollow called Balcombe in West Sussex has made it to the international media for all the wrong reasons. It's a pretty village and relatively posh enough that etiquette dictates you have to fart in a handkerchief. Last Sunday, Princess and I drove through it on our way to Haywards Heath. Fortunately, we turn off before the road that leads to the site where the protestors have taken up residence. A large rent-a-mob arrived over the weekend and one protestor hissed on TV that the police had caused some disturbance in the meditation tent...oooh that must have been really horrible. :) The traffic last Sunday was really disrupted. The fuzz were redirecting it as best as they could. Some poor bloke was yelling at them because he couldn't get his horsebox through, cyclists were trying to disrupt things and the bobbies were shooing them away. The local (only) pub, The Half Moon was teeming with people, dogs, and some, shall we say, odd-looking reprobates from out of town. The local communists were strutting around with megaphones and it was a pain in the ass when all we were trying to do was get through for a well-earned coffee. The MP for Brighton, Caroline Lucas, was arrested in a carefully coordinated and manipulated stunt. Some of the poor residents of Balcombe must have had enough of it all now. It's the only game in town if the regional Auntie news is anything to go by. I went for a walk at lunchtime and passed through a hotel car park and I counted eight police vans from different police forces, consistent with the news that bobbies from different forces have been called in. The hotel is maybe, ten miles from the protest site and they're staying at the hotel to relieve the daytime police presence when they knock off in the evening. No wonder this thing has cost over £750,000 in police time. I'll be glad when things return to normal.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
What I find most scary about this is that the Gruaniad is coming off as the voice of reason. Times can't possibly change that much, can they?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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jschell wrote:
Of course that runs both ways.
The only argument that'd support the frackin' case would be an economic one.
jschell wrote:
Which very strongly indicates that it isn't going to replacing anything. Not now. Not in the future.
I didn't claim it'd replace anything. You made me curious though, how does a historical fact indicate the future? :)
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Eddy Vluggen wrote:
The only argument that'd support the frackin' case would be an economic one.
Everything humans do is "economic".
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
how does a historical fact indicate the future
Because humans start using solutions that are in fact better. If they are significantly better then the adaption rate is faster. Very obvious examples are OO programming and cell phones. So something that has been around for a long time that doesn't have a significant market share is not going to get it unless there is a very significant change in what it is. One can compare it to the growth of cell phones versus satellite phones. If cell phones had never been invented satellite phones would not have filled the void - they would still be a small niche market.
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Please don't ever invite me to your house. That would be an extremely annoying conversation.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
ryanb31 wrote:
Please don't ever invite me to your house. That would be an extremely annoying conversation.
So you presume that when you make an assertion in someone's home that they should just assume that it must be absolutely true and unquestionable? And presumably you get annoyed when anyone questions you as well. So exactly how many dinner parties do you get invited to?
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ryanb31 wrote:
Please don't ever invite me to your house. That would be an extremely annoying conversation.
So you presume that when you make an assertion in someone's home that they should just assume that it must be absolutely true and unquestionable? And presumably you get annoyed when anyone questions you as well. So exactly how many dinner parties do you get invited to?
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It's pretty clear you don't know how to have a conversation.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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ryanb31 wrote:
It's pretty clear you don't know how to have a conversation.
And clear you don't know how to answer questions.
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Did I miss a serious question from you? Right, didn't think so.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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ryanb31 wrote:
Did I miss a serious question from you? Right, didn't think so.
The questions I asked were serious.
How many dinner parties I get invited to is a serious and relevant question? The only way that is true is if you are trying to court me. I respectfully decline.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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How many dinner parties I get invited to is a serious and relevant question? The only way that is true is if you are trying to court me. I respectfully decline.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
How many dinner parties I get invited to is a serious and relevant question?
(Not exactly sure who 'you' are but given that it is a different alias I will treat is as such.) Did you read the entire subthread? First question from me was "Just curious, for the later your response in this hypothetical discussion at home would be what exactly?" Which was derived from the following comment "Do people do that when having a conversation with company in their home?" Do you think that "dinner party" is an inappropriate venue for a specific case of "company in their home"? And one which people would NOT discuss such topics? If so then is there an alternative venue which is more appropriate - in ones home of course.
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(gas/petrol) Fracking is an insult to human intelligence. It is an insult that governments allow that to happen to local communities. It destroys water sources (Texas), it destroy good clean arable land (at least in Québec and in England) by sucking good water and replacing it with water fill with chemicals to "help" get the gas/petrol out.
I'd rather be phishing!
Maximilien wrote:
gas/petrol) Fracking is an insult to human intelligence
Wow, and since I had no context on what the protest was about, I read "Fracking" as an expletive replacement word describing the protesters existence that was causing problems. You often hear on TV "What the frack!" and you immediately know the word that would have been bleeped out if it had actually been said.
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Off Topic, but I am the only one who see's thinks Battle Star Galactica...... ;)
glennPattonWork wrote:
Off Topic, but I am the only one who see's thinks Battle Star Galactica
I wasn't, I was thinking of the sci-fi channel "prequel" series that came out long after BSG was played out (twice) describing the conditions that brought about BSG when I made my earlier post. Then I realized I had read "am I" instead of "I am" in your statement, so maybe your claim you are the only one can still stand. I am really having trouble reading, you said "see's" and I read "see's this, who"!! I really doubt that in this whole world there is no-one who can "see", that won't think about BSG at some time, especially when you bring it up! :-D
glennPattonWork didn't write, but I read:
Off Topic, but am I the only one who see's this, who thinks: "Battle Star Galactica"?
PS I've totally forgotten what the "prequel" series was called, it certainly didn't last as long as either BSG series did. PPS That's not nice, I "pre" apologize for poking a little fun at you. I can screw up a post just as well myself. (That's assuming what I originally read was what you really meant. If you really meant what you wrote, then I'll just agree to disagree.)
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glennPattonWork wrote:
Off Topic, but I am the only one who see's thinks Battle Star Galactica
I wasn't, I was thinking of the sci-fi channel "prequel" series that came out long after BSG was played out (twice) describing the conditions that brought about BSG when I made my earlier post. Then I realized I had read "am I" instead of "I am" in your statement, so maybe your claim you are the only one can still stand. I am really having trouble reading, you said "see's" and I read "see's this, who"!! I really doubt that in this whole world there is no-one who can "see", that won't think about BSG at some time, especially when you bring it up! :-D
glennPattonWork didn't write, but I read:
Off Topic, but am I the only one who see's this, who thinks: "Battle Star Galactica"?
PS I've totally forgotten what the "prequel" series was called, it certainly didn't last as long as either BSG series did. PPS That's not nice, I "pre" apologize for poking a little fun at you. I can screw up a post just as well myself. (That's assuming what I originally read was what you really meant. If you really meant what you wrote, then I'll just agree to disagree.)
Umm, way too much though for a Friday morning I think I typed that on my S3 so I can be forgiven for fat fingering, but not English errors. Nice to know someone besides the Darlek is an English critic. :sigh: I think the use Frack In BSG is most common in Ronald Moore version & Caprica.... From what I remember from the original it was used just, not very much. :)
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Umm, way too much though for a Friday morning I think I typed that on my S3 so I can be forgiven for fat fingering, but not English errors. Nice to know someone besides the Darlek is an English critic. :sigh: I think the use Frack In BSG is most common in Ronald Moore version & Caprica.... From what I remember from the original it was used just, not very much. :)
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I usually let grammar go. Don't know what came over me with yours, I just started teasing and couldn't stop.
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