Shog9 wrote:
But a pile of greasy, rancid bacon next to some over-salted hashbrowns and under-cooked eggs?
You forgot the black pudding :yum:
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Ian Darling
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Smoking ban
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Smoking banMy own opinion is essentially "I don't care if people smoke as long as there's something resembling ventilation". Which would be a broadly sensible approach to take - I don't like pubs that get really smoky - but my local is fine as it is - you can smell the smoke a bit, but it's not all that bad. Smoking at the bar is marginally more contentious, but again, as long as there's scope for some ventilation, I don't see it as a big deal.
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Radiohead - Flash AnimationIf you want something really odd (and cool), listen to the version of Creep on "Me And This Army: The Radiohead Remixes"
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Is the London meet-up on the 10th/11th still on?Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
We're making plans for the next couple of weeks and as we've not heard anything we wondered whether the meet-up is still happening?
I'll come along for the day of the meetup, given I don't live all that far out of London.
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CrashinessShog9 wrote:
can crash IE with one element and one line of JS code
I managed it with a single line of CSS a few years ago - IIRC it was something to do with specifying a background image or something, and if you missed off the
;at the end, IE consistently fell over :rolleyes:
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i`m off for workPaul Watson wrote:
My two-slice toaster makes great toast, no need to bash it.
Yeah, leave those poor misunderstood toasters alone :-) Mine's pretty handy with brioche as well as normal bread. And wasn't there some toaster that could toast the weather report onto your bread? Although you can bash this one[^] as much as you like, even if it does understand quantum mechanics.
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HAVING A BAD DAY?vikas amin wrote:
Still think you're having a bad day?
I didn't think that to start with ;P
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Friendly wordsBodgable :-D Tweakable Easy To Change/Alter/Update/Modify Maintainable Does Not Require A Sledgehammer Even Your Dad Could Use It :-D
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CodeProject achieves Alexa milestone!So to celebrate, we should have a :beer: for each 500 error :-D ETA: Guess what I just got a couple of. Did you guys do that on purpose ;P
Ian Darling The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity ... that such complexity can arise ... out of such simplicity ... is the most fabulous extraordinary idea ... once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened - it's just wonderful ... the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned - Douglas Adams -- modified at 6:40 Saturday 7th January, 2006
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How much do you really know about the Bible?37/50 I got 2, 3, 5, 7 (I misread the question), 8, 13, 16, 23, 32, 35, 36, 38 and 49 wrong :doh:
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London Get TogetherAnna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote:
a) A place that serves Guinness and b) Guinness...
That settles that then!
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London Get TogetherColin Angus Mackay wrote:
Okay - I'll be in London on the Friday 10th Feb. If anyone is interested in a meetup on the Saturday I'll extend my stay across the weekend.
I can probably manage that :-)
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Happy 2006!Dario Solera wrote:
I wish you all a fantastic 2006!
:cool: My new year has started with a bloody great lump on my forehead as a result of drinking a large amount of Guinness in a pub built for people about a foot shorter than I am :doh: I hope 2006 doesn't continue that way :rolleyes:
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Doctor Who: The Christmas InvasionColin Angus Mackay wrote:
(Am I analysing this too much?)
Yes :-) Thing is, I'm sure they said it was 2005 or 2006, so I reckon they broke the continuity on the 3 terms thing - and the 18 quid would make a lot more sense then.
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Merry Christmas!Marc Clifton wrote:
Funny you should mention that. I was going to ask about Kwanzaa here on CP. My girlfriend, who works at a daycare, got some information on it. I found it unsettling:
Well, the only time I've ever heard of it was on Futurama. I thought it was some wacky American thing :-)
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Merry Christmas!Merry $HOLIDAY to you all too! :-D BTW, if "$HOLIDAY" appears instead of "Christmas" or "Kwanzaa", you haven't setup holidays.ini properly, so you can't be taking it seriously at all ;P
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Doctor Who: The Christmas InvasionThe new Doctor is not bad at all, I must say. And I promise not to watch ITV for the rest of the evening either, just in case....... (not that I was going to anyway, but hey.... I've had to put Kerrang! Radio on as there's more stuff[ing] in my freezer than on telly now :rolleyes: ) And Merry $HOLIDAY to you all!
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New Years Eve Plans?Robert Edward Caldecott wrote:
but how many of you already have plans for New Years Eve?
Karaoke and Guinness! :-D
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And now UkStanta Claws wrote:
Hard to argue with that. The problem I have with it, however, is that those who seem most adament that we protect civil liberties are also most adament that we treat issues such as terrorism as a law enforcement problem - which sort of demands more effective law enforcement, which in turn means greater appllication of such technologies.
Not in the way being proposed though. For example, the proposed national ANPR system is way over the top, but nobody would be particularly upset if the technology was being used for a "sting operation" in a region where the police set up such a system for a day or two, caught a bunch of dodgy folk off the back of it, and only kept the relevant records for evidence and junked the rest - this approach has several advantages - one is it requires less resources, and it also means that criminals in general are less likely to try and devise methods to circumvent it. Oh, and the national scheme being pushed here didn't go through Parliament at all - it's not even democratic totalitarianism. The prevention and tackling of terrorism, OTOH, is a multi-pronged thing - but you need liberty at home - because liberty itself is a weapon against a lot of potential terrorists. Karl Popper was spot on about this - you don't trade liberty for security like a lot of people think you need to - you acquire liberty for increased security. You also need law enforcement for some things regarding terrorism (particularly within your own country), diplomacy in a small handful of cases, and military action for a wodge of others. Saying all terrorism prevention is a military activity is reminiscent of the saying "when all you have is a hammer.....".